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#30daysofbiking-- Day 30! -- Poem in Your Pocket Day

68º NNE 5mph
It's official.  I biked all thirty days of April and blogged a bit about it.  Today's weather and ride was the perfect way to end the month.

Today was also National Poem in Your Pocket Day.  For the last several years our entire school has participated in this great day because the language arts PLC (professional learning community) has organized the event.  This year I brought it up at several meetings, but no one seemed to have any ambition to do anything about it.  Instead of giving up on the day completely, I celebrated with my students and asked staff to listen to poems if they were asked by students.  As usual, it was a great day.  The principal, who rarely stops by my room, even stopped in to read a poem.  Many teachers had poems and told me they shared them with the students.  Maybe next year we'll be able to do it school wide again.  The kids really do seem to enjoy it.

Also today one of the deans stopped by my room to observe a student.  When I saw the dean later, he commented on how he enjoyed being in my classroom and told me I was a great teacher.  Although I made light of it as he told me,  I thought about it I was really pleased.  In fact, I went to find him and thank him for the kind words.  Our staff moral is at a low point, and when people say kind words, it does make a difference.

It was a great day!

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LH said…
Congrats on the biking achievement. Well done!!!
12:58 PM
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