Often, by this time of year, teachers and students are exhausted. Just trying to get through the days. Surviving the sometimes stifling June classrooms. Finishing what needs to be finished. Clearing out, cleaning, and sending home all that needs to be sent home. Watching the numbers dwindle on the countdown scrawled on the staffroom whiteboard–there’s always someone who starts that countdown!
Summer can’t come soon enough.
Completely understandable.
But before your students rush into the summer sun, consider what you want them to carry out your classroom door. What can you say to each of them–aloud or in writing–to convey your belief in them as individuals, to help them see their potential? How might you ensure that they each feel seen and loved in these last busy days of the year?
Your words and the feelings they invoke just might be something they carry well beyond this school year…