Third Grade Drama!

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Today was a drama filled day with my third graders. We had a chat about putting things into perspective and not sweating the small stuff. They have such an innocence. The biggest drama today was who didn't want to be their friends and who took their pencils. The led pencils are a hot item right now. If they have glitter forget it, even better.

I try to sneak in a little guidance and support in the midst of our big push towards test prep. Today we talked about what makes a friend and how we shouldn't be so quick to get rid of them for petty things. Hopefully I made my point. I hate when they turn on each other if a friend doesn't share cookies or picked a different friend to be partners with. On the flip side, I also said I wished these would be the biggest problems they would ever encounter in their lives. I think they got that. We had a pretty peaceful afternoon.