Beginnings

"A blank page or canvas. His favourite. So many possibilities..."

I love the first few days of school. I enter my classroom with a sense of hope and excitement: Who will I teach? What will they be like? How will my year go? The first day of school is all about possibilities; both my students and I want this to be the BEST YEAR EVER. On the first day, that possibility is real.

My students aren't a blank canvas; far from it. They bring their hopes, disappointments, experiences and wonder to our classroom. But our year together starts as a blank canvas. Together, we will create the bits and pieces of our collaboration. They learn. I learn. And with any luck, we will create a masterpiece.