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Six Things We Should Say More Often

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You’ll notice I didn’t say write or text more often.

Our voices are as individual as our fingerprints, and yet technology puts a pixelated screen between you and me. We converse in Helvetica or Times-Roman instead of in person, face-to-face. Tonight, even as I sit typing this holiday countdown on my Mac, I’m wishing that technology weren’t so pervasive. I wish that instead of texting to make lunch dates or arrange carpools, that we actually spoke to each other. Often.

Not so long ago, a bundle of preteen girls in the backseat of my Yukon would be chattering like chipmunks. Now, it’s a silent row of bowed heads leaning over lit-up screens.

Conversations connect us, not wi-fi, cellphones, or the internet.

This Christmas, I’m wishing for less social media and more socializing. Less texts and more heartfelt, spoken words.

Here’s my list of six things I believe we should all say more often. I’ve added Kid President’s list of 20 things because we all know how much Mrs. Rombach digs Kid President. He’s one awesomely inspiring young kid with a voice I’ll never forget.

 

Six Things We Should All Say More Often

1. Can I help you with that?

2. You’re beautiful. You’re handsome.

3. What a brilliant idea!

4. Thanks so much.

5. I love you. You matter to me.

6. You’re doing a great job!

Only six more school days until the holidays begin!

Say Something Awesome!

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Say What?

Are you making the world more awesome with the words you choose to say (and to write)? Words have the power to start wars and the power to heal broken hearts. Words can propel you to unimaginable heights or stomp on you and leave you bruised and broken. Text messages, 140-character tweets, even hashtags and likes have the power to say something awesome. 

Kid President is in the house today. I’ve invited him in to share out his list of 20 Things We Should Say More Often.

What do YOU think we should say more often?

Leave a comment so we can spread the awesomeness.

 

Reminders:

1. ALL overdue assignments must be turned in by Thursday, June 5, 2014. Mrs. Rombach needs time to grade your late work. Thursday is the absolute deadline for missing work. You know whether you turned in work or not. Be responsible and avoid the zap of a zero.

2. Be sure you’ve shared your persuasive essays with me on Google Docs. I can’t grade what I can’t see.

3. Blog post #12, the 70-point biggie, should be posted by now. Be sure to review the requirements and confirm that you’ve met all of them. See the Weekly Blogging Assignments page (at the top of this home page) if you have questions. Also, be sure to leave a comment if you wrote Blog Post #11 and #12, which are opportunities to replace existing poor grades. Remember, you have to catch up on the missing blogs AND write the two extra posts in order to earn a replacement grade (retake).

4. Our class auction is set for Wednesday, June 11th. We’ll need donations to make it awesome! When you’re out and about this week, pick up something fun (and inexpensive) to add to the auction lineup. 🙂

5. The LAST vocabulary quiz of the school year is Friday! Practice on Quizlet.com. The person with the fastest score from each block wins 10 tickets!

5. You are awesome. Just EIGHT more days together. Here’s what I say: It’s been both an honor and a pleasure to teach each and every one of you awesome, extraordinary, incredible, smart, funny, magnanimous (look it up), dedicated sixth graders. Enjoy your much-earned summer break, and be pumped to rock seventh grade. Yes, I will miss every single one of you. Come visit me next year!

🙂 Mrs. Rombach

 

 

Going the Extra Mile with Book Trailers

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There are no traffic jams along the extra mile.

–– Roger Staubach, Dallas Cowboys Hall of Fame Quarterback

You never know what extraordinary work you’re capable of until you create it. This inspiring collection of book trailers was created by Mrs. Emerick’s Making Waves sixth graders. Mrs. Emerick visited our class blog and left a delightful end to my story. I decided to peek inside of her classroom, too, to see what her sixth graders are busy producing. I found a batch of creatively designed book trailers (produced on Animoto).

Could this be a resource you’ll tap into for your Persuasive Writing project? Do you see yourself creating a book trailer like one of these? Wait until you see the complete menu of persuasive possibilities!  No matter what format your Persuasive Writing project takes, I’ll be looking for each of you to go the extra mile.

Reach beyond what you should do. Instead, imagine what you could do. Then, identify a way to do it–brilliantly, imaginatively, and passionately. To borrow a line from Kid President, you’ve been pep talked! Now, take a walk through a gallery of kid-produced book trailers. Is there a book you’d like to read? If so, leave a comment saying so. 🙂

 

 

 

 

Be on the Road to Awesome!

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While you were outside racing around your neighborhood today, I was in school. Yes, on a Saturday!

My instructor shared this video with us. I’d like to share it with you because I agree with Mr. Kid President.

You were made to be awesome! 

What’s one thing you’d create to make the world awesome? Share it in a comment!

I’m sorry that I won’t be in school tomorrow. You know why. Pap-Pap needs his family to come say goodbye.

Mrs. Peterson, my friend and neighbor of 14 years, will be subbing for me. I’m counting on you to be awesome, like you always are!

See you soon, awesome sixth graders!

Mrs. Rombach