Successes come in all shapes and sizes. It could be that you get that extra hour of sleep that you have been trying to get or that you finally broke that 10-minute mile you have been working on. Celebrating successes in the classroom, no matter the size is also really important.
Here is a short article about some ways to celebrate successes.
Questions To Consider:
1. Think about the ways that you celebrate successes daily in your classroom. How do students respond to that?
2. Take a look at that list of the 30 ways to celebrate successes, could you use any of those in your classroom? How about for yourself?
3. I would suggest taking advantage of suggestion number 30. That suggestion is free and can be done when you can make it happen in your schedule.
Schedule some time for YOU and enjoy that time. Tell people that you will not be available during that time. Be it 5 mins or a full day.
I like this! Every Friday in PATS, we do positive vibes/highs and lows. Everyone who is in my room, whether they should be or not, needs to say a high and a low of their week or upcoming weekend. If they don't have a high to say then the class has to tell that person something positive about them! I sometimes forget to start it and the kids will ask when we're doing our positive vibe Friday! It's a great end to the week! Sometimes we'll do it on Monday too or if someone is having a bad day to pick them up!
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