Survival Skills

It's that time again. The week before Christmas break in an elementary school. This week will be a whole lot less about learning and a whole lot more about surviving the week. Needless to say the kids are very excited about Christmas and having a few weeks off school. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a bit excited about some time off myself. However, there is a lot of work to do before I get to that point. In times like this, teachers have to reach into their bag of tricks in order to get through the week. The key is to keep the kids busy, try to keep them learning and not allow them to kill one another. If we make it through the week and no blood has been drawn, then we'll call it a success.