Holding on to what works in a time of change

+ the first ten picture books I read aloud to my 5th graders!

We are two weeks (6.5 days) into the new school year, and things feel weird. The amount of new we are navigating is intense.

We are in the first year with a new scripted language arts program, a new character building curriculum, less flexibility in our daily schedule, and new end-of-the-day procedures. Add on the fact that we are moving from three 400 …