Skipping #SOLC

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Today I took a reprieve from administering our state standardized tests.  Two of my co-workers took make-up test duty so I could meet with my intervention groups.

When I picked up my first group of students, one had to take a make-up test, so that left me with two third graders.  (If you had my six third graders, you'd also split them into two groups of three!)

These two are not the easiest students to work with first thing in the morning.  She likes to tell long, elaborate stories that could be labeled tall tales.  He is not an early riser, having spent long hours on his computer the night before, looking up scientific facts that his classmates prefer not to hear.

Since this is my first group of the day, I make a decision on my way to pick them up that I'm there to help and coach and not lose my temper.  It's not easy.

Today, the two walked ahead of me, as usual.  I could already feel the tension build up in my neck as I could only imagine the competition that would ensue when they got to my room.  Would the drama be over a certain chair?  Scientific fact disagreement?  Pointing out that a story couldn't be true?

Then I saw it.  You could have knocked me over with a feather.

She started skipping.  He looked over, and then began skipping along with her.  In unison.

They skipped all the way to my classroom.

Unbelievable!