The Energy Bus Tuesday, January 11, 2011

I finished The Energy Bus last night.  In a desire to create more positive energy I got motivated to share it with my class.  I introduced the first rule.  Rule #1:  You’re the Driver of Your Bus.  I read a bit of the reading to support it.  Students seemed somewhat interested.  I asked students who weren’t focused to think about where their bus was.  I light-heartedly told them they were in the ditch, and needed to get back on the road.  Almost every transition or every 30 minutes to an hour, I’d ask the kids to think about their bus.  What would they need to do as they walked down the hall, walked to the bathroom, worked with a partner.  I was motivated by the positive way students responded.  There was more positive energy in the room.  We were gaining focus.