Thoughts on the Matter

For Teacher Appreciation Week one of my students gave the most amazing gift, a decorated rock. He was a little upset, since it got a little banged up on the way to school, so he told me he'd make me another.  This rock changed me. It was the inspiration I needed to be the change. In our area there is a lot of hiding rocks for people to find.  It's a random act of kindness, spread the joy, heart lifting type of movement.  There are groups for different areas sharing the rocks they have hidden or found.  I knew that one of the schools in our district had a big event creating and hiding rocks in Palatka and I just thought the concept was so stinking cool. So my classes decorated rocks.  Well they decorated rocks based on things they learned in science class this year.  Then they had to describe what the rock was, why they created it, and provide another detail about that topic.  We posted this to our Seesaw accounts.  This allowed students to share within the class as

You may be aware of a new thing that seems to be sweeping the area (perhaps the world) decorated rocks. People are hiding decorated rocks for others to find and spread a little joy.  So some of my students have joined in.  Their task was to create a a rock that represents something they learned in science this year.  You can see the first of their creations in the photo below. And because I can't just leave it at that they have also included why they created the rock that they did, with a bit of an explanation. You can find those on my class blog  here.   I've hidden these rocks around my campus, hoping other students will find these treasures.  Hoping that if others find them they'll either keep them or hide them for others to find.