{"id":5048,"date":"2015-11-15T21:03:17","date_gmt":"2015-11-16T02:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/blog\/?p=5048"},"modified":"2022-05-29T08:14:34","modified_gmt":"2022-05-29T13:14:34","slug":"1118-grateful-in-grade-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/15\/1118-grateful-in-grade-4\/","title":{"rendered":"#1118 Grateful in Grade 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"vertical\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/15\/1118-grateful-in-grade-4\/\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p>I feel fortunate and am grateful.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5057\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/201511WordWallSmall.jpg\" onclick=\"return TrackClick('http%3A%2F%2Fwww.harrynowell.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-content%2F201511WordWallSmall.jpg','')\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5057\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5057\" alt=\"Word Wall - Grade 4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/201511WordWallSmall.jpg\" onclick=\"return TrackClick('http%3A%2F%2Fwww.harrynowell.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-content%2F201511WordWallSmall.jpg','')\" width=\"300\" height=\"445\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/201511WordWallSmall.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/201511WordWallSmall-202x300.jpg 202w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5057\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Word Wall &#8211; Grade 4<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Towards the end of August I got a call from a principal at an elementary school offering me a replacement contract to cover a Grade 4 class while the permanent teacher recovers from knee replacement surgery. I said &#8220;Yes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Helping elementary students develop and learn made me happy I changed career gears.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Special Guests<\/strong><br \/>\nI bring &#8220;<a title=\"Captain Barnacle\" href=\"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/24\/1104-alternative-approaches-to-education\/\" onclick=\"return TrackClick('http%3A%2F%2Fwww.harrynowell.com%2Fblog%2F2015%2F01%2F24%2F1104-alternative-approaches-to-education%2F','Captain+Barnacle')\">special guests<\/a>&#8221; to the class to help teach Social Studies, Math, Language Arts. Chief Inspector George, Jacques Noir and a caped superhero, among others have all replaced me to illustrate a concept we are learning.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5055\" style=\"width: 346px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/201511InspectoreGeorge.jpg\" onclick=\"return TrackClick('http%3A%2F%2Fwww.harrynowell.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-content%2F201511InspectoreGeorge.jpg','')\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5055\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-5055 \" alt=\"education Ottawa\" src=\"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/201511InspectoreGeorge.jpg\" onclick=\"return TrackClick('http%3A%2F%2Fwww.harrynowell.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-content%2F201511InspectoreGeorge.jpg','')\" width=\"336\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/201511InspectoreGeorge.jpg 480w, http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/201511InspectoreGeorge-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5055\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chief Inspector George visited our class looking for the missing 5 Ws.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>These characters always bring the students to life and make the learning more fun. The students seem to suspect the guests are me in disguise.<\/p>\n<p><em>Preposterous.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tweet I feel fortunate and am grateful. 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