Morning, all. Rare oversleep for me. So, I am going to lean on a thread I tweeted out this weekend for today’s post.

Project 180 really got its start with challenging convention and smiting the status quo in the grading arena. From offering every kid an A for the entire year–giving the pendulum a shove–to settling somewhere in between with my current select-and-support approach, I continue to wonder and worry about this thing that holds so much sway in the classroom: grading. And as I walk through my wonder and worry, I will continue to attempt shedding light on the fact that we “make” this thing. No one hands us the manual on our way through the door. We are largely making it up along the way. And I think we need to own this, for our making carries serious consequences for kids, especially when we offer up our edifices as irrefutable proof of learning, a thing not to be questioned.

So, as we make and learn better ways, let’s make possibilities instead of hiding behind impossibilities. Things are only impossible if we make them so. We make.

Today’s Trail

Along today’s trail we will experience…

…connecting with Smiles and Frowns.

…the joy of personal reading.

…reflecting in our Journey Journals.

…hearing a Sappy Sy Rhyme.

Happy Tuesday, all.

Do. Reflect. Do Better.