Spirit Days...and Other Costumes
Okay, y'all! I don't think it is possible for me to overstate how much I LOVE dressing up in costumes to teach. The number of benefits is endless. First, it is a chance to break up the monotony of the everyday shirt and tie. Secondly, it acts as a relationship builder between my students and myself, giving them a chance to see that I do not take myself too seriously. And third of all, it is just plain fun! Spirit Days at Bishop give me the perfect opportunity to do this and stretch my creativity.
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Another thing that has taken off in my classroom are themed days. So far, we only have #BowTieTuesday (which is a slowly growing international movement), and Scrunchie Thursdays. It is so interesting to me how it is always the simplest things, like me wearing a piece of fabric around my wrist, gets the most buy-in from students and makes them engaged.
Dressed Up as John Cena for "Celebrity Day" in 2016
Dressed Up as a WWE Referee for Trashketball Test Review
Dressed Up as Batman for "Superhero Day" in 2017
Dressed Up as "SuperTapley" for "Superhero Day" in 2018
It just so happened that "Jersey Day" in 2019, also fell on a Trashketball Test Review Day.
Dressed Up as Mr. Clean for "Celebrity Day" in 2017. Probably one of my favorite spirit day costumes to this date
"Color Day" in 2018. I'll give you one guess which color sixth grade was assigned...
"Jersey Day" in 2018. Wearing the baseball version of the jersey my mom wore when she played softball at Indiana University.
One of the many editions of #BowTieTuesday
"Jersey Day" in 2017. Supporting my friend, Havana, who had been drafted by the Seattle Reign that year.
The inaugural Scrunchie Thursday. It has only grown in participation numbers since then...
Dressed Up as "Fix-It Felix" for "Disney Day" in 2018. Funny story about this one... Nobody bothered to tell me that "Disney Day" was actually canceled, so I was the only person dressed up at school this particular day. I still had way too much fun, though... #ShoulderShrug