Teaching can be so unpredictable. I thought I knew how to be flexible  but being in the classroom brings a whole new meaning to that word. At this point, I think I am learning more from them then they are from me. During morning routine, the students are expected to find their name tag, answer the question of the day and then take a seat and pull out their writer's notebook. Last Thursday, the prompt I had written on the board was, "If you were in the middle of the ocean and your boat started to sink, what would you do?' The students took this in so many directions! One child wrote, " I would never get on the boat. I would stay at the cabin with my mommy, daddy and assorted cousins." Another said, 'I would patch it up and then go up river fishing.' The range of answers caught me by surprise and we ended up missing calendar time so everyone had a chance to share. This being said, the amount of times I have had to stop a math lesson so they could get their wiggles has been high so being flexible can also seem counter productive at times... 

Here is a video riding down the beach... 

Mountains on the left, opposite the beach. Not quite your Jersey Shore!