Search results matching tags 'life lessons' and 'silly'

Where?

Anonymous — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 21:17:52 GMT

Today during Sharing, Joey decided to tell the class what he was doing over our Spring Break, which doesn’t happen for another week. “I’m going campin’ on the ‘cation,” he blurted out. Now, during Sharing, it’s common for me to comment or ask clarifying questions. “Joey, where are you going camping?” I wondered. This wasn’t [...]

Drum set.

Anonymous — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 21:10:16 GMT

We had an assembly today. It was a good one, but it was on the loooong side. Like over an hour long. Which is never good for my sprouts. Sitting more than fifteen minutes is hard. Well today, to help out, I ended up with a drum set. Let me explain. If I notice a [...]

Chickerella.

Anonymous — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 00:28:36 GMT

Yes, you read that correctly, Chickerella. She showed me just how important and powerful our Fairy Tale unit has been. We started with Cinderella and ready many versions… even Dogerella, but I had never heard of Chickerella. Until yesterday, when Maria, a little girl who is just learning English, came running over to me during [...]

100th Day!

Anonymous — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 23:24:42 GMT

Well, it really doesn’t get much better than the 100th day in kindergarten. It’s kind of like Christmas, Valentine’s Day (coming Thursday!), and the Fourth of July wrapped into one. Well, it is in my class anyway. I used an entire bottle of glitter to make this for the doorway: We sang our hearts [...]

Martin Luther, Baby!

Anonymous — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 22:35:01 GMT

Today we made our Martin Luther King models. They are so hard, but also so much fun. I show the kids a finished model and then quickly free cut from construction paper to show them how to make the shapes needed for his face. I then projected a super size photo onto the SmartBoard for [...]

4 miles and video games.

Anonymous — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 21:58:01 GMT

Two random items from my day. I thought about writing two posts, but decided to give you a two-fer. For Christmas, Santa brought me this cool little bracelet called an UP. You wear it twenty-four hours a day and it tracks how much you move and sleep. While I do exercise, today wasn’t a day [...]

Forward.

Anonymous — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 15:02:34 GMT

Well, Christmas is over and so the barrage of year end ‘best of’ lists’ has begun. It would be easy, and maybe even a little fun, for me to reminisce about the last year, after all, I did have some rather major changes, but instead, I’m going to try and look forward. In January, we’ll be starting [...]

The Season.

Anonymous — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 13:33:52 GMT

I just realized I haven’t made a single post all week. Surely it isn’t because nothing hilarious, devastating, or poignant happened at school all week. More likely, it’s just the season. There seems to be more going on and less time to get things done as the year hurls towards it’s end. Report cards need to [...]

9:30

Anonymous — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 14:12:33 GMT

One of the (many) things I love about my new school is the fact that it goes to fifth grade. The fifth grade helpers I’ve been getting in my room have just been more helpful than I could have ever imagined. One of these boys, Tom, has a brother in my class, so he comes [...]

Hidden treasure.

Anonymous — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 15:03:13 GMT

As any of you know who have taken over a room from someone else, there is often hidden treasure lurking around every corner. The room I took over at my new school was from a teacher moving schools and changing grades. She took most of her belongings, but left quite a bit too. I tried [...]