1 duck butt...
2 grouches...
A set of orange hair bows...
A wild hair & 7 inches later!
Thanks Nat!
1 day ago
Saturday, January 30, 2010
A visit to King Hair
1 duck butt...2 grouches...A set of orange hair bows...
A wild hair & 7 inches later!
Thanks Nat!
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Me & my big mouth!
Warning - Teacher Post!
Ok, so last week I was talking to another teacher, Deb, during my ESL class about differentiation. She was saying how she didn't think she was doing enough & I told her I thought she probably was, she just didn't realize it. I then went on to explain some of the stuff I'm doing in my classroom. Well, the lady over the math for the entire district, Sandy, happens to be in my ESL class & happened to overhear me. When I was done talking to Deb, Sandy says, "I'm going to come observe you next week." I of course was like - "Um..ok?" That was the first time I needed a kick in my pants. So, today Sandy came by after school & we talked about what I was doing & I showed her lots of my stuff (Heather & Tannie - think Facts In a Snap, skip counting to music, graphic organizers, color coding, etc.). At this point Sandy asks me, "How would you like to be on the committe to develop the curriculum map for math?" To which I reply, "That would be great!" This is where I needed the second kick in the pants. After some further discussion, Sandy says to me, "I think you just might be the person I need to do some professional development." And this is where I say, "Sure! That would be great. Just let me know what you need." Yes, this is where the 3rd kick in the pants was needed! So now I think I might have committed myself to being overworked & underpaid all summer long! Yay! What a productive day I've had!
Oh, and after all of that I got to go do PTCs! :)
Ok, so last week I was talking to another teacher, Deb, during my ESL class about differentiation. She was saying how she didn't think she was doing enough & I told her I thought she probably was, she just didn't realize it. I then went on to explain some of the stuff I'm doing in my classroom. Well, the lady over the math for the entire district, Sandy, happens to be in my ESL class & happened to overhear me. When I was done talking to Deb, Sandy says, "I'm going to come observe you next week." I of course was like - "Um..ok?" That was the first time I needed a kick in my pants. So, today Sandy came by after school & we talked about what I was doing & I showed her lots of my stuff (Heather & Tannie - think Facts In a Snap, skip counting to music, graphic organizers, color coding, etc.). At this point Sandy asks me, "How would you like to be on the committe to develop the curriculum map for math?" To which I reply, "That would be great!" This is where I needed the second kick in the pants. After some further discussion, Sandy says to me, "I think you just might be the person I need to do some professional development." And this is where I say, "Sure! That would be great. Just let me know what you need." Yes, this is where the 3rd kick in the pants was needed! So now I think I might have committed myself to being overworked & underpaid all summer long! Yay! What a productive day I've had!
Oh, and after all of that I got to go do PTCs! :)
Monday, January 25, 2010
Charlotte's sweater
Ok - for those that posted about Char's sweater. The dog is only 6 lbs & she shivers like it's -20 inside the house. The poor thing is in the garage all day while I'm at work & the heat is only set to about 55 degrees. I'm just trying to be humane!
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Food for thought...
My sister posted this on her blog. I've gotten this in an email before & really got a kick out of it. Some days, I think my kids would vote ME off the island! I think the dads should also have to hold a full time teaching job & commute an hour to & from work & make it winter, in a car, with no four wheel drive!
Six married men will be dropped on an island with one car and 3 kids each for six weeks. Each kid will play two sports & either take music or dance classes.There is no fast food. (This is where I would lose!)Each man must take care of his 3 kids; keep his assigned house clean, correct all homework, and complete science projects, cook, do laundry, and pay a list of 'pretend' bills with not enough money. In addition, each man will have to budget in money for groceries each week.Each man must remember the birthdays of all their friends and relatives, and send cards out on time—no emailing.Each man must also take each child to a doctor's appointment, a dentist appointment and a haircut appointment. He must make one unscheduled and inconvenient visit per child to the Urgent Care.He must also make cookies or cupcakes for a social function. Each man will be responsible for decorating his own assigned house, planting flowers outside and keeping it presentable at all times.The men will only have access to television when the kids are asleep and all chores are done. The men must shave their legs, wear makeup daily, adorn himself with jewelry, wear uncomfortable yet stylish shoes, keep fingernails polished and eyebrows groomed.During one of the six weeks, the men will have to endure severe abdominal cramps, back aches, and have extreme, unexplained mood swings but never once complain or slow down from other duties.They must attend weekly school meetings, church, and find time at least once to spend the afternoon at the park or a similar setting.They will need to read a book to the kids each night and in the morning, feed them, dress them, brush their teeth and comb their hair by 7:00 am.A test will be given at the end of the six weeks, and each father will be required to know all of the following information: each child's birthday, height, weight,shoe size, clothes size and doctor's name. Also the child's weight at birth, length, time of birth, and length of labor, each child's favorite color, middle name, favorite snack, favorite song, favorite drink, favorite toy, biggest fear and what they want to be when they grow up.The kids vote them off the island based on performance.The last man wins only if...he still has enough energy to be intimate with his spouse at a moment's notice. If the last man does win, he can play the game over and over and over again for the next 18-25 years eventually earning the right to be called Mother!
Six married men will be dropped on an island with one car and 3 kids each for six weeks. Each kid will play two sports & either take music or dance classes.There is no fast food. (This is where I would lose!)Each man must take care of his 3 kids; keep his assigned house clean, correct all homework, and complete science projects, cook, do laundry, and pay a list of 'pretend' bills with not enough money. In addition, each man will have to budget in money for groceries each week.Each man must remember the birthdays of all their friends and relatives, and send cards out on time—no emailing.Each man must also take each child to a doctor's appointment, a dentist appointment and a haircut appointment. He must make one unscheduled and inconvenient visit per child to the Urgent Care.He must also make cookies or cupcakes for a social function. Each man will be responsible for decorating his own assigned house, planting flowers outside and keeping it presentable at all times.The men will only have access to television when the kids are asleep and all chores are done. The men must shave their legs, wear makeup daily, adorn himself with jewelry, wear uncomfortable yet stylish shoes, keep fingernails polished and eyebrows groomed.During one of the six weeks, the men will have to endure severe abdominal cramps, back aches, and have extreme, unexplained mood swings but never once complain or slow down from other duties.They must attend weekly school meetings, church, and find time at least once to spend the afternoon at the park or a similar setting.They will need to read a book to the kids each night and in the morning, feed them, dress them, brush their teeth and comb their hair by 7:00 am.A test will be given at the end of the six weeks, and each father will be required to know all of the following information: each child's birthday, height, weight,shoe size, clothes size and doctor's name. Also the child's weight at birth, length, time of birth, and length of labor, each child's favorite color, middle name, favorite snack, favorite song, favorite drink, favorite toy, biggest fear and what they want to be when they grow up.The kids vote them off the island based on performance.The last man wins only if...he still has enough energy to be intimate with his spouse at a moment's notice. If the last man does win, he can play the game over and over and over again for the next 18-25 years eventually earning the right to be called Mother!
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