No Blank Pages!!!

One thing that writers do in their books and stories is to use their pages. They use their pages and put in text AND pictures. There are no blank pages.

In Beware of the Frog, William Bee has no blank pages. He has spread his text and illustrations across the pages. He either used text on one side and pictures on the other or he used text and pictures on both pages. 

Sometimes the text is at the top and sometimes in the middle. Some authors even put the text on the bottom. 

So, are you using words AND pictures? Do you have any blank pages? Spread your work across the pages. 

I can't wait to see what you create!!!

Happy writing!

My Shirt

Don't you love my shirt?  I wear it at least once a year!  I received it six years ago from a student and I love it!!!

Advice and Thoughts

His advice to me when we began bowling..."You should go to Starbucks after school.  You've earned it."  Maybe I will...thanks for the okay.

I bowled a 123.  A decent score...but this student said to me, "Um, I thought you were good...I changed my mind."  So I bowled a 151 and then he said, "I changed it again."  Thanks for the confidence!

We like to dance!!!

Watch our playlist to see what happens when the latest dance craze comes on...guess our action breaks paid off this year!  It's the latest video at the end.

Say Cheese!

At our school, we celebrate positive behavior at the end of the year with a bowling trip.  I snagged a few photos of the students from my class who earned the trip.

They were trying to catch the light that was disco-ing around...it reminded me of cats.

Well...

It's almost the end of the year...

What a year it's been.

I have truly enjoyed this class and can't wait to share our end of the year presentation with my parents...I've been working on it now for over a week.

Oh, they're funny!

I love my job!  And I love the comments that kids make!

Today was no exception!

We were reading a book that mentioned that the class had found an old US flag that only had 48 states.

The kids questioned the number.

I asked them if they knew the last two states that became part of the US.

"Uh, Mexico?"

No...Mexico is not part of our country.

Insert confused look from student.

"Mexico is part of our continent."

Another student pipes in with, "Russia?"

Oh, nelly...

And then after lunch recess, one of my girls was really warm.  She had a sweatshirt on over her dress and said she couldn't take it off because she had noodles.

Knowing what she meant, but wanting to make sure, I asked her to explain that...

She said, "I have noodle straps on my dress."

Uh, yeah, those are called spaghetti straps.  I giggled inside.

Happy Teacher Appreciation Week!