12/19/2013

I've been doing the "Truth in the Tinsel" advent devotional with my students this year and I have let them colour an ornament for each day's lesson. We have attached our ornaments to a long story ribbon and they will go home tomorrow so the students can share them with their families. Today was "gift" and tomorrow we will add the final one to our story.

12/13/2013

Breakfast by candlelight put on by our school's Parent Association this morning. The perfect fuel for a morning field trip to Bethlehem Live living Nativity and an afternoon of Christmas concert practices.

12/12/2013

I work with amazingly talented kids.

12/9/2013

Yikes! It was a LONG day of indoor recess and the look ahead says it could be a LONG week of it!

12/6/2013

Staff Christmas Party. I love this guy. I love my job. I love my coworkers. Life is so good.

12/1/2013

Working in my footsie pajamas and trying desperately to finish this year's Grade 1 book before the Black Friday coupon code expires at midnight! This year we were inspired by Canadian author, Melanie Watt and her Scaredy Squirrel series.

11/28/2013

Just in time for parent/teacher interviews...a sneak peek at our Grade 1 book inspired by Melanie Watt's "Scaredy Squirrel" series.

11/22/2013

50th day of school today!

11/15/2013

More fuel for report card writing...but it worked.... I'm done! We'll see how many fixes I have when they are read over by the principal this weekend.

11/14/2013

I was working on report cards at school until almost 10:00 PM. I was especially thankful for the parent who brought me a Tall Grass Prairie cinnamon bun after school. It was a perfect snack to eat while I was working.

11/7/2013

I've written a Grade 1 book with my students every year and this year our inspiration comes from Melanie Watt's Scaredy Squirrel series. Here is the example I painted in front of my friends:

10/28/2013

Another Monday morning with a morning job on the white board and a full schedule...and pencil crayons organized and put away by Grade 1 friends.

10/23/2013

Amazing artistic talent in my Grade 1 class as they completed their 'day' and 'night' pattern paintings today.

9/26/2013

Rainy day for the Terry Fox Run at school today.

9/18/2013

These year's parents are the gift giving type...I found this treat by my computer this afternoon!

9/17/2013

One of my favourite Grade 1 tools: a 'spaceman' rubber stamp to remind them to leave a space when they write.

9/9/2013

Painting on day 1 and day 2 of school?? Oh yes we did...and look at the results! Oh yeah...and I made that paint dryer thingy from an idea I saw on Pinterest.

9/7/2013

I spent the day at the school and it looks like the new principal forgot to take down the flag yesterday!

8/26/2013

All day inservice with no air conditioning at 30 degrees and fuelled by iced coffee.

8/24/2013

Since the kids were gone, I spent some time at school getting ready for a new year. I was very productive writing the last of my letters, laminating, and getting my supplies in order. I was surprised by 2 of my coworkers with gifts for my classroom --owl duct tape and an owl folder.