New Year's eve by the fire

https://youtu.be/D0WjgC8pUn8

Are you kidding me?

Sasha says: Seriously? You're binge watching Alias, AGAIN?

Use what you have

So this is what I was doing this morning.

This crazy oven needs a chair to hold the door shut.

The cookies look pretty.

I had a million things to wash,

and every inch of counter top and tabletop is now covered in drying dishes.

But, it was worth it.

Put a bird on it

Seen at Liza's birthday party.

Plans

Wonderland

Sasha is trying to wink at me

We're making a blizzard in Room 35A

I came to a fork in the road.

This morning as I parked my car outside of school, I opened the door and saw this:

The boys can listen!

This was an exercise in following instructions. We drew a teddy bear who lives in our classroom. I'd say they were a great success! Plus, now we get to paint!

From a 1st grade learner

She's a firstie from Africa, and she was writing on the board (which can be challenging). She self-corrected, and erased her E so fast I couldn't get a picture of it. 

Moving weekend!

This is the truck that took all the stuff, that moved me to a nicer apartment!

It's a calm picture, hiding the chaos of those 48 hours.

I have great friends, though, and this was the first time in my life (and 26 moves) that the process was fun! 

More fun with glitter glue in room 35 A

We're making pages with art and writing. The students dictate what they want to say about the activity, I type and print it, and they glue their writing onto the page. On these pages, I taught them how to make a paper star with one cut. They decorated the stars with gel pens and glitter glue. Whenever the glitter glue comes out, the student engagement is 100%!

I went to Wisconsin

Beautiful ROC

Seen in Elm Grove, WI.