Friday, February 29, 2008
YAY!!!! :) :)
I closed on MY new home tonight!! I am SO excited and can't wait to get into it! :) :) :)
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Snow, Snow, Snow
Today is snow day number seven....crazy!!This winter seems like it will never end. Here's a picture of our insane snow falls of my parent's driveway. Crazy!!
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Random Thoughts...
After a week of the flu I am so glad to finally be back to 'normal'. I rarely get sick but this time I was completely miserable. I now better understand why my kids have missed so much school! I am anxious to get back to more of a regular routine this week. Last week I rarely exercised and didn't go to any of my spinning classes because I was so ill.
A huge congrats goes out to my sister, Heather, a junior at Bethel College who just qualified for the Indoor Christian Nationals Track Meet in Tennessee! :) Check it out at http://www.bethelcollege.edu/sports/Track/Game/?articleID=2386
I am very excited for her and wish I could be down there to see her!
This is another crazy busy week! Our final meeting for textbook adoption team is this week and a decision will be made this week! It has been a long and exhausting process but I feel like we have informed the corporation to the best of our abilities and are trying to lead the staff in a new direction on a reading curriculum but one that will definitely produce results!
Our staff is hosting a Teachers Vs. Parents basketball game on Friday night. Check out the article at http://www.timesuniononline.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=30614&SectionID=2&SubSectionID=224&S=1
I am excited that we are doing this and will be doing a radio blurb on it Thursday morning...as you can tell from that article I was in charge of publicity for the event.
This week is definitely going to bring many exciting and new events into my life! On Friday I close on an amazing house! I am very very excited and can't wait to make it a home. God has proved so faithful during this time and has given me so much more than what I could have ever asked for....amazing. Of course, if you know me well at all I worry about pretty much everything but Denny's sermon this morning was on not worrying as much and just giving it back to God..a message that came in amazing timing and something that I'm working on little by little. :)
I am excited to see what God is doing in me right now as a Christian, professional, daughter, sister, friend, etc. God is taking me to so many new levels and I'm really excited to see what God does during this time!
A huge congrats goes out to my sister, Heather, a junior at Bethel College who just qualified for the Indoor Christian Nationals Track Meet in Tennessee! :) Check it out at http://www.bethelcollege.edu/sports/Track/Game/?articleID=2386
I am very excited for her and wish I could be down there to see her!
This is another crazy busy week! Our final meeting for textbook adoption team is this week and a decision will be made this week! It has been a long and exhausting process but I feel like we have informed the corporation to the best of our abilities and are trying to lead the staff in a new direction on a reading curriculum but one that will definitely produce results!
Our staff is hosting a Teachers Vs. Parents basketball game on Friday night. Check out the article at http://www.timesuniononline.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=30614&SectionID=2&SubSectionID=224&S=1
I am excited that we are doing this and will be doing a radio blurb on it Thursday morning...as you can tell from that article I was in charge of publicity for the event.
This week is definitely going to bring many exciting and new events into my life! On Friday I close on an amazing house! I am very very excited and can't wait to make it a home. God has proved so faithful during this time and has given me so much more than what I could have ever asked for....amazing. Of course, if you know me well at all I worry about pretty much everything but Denny's sermon this morning was on not worrying as much and just giving it back to God..a message that came in amazing timing and something that I'm working on little by little. :)
I am excited to see what God is doing in me right now as a Christian, professional, daughter, sister, friend, etc. God is taking me to so many new levels and I'm really excited to see what God does during this time!
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Non-Fiction Unit
Wow, I haven't updated in quite some time. My class went on board with readers' workshop in November and we LOVE it. I am constantly amazed at my kiddos and how they are developing into better readers and writers. We did a huge unit on Patricia Polacco and it was a huge success. The kids loved digging into the literature and did an amazing job of making connections between the books. Of course, the party at the end complete with Thundercake was an extra motivation during the process. :)
Tomorrow we are starting a non-fiction unit. Non-fiction is one area that my kiddos need to dig into deeper. I have about 3 kids that LOVE it but the rest try to avoid it at all costs. I am hoping that this changes their perception of it. In fact, my principal is joining us tomorrow for that readers' workshop lesson. My kiddos have been extremely sick and unfortunately I have been the newest recipient....I am hoping that we are all better by tomorrow.
Tomorrow we are starting a non-fiction unit. Non-fiction is one area that my kiddos need to dig into deeper. I have about 3 kids that LOVE it but the rest try to avoid it at all costs. I am hoping that this changes their perception of it. In fact, my principal is joining us tomorrow for that readers' workshop lesson. My kiddos have been extremely sick and unfortunately I have been the newest recipient....I am hoping that we are all better by tomorrow.
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