First teacher gift and First teacher project assigned

I was one busy little bee today.

 I did a craft with the kids and posted it on the bulletin board outside. I did not have my phone or camera so I will be posting pictures when I go back on Monday.

I also read Martin MacGregor's Snowman by Lisa Broadie Cook.

Martin MacGregor lives for snowman building. Last year, he built the biggest snowman in the neighborhood. This year, it’s simply not snowing. Martin MacGregor obsessively waits for snow. If he sees three marshmallows in his hot chocolate, he can't resist arranging them in a snowman shape. As he grows impatient, he glues cotton balls to the family pet ("Presenting... Sadie the snow dog!") and parades before his mother's book club covered in bubble-bath foam: " 'Look, everybody, a snowman!' he announced.... The bubbles began to slide downward at an alarmingly quick pace."

 (It actually showed his butt in the book, so I just cut out a sheet of paper and covered that up. When I got to the page, Don screamed, "Hey, you covered his butt. It's supossed to be showing." I just looked at Don and kept reading. Awkward.)

    But Martin is too creative to be stopped by that for long. With every month’s disappointment, he tries making a new substitute snowman. In November, he covers his baby sister with flour. In December, he covers his dog with cotton balls. Every month, he gets in trouble. Grown-ups don’t seem to understand.

The book does end happily. Martin finally gets a blizzard in April, exactly what he was longing for all winter. Of course, then in May he stands at the window looking at the rain and wishes to go swimming and build sand castles.

We brainstormed a list of ways that we could make a snowman without snow. Then, I gave my first assignment:) Students have until Wednesday to creatively design a snowman WITHOUT snow using materials found in their home. So, I was even busier making a rubric to attach to a parent letter about their first ever "home project". It was a task, but it is done, son.

Oh, and I got my FIRST teacher present today. It wasn't an apple which I am glad because I don't like apples. A sweet boy, who visitied his home country of South Korea over Christmas break, gave me these. Can't wait to use them.

Don't expect a blog tomorrow. (And the crowd goes ahhhh. Sike) I have internship meetings and seminars so I am not going to school.

Until Monday,