Here is the finished project! My last minute idea made barely made it to the Bash catalog! Also, I will be offering a swim party at the YMCA May 14th after school open to all students in my class and their siblings! If everything goes well with my chemo on Monday I look forward to seeing everyone at the Bash!
Today was a special day...I came to school and actually did something...I miss everyone terribly! We worked on our class Bash item. This consisted of remembering what Vincent Van Gogh's Starry Night looked like and letting it inspire us to use those same "starry" colors to paint origami peace cranes! Stay tuned to see what this evolves into...
I loved seeing everyone wearing their pajama's for Polar Express Day! It looks like everyone had a fun time at the holiday party, too! Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah to everyone!
I couldn't miss a party...especially if I get to wear my monkey pajamas to school! 
Thank you to TK's grandma for coming to read books to the children today. What a treat!
I happen to be at school today to catch this Birthday-Gram! Happy Birthday IF.
Thank you to all for the warm wishes and prayers sent my way! Keep them coming. This beautiful ornament with the quote, " Anything is possible...the power is already in you." was left on my desk with no name attached. I would love to thank the sender. :-)
It was great for me to get back into our reading groups! The kids are of course are doing great...it's nice for me to be able to sit! Mrs. Wisniewski has done a fabulous job keeping to my routine and moving the kids along to the next level when needed. Today we used our "witch fingers" to help us track the words when reading...glad I snitched a few from our class party last week!
I'm pleased to report that the kids have caught the "bug" to write! They've had a fabulous time sharing their short stories and tales...
Today we learned about Georgia O'Keefe. We found out that her clear, bright paintings show the beauty she found in the simple, natural things around her. We also found out she loved to paint flowers...up real close...and so do we!
If you have any toilet paper tubes at home to contribute...we could use them! We will be using them next week! I'm NOT giving you permission to wrap any houses on Halloween...
I felt nervous about not being there...but I found out you can paint without making a mess even when I am not there! The kids had to finish their backgrounds since we didn't quite finish last week. Mrs. Rangel is my picture elf when I'm not looking...
Please forgive me if I didn't see you at Spooky Spaghetti! There were so many people...and your costumes were very tricky! It looks like everyone had a spooktacular time! I'll be looking for you on Halloween...
A big thank you goes out to all the parents that helped organize our class party and to all the yummy food that made our pot luck supper so successful! The weather was beautiful and I believe everyone had a fabulous time! Well done.
I cannot claim credit, the kids drew hilarious witches in Mrs. Cowan's art class...I believe some had Picasso in mind!
Today we started painting our own version of van Gogh's famous sunflowers after reading, van Gogh and the Sunflowers. This may be a 2 day project...
