Man...this time of year is tough...busy busy busy...kids are ready to be out for summer, teachers are ready to be out for summer...but we are all still going to school day in and day out.
My students are creating games using Flash (animation) to review for their final exam. They are definitely creative and have kept me laughing all week over their ideas. I mean...there is one game called "Illegal Immigration"...
Each "traveler" is trying to cross the border from Mexico. If the traveler gets the question right then they will make it over the wall. If the traveler gets it wrong...the stick figure runs up the wall...and then tumbles down off the screen. Is it a little questionable? Yes. However...one of the two group members is from Mexico himself so they can't say the group is being racist...instead everyone so far has taken it "tongue and cheek" and we have all gotten a great laugh out of it.
Even though I had a day off in the middle of the week...even though my kids have made me laugh A LOT...I am still SO GRATEFUL for Friday!!!
Friday, May 6, 2011
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Day 94...Grateful for my Kids...
A day away from my students was definitely what I needed...
And I think they were as excited to see me back as I was to see them....
Crazy what a day away will do!
Love those kids!
And I think they were as excited to see me back as I was to see them....
Crazy what a day away will do!
Love those kids!
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Day 92 and 93...Grateful for Rest and Sick Days...
I was feeling a sinus infection coming on...not that it has become a true sinus infection...I have been super tired and a little stressed with three big deadlines coming up for things I'm kind of in charge of...or at least super busy with.
Well, driving to school yesterday I figured out that to have a break...I would need to take today off...otherwise it wouldn't be until after school is out. (which I'll take that break as well!).
So I got home from work yesterday and went to bed for a couple of hours...woke up still all sinus-y...ate a little bit and went back to bed.
It was so great to get up without an alarm...make breakfast...and have my coffee while watching Regis and Kelly. Great day of rest...thanks to a sick day!
Well, driving to school yesterday I figured out that to have a break...I would need to take today off...otherwise it wouldn't be until after school is out. (which I'll take that break as well!).
So I got home from work yesterday and went to bed for a couple of hours...woke up still all sinus-y...ate a little bit and went back to bed.
It was so great to get up without an alarm...make breakfast...and have my coffee while watching Regis and Kelly. Great day of rest...thanks to a sick day!
Monday, May 2, 2011
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Day 90...Grateful for Movie Night...
Mindee and I have been seeing movies together for a few months now...Groupon and Living Single have been having Movie deals lately, so they haven't been full price movies either! Even better!
But...that also means popcorn and diet coke for dinner! Wahoo!!!
I'm grateful for a movie night tonight!
But...that also means popcorn and diet coke for dinner! Wahoo!!!
I'm grateful for a movie night tonight!
Day 89...Grateful for a Saturday...
It was a full Saturday...but I liked it.
Just in time...I needed a Saturday... Grateful for it!
Just in time...I needed a Saturday... Grateful for it!
Day 88...Grateful for Testing to be Over...
Friday...the last day of TAKS testing!
And probably the last day ever...don't worry! We will still have testing...but now the students will have "End of Course" testing for each of the core areas. Yippee! :(
And probably the last day ever...don't worry! We will still have testing...but now the students will have "End of Course" testing for each of the core areas. Yippee! :(
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