Attention Teacher Creatures!
Does anyone use Edmodo? I'm just getting started and trying it out and I'm not really sure what I'm doing. What are the secrets? It looks like Linkedin for teachers. Kind of. Right?
Monday, October 8, 2012
Sunday, October 7, 2012
Fish Bulletin Board
Since I'm blogging about the beginning of the year in August, here's what my bulletin board looked like. Our school theme this year is Faith: Love it, Learn it, Live it.
I'll admit, it's not quite as adorable as I envisioned. I had high hopes, but got overwhelmed with new school year things. Such is life. However, it did lend itself nicely to many lessons: Fishers of Men (religion!), Fill a Bucket (PBS!), The Rainbow Fish (share your talents with our class!), create a mandala (art!).
Our little fishies are made from all the old CDs I've hoarded over the years. Seriously. Those are AOL discs that you used to get in the mail and I have Microsoft 95 software hidden in that collection as well as some Carmen Sandiego that kids born in 2002 have never heard of. What you're looking at is actually my entire life in computer software.
I'll admit, it's not quite as adorable as I envisioned. I had high hopes, but got overwhelmed with new school year things. Such is life. However, it did lend itself nicely to many lessons: Fishers of Men (religion!), Fill a Bucket (PBS!), The Rainbow Fish (share your talents with our class!), create a mandala (art!).
Our little fishies are made from all the old CDs I've hoarded over the years. Seriously. Those are AOL discs that you used to get in the mail and I have Microsoft 95 software hidden in that collection as well as some Carmen Sandiego that kids born in 2002 have never heard of. What you're looking at is actually my entire life in computer software.
Color with permanent marker and DONE!
Saturday, October 6, 2012
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Back to School!
Yeah, it's October. Welcome back... I would apologize for being so behind, but school is busy.
At the beginning of the year, we put together little gifts for all the new faculty and staff in our building and gather them up for a welcome gift basket. We don't have a huge turnover every year, so it's just a few small things. However, this year we had seven new people, and even at $5 a gift, I'm still forking over $35 on something that is probably candy and I don't get to eat it. I wanted something different...so I had to brainstorm.
Hand Sanitizer. Duh! Every teacher needs it! Every teacher wants more of it! Every student uses it too often! AND it's fairly inexpensive and USEFUL.
At the beginning of the year, we put together little gifts for all the new faculty and staff in our building and gather them up for a welcome gift basket. We don't have a huge turnover every year, so it's just a few small things. However, this year we had seven new people, and even at $5 a gift, I'm still forking over $35 on something that is probably candy and I don't get to eat it. I wanted something different...so I had to brainstorm.
Hand Sanitizer. Duh! Every teacher needs it! Every teacher wants more of it! Every student uses it too often! AND it's fairly inexpensive and USEFUL.
I love a good useful (easy) gift.
Here's the link to my TpT store (it's a freebie!) so you can pass on the cleanliness for your next gift giving occasion:
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