Dear Santa,

Every year, I randomly choose

a few of the cute Santa letters

 from my second graders

 to share with you...so,

here they are! I hope you smile...

I love the details (front lawn) in this one, below:

My students made these "portraits" in art class:

 

Taking a moment to quietly slow down...

We have A LOT of snow now,

in fact, the snow plows pushed

it into such huge piles

at the elementary school,

that at the end of our parking lot is

a mountain of snow up to the second floor!

I'd be willing to share...!

~k

October :: journaling

 As I drove east

early this morning,

the sun rose with a majestic entrance

that could only be.

September was so sunny and spectacular this year,

October needed to send out its brightest magenta

fireball

to greet its first day.

I think this nature lover

is enjoying this particular Autumn

more than any other.

Perhaps you can tell?!

~k

Journaling

Got through one of my worst types of day

as an educator: the formal observation.

It's me.

I have such incredible

Anticipation Anxiety.

My lesson was 50 minutes long,

on Compare & Contrast...

and I think it went well,

and once I'm three minutes into it,

I am myself again

and go with the natural flow

of doing what I have always done...

Teach little children.

We described two fiction characters,

compared & contrasted them,

and drew conclusions to answer the Essential Question:

Are they more alike, or

more different?

They both turned out to be kind, 

responsible,

 respectful,

and caring to animals...

Even though they did different things

with different animals.

Such goodness.

Love,

~kath

 

That Red Rose

I needed a simple collage

today

to even out the clutter in my brain.

It felt wonderful to touch beautiful papers

and smudge a giant glue stick. 

Then,

the task of writing focuses my brain,

clarifies my thoughts,

and brings me

centered into the moment.

aaah.

~k