So, I made pancakes the morning after Thanksgiving and tossed in some leftover pumpkin pie stuff along with a few chocolate chips. Worked beautifully! Gourmet, I tell you, GOURMET!!!
Cute hat--couldn't resist!
Ah, PAINTING! One of THE most "relaxing" things I do with thirty-one ten and eleven year olds. Here are all the Sample Santas lined up after a careful, detailed, step-by-step description of how this project should go down.
Marching to the beat of a different drummer that was obviously out of my hearing range.
Santas on parade!
One student spilled paint on the carpet. Other students jumped right in to get it cleaned up. They did such a thorough job, you can't even see where it happened. This kind of thing MELTS MY HEART!
Working, painting, concentrating...
Two little peas in a pod watching CNN Student News.
While playing the part of General Thomas Gage this morning, I taught about the Quartering Act and explained that the British Soldiers would be needing their chairs today. ALL day.
Colonists were crying, "Intolerable acts!" and protested by making signs and hanging them around school. Methinks this 'twas the favorite.
i love that you stole all their chairs! that's a great object lesson to help them think historically. it's SO hard to get them to think historically, since they really aren't old enough to have any real history of their own!
ReplyDeleteAll of the food looks mouth watering. Looks like you are having so much fun in your class.
ReplyDeleteJO, thanks for this post - it made me laugh more than once! I love all the things you do with your students - you are such a natural teacher! The photos of the Santa's were priceless, as was the sign of protest at the end. Those are some lucky kids in your class!
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LOVE IT ALL!!! AND I SEE THAT YOU STILL HAVE ALL THOSE LITTLE WORDS ON THE FRONT OF YOUR DESK!
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