First Day of School

Welcome to 6th Grade! The teachers took a couple of photos this morning.

Classroom is ready!

School starts tomorrow, and I have that anxious anticipation of any teacher just before the first day of school. I promised to post some photos of my room this year. The bulletin boards are empty for student work. Wish me luck!

Environmentalism, NPR, and Hedgehogs

A couple of years ago I heard this story on NPR one morning. I recall thinking it was amusing (namely because I envisioned a poor little hedgehog with it's snorgle lodged in a Mc Flurry container), and later shared the story with my students.

Today I was trolling around for lesson ideas, and got distracted by some hedgehog images. Seems that hedgehogs have somewhat of a thing for lodging their little snorgles in tubes of any sort.

I can't help myself, really...

I read this today and found it so heartwarming.  I hope you enjoy it also!  

Four wheels....

But now I like two...

Love love love...

One of these was assembled at the shop today.  I love it and the simple style.  Super cool bike. 

 

Pools of Light

My favorite time of day is just at dark, when all thoughts of what must get done stop. Thereafter, small pools of light come alive on tired faces everywhere. This makes me smile.