The worst cold I have ever had. The Dr. says it is probably bronchitis. Fever for days. She prescribed Robitussin with codeine to stop the cough long enough to let me sleep. I took the minimum dose last night, and I still haven't recovered from it. Loopy. I was actually seeing things this morning. Now I'm just dizzy and weak.
But the cough is much better...
31 January 2007
18 January 2007
Pigs, pigs, and more pigs
Jessica says I stay at home all day! As a testimonial to what I did over my Christmas vacation, I submit the following pictures:
On the right is the timeline for the novel A Lesson Before Dying, which I'm now reading with my class. You can see that my students wrote what has happened during the first few chapters on the jailbars.
On the left is my word wall. There are precisely 100 pigs on the wall. Over them, my students are putting the red "no" signs, which have the daily vocabulary words on them. This is significant because the main character, "Jefferson" (the guy in jail) has a defense attorney who calls him a hog in his closing argument to get him out of the electric chair. It doesn't work, so the book is about the community proving to Jefferson that he is a man and not an animal before he dies. Hence the pigs slowly disappear each day behind vocabulary. It isn't subtle, but I think the students are getting the point.
Admittedly, my Rainbow girls cut out all the pigs and the no circles, and drew the guy behind the bars, but I supervised and made lots of copies and came up with the ideas! That counts, right? Somewhere I have pics of the girls doing the work, but my camera's not here right now. Special thanks to Colet and Nicole for the lovely colored pencil artistry and pig layout. Luckily, they probably don't read my blog!
The Rainbow girls all claimed to love my classroom, and wished it was theirs. They're probably just being nice, but at least my room isn't boring!
On the right is the timeline for the novel A Lesson Before Dying, which I'm now reading with my class. You can see that my students wrote what has happened during the first few chapters on the jailbars.
On the left is my word wall. There are precisely 100 pigs on the wall. Over them, my students are putting the red "no" signs, which have the daily vocabulary words on them. This is significant because the main character, "Jefferson" (the guy in jail) has a defense attorney who calls him a hog in his closing argument to get him out of the electric chair. It doesn't work, so the book is about the community proving to Jefferson that he is a man and not an animal before he dies. Hence the pigs slowly disappear each day behind vocabulary. It isn't subtle, but I think the students are getting the point.
Admittedly, my Rainbow girls cut out all the pigs and the no circles, and drew the guy behind the bars, but I supervised and made lots of copies and came up with the ideas! That counts, right? Somewhere I have pics of the girls doing the work, but my camera's not here right now. Special thanks to Colet and Nicole for the lovely colored pencil artistry and pig layout. Luckily, they probably don't read my blog!
The Rainbow girls all claimed to love my classroom, and wished it was theirs. They're probably just being nice, but at least my room isn't boring!
11 January 2007
I think I must have one.
I know.
I'm a terrible blogger.
I will soon add blogging to my daily routine.
I also think that feeding the fish would be easier if I had one of these... I could feed them during my daily swish and swipe. It would be adorable in the downstairs nautical bathroom.
I'm a terrible blogger.
I will soon add blogging to my daily routine.
I also think that feeding the fish would be easier if I had one of these... I could feed them during my daily swish and swipe. It would be adorable in the downstairs nautical bathroom.
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