Aha! pumpkinfest is upon us in Port Elgin. (I won't be around this weekend, since I'll be in the L-dot but I thought I'd post some photos that I took today after school!) Â Â Now that's a lot of pumpkins. Cutie-Patootie Elizabeth from my JK class is on the cover of this years pumpkinfest guide
Archive for September, 2005
angry vent: ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the kids are bugging the poop right out of me today. blah blah blah blah blah… They talk and talk and that gets me annoyed and it makes them annoyed and then bored because some kids are on task and others have bad behaviour. .. talk tal ktal ktal ktla ktlak…. But [...]
coolest thing ever! I ordered retro Telefrancais tapes from the media centre in my board to show my kindergarden/ grade 1s (okay. so really i ordered them to watch for myself and copy to my computer and make DVDs for my equally nerdy french immersion friends – if i can get the inputter to work) THEN [...]
good things about yesterday: – grandpa went home from the hospital – brian from next door installed a new water heater for us (although not until after our cold morning shower) – i finished my yearly plans/emergency plans/ and annual learning plan – it was a nice day for soccer practice – the grade 1/2s [...]
aha! I've jumped on another blog bandwagon.. . and that is….. Self-Portrait Tuesday. Look at my chubby freckly cheek! For those of you who view my blog via funkylindsay.com, you'll see the fabulous button down the side… but those of you who read this via livejournal – check out the link, and join the fun!
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Published September 27th, 2005 in friends, general randomness, roadtrips and teaching duds. 1 Commentahhhh…. another weekend come and gone.. in a nutshell – friday was my PD day (faith formation day) — starting with a big giant catholic mass. ..wee.. . hmumpph.. . .. the workshop I chose was Tribes, and it was actually pretty cool – lots of games/energizers and ways to make the classroom a safe [...]
holy gas prices! yowzah! Today is the end of the week for me. Tomorrow is a PD day. Actually, it's called “Faith Formation Day”. I don't know what to expect. And since today is the end of the week – I am treating it like Friday and playing games with my french classes. It's kinda [...]
huzzah for the dual disc debacle… finally finished (sorry partners!) Unfortunately post office hours aren't too friendly with teacher hours. I'll have to make a trip uptown at lunch (anyone know where the post office is in port elgin? ha ha). Check out the photo of the cd art. .. Anyone want to swap who [...]
Your 80s Heartthrob Is Jason Bateman Who's Your 80's Heartthrob?
music and books and sampler
Published September 20th, 2005 in general randomness and teaching duds. 0 Commentsthere is nothing really huge to report. i think i woke up on the wrong side of the bed today. I was a little short with all my students… but oh well, I'm sure they like practising being quiet and missing some of their recesses. I think i scared the grade 1s when i made [...]
