Thursday, May 17, 2012

Mother's Day

Mother's Day was last weekend. I spent the afternoon with my boyfriend's family. My mother was able to spend a nice relaxing day at our cottage in MI. The girls of the family celebrated dinner at Olive Garden on Monday. The experience at Olive Garden is a whole story in itself.

With my students for Mother's Day we created two things. First the made breakfast in a bag. I found this idea on pinterest. The pinterest link brought me to the blog called Eberhart's Explorers. It was such a cute idea that I couldn't resist. Here is an example of one. 

I used the bottom of a coffee mug to trace the circle used for the head. Scrapbook paper was used as the bedspread and the poem was attached to the bedspread. Students were able to use construction paper and markers/crayons to make their mother's faces. Inside each bag I put a napkin, an apple, and a Fruit and Grain Bar. We also made a Mother's day book.
I found this book on teacher's pay teachers. It's a cute little book where the students illustrate and write about things their mothers like and do. It also includes a grandmother version. A portion of the proceeds of this book is donated to relay for life. What a great cause! The students really enjoyed this project. The loved the fact they got recreate their mother's faces!!

Have a great day!

Kimberly

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Graduation Day

It's not quite official yet, but I am almost done with my masters. I walked at graduation this past Saturday, and I just finished my practicum presentation tonight. Just 12 more weeks of going to class on Wednesday nights and a paper/project here and there. The last class will be less stressful because it is over the summer and I will not be teaching on top of it. 

I have a list of things that I would like to accomplish. I need to start back up on my organizing challenge, finish my niece's first year scrapbook, scrapbook my own stuff, and I am looking into starting to create some packets, lessons, powerpoints, SMART board lessons etc. for teacherspayteachers.com. I am just at a loss on where to begin. I have tons of ideas, just not sure on how to start and make them pretty :) Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!