Tagged With: fifth grade
Thanks, Mr. Morris!
I’ve been retired for two weeks. Since we went on our trip to Michigan and just got home, I have been at home and on my own for one day. So far, so good. My husband, family and friends made a huge deal for my retirement. My teaching partner, Jennifer, and Karl my husband … Continue reading
Ground Hog’s Day!
I love Ground Hog’s Day. The modern iteration of it is silly and fun, and I embrace it with enthusiasm. I love the idea of a furry little critter poking his head out and foretelling the weather. Especially when educated higher beings seem to take foretelling the weather so seriously yet they turn out wrong … Continue reading
Holding Pattern
One of my most troublesome character flaws is that I tend to live in the future. I am always planning and looking forward, and that keeps me from living today sometimes. Right now, I am really struggling with this. If everything goes the way we hope, I have 89 work days left in my teaching … Continue reading
One hundred and twenty some days to go!
I think this is my last year of teaching. I only think it because a few details have to fall into place before I’ll know for sure, and I am trying to patiently wait on the Lord’s leading. (Try is the operative word in that sentence, I succeed only a minimal amount of the time!) … Continue reading
A New Year
One of the great things about being a teacher is that there are definite beginnings and endings. Summer ended when we flew home from our island back to Wyoming to start a new school year. While I didn’t feel ready to be back to school, the process of unpacking my room,putting up bulletin boards, making … Continue reading
Mount Vernon Day Two
This has been a long, wonderful day. I got up at 5 am so that I could watch the sunrise over the Potomac from the piazza of the mansion. It wasn’t a spectacular sunrise, but it was enough. This afternoon we took a tour of the farming part of the estate. Washington was an innovator … Continue reading
Christmas!
At church this morning, the pastor’s sermon was about the gifts that each of the main players in the Christmas story brought. The angels delivered a song, resonating through the quiet fields above the shepherds’ heads. The shepherds carried the story of Jesus to everyone and anyone who would listen, in essence offering their “lives and … Continue reading
Day Ten – one last thing before we go home
Our last day – we fly out this afternoon. We couldn’t waste the morning, though, so we trekked off to explore and discover Ford’s Theater and the Peterson House and Museum across the street. Since Lincoln has always been a hero to me, it was a super morning, though sad and speculative. I wonder how … Continue reading
Day Ten: Harper’s Ferry and Antietam
The little town of Harper’s Ferry sits on a sharp point of land which witnesses the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers. It is a beautiful site. The hills all around are tall and lush so that the town is nestled in snuggling and safely. Historically, Harper’s Ferry is rich. George Washington decided to … Continue reading
Day Nine: Colonial Williamsburg
In the past three years I have realized just how much I enjoy places that make history real and alive. I really want to be Miss Frizell and I really do want to have access to a magic school bus. Short of that, I wish that I could take my fifth graders to Colonial Williamsburg … Continue reading
