Back in the Saddle Again

Tomorrow is, yet again, the first day of school! I have 17 boys and 7 girls on my class list, and even though that's a LOT of boys, it's my smallest class size EVER. I also have a monolingual Chinese student. I'm really worried about how she'll adjust/pick up the language!

The kids are cuter than ever (I met them Thursday during Meet the Teacher), and I feel like I finally have this ELD thing down. Now I just need God to grant me some more patience and a lot more energy.

I'm going in to school this morning (on a Sunday! bleh!) to do some last minute prep and finish sorting out math assessments for our new math standards.

By the way, teachers. I found this cool website: www.ixl.com Check it out!

Hope everyone's doing well!

New Pastels

On suede...

My sunflower for my mama...

Pastels

I finished my first ever pastel painting. I hope I photographed it okay.

A Letter

I found the following letter in my in-class mailbox:

3/28/09

Dear Miss Sells,
Hi Miss Sells it's ______. Did you know that you are a perfect teacher? Even you are pretty, cool, funny, and so so nice. I think that when you show us twinkie and when you read us books, also when you teach us is awsome. Even when you write me leters you fill my bucket. What is your favorite kinds of flowers? Do you like reading or math? Did you know third grade was awsome but more room 19? Do you like third grade?
Love,
_____

Isn't that precious?

Billy and Elton

Billy Joel and Elton John take on Phoenix 2009--- it was AMAZING! (made the shirts myself)

Non-school related fun!!!

Crack?

Here's a quote from yesterday.

Child: "Oh my gosh! Look at this picture! I can see his butt crap!"

I THINK he meant 'crack.' Only one child caught it, and I just said, "I think you meant 'crack'."