School Picture Day

Today the kids have been so excited about picture day! We read a silly story called School Picture Day and also visited the library. Being a fifth grade teacher allows you to hear some great lines "out of the mouths of babes". Here are a few:
Student: Mrs. North- you are so pretty.
Mrs. North: Why, thank you!
Student: You look just like the dog on the Taco Bell commercial because he has orange hair and eyes that bug out too.

Student: I am turning into a new leaf.
Mrs. North: That's over. You are turning over a new leaf.
Student: Where is it?

Student: Is that an ice cream cone that the Statue of Liberty is holding?
Student: Does Bill Cosby sing "White Christmas"?

Modern Comforts

Today the big topic in class was modern comforts. In our new book, The Sign of the Beaver, the main character is twelve years old but able to take care of himself for seven weeks in the wilderness alone. After much discussion about how I rely on air conditioning, TV, my cell phone and my car, the kids came to the same general consensus- Mrs. North is a wimp. You know what? They are exactly right. I am signing off to go sit on the couch and watch some TV.

The Reading Fair

Today is the first day we talked about the Reading Fair. Everyone has to choose a book title for the project before Friday. Weasel is torn between Click, Clack Moo- Cows That Type and Dooby, Dooby Moo. We also started reading The Sign of the Beaver today and took a spelling pretest. It was a pretty routine day at "the Station".

Diary of a Jag

As many of you know, "blogging" is the latest craze. I have a blog for my family where I am documenting every little thing that my two year old, John Riley does. It made me start thinking that maybe we should document our school year as well. After all, this is the last year of elementary school and I know, if you are like me, while you are at work or running your errands each day, you are wondering what is going on in your child's life. This informal journal will give you some glimpses of our everyday life in the classroom. I think there is an option of actually buying an inexpensive book of our blog. That might be something I can check into at the end of the year for those of you interested in a special keepsake. I am new at this so if any of you are pros or have any suggestions, I'd love to hear them! Bookmark this site as a favorite and visit it often if you want to hear about our day!