I always knew Rudolph was an amazing reindeer; however, not until today did I fully realize just how remarkable he is! Yes, Rudolph has a shiny red nose. And yes, Rudolph can fly at greased lightning speeds. Yet Rudolph has kept a teeny-tiny secret from us all these years. Rudolph’s other remarkable trait is contained…
Author: Diane Badden
First Friday “yawaeviG”
Ho, ho, ho! I’m messing with you on this first Friday of December. Yes, “yawaeviG” spells Giveaway backward. And since it is the first Friday of the month, it is give, give, giveaway time here at The Mailbox Blog! I’m keeping this month’s question simple. There’s no need to add something complicated to your December…
When Students Are Absent
Ah-choo! It’s that time of year, or at least my nose thinks it is! Isn’t early December about the time students begin missing school due to wintertime illnesses, such as the cold and flu? No teacher wants her students to be sick—well, wait a minute, there was a student or two…:0) But seriously, an absent…
Thanksgiving Follow Up
Are you eating leftovers? Are you shopping for deals? Are you watching football? Are you putting up holiday decorations? Hmmmm, what else could you be doing? Certainly not school work (I hope)! Tell us what you like to do on a day off from teaching, and this little penguin could be headed your way. Of…
Gobbler Surprise
This grinning gobbler can hold a dinner napkin or student writing—a list of thankful thoughts, a story of thankfulness, or a Thanksgiving Day poem—to be shared at mealtime. In either case, the tiny turkey makes a supercute and thoughtful addition to a Thanksgiving Day table! Have older students measure and cut the needed paper strips…
Hallway Manners
I love it when I see a class of students quietly parading down a school hallway. It’s such an accomplishment for both the teacher and students! Hopefully by this time of the school year students are falling into a pattern of lining up quickly and quietly; and then again maybe not! How do you encourage…
Teachers’ Pets
Did your nose wrinkle as you read the title of this blog? If it did—unwrinkle it! This blog is not about the notion that teachers show favoritism to select students. Ugh! We know better! Nope, this blog is about our furry, feathery, and scaly companions who are sooooo happy to see us after a long…
Honoring Our Veterans
I was touched by a recent news story about 13 US Marines returning home from Afghanistan on an American Airlines flight. Apparently it is the airline’s policy to upgrade service men and women in uniform to first class whenever possible. On this particular flight there were only six first-class seats available, leaving seven Marines in…
Who Is Betty Botter?
Betty Botter bought some butter that was too bitter for her batter. So Betty Botter bought a bit of better butter, better than the bitter butter, and put it in her bitter batter to make her bitter batter better. That’s who Betty Botter is! By the way, how’s your tongue doing? Feeling a little twisted?…
First Friday Giveaway
Hello, November! Today is the first day of the month and it’s the first Friday of the month. Are you ready to enter November’s First Friday Giveaway? I sure hope so! The topic of teamwork is ricocheting around in my brain. I have to ask. Have you seen or heard about the jaw-dropping performances of…