There are plenty of things you don’t want to get caught doing. Driving over the speed limit is certainly one of those things. Eating a candy bar for breakfast might be another. I’m just sayin’; not that I’ve ever done either of those! ;+) Today, I’m actually challenging you and your students to get caught…
May
First Friday Giveaway
Happy first Friday of the month to you! May is a special month, don’t you think? It boasts May Day, Cinco de Mayo, Teacher Appreciation Week (next week!), Mother’s Day, Memorial Day, and much more. For example, May is National Egg Month. Hey, do you know how monsters like their eggs? Terri-fried! And comedians? How…
Are the Cupboards Bare? Teacher Appreciation Week Giveaway
By early May, with the end of the school year on the horizon and Field Day looming, a supply cabinet filled mostly with air and dust bunnies always stared back at me. The tissue reserves had been decimated by March, if not earlier. Notebook paper? Fugeddaboutit! Cleaning products? Sure, there were a few items left,…
Slow Down, 2012
Is it just me, or did someone set the 2012 calendar to “Stun”? Really? It’s the middle of the second week of May already? Where did this come from? I’m stunned. If you’re feeling the same way, then I think it’s a good idea if I get a few items of looming summer business out…
What kind of month is May?
May can be a month unlike any other. Leaves fill out the trees. Mosquitoes sing their sweet, bloodthirsty song. Lawnmowers throttle back to life. Sweaters settle in for a long summer’s nap. Students and teachers look to the thinning calendar and—Oh no! How few days are left? There’s so much to do! So much! Noses…