Archive for July, 2008

Fifth Grade State Standards Wordle Cloud

Friday, July 25th, 2008

Ten days and counting until we here in Georgia return to our classrooms and prepare for the new group of cherubs we will be receiving com August 11. While in the middle of beginning my preparations here at home for upcoming field trips (Kennesaw Mountain Battlefield) and all the various ...

New U.S. Poet Laureate

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

Marin County Poet, Kay Ryan named U.S. Poet Laurete Nothing Ventured by Kay Ryan Nothing exists as a block and cannot be parceled up. So if nothing's ventured it's not just talk; it's the big wager. Don't you wonder how people think the banks of space and time don't matter? How they'll drain the big tanks down to ...

Return from Vacation and Last Baseball

Monday, July 21st, 2008

We have returned from vacation to piles of mail (with a few bills thrown in), a very hot house in need of airing out, and back to routines. It was a wonderful couple of weeks to visit with family and friends and to get out to the coast and enjoy ...

It’s Independence Day

Friday, July 4th, 2008

In the midst of barbecues, beaches, and fireworks; amongst the political bickering between left and right; disagree or agree on the state of our nation; let us all this day take time to remember those who defied the status-quo of their day and sought to create a nation where we ...