Alright Grizzlies,
Another week of Social Distancing is among us. I know that a lot has been thrown at your in the last few days, so I am hoping that you all took some time to relax and enjoy your family this weekend. We haven't had our Wii on in about 3 years, but pulled it out this last week and have Mario Kart battles and some Wii Fit Obstacle Course battles as well.
All in all I think I am doing OK, but then I think of all of you and realize just how much I miss you all. I have a big meeting tomorrow to discuss our further communication with our students and what we as Specials teachers can do to help everyone out. We also have a few more stories to read to get Book Madness up and running, so please keep your eye open for the links when we are finished.
My first book review will be posted tomorrow .. it is a mystery book, literally, it falls in the Mystery genre. A very quick read!!
Sunday, March 29, 2020
Saturday, March 28, 2020
Catching Up
Hey All,
Wednesday and Thursday - I just wanted to update you with what I have been up to in the last few days..thankfully it wasn't all inside stuff. I am really trying to make sure that I get outside and clear my head, so I can be as there for my family as I can. Thankfully we have a lot of trails around our area to explore and still maintain proper social distancing. It is also fun when I can meet a friend for this walk and catch up..thankfully our trails are wide enough to maintain the 6ft recommendations. I really hope that you all are taking time to be outside as well. I also spent a lot of time catching up with my fellow Teacher Librarians utilizing the Zoom meeting app. Man, is that fun. There are times when I think we have far too much technology in our lives and we have forgotten about enjoying the great outdoors, but for me, I am thankful we have it right now. This way I can keep in touch with so many people that mean a lot to me. Speaking of which, I hope that you all had a chance to see all of the videos in the Flip Grid we made. I guarantee you all that we miss you so much and cannot wait until we are all together again.
Friday - I had the pleasure to meet up with 2 other district Teacher Librarians to help hand out Chromebooks to our families that need a little technology help. I am so happy that we are able to offer this to our families. It was also great to sit around and catch up with my friends. Of course, we mainly talked about books, but we also talked about how much we all miss our students. I hope you are all sensing a theme here.
Saturday - NORMALCY!! I cleaned today. It felt like a normal Saturday to me. Yes, it started with rain, but the sun is nice (while we have it). I hope you all have an amazing Saturday and I will "talk" to you all soon.
Wednesday and Thursday - I just wanted to update you with what I have been up to in the last few days..thankfully it wasn't all inside stuff. I am really trying to make sure that I get outside and clear my head, so I can be as there for my family as I can. Thankfully we have a lot of trails around our area to explore and still maintain proper social distancing. It is also fun when I can meet a friend for this walk and catch up..thankfully our trails are wide enough to maintain the 6ft recommendations. I really hope that you all are taking time to be outside as well. I also spent a lot of time catching up with my fellow Teacher Librarians utilizing the Zoom meeting app. Man, is that fun. There are times when I think we have far too much technology in our lives and we have forgotten about enjoying the great outdoors, but for me, I am thankful we have it right now. This way I can keep in touch with so many people that mean a lot to me. Speaking of which, I hope that you all had a chance to see all of the videos in the Flip Grid we made. I guarantee you all that we miss you so much and cannot wait until we are all together again.
Friday - I had the pleasure to meet up with 2 other district Teacher Librarians to help hand out Chromebooks to our families that need a little technology help. I am so happy that we are able to offer this to our families. It was also great to sit around and catch up with my friends. Of course, we mainly talked about books, but we also talked about how much we all miss our students. I hope you are all sensing a theme here.
Saturday - NORMALCY!! I cleaned today. It felt like a normal Saturday to me. Yes, it started with rain, but the sun is nice (while we have it). I hope you all have an amazing Saturday and I will "talk" to you all soon.
Wednesday, March 25, 2020
OMG!!!
My how things have changed since yesterday. Your teachers, all of us, are working hard to make sure that you have what you need to continue to succeed while we are at home. Please make sure and take time for yourself everyday. It is OK to want to be alone for a bit. It is also OK to be outside, just be safe with your distance from others.
On a side note, the district Librarians are working on getting the recordings done for Book Madness. We all wanted guest readers for this event, so why not have all of the Librarians act as guest readers. More on that tomorrow.
On a side note, the district Librarians are working on getting the recordings done for Book Madness. We all wanted guest readers for this event, so why not have all of the Librarians act as guest readers. More on that tomorrow.
Tuesday, March 24, 2020
Miss you!!!
Hey Grizzlies!
It's Mrs. Panther here. I just want you all to know how much I miss each and everyone of you. I hope you are all taking care of yourself and your families while we are apart. I am hoping and praying that we all get to see each other soon.
As all of you know, we were supposed to start Book Madness when we returned from Spring Break. I was a little bummed when I found out that we would not be returning to school until April 13th, so I immediately starting contacting authors and publishers about ways that I could still get you all Book Madness and not get in trouble for it. You see, even as an educator I have to be careful with what I put on the internet. I can get in some BIG trouble if I were to just read you a book and share the reading on the internet, because I did not have permission from the author or publisher to do so. After all, they are people too that need to make a living and feed their families. LUCKILY our nation's authors and publishers really stepped it up and gave us some freedom with posting us reading to you. I still have a lot of rules I have to follow, but I can read to you, we can vote for our favorites and we can continue Book Madness.
I will be creating a private YouTube channel that only Grant families will have access to. I will be posting the link to that site in a newletter that will be coming out from Mr. Turnis and on this Blog. We will be voting on the book as a FULL SCHOOL, so everyone who wants to watch the videos can vote on their favorite. We will start this HOPEFULLY tomorrow. We will have a quick turnaround for voting for the first round. I will have the link for the Google Form attached to a blog post. Please click on the link and vote for your favorites.
I think that is all for now. If I think of anything else, I will just blog about it. Maybe post a "question a day" until we are all back together!
Miss you all!
Mrs. Panther
It's Mrs. Panther here. I just want you all to know how much I miss each and everyone of you. I hope you are all taking care of yourself and your families while we are apart. I am hoping and praying that we all get to see each other soon.
As all of you know, we were supposed to start Book Madness when we returned from Spring Break. I was a little bummed when I found out that we would not be returning to school until April 13th, so I immediately starting contacting authors and publishers about ways that I could still get you all Book Madness and not get in trouble for it. You see, even as an educator I have to be careful with what I put on the internet. I can get in some BIG trouble if I were to just read you a book and share the reading on the internet, because I did not have permission from the author or publisher to do so. After all, they are people too that need to make a living and feed their families. LUCKILY our nation's authors and publishers really stepped it up and gave us some freedom with posting us reading to you. I still have a lot of rules I have to follow, but I can read to you, we can vote for our favorites and we can continue Book Madness.
I will be creating a private YouTube channel that only Grant families will have access to. I will be posting the link to that site in a newletter that will be coming out from Mr. Turnis and on this Blog. We will be voting on the book as a FULL SCHOOL, so everyone who wants to watch the videos can vote on their favorite. We will start this HOPEFULLY tomorrow. We will have a quick turnaround for voting for the first round. I will have the link for the Google Form attached to a blog post. Please click on the link and vote for your favorites.
I think that is all for now. If I think of anything else, I will just blog about it. Maybe post a "question a day" until we are all back together!
Miss you all!
Mrs. Panther
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