Well I managed to squeak out another A in my last class. But boy… it was a close call. I did horrible on my mid-term, but a lot of other students complained and she gave everyone17 extra points for bad questions. So that helped… But I was a little nervous for awhile!
Anyways, Valentine’s Day was fantastic. Our party at school was a lot of fun. I have been blessed with amazing parents every year so far. When I got home, Bran and I made dinner together. He bought me chocolate covered strawberries instead of roses. It was so perfect! I have a picture of them on my camera, but I’m too tired to upload them right now. To end the night, we went to revival at church. It was amazing!!!
In my last post I wrote about Donor’s Choose. I am excited to say that one of my projects is fully funded!! Woohoo!! I am so excited, as well as my kiddos. We will be receiving two headsets soon. My cameras are a little over halfway funded. I am so amazed by the generosity of others. They have no idea how much their donation means to me and how far it will take my kids. I just pray that I can raise the last $225 before my project expires in May.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Donors Choose
Being a teacher, I spend a lot of money on materials for my kiddos. The first year was insane. I started from scratch. I literally had NOTHING. It would be embarrassing to tell the world how much money I spent that year… So let’s move on.
The beginning of the year is always costly, but there is also many things that pop up throughout the year. My principal works so well with us and tries to get us anything and everything we need. However, we all know that getting a teacher ANYthing or EVERYthing she could want is virtually impossible. ha! There is a wonderful website called donors choose. This allows teachers to appeal to the masses and plead for money to fund projects. What a great idea!! I currently have a project up. Please go check it out! If you don’t have any extra funds, tell a friend about it! I am trying to get five digital cameras to allow my students to take their own photographs to include in their digital stories. The possibilities of having cameras in the classroom is actually endless. I am “picturing” my students taking cameras outside to find acute, obtuse, and right angles or different types of lines. I am envisioning them taking pictures of the different steps they are writing about in their how-to writing essays (which in turn can be created into a digital story). I can go on and on! So, please go check my project out and spread the word! The address is: www.donorschoose.org/kristinmotley.
And to end my post, here is a video I took of my husband playing in the ten inches of snow we got today with our dog Mason.
The beginning of the year is always costly, but there is also many things that pop up throughout the year. My principal works so well with us and tries to get us anything and everything we need. However, we all know that getting a teacher ANYthing or EVERYthing she could want is virtually impossible. ha! There is a wonderful website called donors choose. This allows teachers to appeal to the masses and plead for money to fund projects. What a great idea!! I currently have a project up. Please go check it out! If you don’t have any extra funds, tell a friend about it! I am trying to get five digital cameras to allow my students to take their own photographs to include in their digital stories. The possibilities of having cameras in the classroom is actually endless. I am “picturing” my students taking cameras outside to find acute, obtuse, and right angles or different types of lines. I am envisioning them taking pictures of the different steps they are writing about in their how-to writing essays (which in turn can be created into a digital story). I can go on and on! So, please go check my project out and spread the word! The address is: www.donorschoose.org/kristinmotley.
And to end my post, here is a video I took of my husband playing in the ten inches of snow we got today with our dog Mason.
haha!
Saturday, February 5, 2011
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