Hey Everyone,

I hope you are all out enjoying your long weekend and not so bored that your inside reading this LOL .

Since I last posted, my week(end) went well. There were massive thunderstorms all day Friday which made Inter School Sport cancelled and gave us an extra three hours in the classroom to catch up on the organizing and extra lessons the students needed. Friday I also managed to type up all their Haiku poems and hang em up on the walls for them to read and share and get all my marking done (WOOT!) . Saturday consisted of me sleeping after spending 22 hours awake on Friday lol. As for today I called home and got to talk to Momma (Mum as the Aussies say) and Daddy and then Nate afterwards.  In total I spent 2 ½ hours on the phone and it still wasn’t enough. I wish I had time to call more often. L sad days. Well at least its only 5 more weeks….

As for the links on the last post… Mom was saying some of the photo links for the kids weren’t working so here is the link to the gallery page and you can click on the album instead à http://www.ithacreess.eq.edu.au/home/slewi143/gallery.html

Other then that,  I saw a Turkey walk down some stairs today. It was hilarious. It then crosses the road…why im not sure…im guessing for the same reasons as the chicken did.

Oh and I found two AMAZING quotes today that are added to my Words to live by:

We cannot change the cards were dealt; Just how we play the hand

And

The day the child learns that all adults are imperfect, he becomes an adolescent; the day he forgives them, he becomes an adult; the day he forgives himself, he becomes wise

Well that’s all for today =) Have a great week peoples!

Manda

xoxoxo

 

Ps Here are some the kids Haiku poems (my favs at least)

First they had to write traditional Haiku Poems (about one of the seasons / nature)

 

Animals Prancing                                          Mother deer watches   

Rain is falling to the ground                         Fawns leap across the meadow

Flowers are blooming                                   Grass sprinkled with dew

By Sophie                                                      By Charlotte

 

Changing over time                                     Gathering small nuts

Golden and orange colours                         Squirrels scamper on the trees

Blowing in the wind                                     Leaves floating around

By Ella                                                          By Charlotte

 

New beautiful life                                         Blue, white and light grey

Fresh rejuvenating rain                                 Where did all the sunlight go?

A bird sings sweetly                                       Ice hangs from a tree

By Joseph                                                      By Rylie

 

Blankets of white mist                              Death and silence rule

Sends shivers down my spine                    Ice cold and harsh blizzards kill

Icicles on trees                                         All life everywhere

By Bere                                                     By Joseph

 

I then gave them a challenge – To create Haikus that had to do with 7/6 L (our class) Here is some of the funnier ones they came up with….

Boys mindlessly chat                                   Homework, homework darn

Girls neglect important work                     Quiet, quiet! No smart moves!

In this average class                                   Boring classes ZzzzZzzz

By Joseph                                                  By Faisal

 

Classrooms are boring                                Very very loud

All you do is write some stuff                     Shut up or we will lose points

I hate all homework                                     Oh no! Not homework!

By Owen                                                      By Josh

 

Maths work and playing                            Colourful classroom

Laughing with lots of friends                    "I want to be teacher slave!"

Spelling is the best                                   We're never boring!

By Ella                                                       By Tegan

 

This class is scary!                                       We are learning how

The teacher ate many kids!                         To write a good haiku, (a

Get me out of here!                                     not very good one)

By Gabriel                                                     By Lochlan

 

A few random ones showed up in this challenge too….

I was eating chalk                                          Sit down at my desk

It was very un-tastey                                     The cactus is my only friend

I did not like it                                               Oh no it spiked me!

By Joe                                                             By Helena

 

And lastly I just left them write about what they wish…. Here are a few of my favs

 

Crash! Bang! Explosions                           I got bad frostbite

The grey smoke surrounds me                  I can't feel my toes right now

I hear people scream                                Where did they go to?

By Ashleigh                                               By Gabriel

 

Eroded rubber                                            It is very spiky

Can remove jet black graphite                   It stares at me all day long

From the white paper                                 I do not like it!

By Joseph                                                   By Joe