Activities for Friday, February 27th

Assignment for February 27th

Good Morning!!

This week, you have several things to do on your blog. 

1. You must blog about top ten favorite books....these can be ANY books that you have read in your WHOLE life. You MUST explain WHY you picked EACH book to add to your list.
2. Check your blog to see if you made a list or actually described your favorite books. (I bet you can imagine which one I want you to do!)
3. Comment on this post when you have finished your blog post.
4. Go to our school website and click on the two classmates' blogs that are ABOVE yours and comment on their post about their favorite books.  Remember to be respectful with your words! (I would also love for you to comment on mine!)
5. Your second blog will be about a small moment from this morning.  Remember write LONG about a small period of time!

                   Write about the moment that answers one of these:

                         What is a decision you had to make before school? 

                         What event or words affected your mood before you got here? 

                         Did you interact with anyone before walking into our classroom?

                         When you walked into the room, what did you think and feel?

or think of your own....

6.  If you have time, you can blog about your reading!!

What It Takes to Be a GREAT Blogger!!

I found this awesome site that had great tips on how to blog!  


Do you have to do lots of writing to be a good blogger? Do all blog posts have to be very long? What’s an easy way to create a blog post when you don’t have much time?
Here are some ideas for the kind of blog posts you could create – and some of them don’t involve any writing at all. If you’re working on a new blog, it might be fun to see how many different types of posts you can create:

• Reviews
  A review can be your thoughts about anything, seriously! – the last good book you read; movie you saw or place you visited. Write about the good and the not so good parts, what you liked and what you would change.

• Top tips
  These sort of posts are very popular online, especially if you give it a number such as ‘Top 5′ or ‘Top 10′. Do you have a hobby or sport that you could think of some tips for?

• Opinions
  What’s happening in your life or in the news that you feel strongly about?

• A picture post
  Either take a photo with a camera or phone, or draw a picture and scan it in to the computer

• A video post
  You can find some ideas for easy ways to make films for your blog here. Or you can upload one of your favourite videos from Youtube – look for the embed code and add it into the HTML section when you’re writing the post and it will appear.

• Audio only
  Turn your blog into your own radio show with sound-only posts. Audioboo is a great site for recording audio posts.

• Interviews
  An interview doesn’t have to be long or with a celebrity – it could be an interview with anyone you find interesting. You could interview a fellow blogger or a member of your family.

• A ‘How To’ post
  Posts like this are incredibly popular because people are always searching on the internet for information about how to do things. So what do you know how to do that you could tell people about?

• A craft or activity post
  It’s a good idea to take a lot of pictures with posts like this so you can show how you did the activity. Let the photos tell the story and then fill in any extra information.

• Recipes
  Make sure you write these in a very clear way so that anybody can follow. If you’re basing this post on an original recipe then link back to that but say what you did differently.

• Stories and poems
  It can be really fun to write your own original stories and poems and share them on your blog.

• A cute picture of a cat
  EVERYBODY likes those. Don’t they?????

Above all remember that it’s your blog so you decide what the posts are about – it’s like being the boss of your own online magazine. So even if you normally write book reviews or fashion posts, you can always mix it up with an interview or video post.

Aren't these awesome ideas?!?!?  I love this post!  Thank you Kids Blog Club for helping our class become better bloggers!!!!!!!

A Few Of My Favorite Things

This week we were challenged to write a blog about our ten favorites!  So, here we go...

1.)  My family is my most favorite thing!  I am honored to be a wife, a daughter, a granddaughter, a sister, and an aunt.  These people fill me with love and help me to see all of the good in the world!



2.)  Another favorite thing is my class!  I love teaching!  These kids delight my heart, and I am always so excited as they grow and change and learn!!!  It is a joy to be their teacher.

(Ladies and Gentlemen, I need a picture to put here!  We MUST take one soon!)

3.)  This one is NO surprise.  Texas A&M University is one my most favorite places on earth!  I am super proud to be a Texas Aggie!!  WHOOP!!


4.) I love to read!  Getting lost in a book is one of my most favorite things ever!!   A Saturday afternoon with the windows open and a good book is heavenly!

5.) I love the seasons!  Fall is one of my favorites because I love football, sweatshirts, and comfort food.  I love the winter because I get to enjoy holidays, festive parties, and colorful lights.  I adore the spring because I love tulips, Easter, and warm sun.  I also love the summer months because swimming, vacations, and coconut oil delight my soul.  See, I love them all!!!  Every one is precious and fun.

6.) I love to create.  From my photography to watercolors to spools of yarn all of them make beautiful creations.  Creating things is one of my favorite things.  I love to get lost in art.  I also love to buy new art supplies.  They delight my heart!

7.)Coffee!!!  One of my most favorite treats is a Starbucks Peppermint White Chocolate Mocha!!!  I try to limit myself to just two a month, but I love them so much!!  Another of my favorite things is to go to Starbucks, order my coffee, and read for a while.  I love the environment so much!!  It is cozy and wonderful.

8.) My favorite color is pink.  I think!  I change it a lot because I love colors!  I love how your mood will change depending on what color is surrounding you.  I my

9.)  Galveston is one of my favorite places.  My husband and I always have so much fun down there.  We love the beach and seafood.  We enjoy the Strand, shopping, and finding new places.  Every time we go we ride the ferry to watch for dolphins.  It is a wonderful place that is full of fun memories.   Did I mention that we love the seafood!?!?!    It is a favorite place for sure!!!

10.)  My last favorite for today is laughter!  I love to hear people around me who are happy and enjoying life!  Laughter makes everything better.  My brother, sister, and I have always made each other laugh.  My favorite memories involve lots of laughter!

What are a few of your favorites??

Fresh Topics

This morning, I asked you to journal about topics you would like to blog about.

Comment below with your ideas!!!

Assignment for February 20th

Good Morning!!

This week, you have several things to do on your blog.

1. You must blog about your ten favorites....these favorites can be objects, feelings, places, people, days, etc...
2. Check your blog to see if you made a list or actually described your favorite things. (I bet you can imagine which one I want you to do!)
3. Comment on this post when you have finished your blog post.
4. Go to our school website and click on the two classmates' blogs that are below yours comment on their post about their favorites.  Remember to be respectful with your words!
5. Your second blog will be about your reading this week.  

                   Why are you reading the books that you have?
                   Would you suggest them to others?
                   What books do you think you want to read next?

6.  Go back to Mrs. Nabors' Blog.  Comment on the post about topics you would like to blog about.

Mom's Tree - A slice of life

The box opens, and I pull out the small evergreen tree.  On each branch, I string brilliant purple lights because it was her favorite color.  I can almost hear her call my name as I unwrap each ornament that she saved.  I hear her tell me the stories of the kids from her many years in the classroom whose names are delicately etched on some of the them.  I can tell that they were written by pre-school hands who had just learned how to write because she had taught them.

She whispers memories of my brother, sister and I as I hang our hand made ornaments.  One was my first cross stitching project when I was in junior high.  Each one is delicately placed so that it hangs just right.  All of them are hung...even the ones who are so old they are beginning to break.  Each one was a treasure to my mom.  Therefore, they are a treasure to me.  The tears begin to fall as my heart aches to tell her one more time how precious her life was to me.  She taught me everything.  She taught me how to enjoy the special moments and embrace the simple ones.

I miss my mom so very much at Christmas time!  I will always put her tree up and add each ornament.  I pray that I always hear her voice while I hang each one.



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These pictures are from last year....I haven't taken any this year, yet.  I added the purple lights this year.  I will update pictures soon!

A New Goal is Born - A Slice of Life

"Team 1466" the announcer called!  That's us!  That is really us!  And just like that our Robotics season continues to the regional competition!

I am so very proud of the six students who have worked so hard to accomplish this amazing feat!  We are going to regional competition to compete, again!

Just like that a new goal is born!  A rising star!

Here we go!