New Year 2017 with a Snowy Day bonus!

May your New Year be filled with love,

May your New Year be filled with laughter.

May your New Year bring happiness and joy,

and a Never-Ending Happily Ever After!

Well said my friend!

One of Golden Boy's dreams is to see snow....
DUDE! Living in Illinois,
and dealing with lots and lots of snow,
it floors me when I read things
 like this about your Florida family!

Well....we may not be seeing snow in Florida,

but here's a little ***snow something*** to share!

Thanks for sharing!

Based on the book The Snowy Day

by Ezra Jack Keats

The Snowy Day 100 and 120 Charts 

You can choose to have your students
fill in the 100 chart or the 120 chart...
whichever works better for your age group.

If you're looking for more
Snowy Day activities based on
Ezra Jack Keats' book...
click here   to go to our
Winter? So Over It! blog post.
  

Best of Wishes to YOU and YOURS!
2017 Here We Come!

Saw a hilarious ecard about the New Year.
"I'm not bringing a date to
the New Year's Eve party...
...that way at midnight
I can kiss 2016 goodbye!"
LOVE IT!!!

Health Insurance Hikes Can Bring Out The Grinch!

 

How can we possibly blog

in December

without including

How The Grinch Stole Christmas

by Dr.Seuss?

 I know right?!

I don't know about you

but the Grinch is one of my all time

favorite storybook characters.

Reading Dr. Seuss' book

always helps my heart to grow

a few sizes...even when I may be feeling

a little grouchy or should I say grinchy?

 You?  Grouch?  Nah! 

Oh yes...Yes my friend...

I can find myself a little grouchy...

especially since I just found out

that my health insurance

through my school district is now

going up around $400.00 a month.

Merry Christmas Teachers!

OUCH!  That happened to us

a few years back.

Bobby had to get a second job

to cover this cost.  Boo hiss....

On the bright side,

that is less than the amount

our school board INITIALLY  suggested.

Our local paper spun it as our school board

is saving teachers money.

"Heads I win, tails you lose"

sort of philosophy?

Hmmmmm......

And teachers as they read this

felt ice-cold in the snow.

They stood there puzzling and puzzling

How could it be so?

How?  Unfortunately

employer provided healthcare

has become a luxury

that most of us will no

longer have someday.

#sadbuttrue

Am I feeling a little GRINCHY?

You betcha!

Nah, just dealing with

your new reality.

I must focus my green fumes

into something positive...

soooooo.....

Here's some Grinchy Writing

to share!

Differentiated Writing Paper

 

 

 

Maybe I should use this

to write a personal letter

to members of my school board...

   

 

Or maybe I'll use this paper

to write a Health Insurance rendition

of Dr. Seuss' much loved poem.

   

 

Health insurance cleaned out the ice box

as quick as a flash.

Why Health Insurance even took

the last of my teaching stash.

And the one speck of food

That it left in the house

Was a crumb that was even

too small for a mouse. 

THEN Health Insurance did the same thing

To the other Teachers' houses

Leaving crumbs

Much too small

For the other Teachers' mouses!

  

There are many teachers who are having

to drop to the lowest policy possible because

they simply can't afford the price hikes.

The lowest policy is an $18,000.00

deductible for hospital stays.

OUCH!!!

 How is someone who

can't afford $400.00 extra a month

supposed to afford $18,000.00

if something goes awry?

Seriously?!

Teachers are just waking up!

I know just what they'll do!

Their mouths will hang open a minute or two,

Then the Teachers down in Teacherville

Will all cry BOO-HOO!

Sorry friend. That's awful.

     

 

Every Teacher down in Teacherville

the tall and the small,

Was teaching!

With or without

decent insurance at all!

Christmas is just around the corner!

shhhh, so much to do.

Time to focus on happy thoughts...

Time to make sure my head

is screwed on just right.

Time to make sure

my shoes aren't too tight!

Maybe I should stop stress eating!

LOL! Shouldn't we all?

Happy Thoughts.

Must.Think.Happy.Thoughts.

 

  

     

Day Five Christmas Freebie: Teach on! Click Clack Ho Ho Ho! Writing Paper

Click Clack Ho Ho Ho
by Doreen Cronin
is a great book to bring on
some holiday fun!
This is too cute!
My kids always like to
see what these
farm characters
are up to!

 Differentiated Writing Paper

May you never feel stuck
in your lesson plans...
At this point in the year,
they say
"Remove children from ceiling.
Repeat as necessary."
but if you do....
just add a little
"Ho Ho Ho" magic
to help you...

Teach On!