Valentine's Day

My students are amazing! On Valentine's Day I received a few really special gifts.
What would Valentine's Day be without a snuggly bear with 2 Fruit Rollups? Or a series of "I (heart) U" chocolate bars with a Sponge Bob Squarepants theme? ;)


















Not only are her complete sentences perfect, but she made this pen for me. You can't see it well, but she enscribed "Ms. Schwarzlose" in the design. It is so cute!!





2/16/12:
And last, but certainly not least, I was given a card first thing this morning from one of my 1st year students. I love the little details about this card. The heart on the right says, "Happy one (crossed out) TWO day after Valentine day."

Would You Rather...?

Every day for the past few weeks I have created a "Would you rather...?" question for my students to answer in their journals. It has been fun to hear their responses! Yesterday & today I had the students create their own "Would you rather...?" questions & I was not disappointed with what they came up with. Here are a few examples...

1. Would you rather live inside a whale with two people you hate or live in an open forest all by yourself?


2. Would you rather cut your hair & have to eat it or cut your nails & have to eat them?


3. Would you rather live in Antarctica or the Sahara Desert for one year?


4. Would you rather live in house taken over by roaches or spiders?


5. Would you rather live with the President of the United States of America in the White House or live with your favorite movie star?


6. Would you rather eat an animal raw in the desert because you are starving or eat the lunchroom food that is soooo bad?


7. Would you rather kiss a monkey or eat dog food?


8. Would you rather be homeschooled & have a prom or go to a regular school & not have a prom?

I answered "spiders" to #4 (asked by a Japanese student) & she said, "Even though spiders can hurt you (as she was pinching her own arm)??!!" I said, "Yes, because roaches are so dirty!!"

That's when her twin brother said, "Ms. Schwarzlose, would you rather live in a house taken over by roaches or CATS?" I answered "roaches" because at least I could still breath for that year!!