It’s the first day of May! The end of the year is really in sight! You can do it! You CAN make it!

Enjoy this week’s little video.

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Bet you weren’t expecting that, were you?

This is the favorites list to end all favorites lists! Vicki Davis, one of the masterminds behind the Flat Classroom Project, has listed her 122 favorite online tools at 122 For You. There are links here to anything and everything (even including weight management!) - you will want to set aside a bit of time to explore all of them! She’s included descriptions for each along with ideas on how to use them for instruction.

I really try to keep my inbox organized – deleting some emails, filing others – but all too often life interferes and the result is an overflowing inbox. Of course, because of Murphy’s Law, this is exactly the time when I will need to find an important email within the hundreds of emails that are waiting there. For times like this, the “filter” feature can really come in handy. I wish they called it a “search” field, because that’s what it does. Just type in something related to what you are searching for, and GroupWise will filter the information and return only those items with that search term. Once you are finished, though, be sure to delete the search term or GroupWise will continue to filter everything and you’ll end up wondering where all your mail went!

Thanks to Barbara H. for sharing this cute one!

Those of you caught up in Idol frenzy will appreciate this one. It’s sure to bring a smile to your face. Thanks so much to Robin F. for sharing!

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This is a perfect example of why my mother always reminded me to “never judge a book by it’s cover”.

This week’s featured website comes from our very own special Librarian, Connie M. If you haven’t checked out Thinkfinity, there are a ton of really nice resources there, including lesson plans, assessments, enrichment activities, and more. Teaching is by far the hardest job on the planet, and anything that might make that job a little easier gets 5 stars from me. This is one of those tools!

Believe it or not, the end of the year is in sight (Yippee!)! The last marking period is upon us and it is time, again, for a reminder that now is a GREAT time to backup all your files and make sure they are secure. Your files can be saved to a thumb drive, a cd rom, or even an external drive if you have it. To backup your files to a thumb drive:

1. Go to Start/My Document (Note: if you have your files stored somewhere else on your C Drive other your My Documents folder, then use these steps to copy those, too)
2. In the My Documents window, highlight all your documents and folders.
3. On the left pane, click Copy the selected items. The Copy Items window displays.
4. On the Copy Items window, select your Thumb Drive (this is usually your E: drive). Click Copy

Many thanks to Darcie P. for submitting these fun little passage for Feel Good Friday!

TEACHER: Maria, go to the map and find North America .

MARIA: Here it is.

TEACHER: Correct. Now class, who discovered America ?

Class: Maria

TEACHER: John, why are you doing your math multiplication on the floor?

JOHN: You told me to do it without using tables.

TEACHER: Glenn, how do you spell ‘crocodile?’

GLENN: K-R-O-K-O-D-I-A-L’

TEACHER: No, that’s wrong

GLENN: Maybe it is wrong, but you asked me how I spell it.

TEACHER: Donald, what is the chemical formula for water?

DONALD: H I J K L M N O.

TEACHER: What are you talking about?

DONALD: Yesterday you said it’s H to O.

TEACHER: Winnie, name one important thing we have today that we didn’t have ten years ago.

WINNIE: Me!

TEACHER: Glen, why do you always get so dirty?

GLEN: Well, I’m a lot closer to the ground than you are.

TEACHER: Millie, give me a sentence starting with ‘ I. ‘

MILLIE: I is..

TEACHER: No, Millie….. Always say, ‘I am.’

MILLIE: All right… ‘I am the ninth letter of the alphabet.’

TEACHER: George Washington not only chopped down his father’s cherry tree, but also admitted it. Now, Louie, do you know why his father didn’t punish him?

LOUIS: Because George still had the axe in his hand.

TEACHER: Now, Simon, tell me frankly, do you say prayers before eating?

SIMON: No sir, I don’t have to, my Mom is a good cook.

TEACHER: Clyde , your composition on ‘My Dog’ is exactly the same as your brother’s. Did you copy his?

CLYDE : No, sir. It’s the same dog.