Muslim Woman in Amman

     My running shoes have been getting a little run down lately so I went to DSW for some new ones. I saw some New Balances that I was going to buy but on my way to the counter I found some awesome red pumas. Same price around 30 dollars, but I liked the pumas a whole lot more. Luckily I happen to have a lot of red clothes so making sure my shoes match isn't that hard.      Unfortunately I underestimated the reaction I would get about my new shoes. One of my students took one look at my shoes and promptly stepped on it. Which resulted in a small chase around the classroom to avoid the little feet that were trying to dirty my new shoes. I lost. I will admit though it was kind of fun, though I think the parents think we're crazy.

     It's Friday! I have a lot of things to share from this week and it is hard to limit to just five but I will try really hard. So, with out further ado my Five for Friday! First up Writer's Workshop. One of our lessons was about writing through a mask. I have been writing my own story while the kids wrote theirs. I use it to demonstrate new writing techniques. For writing through a mask I wrote two paragraphs that show the thoughts of two different characters besides the main one. In Math we were learning about quadrilaterals so I made a small activity for the kids to do. The purpose was to help them match up the shape to its description. For my current Art Orbit rotation I had the kids make these cute brown bag trees. I found them on a Pinterest pin about useless DIY projects . I on the other hand immediately thought that it would be a great art project. I thought they came out really well. Every year the school puts together an Eveni...