Ms.Bolin's Class, I love you!

Dear Mrs. Martin and 4th grade,
We just have a few questions.....
What do you like to eat? What food to you like? Are you going to come here? Please can you come here? Where were you born? Which book do you like? Do you like The Cat in the Hat? What do you like to play at recess? Do you like to play sports? What are some things that you like to do at home? Do you like to sleep? Do you like to play? What color are your eyes? How did you celebrate St. Patrick's Day? Have you seen a volcano? Have you seen a waterfall?
We wanted to ask you these questions. There are a lot of them and you can answer the ones that you would like. If your students would like to answer some of them, that would be great! My students also said that they "miss you" because they know that that is a kind thing to say to someone in a letter. (haha-they made me write that). Something funny that happened.Nicolas told me the other day that God was so big that He could eat His lunch in one bite. We colored Flat Stanley and made some clothes of our own. They should be in Kentucky on March 31st. I will talk to Mrs. Martin about this. Also, we bought some postcards from Brasilia. Stanley will be bringing those to you.
Your Friends,
Caleb, Nana, Thales, James, Nicolas, and Ms. Bolin

I will answer you as soon as I get finished with a SS lesson plan, math critique, and studying for BIO. soon, i promise...

with pictures!

one more, i know its three but i'm waiting around in the library

i have to watch Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth" in the next two weeks for a conservation assignment.

here's an inconvenient truth, its freaking freezing here Al. FREEZING! Global warming needs closure.

ok, no more for tonight...

addendum

all righty, that was a little negative so I'm going to lighten this up immediately with some good news. i found out I got one of two teacher's scholarships and will be getting my little bit of money on the 21st for my student teaching semester. that's awesome. and God is in control. which makes me know the only real thing i need is Him.

and that helps closure.

Time keeps on tickin', tickin', tickin', into the future...

i hate being so busy that i cannot do the things that i like to do. like nothing. i'm pretty much the best at nothing as anybody doing nothing can be. i've talked to julie and ginger in 15 min. segments that only lead to open ended questions about our lives and for people who need closure,this, my friends is no good. speaking of needing closure, (i'm thiking this is a fallacy made up in the minds of psychologists that need work) if this semester doesn't end soon it will kill me. here's what i keep telling jeanne when we run, "why am i doing this, there are no jobs, and i'm old and in college. doing this with the anticipation of no work is very demotivating. oh, go do something fun, no, i can't I have a dramatic presentation of the life of Fredric Douglass to complete after I get off of star bucks at midnight" did i say there are no jobs here?

closure: to finish a bachelor's (for no job) only to be told you're not really certified until you finish your masters. Sighhhhh. really.

really. amanda, i'm flying myself to Brazil to work. maybe that will bring closure to my life...

Ms. Bowlin's Class, Flat Stanley is on his way!!!

Hello Class,
I'm so excited to be sending you a friend from Richmond, Kentucky, USA. If you want to know where that is, then you can click here.

or you can paste this link in your web browser:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=40475&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=35.821085,78.310547&ie=UTF8&ll=23.241346,-69.609375&spn=77.549924,156.621094&t=h&z=3&iwloc=addr&iwstate1=saveplace

My friend is Flat Stanley. He likes to spend a lot of time traveling to different places learning about all sorts of things. I think he is really going to enjoy visiting you all in Brazil. He will be arriving in about 10 days, but I wanted to introduce him to you so he's not a stranger. Here are some things we did right before he left...

Kentucky Fried Chicken is a favorite here in our state! A man made his recipe for frying chicken here and started a business.



I really like to eat the white meat!


Quilts are an Appalachian tradition is our state and some even represent stories. This one was hand made by a woman who lives on the farm I live on.



We get our local news through a newspaper called the Richmond Register. Stanley likes to read lots of different media.




Stanley wanted to ask you some questions about your classroom and activities you do in Brazil.

1. Are you from Brazil? What is the language there?
2. Where you born in Brazil?
3. What are some of your favorite things to do while in school? How long is your day?
4. What fun things do you do at home when you get out of school?
5. How do you get to school?
6. When are your holidays and how do you celebrate?
7. What is you favorite place to eat in Brazil? Is it at home or at another place?
8. How does your country get its leaders? Our president is Barak Obama, the first African American president. Here's his picture...



I look forward to receiving Stanley back in the states and seeing what he did while he was there with you in Brazil. Have fun!

Mrs. Martin
EKU/Waco Elementary

I NEED YOU AMANDA BOWLIN!!!

I have an assignment to do for methods that involves you and your Brasilian classrooom! Can I get something mailed to you fast and you have it returned by April 1? I'm going to have Marie facebook you too, but needed to know if the mail turn around is fast enough for this assignment. Its taking a paper doll and dressing him in native dress (or maybe doing pictures) and letting my class know what you all do...

Soo cute...

if you can call me that would be great. isn't blogging awesome

and high winds hate me

NO POWER! Again. I'm sitting at CiCi's in the barren Richmond Mall checking my email and complaining on blogger. Thank you Sarah for the invite, tell Jason that we could play mega-chess on that pink tiled floor! I'm going to eat another brownie whilst I wait for power...