YOU tell your own story, don't trust anyone else to get it straight.

today we had a field trip-which went smoothly. i think the students got more out of it because we read the book and did a comparison...the dallas children's theater always does a spectacular job.

like the wolf, you must tell your own story, you cannot trust others to tell it accurately

 then when we got back to school, we worked on a social studies lesson about the play, and then we began working on a play about the original 3 little pigs story. i told them it was a competition and we will be choosing the best scenes and piecing them together to hopefully perform a play for other sections...we will see how that turns out- i am optimistic that they will finish it tomorrow.

last night was the kick-off for the ed-policy fellows group. there are probably about 25 of us in this group. there were several others present as well, including community members from the district, and others who were invited to learn more about the teaching trust, so we got to meet several new people...networking. i need to get better at my name memorizing.

i really wanted to meet senator florence shapiro. i have been receiving her quarterly news feeds, and she was quite interesting. we basically had a session about story-telling...using personal narrative to challenge others.

the food was delicious and the coffee and brownies were spectacular!

and the best news is that they are feeding us dinner every meeting! woo hoo!  i have a lot to learn.

today my dad's Christmas present came in the mail...i kinda' want to use it myself. just the other day i heard a mother at the store tell her daughter, "we don't buy things for ourselves for Christmas, we buy things for others!" i don't think the little girl liked that idea very much...but i feel kinda' like that little girl.

i'm also currently waiting for my new calendar to come in...along with a mouse pad and some Christmas cards...LOVE vistaprint!!

jeans day tomorrow!
julie