Tuesday, December 18, 2012

In loving memory

The world remembers the 26 innocent lives that were taken on Friday. The beautiful young lives of children and adults that was so tragically taken in a blink of an eye will continued to be remembered as they are being laid to rest this week.

We remember
- Charlotte Bacon, 2/22/06, female
- Daniel Barden, 9/25/05, male
- Rachel Davino, 7/17/83, female.
- Olivia Engel, 7/18/06, female
- Josephine Gay, 12/11/05, female
- Ana M. Marquez-Greene, 04/04/06, female
- Dylan Hockley, 3/8/06, male
- Dawn Hochsprung, 06/28/65, female
- Madeleine F. Hsu, 7/10/06, female
- Catherine V. Hubbard, 6/08/06, female
- Chase Kowalski, 10/31/05, male
- Jesse Lewis, 6/30/06, male
- James Mattioli , 3/22/06, male
- Grace McDonnell, 12/04/05, female
- Anne Marie Murphy, 07/25/60, female
- Emilie Parker, 5/12/06, female
- Jack Pinto, 5/06/06, male
- Noah Pozner, 11/20/06, male
- Caroline Previdi, 9/07/06, female
- Jessica Rekos, 5/10/06, female
- Avielle Richman, 10/17/06, female
- Lauren Rousseau, 6/1982, female (full date of birth not specified)
- Mary Sherlach, 2/11/56, female
- Victoria Soto, 11/04/85, female
- Benjamin Wheeler, 9/12/06, male
- Allison N. Wyatt, 7/03/06, female

May you all rest in peace. May the families take comfort that they have a nation, a world, behind them in support and prayer.

Monday, December 3, 2012

Story Elements

A co-worker of mine came to me and asked me to create something to help her students with retelling stories. Many teachers in our school use something called Braidy. Well know- lots of props out there to aid with Braidy, but my co-worker said it is just too much for her 1st graders.  I thought long and hard on what to come up with- picture prompts that will help students retell a story and I finally came up with something I really hope helps her. See my new product at TPT! I hope it helps more than just her students succeed in retelling stories!

Also- tell me what you think! I love input and suggestions! :)