How to make a teacher laugh!!!!

One of the best things the students do each day is a journal entry. We do the first paragraph together on the board. That consists of the date and what is going on that day in school. It is a fun paragraph. I write things like poor, poor Pearl has duty outside Twice today. After we conpose the paragraph, then I read it aloud, the kids then read it together and then I pick on 2 or 3 to say it alone.

After that the kids must write about the weather, how they feel, what they did yesterday and what they will do today. Each topic must be in a paragraph of it's own and the Gr 5's must have at least 3 sentences and the 6's must have 5. Some do so much more.

It is a great way to find out what the kids are thinking, what is imp to them and if they have problems they want to share. Some are so funny. Aloupa is my little gossip. he is in Gr 5 and a great kid. His Mum ,Susie, is a great friend. Today he wrote:
' Yesterday I went to the arena. Today I am going to the arena. Tomorrow I will go to the arena. I was farting. Today I feel tired." He must have been tired to write so little and not in the usual style. But he gets good marks for making me laugh.

The days are so much longer . I am enjoying walking to school in the light. Tho this am the light was so blue that I could not see to walk easily. With the light so weak there are no shadows so the space in front of me is all white with a bluish tinge. I could not tell there were snow drifts in front of me until my foot hit them. If it is like that when I am out on the land, I have no buildings, trees or rocks to guide me I find it difficult to tell up from down. There is no horizon line. The sky and the land are the same whiteness. I lose my depth perception and it makes me dizzy .

The wind has been howling for days. Of course all the teachers are pryaing for a storm day. It is too cold to snow. The schools in Montreal are closed today. Poor Montreal has had worse weather than we have had this year... so far. The 8 snowmobilers lost in Labrador were found. We were all listening to the news here in Salluit as a great many people have family in that area.

The NHL retired hockey players were a big hit in Salluit. They were here almost a week holding clinics each day. My former student, Nulukie Kaitak, had written asking if players could come north. There are several girls' teams in Salluit now. Our senior women's team has won several tournaments.
Gotta go
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