HELLO JAHNYA!

I'm so thrilled that Jahnya keeps writing to me. So this post is dedicated to her! She's an amazing kid who comes faithfully to my mediation group. She's already calm and peaceful, so having her there makes ME even more calm and peaceful! I'm so glad we're getting to know each other this year. I look forward to getting to know her better next year, too. (I've known her brother for at least 2 years. He really cracks me up. He'll be leaving this year and I'll miss him!)

Anyhow, remember how some of the guided meditations tell you to go to a beautiful spot? I keep promising to show you a picture of where my mind goes sometimes... and here it is! Do you like it? It's amidst the bamboo at Green Gulch Farms. Tell me what you think.

I blinked and suddenly it's JUNE!

WOW! Where did the time go? I can't believe I haven't posted anything since the end of March! What have we been doing? Why lots of learning, of course! 

Great mathematicians and incredible readers are getting ready to end their school year with me. My Peaceful Positive Meditation Lunch Bunch is still faithfully coming every Monday and Wednesday at lunch. My 5th graders are busy getting ready for their commencement exercises. (I'm going to be so sad to see them go! I'm so very, very proud of all the progress they've made.) My "Friday Friends" had their last session today. We shared our podcasts with our parents and celebrated a job well done. (You should definitely check them out on iTunes or at the School District's site. They did a fabulous job of giving pointers on Internet Safety.)

Sooooo... I don't think I'm ready for the year to be over yet! How about you? Are you ready?

SPRING SPRANG SPRUNG!

GUESS WHAT? I have a famous friend who is putting together a new album. Her name is Julie Gold and she lives in New York City. I thought I'd share one of her new songs with you because I love it and it makes me happy! Write to me and tell me how it makes you feel and why.

SPRING HAS SPRUNG!

Spring is finally here! I am REALLY happy because there's no more snow! My friends and I are going to go to the playground with our moms. There are a lot of things to play on there. There are things to go inside of and climb on, and you can get spun around. I won't be happy when spring is over because then comes summer and it's too hot!


Write to me and tell me how you feel about spring!
           this post is written by Ashley : )

IT'S OFFICIAL! WE HAVE A NAME!

It looks like our two polls were split on paper and online between The Magic-B-Board and the Wii-B-Board. So the creators of both names decided that we should merge them to become... are you ready for this... drum roll please....

THE Wii-B-MAGIC BOARD!!!!!

Ta-Dum!!!! Hurray! So drop by and check us out in action... WE really do MAGIC in 214!

Your Vote COUNTS!

Check out the sidebar (on the left) to see the class poll. Choose the name you like best for our class interactive screen.

What's in a Name?

OK! Room 214 now has an amazing interactive touch screen thanks to the brilliant minds of Johnny Chung Lee and Uwe Schmidt. Now we have to decide what to call it. Write to me and let me know what you think.