in my edTPA, i am referring to things such as

beans, anthropology and rainbow pom poms.

in the process of working, ashley and i ate

some amazing tacos and both invested in

some winter-y things. I got these fingerless gloves

made in bellingham, washington.
i'm using them to motivate me to type

and i plan to use them when:

camping,

sewing,

making jam,

walking on a cold night.

母亲节快乐!

recycle, reduce, reuse!

creative ways to get kindergartners to be quiet:

1) tell them you're going to cast a quiet spell

on them and once you tap their shoulder

with the magical wand, they must be silent

until you break the spell.

2. tell them to be wooden figures that can't move or talk.

3. pretend there is a sleeping giant and we can't wake
him up, if he wakes up, he'll eat the talking kid.
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i thought of and tried one of these on thursday.
it worked. first, they had dumbfounded looks on
their faces and then they got excited.

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11 minutes

val and tay,

thank you for

sharing your stories,

 inviting me to meet the

other 9,998 dimensions of myself

and

reminding me that i am a person

prone to mystical experiences:

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oh edTPA,

you horrifying monster of a project.

the most challenging academic task

i have embarked on in the last 5 years

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I CAN'T WAIT TO BE DONE

so then i can spend my days

frolicking in dandelion fields,
planting nasturtium seeds

and engaging my little friends

to sing in their native language
~

i was reading The Lorax on Friday

and afterwards, Cathy said:

"I just love listening to you read.

You have the nicest reading voice."

i'm glad it sounded "nice", because inside,

i felt like a crazy actress performing on stage,

trying to be as expressive as possible

in order to entertain an audience of

20 easily distracted children, half of whom

had already checked out...

until i screamed

"the TRUUUUUUUUUUUFFULA TREEESS!?!?"

"when i think of you, i think of a little

orange pumpkin with a vine coming out of it."

~my sister.

what a long day.

apparently, i taught a phenomenal choral counting

patterns math lesson today :)
yay, i'm finally getting the hang of this
whole teaching thing.

 

now i'm sitting on my bed, sipping a

pink moscato-slushie and admiring my henna~*

 "sorry we don't have the colors you want but hey,
i could actually make you a shirt right now."

"..OKAY!"

so i went into the back screenprinting studio

and the nice artist guy let me design exactly

what colors/kind of shirt i wanted

and then he made it and also gifted me some

stickers for my kanteen :D 

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great plasma sun,

thank you for remembering us here in washington.

i filled with glee as i walked down the
waterfront & i couldn't stop smiling
thinking about all the things i've done this year.
i love this place.

going to the zoo zoo zoo

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alas, it's in the 70s!!

student teaching, strolls + melon melonas :)

vanessa and i calculated that we've spent an

average of 7 hours together per day,

every day of this past year :D

~saturday morning
aurora adventures~

 doodled a picture,

ate some french toast,

attempted to work on TPA..

then i gave up and went to

yoni ki baat with Vesna :)

 ho0o0o0oly moo0o0o0oly.

T G I F.
time to celebrate~*~
cheers~ 

ps: i just feel so ecstatic when 
i can get kids to feel curious about
the world and excited about learning.
this is BEST.

alot of things make me cringe, but one thing that deeply

makes me cringe is any kind of tooth activity:

wiggling.

twirling.

twisting.

pulling.

yanking.

playing.

flicking.

tapping.

pushing.

knocking.
cracking.

5 year olds + teeth scenarios.

yep, i've seen it all :X

*shudders*

filling out my program completion

& graduation paperwork.

wheeeeeeeee!

 onwards!

W-E-A-V-I-N-G!

 i taught the kiddos how to weave today

as part of our fabric unit in science.

it was awesome.

see? i walk my talk.

 they wanted to continue weaving

during choice time. i'm seriously considering

starting a weaving club at school. we could try

weaving with paper plates, straws, twigs, erthang~

life of masters students

here i sit, preparing 20 cardboard looms for weaving,

stapling leveled books titled "animal tongues"

all the while having avocado, olive oil 

+ honey soaking in my hair

as my roommate and i chat about

colonialism while she writes a paper on sexual abuse.

can't say i imagined this is what i pictured
being in my 20s would look like.
(it's infinitely better :D)