Tanka's, Tux's, and Towns

Today was a fun-filled day. I loved our poetry discussion this morning. It reminded me of a project that my 8th grade teacher had our class do. Each student made a poetry packet that was labeled "All About Me" (I actually rediscovered this while rummaging through an old box of school papers under my bed last week). On our cover page we drew a picture of ourselves. We filled the packet with a Haiku, Concrete, List, and Acrostic poems. I just loved reading through what I had written. I also found a folder full of free writings and journals from a Creative Writing class in high school. They were hilarious to read, at least to me, and I loved going over them again.

I loved creating the town in Social Studies today. I was really glad I was on the zoning comittee in charge of coming up with names for the town and streets. I just love this idea of creating an educational experience by building a mini town. I mean, I don't know how many times my brother and I would do something like this for fun when we were kids. I can't wait to do this with my students.

Right after class, I met Corey, walked to the library and we took our Exit exams. And wow.. it is really hard to believe that at this time last year I was adjusting to my first semester here. And now I am getting ready for my last semester.

After our exit exams were finished, (Yay!) we went over to put in an order for the tuxedos for our wedding. We went through and picked out the colors of shirts, patterns of vests, and kinds of cuff links. You know what, it was actually kind of fun. We are getting so excited! I know that every girl probably feels this way but I feel like our wedding is gonna be just perfect lol.

Here is a picture of Corey and I after we finished our Exit exams.