There Was an Old Lady....

Yay! We had our first (and only) official "Work Day" of the semester! Being that we've already been in school almost two weeks now, it seems a little belated, but I can't complain. I'm really only disappointed that I had already spent soo much time over MY winter break that I rarely had anything productive to do today! My classroom is decorated and up-to-date, it's clean (yes, I cleaned every shelf, desk, and almost everything else), my lessons are planned, my grades are finished.... What else is there to do!

Well, let me tell you my friends. I recently discovered this fabulous new idea from a fellow blogger that rocked my educational world. You know that there are just about a million books to sing to that is taken from "There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly," right? Well, we sing quite a few of them in our class sooo....

Why not make a music book/literacy center from it??!! Each of my first and second grade friends will be making their OWN poem, complete with illustration, that I will laminate or put into page protectors, and make into a book!

I CAN'T WAIT TO SHARE IT WITH MY FRIENDS!! The finished product will be unbelievable, but the adventure will be well worth the effort!

Enjoy the week! I head to our state's annual music educators convention this weekend, so I'll be back refreshed and in full force to implement so many new ideas into our music room!