science music

My students and I were listening to The Planets by Gustav Holst while we were studying science vocab.  (Get it?  Science-themed music.)  The first one is "Mars - The Bringer of War."  The students confirmed, "Ya, that really does sound like war."

Link:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jmk5frp6-3Q

When the seven-minute piece ended, we went on to "Venus - The Bringer of Peace."  They were disappointed that we didn't have time for "Saturn - The Bringer of Old Age."  Ah well, another day.

Long live classical music!

and another

I took this photo thinking it would be perfect for the blog.  Then I realized I had posted pretty much the same kind of picture last week.  Oh well.

happenings in Mrs. Clare's room

This is Fuzzy:

He is not very visible right now because he is in a cocoon.  We are expectantly awaiting The New Fuzzy.  Of course he will likely reappear overnight when everybody is gone.  But how cool would it be if he came during math or science class?

Some samplings from my generous students:  Canned peaches, homemade bread, a movie selection, and a handwritten story about our class mascot, Charles III.

Same view, slightly different angle

The road to school (They said Nebraska was flat, eh?)

normal

On Fridays we have jeans day at school.

(It was the first time I had worn jeans to school.)

At lunch, one of my students told me, "Do you know what so-and-so said when he saw you? 'Hey, she looks like a NORMAL person in those.'"

lately