I see a cowboy..

Hubby dressed up like a cowboy for Halloween. The kids loved it. Seems strange, back home that would not even
be considered a costume...people dress like that everyday!

What is on my car?

THis is what I woke up to this morning.....I was almost late for school because I was scraping ice. It's October people what's up with the ice? Will this Texas girl ever get use to the cold?

It's snowing....

Today we had our first snow of the season. That is a phrase I never thought I would say! But it was really beautiful.
Hubby and I also saw something at Lowes we never saw in Houston......a snow shovel display.

My trip to the Blue Ridge Mountains....

Today the hubby and I went into the Blue Ridge Mountains for a lunch at my principal's house. Her home is up in the hills and backs up to the Shenandoah National park. It was so beautiful with all the hills and the leaves turning colors. So different from Houston....where there are no trees - no leaves changing colors and no hills!


The road to her home.

Her home.

The view off her porch.

1st grade -Line -Paul Klee

6 Shapes 6 lines Paul Klee


Objective- Given a 12x18 white paper, a ruler, markers and a black sharpie students will create an artwork that includes 5 different geometrical shapes and 6 lines drawn with a ruler in the style of Paul Klee.
 1. Demonstrate how to color the pattern with only 2 colors.
2. Give students a 12 x 18 sheet of white paper, markers, sharpie and a ruler
3. Have students draw 6 different shapes across the paper using a sharpie. Shapes should look to be at about 4X4 inch.
4. Using the ruler, have students make 6 lines running from the top of the page (held landscape) to the bottom using a sharpie. Each line should cut through a shape somewhere.
5. Have students pick only 2 colors of markers.
6. Have students start at the left side of the sheet and color the first area to the first line but not the shape.
7. Have students color the first shape with second color. The second part of the first shape should be colored with first color.
8. The next area created by the lines should be colored with second color. Continue this pattern across the page.

Materials Needed-Markers, sharpies, 12x18 white paper, a ruler