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    Although it took two more weeks than expected-due to my terrible bout with bronchial pneumonia-finally students built and wrote about imaginary fantasy gardens after reading Chris Van Allsberg's "The Garden of Abdul Gasazi." The story told of a dog, Fritz, that is rather a biter who runs from the care of a little boy Alan who is dog sitting for Miss Hester. Once inside the mysterious gardens of this odd Mr. Gasazi you are left to ponder if he was turned into a duck. Because the images rely on surreal topiary, it lent itself to an exploration of imaginary parks, ones the students tried to build in Playdough that we got. Lots of fun, very inspiring. Plus I think everyone enjoyed trying a hand at 3 dimensional model making.

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I'm a public school elementary teacher from W.V. beginning my career in poverty schools in the 1980's. (I have GIST cancer-small intestinal and syringomyelia which isn't what I want to define me but does help define how I view the meaning of my life.) I am a mom of 3 great children-now grown. I teach 3rd grade in an Underperforming school, teaching mostly immigrant 2nd Lang. children. I majored in art, as well as teaching. Art informs all I do. Teaching is a driving part of my life energy. But I am turning to art soon. I'm married to an artist I coaxed into teaching- now a Superintendent of one of the bigger Districts in the area. Similar population. We both have dedicated inordinate amounts of our life to the field of teaching in areas of poverty hoping to give students opportunities to make better lives. I'm trying to write as I can to the issues of PUBLIC education , trying to gain the sophistication to address the issues in written forms so they can be understood from my teaching contexts.I like to blog from daily experiences. My work is my own, not reflective of any school district.
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