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• My crazy anemone My crazy anemone

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    So here's my crazy anemone.This is April 4th, a few days after I got him.

    

    Same day, different pose. :)

    

    Our clownfish! He loves the filter. It's his favorite hiding spot.

    

    April 8th. Now he's all curly. I don't know why.

    

    Same day, different perspective and no flash.

    Same day, two hours later. What happened? He looks terrible!

    

    Today, still looks weird. Like a bad balloon animal.

     

     

     

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• What did I get into? What did I get into?

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    Obviously research is important. Especially when you get a new pet. Like a bubble tip anemone that you assume will just look pretty, wave around, and provide a nice home for your clownfish. And then you take said pet home, put it in the water, and watch it like a hawk. Said pet looks okay...for the first hour. Then it changes a little. It starts moving around. (*MOVING??? You mean it doesn't stay put and just wave around?) It attaches to your live rock on the back side so you can't see it or what it's doing. Then it shrivels up and the tips turn green!!  What's up with that? It's supposed to be tan! So I got worried and started researching to make sure I wasn't killing my new pet. Apparently, I was, sort of. Did you know that anemones eat meat? They actually have to be fed! Like real fish! And they need special lights. My tank didn't have any lights at all. Oh, they also need heat. Which I also didn't have. So I sent the hubs out to the pet store to chat up the man to find out all the info I didn't have. Meanwhile, the anemone has been in the tank for a week, and has changed shapes and colors so much that I was beginning to think I had an alien in there! I would catch myself hovering over the tank and blowing on it to see if it would move. (They don't). It was almost like I had a new baby in the house, constantly checking to see if it was still alive. (Didn't help that the research said it was way fragile and hard to keep alive.) So we bought a heater and a thermometer, and some zooxant..something food for him. Durham couldn't find the brine shrimp at Wal-Mart, go figure. A few hours after feeding and installation, POOF! Massive blown-up super-size anemone on the move! Seriously, it was 5 times the size it was the night before. And it was moving straight for the heater...  I went to work, came back home, and bam! It looked curly! Seriously!  And it was in the middle of the tank, not attached to the rock anymore. So like the worried parent I am, I watched it until it started shriveling up again, and I got scared again. The mouth opened up real big, white stuff popped up out of it (looked like guts), tentacles turned green, and I just knew it was the end. I called Durham in to confirm it and we discussed taking him out of the tank. We finally decided to leave it for a while just to make sure. Sure enough, after supper, the mouth is closing, and brown stuff is coming out. Apparently my anemone just needed to poop.

    Still, I have no idea whether it will survive or not. It's a daily roller coaster ride! And the clownfish? Adorable Nemo who just needs a home? Yeah, he won't go near the thing. He still hides behind the filter until feeding time.  I'll post pictures later.

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• Just another day Just another day

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    I haven't blogged in a while, so I thought I would. Kristan and a couple of friends are playing Rock Band loudly, so I can't watch House, and I can't read. Well, I can, but I've read all the good stuff I have, and I need some more suggestions. So instead, I did some research. BE CAREFUL!! Don't click on this link if you are fainthearted, single, or under 18!  Hehe. Good stuff, though. Check it out:  http://www.sexinfo101.com/sexualpositions.shtml

    Yeah, um. Happy Late Valentine's Day!

     

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• October 12, 2007 October 12, 2007

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    Good afternoon everyone!  Well, I just learned that today is my brother's anniversary. So my first order of business is to say HAPPY ANNIVERSARY CONNOR AND KIMBRE!!! Hope it's a good one. Hey, get Mom to watch the kids and go out and celebrate!

    This past week was Fall Break here in our town. The family had planned to go down to Key Largo for a nice little vacation, but I opted out at the last minute. So my husband went without me. :( I'm okay with that. Really. No really, I mean it. He was planning to SCUBA dive with his brother the whole time anyway, so I'm not sure how much time we would have spent together. I decided that I would get more rest and get more accomplished if I stayed home.  Durham did call me every day, though. (Awwww)  We shared the sunset together every night long distance. It was actually kind of nice. I think I talked to him more this past week than I have in a month. Maybe there's some truth to the old adage "Absence makes the heart grow fonder".

    The first part of my week off was spent at home. My daughter thinks any time out of school is a great time for a slumber party, so she had friends over for 4 days straight!!!  (What was I thinking????) The last day I sent the kids home and took my daughter to the doctor. She had been running a fever and feeling tired. (I thought maybe she had just stayed up all night for too many nights in a row! Am I bad parent for waiting so long??) Anyway, sure enough, she had strep throat. Did I mention that it was a new pediatrician?  Yeah, the old one moved off to New York and left us hanging. At least it gave us an opportunity to meet the new one, right?  Okay, so medicine for the kid and now she's feeling good again. So the last half of the week was MINE!!!  I went to my grandmother's house to hang out. Hehe, I love to go there, she spoils us all!  Good home-cooked breakfasts and dinners every day. Playing Aggravation and working in puzzle books every night. Nothing but pure relaxation!

    Here's a funny story: One of those days, we decided to go to the lake where my grandparents had their camper. I told my son we were going to the lake and he got really excited. (He loves the lake!)  We get into the truck and the conversation goes like this:

    Elliot: Are we going to the house to get the boat?

    Me: No, we're not going to get the boat.

    Elliot: Well, where are we going then?

    Me: We're going to the lake?

    Elliot: Well what are we going to use?

    Me: HUh?  What do you mean?

    Elliot: Where are we going?

    Me: To the lake.

    Elliot: Are we going to get the boat?

    Me: No.

    Elliot: What are we going to use??

    Yeah, apparently the 3 year old didn't understand that you can go to the lake without a boat!!  It was amazing to realize that even at that young age, they get used to things being a certain way, and don't really like it when we go and change things on them!

    Let's see, what else happened last week? Right, my cousin Tony's shed burned down. He lives across the street from my grandparents. I had gone to town for a few minutes and completely freaked out when I came back and the whole street was filled with ambulances, fire trucks, and policemen. I had to park up the street at another cousin's house and walk to my grandmother's. Thankfully, no one was hurt, but the shed and everything in it was completely lost. On top of that, he was worried he would lose his job for having to leave work to check on the fire. Apparently, the economic situation in my hometown is terrible. Uncle Mike is laid off, Tony was worried he would lose his job, Roxie doesn't have a job and can't find one, Kevin lost his job, and Tommy got permanently laid off the day before I came home. Job prospects are very slim. I believe the only business hiring is McDonald's.

    On a brighter note, Aunt Faye jumped on the trampoline with Elliot for a while and it was a sight to see!  I don't know which of them had more fun!  Sure do wish I had gotten pictures of that.  We also celebrated birthdays yesterday at Rocky Mountain. Dianna, my sister, held a joint party for her entire family. We ate great burgers and enjoyed the nice cool breeze. Never could get Tommy to join the Mexican baptism going on down the river, though.  Shame.

    Now I'm home, and it's back to the grindstone. I'm enjoying the fall weather and spent yesterday cleaning the pool and thinking about Thanksgiving. Thought about it so much I ended up making a big pan of dressing for lunch today.  Yummy!!!!

    I also took Elliot to the pumpkin patch yesterday. He was super excited about carving a pumpkin!

    

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• Kristan and Elliot Kristan and Elliot

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• September 27, 2008 September 27, 2008

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    Here's blog #3!

    It's another assignment for my class I'm taking. I told you I wasn't very driven to write blogs or journals, so I haven't really done any other than my assignments. However, for my oh-so-interested audience, here's an update.

    Elliot skin is fine. Apparently he has molluskum contagiosum. Yes, it's contagious. Sure do wish his pediatrician had told me that 3 months ago!!!  So it's spread all over him and now I know why. The dermatologist froze the three big ones on his face and gave me some cream for the other 20...50...1000!!!!  Okay, not really that many, but it seems like there are new ones every day! We go back in a month to see how it's working.

    I decided not to go to Florida with my husband on my Fall Break. I'm staying home to rest, recuperate, breathe, clean my house, and work on my school work. I'm just too tired to take a vacation right now! (Does that even make good sense??) Anyway, I didn't want the hassle of packing, entertaining 4 young kids for a 14 hour drive, entertaining 4 kids in a hotel room that may or may not have access to a beach, cooking, cleaning, stressing over not getting anything done at home, packing again, driving home for 14 more hours, laundry,....*sigh* I was getting stressed just typing that, so I'm staying home. :)

    That's enough about me for now!  Here's the grand finale: my lesson plan!

    Reading/Language Arts: 3rd Grade

    Amanda Mayo

     Standard:

    FLUENCY-ELA3R1: The student demonstrates the ability to read orally with speed, accuracy, and expression. The student

    a.     Applies letter-sound knowledge to decode quickly and accurately.

    b.     Reads familiar text with expression.

    c.     Uses self-correction when subsequent reading indicates an earlier misreading within grade-level text.

    Objectives:

    The student will demonstrate fluency with our weekly story, Allie’s Basketball Dream.

    Task:

    The student will read Allie’s Basketball Dream fluently to a kindergarten classroom or student.

    Steps:

    1.     Teacher will have arranged for each 3rd grader to be paired up with a kindergartener.

    2.     The kindergarten students will walk to the 3rd grade classroom and get with their buddies.

    3.     Each pair of students will go to an assigned spot to read.

    4.     The 3rd grade student will read the story Allie’s Basketball Dream aloud, making sure to use lots of expression.

    5.     The teacher will walk around to monitor activity and check for fluency.

    Materials:

    Reading textbooks

    List of reading buddies

    List of assigned reading spots.

    Anecdotal note charts for each 3rd grade student

    Instructional Strategy:

    Reinforcing effort and providing recognition: As the teacher walks around taking notes, she will make a concerted effort to provide positive feedback to each student. She will use the T.A.G. approach for feedback. T-tell one good thing she sees the student doing; A-ask questions; and G-give advice. Afterward, each kindergarten student will draw a picture or write a sentence telling the 3rd grader what they enjoyed about the experience. These will be hung in the hallway to provide recognition of each student who participated.

    (I chose this strategy because 3rd graders love having the younger students look up to them. The drawings/sentences from the kindergarteners will be something they can hang on to all year as a reminder of a job well done. My hope is that this will encourage the 3rd graders’ enjoyment of reading.)

    Standards-Based Achievement Target:

    Mastery of Skill: Students can read fluently enough and with enough expression that their audience will understand and enjoy the story.

    Option: Performance Assessment

    Description: Read to a kindergartner student using at least 2 of the 3 kinds of expression discussed in class.

    Why I chose this Assessment Option: I chose this assessment because it allows the students to demonstrate fluency of the story they have been practicing all week. The 3rd grade student gets a captive audience and it promotes friendly behavior between grades.

    Understandings and Patterns of Reasoning: Students understand the concept of using expression while reading. They understand that expression can be shown through voice changes, facial expressions, and hand movements.

    Option: Performance Assessment

    Description: Student will read a paragraph of the story aloud to their classmates and use voice changes, facial expressions, and hand movements to convey expression.

    Why I chose this Assessment Option: I chose this assessment option because this activity will allow the child to practice reading with expression in front of an audience and will allow me to see that they understand there is more than one way to convey expression while reading.

    *On a side note, I think I might actually try to do this lesson plan at school. It started out as just an assignment, but I'm kind of digging the whole idea now!

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