Those are terrific Karla!!!

Awesome as always Karla!! You are such a caring teacher, wish there were a lot more like you that cared for the kids so much! They're gonna love them so much!

I love my job. I missed 2.5 days this week. I wrote this:

Missing the Chalk by Karla Borglum Santoro

I am a teacher.
I revel in fractions, triangles, long division,
the government of Canada, explorers, political cartoons,
poetry, Lit Circles, book reports.
I love the sound of chalk on green boards.
Sore throat strikes.
I can make it.
Sore throat drops safe me.
I don’t want to miss the fast food fact research.
Lost voice.
I can make it,
I don’t want to miss the practice for the Unit 4 math test
Or the reading of the next anthology story.
My students kindly whisper with me.
A turn for the worse. Fever. Head hurts.
After 90 minutes of trying to get the worse to pass so I can be their teacher, it’s clear I’m losing.
I can’t make it.
A sub will take my place.
I’ll miss the picking of the provinces.
I’ll miss the fast food fat discoveries.
I‘ll miss the first research in the library.
At home I sip tea with honey as I watch the clock
and envision their pencils skritching across lined paper as they pour out ideas in a free write.
I’m curious how many papers filled my edit tray.
I hear “Mrs. Santoro, do you know how much fat is in those milkshakes you like?”
I hope they did well on the Unit 4 Math test.
And I wonder if they missed me as much as I missed them.

Like I have said before - Karla is a wonderful teacher ad writer. I love the way you care Karla!!!

Karla, your poem surely rings a bell with me. It was so hard to miss school. It's a reality check, though -- when you return, you know that they were fine without you (but you miss them all the same). Hope you're feeling better.

Those are all so cute. What great Christmas gifts.

Karla,
Once again they are beautiful! And I have bookmarked the directions on how to make them so I am going to have to do that sometime this week!
Thanks again!
Hugs
April

Great idea :thumbup:

You always do a great job on these. Makes me want to reach right into the computer and take some.....

How did the kids like them?

Do they recognize their special interests in the bookmarks?