February 2008
by Dianne de Las Casas on February 29, 2008
Friends: It has been a wonderful two weeks visiting all the classrooms of the school where I am the teaching artist-in-residence. I feel like I have truly made deep connections with the students and the teachers. Today was bittersweet, because it was so wonderful and because it was my last day to visit the classes. [...]
February 2008
by Dianne de Las Casas on February 27, 2008
Friends: It was another happy day at school. The morning began with the school on “lock down.” Third, fourth and fifth grade classes were engaged in interval testing to prepare them for their big standardized testing next month. Fortunately, my first class was second grade. What a delightful group of students. They listened so intently [...]
February 2008
by Dianne de Las Casas on February 26, 2008
Friends, At the end of this week, on Friday, my 3rd, 4th and 5th grade students will perform their “Louisiana Story Fest.” Each grade will perform for each other as well as lower grades and parents. Each class is performing a Louisiana folktale that I have adapted into a story theater script just for that [...]
February 2008
by Dianne de Las Casas on February 26, 2008
Friends: It was quite warm today, in the 70s so the above bulletin was appropriate. I am back at the school, where I am the teaching artist-in-residence, doing a Louisiana Story Fest. Last week, I was off because the school had a big week being evaluated by a team from the State Department of Education. [...]
February 2008
by Dianne de Las Casas on February 25, 2008
Friends, To celebrate my husband, Antonio’s, 40th birthday on February 23, 2008, I decided to take him to Orange Beach, Alabama for some R&R. We arrived in the late afternoon and had just enough time to walk on the beach and frolic in the sand. While walking on the beach, we saw some MASSIVE jellyfish. [...]
February 2008
by Dianne de Las Casas on February 25, 2008
Friends, On Saturday, February 23, 2008, Eliana, my 7 year old, had her First Reconciliation. In the Catholic faith, this is when children first confess their sins and receive their penance. All the second graders looked so sweet, girls in their Sunday best and boys in little suits. The ceremony was held at the church [...]
February 2008
by Dianne de Las Casas on February 23, 2008
Friends: This past week has been crazy, trying to meet deadlines – book deadlines, workshop handouts, finalizing details for my international trip to Guam and the Philippines, sending out contracts, and working on some big projects. But I had to take time out for my husband, Antonio. His birthday is Saturday, February 23, 2008 and [...]
February 2008
by Dianne de Las Casas on February 19, 2008
Friends: Create a family story drama! Using a script, each person is assigned a role (or multiple roles). You can use a pre-made script such as “The Turtle Who Would Not Stop Talking” or other story theater scripts included in the “Story Collection” section of my website. Videotape your performance or better yet, perform it [...]
February 2008
by Dianne de Las Casas on February 19, 2008
Friends: On Sunday, February 18, 2008, I had a photo session. My photographer, Randy, lives in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. His mother lives in Chalmette, St. Bernard Parish, and that is where we had my photo session – in her newly rebuilt house (because I live closer to Chalmette than to Baton Rouge). St. Bernard Parish [...]
February 2008
by Dianne de Las Casas on February 18, 2008
Friends: On Saturday night, my mom and I played Bonko, a fast-moving dice game where players rotate from table to table. I have never had so much fun playing a game with such a large group of people. It was an activity sponsored by the PTA at my daughter’s high school. I’ve never played before [...]
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