One More Day!

So here I sit preparing for my last day at school.  All in all it has been pretty freakin awesome :)
We will do our French performance tomorrow for about 35 grade 3's & 2's.  The kids are pretty excited about it.  I was surprised that they all love their tee shirts so much that they would like to keep them.  I wasn't expecting that.  The principal came to watch me do my French class today.  She was very very complimentary afterwards and said I don't have to go back to OISE, I'm ready and I should just go get a job now.  Woo wee :)  You know who I'll be asking for a letter of reference from :)  And my AT said they are all going to miss me so much.  They really are a lovely class.

Tomorrow I'm also going to do another art project.  We are going to deorate white candles with coloured beeswax.  It's really fun and they make very nice presents.  And to update you on the finger knitting craze - it has caught on like wildfire.  Kids (boys and girls) just don't want to stop doing it.  If they could they would do it all day every day.  I started meeting a few kids at lunch recess to do finger knitting in the library - kids I knew from my class.  Well they told 2 friends, and they told 2 friends, and so on and so on (are any of you old enough to remember that commercial about a shampoo - I think it was called "Gee, your hair smells terrific!".  Any way - stay on task maryem! - there are now many many many kids who come and meet me every lunch pretty much to knit in the library.  I don't even know most of their names because they are from all grade (from grade 1 or 2 all the way to grade 6) and word of mouth really really spread.  So much, that another teacher (grade 2/3) asked me to come in to her class today to teach them officially how to finger knit (some of her students had started coming to meet me at lunch).  I brought in 4 of my finger knitting experts from my grade 4 class to help me teach them (2 boys, 2 girls).  It was so fun.  And the kids are getting really creative with what they are doing with it - changing colours, doing 2, 3, and 4 finger knitting patterns, combining strings to make other patterns.  One boy has the longest multi-coloured finger knitting chain going that I have ever seen - and he's not done!  Some kids say they are going to use their knitting as decorations on their Christmas trees, others are going to turn it into a hat for one of their parents, others use them as bracelets, necklaces or decorations for their backpacks, bookmarks - it's endless (and so lovely).

I'm having a blast!  But I am exhausted and look forward to being back at OISE.  Not to mention I miss all of you Midtowners!  See you all next week.