This week Just Us Girls challenged us to alter a notebook and Whimsical Wednesday challenged us to create something for back to school. As I get ready to head back to my classroom, these were very timely challenges. This year students will have a writing composition notebook to use as their writing journal. One of their first homework assignments will to decorate the cover and make it personal. That's exactly what I did with mine. Because this journal will be getting a lot of wear and tear, I decided to keep it very simple without all those 3D embellishments that I just love. I did use library pockets that I plan to put 3x5 cards in to keep track of books read to model good writing. The black cat has a very personal meaning to me. My black cat, Pet Peeve--known better as Peevey, died last February. Though my students never met him in person, they grew to love him with all the stories I told and wrote about him. Though I now have an 18-week old kitten, Catapult, Peevey continues to be missed.
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| My beloved Peevey |
