Hi everyone! I'm baack! ;) This week was my first week back to school after my maternity leave...and it was rough! It was hard leaving my little one at daycare the first day...but I have to admit that my busy day at school every day kept my mind off of that. It was hard also because my little one has been diagnosed with reflux and it affects her the worst at night. This week I was lucky to get 3-4 hours of sleep every night. And of course, she was happy during the day at day care and crabby at home for mommy and daddy! We're now trying a second medicine and so far it seems to be kicking it and making her feel better...last night she actually slept for two four-hour stretches! On top of everything else, I was very sick Friday from lack of sleep and such. I had a fever and a cranky baby! Thank goodness for my hubby and friends who babysat her yesterday so I could get some much needed sleep!
When I got back to school on Monday, for the most part I was pleased with what was done on my leave. For the most part, projects were completed at the bare minimum of what I would expect and nothing much about my classrooms were changed. So, here's my first "post-pregnancy" blog post!
This particular project is what my elective group was working on when I left. I had seen various examples of
Ben Heine's "Pencil vs. Camera" series on Pinterest and loved the idea of using him as a starting point for a project. So, my elective class was given the assignment to take a variety of photographs as homework. In class, they used Picassa to edit them and then finally, they had to add a drawing to the photo that changed it. I also taught/retaught students how to mat their artwork. Here are some of the finished products!
