Me Map September 23, 2008

My Me Map is posted on my about me page 🙂

Swashbuckling Adventures on the High Seas September 11, 2008

I really liked this article and I enjoyed reading it.  It easily showed how subjects can be integrated together and how students can learn about different subjects at the same time.  I really enjoyed reading about the unit plan and I think students would really like it.  My nephew loves pirates and he would love all of these books.  I like how you started the unit by gaining children’s interest in pirates.  The unit seems to flow easily.  Historical fiction books can easily be used to teach social studies and children will enjoy them so much more than just a textbook.  I look forward to class and learning more about pirates and how the unit flows and works together.  I can’t wait 🙂

So Much Depends On… September 5, 2008

the calendar of my life

my flat iron

History of My Name September 2, 2008

SARAH ELIZABETH

My sister was 4 1/2 when I was born.  She was the one that actually named me.  Around the time I was born there was a popular song called “Sara” by Starship.  She loved it and wanted my parents to name me Sarah.  The title of the song doesn’t have an “h” on the end, but my parents liked Sarah with an “h” better. 

Here’s the video to the song…

Elizabeth came about just because my mom liked the name.  It is a very bibical name and my mom thought that it went very well with the name Sarah.

Sarah means “lady” or “princess” in Hebrew.  Abraham’s wife in the Old Testament was named Sarah.  She became the mother of Issac at age 90.  In England, Sarah came into use after the Protestant Reformation. (http://www.behindthename.com/name/sarah)

howmanyofme.com says that there are 774,805 people in the United States with the first name of Sarah and it is statistically the 58th most popular first name.

I love my name and I wouldn’t want a different one.  I still love it even though it is a very popular name.