Deer Hunting Widow

As I sit here and read through the new Science Standards, I realized that I have been able to use the computer, even watch a little TV, without too much fuss. Why? I asked myself...well, my honey is hunting. My four children are at basketball open gym and I am plugging away at some new lesson and activities to go along with the new standards. I get side tracked though. I have a huge bag of cranberries that my son brought back from the bog on his field trip. Here in Wisconsin, a trip to the bog is a fourth grade tradition. So is a trip to the woods in mid November to hunt... I will share my first grade activities with you after I try them out this week. My sweet guinea pigs. It is a short two day week, so I only meet with three 1st grade classrooms, two second grades, two third grades, two fourth grades, and one fifth grade. I service over 520 1st through 5th graders at two schools. It is an awesome job! Now, it is my turn to go on a hunt... I am looking for a way to learn how to create cool backgrounds or borders for my sheets. Any ideas???