My first Linky

I'm going to try to post to a link once I figure it out.  I might finally have it!  The original linky I started to join expired so here's the next one.  It is from Flying Into First.

Get aquatinted linky - my favorite teacher

 

I'm linking up with Flying Into First Grade again this week to "Get Acquainted" with my fellow bloggers and followers. 

I have a hard time narrowing my favorite teacher to one, so here are my top two.
1.  Mrs. Leverett in first grade. She is the first teacher I really remember. Mrs. Leverets was my first grade teacher.  I can remember making a "book worm" all the way around the room. We had a head and then added a body part for the books we read. It seems we didn't read quite as much in first grade back in the early 1970's. I remember reading 100 books and that 100 was one of the top numbers. I really expected my first graders to read at least 100 books each year to be successful!  Oh, how times change!
2.  My sixth grade teacher was the first male teacher I had. Mr. Holmes__??? (really have I gotten so old that his name escapes me?!). He taught us so many important life lessons. We had a classroom store that we ran and actually made the items for the store. We painted ceramic figures, learned how to do Hodge Podge? (we took pictures from magazines, wrapping paper etc and glued them to plaster plaques and then painted them with Modge Podge (at least that's what I remember)).
We also broke into teams and taught lessons to the class including quizzes etc.  I can remember going into first or second grade classes and teaching them about the digestive system.  We entertained the school with some science skits and our "haunted house" st Halloween. We (or he) also dissected a chicken (I think) in class. Thanks to Mr. Holmes I developed a love for teaching and a fascination with science.

I hope to get better at this blogging stuff so I can spend time doing it instead of days trying to figure it out!