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No school! Woohoo!
Well, there is school, only I can stay in my pajamas all day. I have already written up the 'to do' list for my students and have it scheduled to go live on Google Classroom when school would have started in a couple of minutes.
If you want to see what a serious sandstorm could be, Google Saudi sandstorm and you will have a new appreciation for the power of wind and sand.
Wow, I did as you suggested and Googled it- intense! Glad they made you stay home! I guess it is surprising that it does not happen more often. Enjoy your day "off".
ReplyDeleteAmazing that the show goes on through the power of technology -- Google Classroom!
ReplyDeleteI've experienced "brown-outs" in West Texas, and have friends in Saudi, so I have an inkling of what you are up against outside! School in pajamas sounds wonderful to me!
ReplyDeleteWow! So interesting. Your tag line pulled me in and I had to see not only why you had school on Sunday, but why you were not having it today.
ReplyDeleteI did look, Kristi. Wow, it looks so powerful. Amazing about your Google classroom, never a day off! Enjoy being home, however.
ReplyDeleteSandstorms happen in Israel as well. Not sure they get a sandstorm day though. Glad you could spend the day in PJs. My favorite kind of day. :)
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You certainly broadened my worldview with this slice today. Hope you enjoy your 'sand day'!!
ReplyDeleteYour wonderful post is a reminder that our writing group is as diverse as the world! A sandstorm day is just like a snow day in ymy part of the world. ENJOY!
ReplyDeleteI was not expecting your reason for no school to be a sandstorm. Thanks for suggesting to take a look. Technology makes doing this easy. So does sharing lessons via Google Classroom. I guess that is OK but before technology, I liked that we all just got a free day off. Enjoy wearing your PJs throughout the day today!!
ReplyDeleteI have only experienced one and they are no joke! I never thought of school closing but that makes sense. I recall it was near impossible to see and some of the guys were having difficulty breathing.
ReplyDeleteOur superintendent said that he wonders when all teachers will have enough digital resources that no learning will be missed on snow days. I don't know about you but snow days are meant to be playing outside and watching movies when you get too cold!
The fourth grade teachers in my district are just about to start a reading unit built upon the Dust Bowl era. Your post makes me think of how amazing, scary and powerful mother nature can be.
ReplyDeleteI can't imagine a wicked sandstorm. I have been at the coast when the wind is howling and the beach sand bites you. Mother Nature is awesome.
ReplyDeleteIn Venezuela we have had school cancelled (once a week for a month and a half last school year) because there were scheduled blackouts for 12 hours a day. My friends in Oregon have had tons of snow day cancellations this year (when I was growing up in Oregon that seemed to only happen once or twice a year). Closure due to sandstorm is new to me! Do they have sandstorms in Bahrain too?
ReplyDelete-Amanda at https://teachingwanderlust.com/
I saw two small ones in Death Valley last summer and they are nothing to play around with! I can believe that school was cancelled!
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