This title was actually used for a lesson with my third graders. They got such a kick out of it I thought I would share it with you in cyber land. For a writing activity, after returning from spring break I asked the students to come up with a headline to describe their spring break. Students wrote their headline on a sentence strip to share with the class. After sharing their headline, students had time to go around and get the rest of the story from headlines that interested them. This is a great way to give the students time to share about their break so they are not trying to talk during other lessons!
So the rest of my story with the headline is...Abby is now a walker! That's right, she waited till I was home with her over spring break to take her official first steps. To help with balance, she holds her hands up high as she wobbles back and forth, doing a great impersonation of Frankenstein! As the headline states the dogs are very unsure about this new method of mobility. Allie has been used as a support aide several times and is quite unsure about being used like that. Callie doesn't even give Abby the chance, any time Abby draws near she is quick to move to a new location. I guess Abby is doing her part to help keep our 14 year old German Shepherd active (that's right she just turned 14 and at her check up the other day the Vet said he didn't seem any reason as to why he wouldn't be seeing her next year!)
Below are a few short clips of our girl in action. The first is of Abby helping out with a daily household chore. The second is of Abby standing up without the use of anything!
