Camp

Thanks to Kayleen I am finally getting around to posting pictures from my week at Camp Waskowitz. It was a great time and I definately see the difference it has made in my class going at the beginning of the year compared to the end. I created a photostory slideshow of our photos today for a celebration we are having for camp on Friday after they finish their essays which turned out very cute. If you haven't heard of photostory you should check it out! Its a really cook, and easy program to make photo slideshows! I apologise ahead of time for the sideways pictures! For some reason my computer is being difficult and not letting me fix it!

This is one of my favorite activities that I love to lead, and especially the first day. This is called meet a tree in which you pair up with a partner where one is wearing a blindfold and the other partner leads them to a tree and has them use their senses to get an idea of the tree without seeing it. They then are returned to a meeting area and they have to go and find their tree. It is really fun!

This was the first day there, and luckily the most rainy day as well. As you can tell we were soaked!!



I thought this picture was adorable! This was when we learned about the worm bins.

Amazing! We had really great weather!

This was at the Cedar River Watershed. We had a silent walk through this forest area.

At the Watershed

My goofy class

Looking for invertabrates in the river. They really enjoyed getting to go in the water. Unfortuantaley I had a few fall in so we had to go back to camp for some of them to change clothes.

On our long hike day we had a cookout with hotdogs and smores !

Our class

This REALLY steep trail that we hiked up and down on.

Our last class picture before we left back to school!

I decided to sneak in a picture of Lily and Mango. More to come!

If only....

So this afternoon was a little stressful and hectic in my classroom. I was getting upset at them because they would literally not stop talking. After coming back in from recess one of my students came up and gave me a big hug and said that she was sorry that they made it so stressfull for me sometimes and that I should take a week off and go and hang out with my friends like they got to do when we went to Waskowitz. I said something like yeah that would be nice and I wish, so she proceeds to give me a penny that I can throw into a well to make a wish! It was pretty cute! I really enjoy getting hugs from them because I really don't get them to often with teaching 6th graders and all!

Youth

So today I went to costco with a friend and I had to return a jacket. So I go up to the lady and she is looking at my costco card and proceeds to say, "Are you really 18!" So i'm slightly confused thinking maybe she was wondering if I needed to be in school or something, but the reason she was asking was because you have to be 18 to have a card apparently! So I tell her that actually I am 24 and she totally did not believe me. My friend Laura who I was with is always mistaken for a younger age (she teachers 6th grade too) and she thought that she and I looked like we were 17! I told her that acutally we were both 6th grade teachers and she asked what school so I told her. I still don't think she believes me but whatever. I guess this will be a great attribute to have when i'm older and truely want to look younger!
I'm being observed on Friday...wish me luck!