Everything is starting to wind down at school, and I'm starting to bring things home now. My goal is to bring a crateful of stuff home every day so there won't be a huge amount towards school's final days.
Another second grade teacher emailed me today and asked for more information about an activity I wrote about on here. It made me realize I should probably write more ideas and fewer rants... The difficulties of this year shouldn't have taken over as they did. Live and learn. Hopefully by next September, I'll have better stories to tell.
Because of the generosity of Target Field Trip Grants, we were able to go to the Jamestown Settlement on Wednesday, May 6th via a fancy charter bus (thank you, novelty of a DVD player on the bus). It was really awesome to be able to take all those kids to Jamestown. Just on the bus ride alone, a lot of the kids freaked out about the tunnel bridge. They hadn't seen it before?? It's unfathomable to me... but reality for some.
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We had a ton of parents show up, and Miss EB helped as a teacher figure. As a final project for the trip, the students were instructed to create a photo story about the Powhatans, either in PowerPoint or poster form. The kids could have taken pictures themselves or use the photos I took to create their stories. I put mine (and Miss EB's) on a Picasa website so parents could download/print. So far, we've gotten a great response from parents.
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Those projects are due on May 20th, and I'm really hoping that more students choose PowerPoints...
This field trip was my pride and joy this year. As long as I'm in education, I hope to at least do one big project each year. Last year was the gardening grant... this year, a field trip... next year? I have NO idea. (Can I please just find out something job-wise soon!?!?)
-- Miss Chelsea :)
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