Day 3

Back to normal today. I got to actually do quite a bit of teaching, which was fun. The highlight was finishing the powerpoint that I'd made about the California Gold Rush. It goes along with a story we're reading this week, so I've squeezed in a few extra social studies lessons about it. Students' biggest concern so far has been the havoc that the miners wreaked upon the environment. I wish I had a mining pan...

Takeover, take 2

Day 1: Lice outbreak. We're in for a good week!

Luckily, only one kid has it at this point, but of course, we couldn't get ahold of her mother and so the girl was in class all day. Cue foreboding music here...