Greatest Sports Legends- Lou Gehrig's Farewell Speech

Grade 4 please watch this Youtube video about Lou Gehrig. Mrs. K

Wednesday

So today we said good bye and thank you to Mrs. Zukas and hello to Mrs. LoGiudice.  Mrs. Zukas told me that the kids have been amazing and last night was very smooth.  Tonight is the Under Ground Railroad experience.  I will keep you posted as I talk to Mrs. Lo.

 Waiting patiently for his turn at the hoop.

 Watron Duty

 Relaxing after breakfast

 Our after lunch entertainment

 Carter made a boat that floats.

Skylar made the United States out of Rice Krispies.....yummy.  She shared afterwards too!

Tuesday continued

Some of the students, far braver than me, opted to dissect sharks.  Yes....sharks.
Others participated in magic math.

While some built and tested roller coasters other built dependable trays.

Dinner was a delicious turkey dinner served by Charlize. The ORT report and dance was given by Skyler and Charlize.

And finally the everyone, except Wendi, changed in warm, water proof clothes to go for a night time adventure in the woods to see darkness.  At this point, I checked out!

Tuesday

I just arrived in from my long day at Nature’s Classroom.  The sun and the rain took turns all day.  It seemed like we had an hour of one then the other.  It didn’t stop any of the learning or excitement.  The children are non-stop during the day and into the evening.  There are no tears and everyone is having fun.  I am going to post pictures and do my best to give a descriptive caption. 

For lunch we had hot dogs and our watron was Jeremy.  He did a fabulous job!  After lunch Katryn and Kylie did the ORT report.  Jesse and Wendi approve of the lunch!

Soon after the field groups began.  Jack and Carter designed and built an astronaut safe transport vehicle.  They tested it by seeing if it could carry an egg off when projected off the roof.  They watched from below. 

In between many kids opt for a basketball game.

They gather daily on the stairs to get their next assignment.

More to follow........

More from Day 1

From Mrs. Zukas:


Yesterday, the kids got their field group assignments where they were merged with students from Shoemaker. They chose a class to attend some of which included dissecting eyeballs or sharks. Lunch and dinner were delicious. At lunch our ORT was 19 and at dinner it was only 13! This is left over food. 

The students all have an opportunity to earn IALAC beads.  IALAC is anything that fits the acronym for ex: I am  loving and caring, individuals acting like a community, etc. They earn them by being kind or helpful, and then they can give them to someone else.   Some of our children earned them on day 1!

We had a nighttime sing along and then their behavior in the dorms was excellent.

Night Night......

Well Day 1 is nearly over and I might add a huge success!  Lights out at 9:45.  Let us hope they are all tired and sleep through the night.  Surely they have to be exhausted!  Dinner was chicken, broccoli and ziti and apparently quite delicious!  Judging by the smiles, we have some happy children!    I am looking forward to seeing them in the am. 

Nature's Classroom

The fifth graders arrived safely at 11:00 to begin their Nature’s Classroom adventure.  Mrs. Zukas has reported that everyone is happy and doing well.  Music to my ears!  She sent me pictures of the children getting ready for dinner.  She also sent me a picture of one of our rooms before the children moved in.  The chaperones sanitized before……thank you.  It will be interesting to get a before and after of the room.  I will keep you posted as often as I get up-dates. 

 A quick game of basketball in between classes.