Leah had her first day of First Grade on Wednesday. We met her teacher, Mrs. Clemmons, Tuesday night at Open House. Leah found her desk and was amazed by all of the workbooks and journals inside! She was excited to put her box of school supplies in her desk. We learned that each day she would have a different 'special': library, gym, music, art and computer. On her first day, she had gym! She came home with lots to tell. Her favorite parts of the day were sitting at her own desk, eating lunch in the cafeteria and gym class. She said she loved her teacher and is excited about the upcoming year!
I started my 14th year of teaching on Wednesday. I can't believe it is year number 14! Time is flying by! This year I am teaching Math 2, Math 3 and Advanced Precalculus.
On the first day I usually plan some sort of activity for the kids to complete. This year it was the Marshmallow Challenge. I found the activity on Pinterest. Students worked in groups of 4 and were given 20 pieces of dried spaghetti, 1 meter of string, 1 meter of tape and 1marshmallow. Students were given 18 minutes to construct a tower as high as possible that would hold the marshmallow at the top. Here are some of the various towers, and one that had a good effort :-)
And here is the winner at 68 centimeters!
Looking forward to a good 2014-2015 school year!
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