थे बेस्ट लैड plans

Ah, in August I planned a field trip to this science place. I thought a nature center and trails and a rapture center would be really fun and entertaining. We'd get to play outside and learn cool stuff. Then, only about 3/4 of our kids signed up, so I had to stay back. I was bummed that I didn't get to go. Today was field trip day. It turned out, I got the better end of the bargain. I stayed back with twelve kids... another eight or so of our kids played hookie. One of our kids broke his collar bone playing football last night. Another was suspended, etc.

My day rawked!! We read O'Henry's "The Ransom of Red Chief" to start off. Some complained it was too long. Others enjoyed the crazy humor. Red Chief was a lot like Laurie in Shirley Jackson's "Charles". Then I had them different picture books of folk and fairy tales that they needed to map out the plot. Then they did collages. Then we went for a long(er) walk. Then, we read a play. It was a fabulous day. Apparently, the field trip was a bit of a bust. The girls didn't want to get dirty (they had to collect insects and fungus) so they just stood around. The raptor lecture was really good. But, they had to walk a lot. (Actually, I think I would have really enjoyed it... but I'm a geek.)

I didn't get to enter as many of my grades as I was planning to this week due to technical difficulties and time constraints. So, I went to enter the grades and the site is having scheduled maintenance from 5pm Friday to 6am Monday. Awesome. I'm screwed. I guess, my weekend just got more fun.