The spirit of Halloween is definitely in the air at CPS. The kids were lively and excited, discussing Halloween costumes and where and when they would be trick-or-treating. Friday is also a Teacher Work Day, so they are even more excited to have the three day weekend.
When I arrived this morning, Summer was just finishing up her first class and set me up with a task I have helped her with in the past-alphabetizing the students' Playaway permission slips. It's that time of year again for the students to check out the popular audio books, and it was my responsibility today to make sure every child was accounted for. Here is something that struck me as odd. A few of the parents actually signed the permission slip indicating they DID NOT want their child to be allowed to check out these items! Did they not want to be bothered with it, or did they simply not trust their child to care for the items properly? I'm not sure, but I feel sorry for the kids who will miss out on this neat form of technology. I finished up this task pretty quickly, and once her class was finished, I had a few moments to update Summer on both my portfolio and the in-service presentation scheduled for tomorrow. She helped me find some important documents to add to my portfolio, and together we discussed the plan for tomorrow. I will meet her at 3:00 in the library, and then we will walk down to the 1st grade meeting together. I will present first, and then the teachers will continue on with their meeting. Here is an added bonus: Some of the first grade teachers attended some sort of technology training last week and they received free Flip cameras! This is so perfect considering my presentation for tomorrow involves the Flip camera and how it can be applied to the classroom, media center, etc. Now I know the teachers will definitely be interested!
Summer's next two classes came in after that, and I was able to watch her read Bony Legs to them. She did such an amazing job with this scary story, and the students were completely into it! Also on the agenda for today's classes was to make a "bone" necklace out of yarn and pasta noodles. Unfortunately, each class ran slightly over, and there was not enough time left to make these necklaces. I did make a mental note, however, to buy the supplies for my son's daycare class to make them this week. It's a shame they ran out of time, but maybe one of her other classes this week will have time. I told her to tell me how it turns out. Other than that, I am just preparing for my in-service workshop tomorrow and sweating bullets until it is over. I have never been a big fan of public speaking and presentations, but at least this is a crowd I feel comfortable with. Really, that is half the battle. Wish me luck!
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