Three good days in a row... everyone stayed focused during our Daily 5 rounds. Everyone that is except the 2nd grade girls. They decided to forget all the math they learned in 1st grade. They forgot how to round to the nearest ten! And nothing I could do or say could get them to remember. FINALLY we finished the page. Sigh. Can we be done yet? The two boys zoomed through the rest of their math packet, so they're actually done with math for the week (or until the girls finish their packets). They've earned over 20 tallies on the board, so technically they earned a class reward. I think we're going to save it for Friday. Hopefully the girls will all be done before then.
Cheerleading was pretty good today. Mrs. E was picking up her daughter from the airport, so I was flying solo. We spent most of the practice cutting out paper basketballs and making posters for the basketball tournament. They turned out really cute! There are a few families from Good Shepherd in Mankato that bring their boys to basketball practice so they can play on our team. Today one boy's two sisters were along. Since we were just coloring and cutting, I asked if the girls wanted to help us. They were shy at first, but eventually their mom convinced them to join us. I think they had a good time. The cheerleaders fluttered around the girls asking them questions and being very friendly. Then they wanted to show the new girls their cheers (and the school song). We spent the last ten minutes of practice doing cheers. The cheerleaders all went home without a hitch. The new girls wanted to show their mom the poster they had helped color. She noticed Joe, so we got to talking about where he came from and how we got him and all those good questions everyone asks about him.
Now I'm trying to bring myself to make the 7th and 8th graders a webquest about Renaissance life. I really feel like going home, but how can I make a webquest without the web? Hmm.
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