Nothing too spectacular today. My students are still really restless. I had to get after them to settle down and listen pretty much all day. The 8th graders visited New Ulm High School and went out to Pizza Ranch afterwards, so one of my students had to help serve lunch. Oh, the dramafest! One of the 6th graders was turning it into this huge deal and it really wasn't. We picked a stick to choose the person to do the serving.
Since we were in a signing up mood, we signed everyone up for bringing stuff for our Lenten supper next Wednesday. And we picked who's doing what jobs (serving milk, coffee, etc.). It was surprisingly drama-free. Some kids were disappointed that others took the things they were going to sign up for, and a lot of the ones who picked first offered to switch to something else so everyone would be happy. It was nice to have them be so nice to each other! We're having chicken fajitas, rice, fruit, and bars for our meal.
One of my students has completed her time in the speech program. She can now say all her /r/s and doesn't need to go anymore! We had a meeting today to sign all the paperwork.
Our lab this afternoon was quite sticky and messy. Of course, it was dealing with glue, so what do you expect? We learned about polymers (many parts) that make up plastics and tons of other things we come into contact with on a daily basis. I quizzed them before the lab today and they actually remember quite a bit! I just hope that translates to their lab sheets... I'm worried they won't write much on their papers... a few of them have been slacking off in the reading/writing department lately. So the lab involved mixing liquid starch with different types of glue to see if the same thing happens with each. We did regular Elmer's glue and Elmer's glitter glue. At first they reacted differently (they both made a Silly Putty like substance), but the more they worked with it, the more it mixed and the more the bonds formed, so it didn't stretch as much. They were so excited! A bunch said they were going to go home and make a big batch in different colors. We left them on the lab table overnight to see what happens to it. It will probably dry out. I suppose I could've let them put them in bags and take them home. Ah, well, too late now. Mrs. B came over to help supervise the lab. She ran back home to get some wood putty and some plumber putty to show the class different consistencies of putties. It was pretty neat. Our clean-up almost took longer than the lab did! We did get outside for about 10 minutes of recess. The 8th graders were out too, so we got to play a little softball. They all want to go on the soccer field side of the school for recess tomorrow, at least, all the boys do. The girls will probably want to spend recess on the playground equipment. It's supposed to be really cold tomorrow, so who knows what will happen?
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