Camp Omega Chapel

Today was our annual Camp Omega chapel day.  Bob, the camp director, came around 9:30 and led us in singing.  Something about camp songs just makes me happy!  And the best part is that the kids (even my grouchy older ones) were singing and getting into the songs too!  His main message was that the Bible tells us how to follow God.  He had two kids searching for "a hundred grand" (it was the candy bar).  But his only instructions were to go look for it.  Mr. D was the referee who blew his whistle if they got too far away or were going in a place they shouldn't have.  So based on his whistle tweets, they were able to find the hidden candy bar.

Since chapel was later than normal, our morning routine was messed up a little.  We did Writing Workshop right away in the morning.  I only had two biome presenters left, but one wasn't ready.  I was hoping it would only take her a few minutes to finish up, but she ended up taking the whole half an hour to finish, not enough time for one person to present; I didn't want anyone to get cut short.  At 9:00 we had music practice in Mr. E's room, but that finished early enough that I had to find a five minute activity to fill our time before having to walk over to chapel.  We played 7-up.

After chapel, we did read-aloud/snack and our presentations.  One of the kids had been working on his presentation at home, and his mom emailed it to me so he'd have it at school.  She was a little sneaky though and added a line to one of the slides.  It was on the Tourist Information page in a list of things NOT to bring to the desert, "Don't take a date to the desert." She wanted to make him blush.  And teach him he shouldn't expect his mom to get his assignments to school on time.  But she was thwarted in embarrassing him.  He brought a flashdrive to school and told me the one on it was more current because he had looked it over one last time.  Good for him!

By the time presentations were over, it was 11:10 and we only had time for one Daily 5 round!  Thankfully, most kids were done with spelling (due today since there's no school Friday).  So we had a random round where they could mix/match what tasks they worked on in the 20 minutes.

Tomorrow is going to be another wonky day; Mr. E is bringing Mrs. E to the airport around lunchtime.  One of their daughters (who lives in Ohio) is having a baby any day now, and Mrs. E is going to stay with her for a few weeks.  Mr. E couldn't get a sub for the afternoon, so his 7th graders are going to hang out in my room for the afternoon...