It was an all right day considering I had to whisper the whole day! My kids mostly talked in whispers too... it was weird for them to use their normal voice. Mr. D had trouble hearing my whisper-voice. Thankfully, one of my kids picked up on the fact and acted as a translator!
The people from the WEM foundation presented me with my award today. The whole school filed into my room for it. The trophy is pretty cool... it's clear and has a floating apple in the middle of it. I have it by my computer. Most kids guessed I'll use the $1500 check to buy books. They're probably right. One of the 6th graders kept telling me to go on a cruise. Is he trying to get rid of me or something???
Miss W visited us again today. I tried to convince her to teach the 5th and 6th graders about the Civil War, but she didn't take the bait. We skipped read-aloud this morning (giving them time to catch up on missing/late assignments) with the intent that Miss W could read for us this afternoon. But we didn't have enough time. We did finish the Civil War stuff I wanted to! Now time to get grades in... my goal is to finish them in time to pass them out at the awards potluck/carnival tomorrow night...
The other exciting thing today (besides me losing my voice) was our new playground equipment arrived! The guy came to our room first (when I had the 7th graders for class). He thought I was deaf because I wasn't talking and because I made a gesture that looked like the sign for "deaf". Nope, just good ol' laryngitis. The 6th and 7th graders unloaded the pieces while I supervised. We'll put up the equipment right before school starts. For now, it's being stored in the gym.
Tomorrow's balloon activity (and last day of school!!!): paper airplane contest.
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