#18

Apparently there was an earthquake in Mankato? I'm slightly jealous I didn't get to experience such a thing... Miss W brought it up when she first got here today. She said all the buildings at BLC shook.  The local internet is abuzz with speculation.  Some people think the tremors were caused by a blast at one of the Mankato quarries.  Either way, no damage was reported, though lots of people called in to say they felt it.

Another interesting thing today... one of the 6th graders had taken home a spider from our spider lab and it had babies! (We think). There are four things that look like little spiders in the jar with "Barry" and the 6th grader says she can see them moving.  I looked and they do look like spider-ish things, but I couldn't see them moving.

Today's activity was "sit anywhere for the day". Three kiddos moved their desks into the Gumdrop Gallery Corner. Surprisingly, they focused pretty well back there.  A 5th grade girl moved her desk back against the wall by the outside door (the handle is broken so we can't use the door anyway).  The boys of course moved their desks in a row by each other.  A few of them got moved because they were too noisy/distracting.  And the 6th grade best friends moved their desks side by side.

It made class with the 7th and 8th graders interesting, having the desks all over the place.  They presented their Africa projects today, so it ended up being fine.  We skipped bells (for like the third time in a row) so we could get all the projects presented in one day.  They play on Sunday, but they know the songs well (otherwise we wouldn't be skipping practice). Miss S is going to set up bells at church tomorrow during 5th grade bell practice, that way they get a chance to practice at church and my bell choir can simply practice on Thursday instead of taking time to haul everything over.

Tomorrow's activity: watch a Wishbone episode!