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My kiddos were much calmer today. They also behaved very well for Miss K, even the 7-8th graders. They all raised their hands and asked good questions. Good learning day.

This morning during read-aloud, my kids focused on adding tissue paper to their pinatas. They got super far! A few of them are pretty much finished! Of course they bartered their focus for extra read-aloud time, so we finished our latest book. We haven't done much art this year, and this class is so anti-art, if there's a project they actually want to work on, I better capitalize on it. 

It was dreary and rainy on and off. Mr. E sent a 7th grader outside to check out the field conditions to see if we could have recess outside. I was there when he gave his report; it was very thorough. "The ground is a little damp, but it's not sticky and the dirt doesn't stick to your shoes. There's a wind from the northwest at about 10 miles an hour that's making things dry out real nice. So by the time we'd go out for recess, it'd be perfect." Yes, this is a farm kid. So, Mr. E said he'd take the kids outside for noon recess. Well... 30 minutes later, just as they got outside, THUNDER. Gigantic thunder. Pretty soon it poured and they scurried into the gym for hockey. 

The rain stopped at the end of the day, but Miss K finished her lesson with the 5-6th graders early so we could have an extra 10 minutes of recess (since our tone chime practice went long and cut into their afternoon recess). These crazy kids. They never want to go outside if it's even the slightest bit yucky, but now that there's a softball tournament coming up, outside recess is all they can think about.