Risen Savior Subbing

This week on Tuesday was my first day subbing at the school associated with our church. I've been on their sub list for a few years, but this is the first time I was actually called upon to teach. I taught the 5-6th graders for a day. 

Their teacher doesn't know me super well, so he made the day pretty simple. I was a little disappointed there wasn't more teaching to do, but the day went smoothly. Catechism lesson for religion, read-aloud and questions for reading, math test, recess, show a video in 5-6 science (Magic School Bus), work time on final drafts for English, show a video in 7-8 science (Bill Nye). 

I was able to find a bit of time to do extra read-aloud. The book they picked was How They Choked: Failures, Flops, and Flaws of the Awfully Famous by Georgia Bragg. We had time to read one person's story and they picked the man who owned the Titanic, Bruce Ismay. He was a very bad man. Most likely a product of his upbringing, but wow, did he make some bad decisions. It seems like the whole Titanic disaster could've been avoided. Look him up for more of the story.

G brought Jaron to school over lunch to nurse. 

All the students were well-behaved, even the 7-8th graders. I had a little time with them for read-aloud too. We did a handful of super quick mystery stories, similar to Encyclopedia Brown but simpler.

Because the day had a lot of student work time, I had time to do some reading of my own. I've been reading Grow Wild: The Whole-Child, Whole-Family, Nature-Rich Guide to Moving More by Katy Bowman. Good takeaways! Her big thing is stacking activities to build healthy habits into your life. For example, you need to grocery shop, so to add more movement, park far away to add steps. Then carry your items in a basket instead of a cart so you use your arm muscles more. Granted this doesn't work all the time, but you get the idea. 

Or, you want to go on a family hike and you want to eat dessert. Go for a walk in an area with berries along the trail and gather as you go. 

My favorite chapter so far is the chapter about clothing and movement. Our clothes are containers holding us. You will move more if the container isn't restrictive. Pay attention to the movements your kids do or don't do; perhaps their clothing is keeping them from playing to the full extent. She gave some tips about buying barefoot shoes for kids when their feet grow so fast (barefoot shoes tend to be expensive) and gave suggestions on weather-proof clothing. Like I said, I took a lot of notes!