Have Some More Sugar!

This afternoon was a little more hectic than yesterday, although not all bad.

When I arrived, we started on a math activity which involved the kids holding a card with a shape on in and finding someone who had the same color as them, and then holding up their card when I asked for shapes with 3 sides, 4 corners, right angles, etc. This got them a little wired before we moved onto a craft project.

They were making paper lion heads. This went OK until some started finishing and running wild. Even after I'd given the direction to put their project in their backpacks and read a book at their desk some were still horsing around on the carpet. This lead me to having a long talk with them about following directions and then another long talk on expected behavior during the presentation we were about to go see.

Thankfully, they did awesome during the "Tree Man" presentation - basically this guy who talked to them about trees: how the grow, different kinds, what we get from trees, etc. Also, during this time, the most challenging student got called out by the office to go home with mom. It is amazing how much the dynamic of the classroom changed minus this student!

After this they went to PE and I hung up a bunch of artwork in the hallway for the teacher. Also, one of the student's parents arrived with cupcakes for the class! This made for quite a crazy end of the day.

The kids get back from PE five minutes before the end of the day. In this time, I passed out cupcakes, popcorn and candy some of the kids ordered for "popcorn Friday", as well as a piece of candy to all of them because I promised it to them after the great time in the presentation (this was before I knew cupcakes were coming!).

So basically I sugared them up and sent them home. You're welcome parents! :)