Easiest Day!

I've almost forgotten my blog for Friday! It was one of the simpler days of my subbing experience. I was teaching fifth grade for the afternoon. When I arrived the kids were in music, and after that went directly to PE. They then came back to class themselves after PE with their lunches. They ate lunch in the classroom and then went out to recess. When they came back in from recess their teacher had left a test for them to take. It was a 25 question multiple choice test based on the material from their "We the People" textbook - which about the American government. They had an hour to complete their tests and then we had a Harvest Party! A couple parents came to help and they, the kids and I served up some pumpkin pie, jerky, nuts, popcorn and cranberry juice. It was an odd assortment, but the kids were enjoying themselves.

One girl in the class was quite the talented writer. She showed me the beginning to a story she'd written and it was pretty impressive for such a young kid. I wish I'd written down her name so I could keep my eyes peeled for her in the book store in 10 or 15 years! :)

There was other girl who came up to me during the party and asked, "Have you read that book called Twilight?" I answered that yes, I had. And then she just said, "oh" and turned around and left! I was thinking, "Hey! Come back here! We aren't done with this conversation!" But then I remembered that I was supposed to be the adult, so I just had to bite my tongue.

Now, I will not be writing another blog for a least a week. Salem-Keizer returns to school on December 1 - and then we'll see from there!