So, here is today's list set in my neck of the woods.
Today I:
- Woke up at 4:30.
- Went to Walmart to shop for clusters AND the party.
- Arrived at work early (but not early enough).
- Briefed a coworker on an IEP.
- Prepped a Study Island assessment.
- Held a class reteach in math so my students could take their math test.
- Held a one-on-one reteach with a student who struggled.
- Graded the history tests.
- Graded student presentations on their literature projects.
- Presented a lesson from our Core Knowledge curriculum.
- Gave a spelling test.
- Lead a cross-curricular activity to try to fit more Social Studies curriculum into Language Arts while also tapping into the outcomes of my students' Interest Surveys by presenting it in a manner that allowed them to perform.
- Made extra copies of the party schedule and stuffed them in the designated station bags.
- Had the technology teacher show me how to disable the filter so I could play music at the party.
- Created a playlist of music from the 50s for the musical chairs station.
- Checked in my students 2nd set of biography fact cards.
- Introduced the Tournament of Champions, had the students choose which role in our classroom medieval village they would like to assume, and judged a contest which determined where our village would be located.
- Started the charcoal (using my charcoal chimney) out on the asphalt.
- Taught cluster kids how to make banana boats and dutch oven cobbler.
- Cooked the food.
- RAN into the building at the closing bell, and handed out last minute supplies for the party.
- Threw a party for 165 elementary students, which involved 7 different stations from 7 different time periods, complete with treats and prizes. Served cookies at the door on the way out.
- Stayed to finish next week's Learning Plan.
- Drove home.
