the ZOO!

We survived the trip to the zoo and everyone made it home safe...and tired. Here are some pictures that don't show any faces but still show how much fun we had.

Looking at the black bear. The three girls on the left side of the picture are the three goofballs I had for the day.

Making tracks in the sand.

The polar bear. This bear looks like I currently feel after going through the WHOLE zoo in 3.5 hours.

The star we made. This shows some of the diversity in the class and shows just how adorable these girls are.

Possibly the Penguins. Or the Otters...or the fish...honestly don't remember.

The Sea Lions. They LOVED these. They kept swimming right by the girls' faces it was fantastic to watch.

the end of my year with the super bees...

I'm done. I finished my student teaching on Thursday. There were tears in the car, but I held them back in front of the kids. The class surprised me with a pizza party for lunch on Wednesday. Then there was an "emergency staff meeting" on Wednesday afternoon that involved cake and some goodies for my future classroom.
I was so lucky to work with such a wonderful and supportive staff. Everyone was always willing to answer questions and offer their help. I had a fantastic class full of some of the greatest kids. We had our challenges but in the end I can laugh them all off. I will miss everyone so so much! Looking forward to my visit on Wednesday.

sick. again.

being sick is the worst. I want to spend my days in first grade world, not on the couch feeling crummy. Don't know what I have but I do know that strep throat is going around: fabulous mentor had it 2 weeks ago, principal had it last week and we have a student out with it now... I really hope thats not what this is.
This week is Dentist/tooth week in our classroom. Just in time for them to come now that none of our students have any teeth! Seriously. We got a new little girl yesterday and we were talking about her teeth (she is missing 6 of them!) and mom actually said, "She can at least eat better now."
Our room is losing so many teeth that we keep filling and overfilling our tooth chart. It's nuts!

On to other news: I finished my humongous lesson plans and passed all portions! FANTASTIC! Now I can just focus on my teaching. It is lovely. My lesson plans went from 10 pages per 45 minutes to two pages per week. Love it!

The worst part of being home sick: DAYTIME TV. It is now time to use that free ondemand button.