Getting in the Groove

I think I am getting it down a little. It is really wierd to hear teachers talking so openly about the school. Where I came from there was a hush-hush atmosphere about talking about the school and here they can say what they want within their houses and they do not get in trouble with administration, in fact I haven't seen any administration around the school at all since I have got here. It is a little insular but nice, almost like they are a family unit. We are on Friday schedule again today and we are going to go over the Science Fair stuff in Study Hall/E-Core. Yesterday we blew up Diet Coke and Mentos but today I think we are doing a round robin on each of the four sections of the science fair. I am going to start taking pictures soon and they will be up. I got a list of the kids for each section to write asssignments on it and will probably start that at the end of next week. There will be a CultureFest here next Saturday, the day I get back from the Invention Fair, but I am going to try to make it for at least an hour that day. I think some of the kids will be making booths and presenting stuff. Kristin and I sat down today to go over lesson plans for next week. We are introducing the beginning decades of the 20th century using vocab and their prior knowledge of what the decades were called. We were interuptted by parents coming to see the school but it was nice to have some time to look at the calendar and make some notes about what each decade would cover. It seems like a lot to combine into 8 weeks, but I like how Siskow says that it is a survey course- a little info about a lot of stuff. Here is a shot of my work space, with my cool fire truck lunchbox. More later. :)