TONY THE TIGER
Planning for our Summer School session is happening...right now...where teachers get together and plan out what we feel are the best classes ever and the most fun field trips. Creating fun classes isn't a hard feat, but planning out the field trip is like a nightmare! We sit around our planning circle and beat our heads against the wall trying to come up with an inexpensive AND fun day for our students. Lots of questions buzz around the room like: "What do kids like to do for fun?" "Would they think this field trip would be fun because I think it would be fun?" "I think this would be lame, do you think it's lame?" "How much would it cost us to take 300 kids to this place or that place?" The questions are endless and as we narrow down the one place we would like to take our students, we STILL HAVE TO GET IT APPROVED!!!!
Tuesday was the big meeting after school and I think we have our classes and field trip decided upon and we are so hoping our trip is approved. We want to take our students to The Planetarium at Pittsburg State University! I cannot wait! I haven't been to the planetarium since I was in grade school!
Back when I first started teaching summer school, the fieldtrips were planned out for us. We didn't have to do anything but create the most awesome lesson plans ever and show up for the month of summer school and teach them!!
One year, our theme was "Biomes". Our group chose 'The Grasslands' while other groups chose the rainforest or the prairie and so forth. We taught anything and everything there was to know about the Grasslands in a week's time. The most awesome treat that summer school session was that Tony the Tiger came to school for a special visit. Looking back, I have no idea how Dr. Cooper pulled this off, but it was the most fascinating experience we could have ever had with our students. Nobody got to touch Tony, but the students did get to ask as many questions about Tony and tigers as they wanted. I imagine Tony's owner was happy to get the heck out of Webb City!!
Thank you Dr. Cooper for giving me this experience...I've never forgotten it.
Tuesday was the big meeting after school and I think we have our classes and field trip decided upon and we are so hoping our trip is approved. We want to take our students to The Planetarium at Pittsburg State University! I cannot wait! I haven't been to the planetarium since I was in grade school!
Back when I first started teaching summer school, the fieldtrips were planned out for us. We didn't have to do anything but create the most awesome lesson plans ever and show up for the month of summer school and teach them!!
One year, our theme was "Biomes". Our group chose 'The Grasslands' while other groups chose the rainforest or the prairie and so forth. We taught anything and everything there was to know about the Grasslands in a week's time. The most awesome treat that summer school session was that Tony the Tiger came to school for a special visit. Looking back, I have no idea how Dr. Cooper pulled this off, but it was the most fascinating experience we could have ever had with our students. Nobody got to touch Tony, but the students did get to ask as many questions about Tony and tigers as they wanted. I imagine Tony's owner was happy to get the heck out of Webb City!!
Thank you Dr. Cooper for giving me this experience...I've never forgotten it.
Me and Tony
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