Gonna Gang-up on Mrs. Helminiak

It has been an agonizing couple of days, but, I've come to the conclusion my "Safe to Drink" project is not conducive to my sixth graders, this year. Therefore, starting on Tuesday, I will dump that project and all of my sixth grader will do the same, "Mrs. Helminiak, the pollution lady," hydrology project. That means, I gotta get about 20 more two-liter bottles, over the weekend. Somebody wanna serve as lookout, while I go Dumpster diving?

Congrats to our middle school bballers
I enjoyed watching our 7th and 8th graders trounce those Millville upstarts, last night. I sat with Mr. Miller, Mr. Ellis, Mr. and Mrs. Bomboy, and several of our student teachers from Lock Haven University. Ms. Born came by with a camera and risked life and limb taking my photograph. It was a nice, enjoyable night. I got to chat with several parents and students.

My ladies got feather roses
Who said I ain't cultured!?! I gave each of my female co-workers a Dollar Tree feather rose, stapled it to a computer-generated Valentine's Day card and taped the whole shebang to each teacher's classroom door. Who said I ain't romantic? It even scored me a couple of hugs. Oh, yes, being 50 is grand.

No school on Monday
Man, do I need a break. Thank goodness.

Have a great weekend, folks. See y'all on Tuesday. Or, if something cool happens before Tuesday.

Building Soda Bottle Laboratories

Two of my science classes are building these mini-labs in order to replicate, or simulate, a hydrologic cycle, in nature. Kinda cool project. All it cost me was two 50-pound bags of sand from Lowes.

Bye Zaria
She snuck out, this morning. All her friends gathered at lunch, only to find Zaria was gone. She moved to another part of the state. She is such a sweetie, I will miss her.

Yes, we have school, tomorrow!! It's a snow make-up day. We are off on Monday.

Have a great night, folks.

I Updated My Webpage

Sections 62 and 64 started the hydrology soda bottle project, today. I added a link on my homepage. Then, another link for Sections 63 and 61's projects.
Still think teachers are paid too much? Try following my exploits during these projects. All in-class, and I even have two groups doing daily journal entries that I must read, each night!!
Don't get me wrong, I LOVE IT!!!! I see my munchkins evolving from baby school to responsible middle-schoolers.

Short blog, today, I am itching to get outside with the dog. It is a beautiful day.

Have a great night, folks.

They ain't no Xerox machines - that's fer sure

I gave my cherubs a chapter test, today. It was the same as the study guide we reviewed, yesterday. It even had a word bank attached. Absolutely no reason why the words on the word bank could not be spelled correctly on the test. It was a matter of finding the right answer to the question and copying it word-for-word. I must have given several children that test back, three or four times to correct misspelled words before I graded it. OIY!!!!

Progress Report time
Check out edline.net. The sixth grade teachers will only send out a hard copy of the progress report upon request or if your child has a "D" or lower in that particular subject.

I went to my first middle school basketball game, yesterday
As I stated yesterday, I am not a bball fan. However, I went to cheer on our 7th and 8th grade boys. I actually did enjoy the 7th grade game. The guys played their hearts out against Jersey Shore. Coleman made a phenomenal shot - it was called, half tripping backwards and half tipping the ball off. Hey, it went in!! I stayed for the first period of the 8th grade game. I was more than a little annoyed at the inappropriate language used by some of our boys, and they were called on it. GOOD! You're too young to swear. Hey, who am I kidding, you're never old enough to swear. Where's that bar of soap?

Have ya seen my addition to my website?
Beneath the photo of me, I have a link to a Toby Keith song. Yeah, I know, but folks. I love all genres of music -- 'ceptin' rap - yuck.

Have a great night, folks.

CHAPTER 3 TEST - TOMORROW!!!!!!!

The munchkins will have their first real serious science test, tomorrow. Twenty fill-in the blank questions. My learning support cherubs will get 20 multiple-choice questions. Either way, I've spent a lot of time going over and over the material. I hope they do well.

My name is not, Mr. Glacier
Kiddoes, tell your folks where that came from.

Did 'ya see my webpage?
I added a song beneath my photograph. It lends itself to my life. Let's have a show of hands, guys, who can relate?

Trained on Saturday
A most fascinating day in Lewisburg, as I underwent training to be an OM judge at the Berwick regional competition on March 7.

Are going to the bball game, tonight?
I am not a big basketball fan, but, I am going tonight to cheer-on our middle school boys. Since I am going stag, are there any volunteers to sit with me?

Have a great night, folks.