Boy's Day Same lesson with some modifications. I did a PowerPoint presentation. Then, I model making a samurai paper hat. I had the students practice with regular 8X11in copy paper. After the practice, the students make large hats with extra large construction paper. Finally, will the students worked on a wordsearch puzzle I'd created the night before, I used a hot glue gun to make sure the hats didn't come apart. It was a lot harder workday than last year. Girls for the most part were out of the building. Day ended tired and exhausted. Out of the building about 6:30PM. Since I knew I would miss my train, I went to buy a converter for my TV.
I only paid $14.18 with my government coupon. So far, I believe I got what I made for. Junk! Now, I think I will have to buy a better antenna. The converter box I have seems only able to pick up about 23 channels, and not all of them are the regular ones I'm used to. For example, there are 3 channels each for CBS, FOX/WWOR, NBC, plus the Spanish channels. My new converter box also has a signal feature that lets me check the signal strength as I move the antenna around the room, but so far the signal flucuates between 0 and about 40%.
Post Date - Sunday, June 21, 2009 2:53AM
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9 comments:
Holy crap! Are you STILL teaching?!
When does summer break start for you people? Or are you year-round? (For four years I suffered teaching junior high on a year-round schedule --- ugh.)
Max tells me you're coming out our way to visit. You'll have to let us know what you like to do.
Max will be in charge of driving, I'm sure. :) If you want nature stuff (like hiking, visiting ski resorts, seeingsmall towns, or getting out into the wilds), either of us can arrange that. If you like history stuff or artsy stuff (Museum of Fine Arts, Folk festivals, galleries, or pioneer history such as Temple Square or Old Deseret Village), I'll get it arranged. If you want cars, that's totally Max's department (although I do have a friend who races...)
Fun things to see in our area include the Great Salt Lake and Antelope Island (lots of buffalo), Red butte Gardens (if you like desert plants), any of the canyons, riding the tram up to the top of Snowbird resort, visiting the Bonneville Salt Flats.
Oh, and if any of your students are into "High School Musical," Max and I would be happy to take you to get pictures of the real East High School where it was filmed. (We both graduated from the school.)
Yep, we have one more week to go. No, we are fortunate not to have year-round schools here in NYC. I like the two month gap, it really provides a sense of transition and closer.
Yep. I'll be visiting your neck of the woods this summer. I didn't want to sleep away my summer this year.
As for what things I want to do, I'm not exactly sure at the moment. I'm still in school mode. Once school ends, I'll do some internet searches to see how I can get my money's worth of traveling to the west. Basically, I'm interested in seeing the touristy things that a New York would not, could not find here on the east coast. Almost anything that is worth taking out my digital camera would be a nice activity to do.
High School Musical? I think that was the buzz last year. Hanna Montana is the queen bee now.
Thanks for offering to also be my tour guide. I'm really looking forward to this summer like no other in a very, very long time. Thanks!!!
How did you manage to get a "Boys Day"? I think that would be hilariously fun.
Hmmm...
well, google away. What NYC doesn't have would probably include the Bonneville Salt Flats, Great Salt Lake, pioneer heritage stuff, a tram ride to the top of a ski resort, or trips to ghost towns in southern Utah.
Good luck with your last week of school. I'm sure the NY kids get just as hyper as the Utah kids -- whenever the LAST week is.
Okay, that comment posted twice, so I've deleted one of them. Hope it works.
Jeff - Boy's Day at my school came about because one of the male teachers made a joking comment about it not being fair for only girls to have an empowerment day (Not really thinking or wanting to put the necessary work into it), so I've been told. I was told from one of the female teachers that several of the male teachers didn't really "step up" when they should have.
Paperback- Yep, your suggestions are the same ones that Max mentioned. I like the Bonneville Salt Flats, Pioneer Parade, and a ghost town. And yes, NYC kids do get extremely hyper.
I don't know that you're going to be in town for the Pioneer Day parade. It's on July 24th, and I thought Max told me you'd be here the following week. The parade is a large one. There are also rodeos all that week, which are rather fun if you've never seen a real one before. (I don't suppose there are too many rodeos in NYC.)
Pioneer Day is the state holiday. On the 24th of July in 1847, the first white settlers entered the valley, so we celebrate. Actually, most people just celebrate all of July because the Independence Day stuff just ends in time to kick off the Days of '47 events leading up to Pioneer Day. (And my family has 4 birthdays in between, so we just have stuff all month.)
However, the salt flats and the ghost towns will still be here whenever you arrive.
I'm not sure if I should write out the specifics of my travel plans here. Sorry for being paranoid. I'll ask Max to forward to you a copy of my recent Utah itinerary email.
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