Snow Day and Earthquake experiences

Well Monday came and went and then the forecast called for snow, LOTS of snow. Not as much as DC but people were preparing. I went to Piggly Wiggly at 9pm and people were stocking up on bread and milk. One couple decided Pepsi and Fiber cereal was the way to go...weird. Tuesday morning I woke up at 5:45am like normal and checked the Milwaukee news and read Kenosha Unified #1 closed...I was back asleep by 5:50am. Woke up and set out to make the day productive, updated the resume and filled out some applications. I know I cant turn them in until May-ish but better to do them now. Wish it was a snow day like I used to have 10 years ago, sledding with B-crew and sipping hot chocolate while playing N64. I wont lie I did get some Super Mario Brothers in on the Wii with Jay.

Apparently all this snow caused and earthquake in Dekalb (I know thats not the real reason). After talking to my friends in Dekalb and hearing they felt little or nothing from this earthquake I didn't expect anyone in Kenosha to feel it, but my first graders did! Here are some of the priceless comments following our talk about the earthquake:

• "I felt my window shaking"
• "I woke up on the other side of the bed so I must have felt it"
• "Do earthquakes only happen after snow days?"
  
• "Can you let me know when the next one is so I can try and feel it?"

Wednesday was a half-day and inservice training for the teachers. I attended the meeting and it was fun to be part of that for the first time. We talked about differentiation in education which was something I was always taught at Carthage so I wasn't lost during it. Today was a LONG day since Tuesday was a day off and Wednesday a half day. I have started preparing and teaching lessons dealing with Social Studies and Science . First graders go NUTS for volcanoes so that is a lot of fun. On Monday we are starting a plant unit in science where we actually get to grow plants. Everything is set up just waiting to start Monday so we can monitor them for a week. These weeks are going by fast, normally at this time I am tapering for swimming and it feels like and eternity. I am getting used to the change of pace and looking forward to being in charge of the whole day with the students.

I met my supervisor on Monday his name is David Filipelli and seemed like a very nice man. Reminds me of my grandpa Bax but with a mustache. He is coming to observe me sometime next week. Ill end this post with a video Mama Mertes sent me and I fell in love with.

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