Thursday: grading

I'm sure everyone is waiting with much anticipation to know: how much grading is left?

Well, some, but not too much.  I finished all the final exams and half of a homework.  The homework goes pretty quickly, so maybe an hour or two left with it.  One grader responded and said she'd finish up the labs (like I had been expecting her to do), so I don't need to worry about those any more.

After that I need to calculate grades, but that goes pretty quickly.  And then...start prepping for the fall!  I find I'm much less stressed in August if I just finish most of the work now while the kids are in school.  I can come in on the first day of classes, finish a few things up, and be ready to go.  There's a new textbook though, so we'll see if it works as well as normal this coming semester...

Wednesday: summer?

I gave my last exam today.  It was odd to say, "have a good summer" as students left when it is cold and rainy out.

Also, I gave an exam Monday and Wednesday.  I usually teach Tuesday and Thursday.  Needless to say, I really feel like the week is one day ahead.

There's a lot of grading to do tomorrow.  I'm {obviously} hoping to finish a lot of it tomorrow...at least enough so that I can finish grading Tuesday if needed.

Tuesday: learning

Today I graded.  Almost all day...well, all of my working day.  I was pleasantly surprised that more students got the hard part of the exam correct.  It makes it much easier to grade.

I took one break to visit the curriculum library and check out a fraction game.  The game itself wasn't super fun, but Isaac played with the game, moving fractions around, for quite a while.  Math homework = done.

Monday: perfect

I gave an exam today.  The class sits in two circles (at computers) and I usually give out four stacks of exams...two stacks to each circle, with each stack going in opposite directions.  Then I pick up the extras.

Today, for the first time ever, I gave the exact amount needed to BOTH circles.

Sunday: shower

I wrote something on the shower a bit ago, and Isaac took it to heart.

(What it looks like in the mirror)

What we actually wrote

Saturday: bear castle

We dropped off food at Dutch Village to get tickets for later in the summer.  This meant that we had to go under the bear castle.

Amanda: oh no, we're going to be pooped on by the bears!
Joshua: no, the bears are going to chase us!
Amanda: Would you rather be pooped on by bears or chased by bears?
Boys: ...
Joshua: chased!!
Isaac: pooped!!

Friday: mini-carnival

Isaac's school canceled its yearly carnival due to lack of donations and volunteers.  It was pretty fun last year, so we were pretty disappointed.

So we had a mini-carnival at home.

There was a "bouncy ball your dinner drink."

Isaac took a bunch of tries because he really wanted the Squirt.  Joshua got his on the first try (each time) and then proceeded to have milk for dinner.  This is especially odd since Joshua doesn't like milk.

Then, while we were waiting for the pizza, we playing "fishing for candy."  The boys tossed some fabric with a clothes pin over the banister and then they waited for the fish to bite.  The got some candy that was supposed to be a donation for the carnival.  They also got some other non-candy.  Joshua was always so disappointed when he got the "junk".  It was pretty funny.

Our last activity was a cake walk.  This one was the most absurd of all our mini-carnival activities.  We walked around the table, and when the music stopped the person next on the carpet square got a little cake.  We walked around the table a lot.