At least one good thing this week

1. Spanish 2 Friday afternoon --> although it may have been a little out of control, spanish 2 was fun. 5 minutes before class starts 5 out of the 11 students run into my office and ask if they can run to get food from the school store. it being the the afternoon and the last day of the semester, (and me being the softy that i am) I told them to go quickly and get the darn food. So they arrive 5 minutes late to class, wired and energized and in no condition be focused in any way at 1:45 on the last friday of the semester. we started commands, or mandatos, as they're called in spanish the day before so I decided to play a little game with them. Split into two groups the students had to come up with 5 formal commands (in spanish of course) to make the other team do. i.e, hagan un pirámide humano, actúan como pollos, cantén el alma mater de Emma Willard, etc. (yes they're very creative those girls) well the human piramid was the best one. then after successfully completely this activity we all sat together on the floor and we read two classic children's books in Spanish that I had found in the education section of Barnes and Noble - La Oruga Muy Hambrienta (Hungry little catepillar) y El Árbol Generoso (the giving tree). As they ate their chips and dip they sat enthralled like little children at the beautiful pictures in each book. It all felt a little juvenile but it was fun and they seemed really into it. nothing like calming kids down with a good book.