BREATHE: hace calor

I'm sure those of you reading this don't want to hear about how hot it is here...but it's really hot here! We sit around laughing at each other while sweat drips down everywhere. Last weekend we had a scorcher and resorted to laying on the "cold" tile floor and covering ourselves with ice cubes.

Rudy and Julia with ice

On to school news...

I suppose drama and lack of organization is a package deal with a new school. This week felt like madness. A child bit me, tire swings are creating disasters, a teacher quit, more students are enrolling, and we ran out of rice.

In spite of the madness, my agriculture class is moving at a pace much faster than expected! Recycling program is underway, the compost bin is almost complete, and we got new baby chicks. The students are so involved and seem to look forward to taking care of our new projects and begin even more.

The students have yet to find out about the chicken coop behind the schoolyard. I'm not quite sure how to introduce our new friends, because our new friends are future food. I took a couple third grade girls back to the coop to play. As they hustled around the coop trying to keep the chicks out of the sunlight, I asked "why do you have to keep them out of the sunlight?" They replied, "They will get too hot!" Laughingly I said, "We don't want to cook them yet!" Surprisingly they agreed and told me we had to wait a couple months. I suppose we can have the circle of life talk Monday!