Category: Investigations (Page 2 of 15)

Happy Valentines Day! And Happy Birthday to Daniel and to Samith! Yay!

Today during recess, a bunch of planes flew by in formation. They circled around for a second run, and then let out a smoke trail. It was cool.

They also flew by on Friday. Are they practicing for something? Are they crop-dusting? I’ll be curious to see if they fly by again today.

As I was sitting in teacher devotions yesterday morning, I noticed a scuffed area on my shoe:

What an odd pattern of scuffing. What could possibly have caused that? I don’t drag the top of my toes on the ground when I walk. It’s my driving foot, but I checked on the way home – it’s not happening as I drive. Do I put my feet under something during the day? My desk?

I have no idea what this is from.

Also, I need to get some shoe polishing supplies.

Yesterday was soccer tryouts after school, so at recess, the kids switched from basketball to soccer. It was fun to watch.

After recess, I saw a honeybee on the floor of the hallway. I would normally be happy to see a honeybee, but this is part of an unexplainable abundance of honeybees on the hallway floor. Usually they’re dead 🙁

I don’t know if they are drawn there by something and then they die, or if they’re already dying and they come there to spend their last moments.

I tried to move this bee to safety before she got stepped on, but she looked weak. Poor bee.

I had to buy all new teacher shirts for school this year. I already complained that it is hard to find anything but “slim fit” shirts, which is ridiculous. I must also complain that none of the shirts I’m seeing have pockets. I keep trying to put my grading pen there, and it just slides off my chest. No pocket!

Is this a fashion change that happened in the five years I lived in Maui? Men’s dress shirts stopped having pockets? What is going on? I’m so confused.

In fourth quarter, I always read and discuss a novel with the seventh graders called “A Single Shard”. It’s a great story, and a Newbery Award winner. I have the students buy their own copy of the book so that I don’t have to police their treatment of a classroom set. I do offer to to order it for them if they want to.

This year, my book ordering has been weird. The book isn’t available on Amazon. Other online book places don’t seem to have it either. What is going on with this book? Were they behind on printings?

I finally called the local Barnes and Noble. They said they could order it for me and have it sent to my school. I ordered thirteen of them.

The first ones arrived on Tuesday:

Then more on Wednesday:

Thursday:

And yesterday:

How strange! It’s like they put out the word to all the Barnes and Nobles in the country, and whoever had a copy on their shelf is sending it to me separately.