Yesterday was my first day with the kids. 23 adorable little people I'll surely fall in love with in no time. I already have a favorite. (Don't believe it when teachers say they don't have one. It's a lie.) Her name is MayCee. There was this connection the moment we met, and the little munchkin gave me a huge hug and said, "I love you."
She likes watermelon. She told me so when we learned our first poem of the year titled, So Long Summer! It's a cheesy poem about saying good-bye to things we do in the summer and saying hello to school; and eating watermelon was one of them. She raised her hand to tell me how much she loves watermelon. (Just like me.)
Well, lucky for her, Ms. Lee owns a small organic farm, and one of the things that actually survived the "drought" was her watermelon. So I promised MayCee & the rest of the class that I'd bring one in for snack today, and they all cheered. (Gotta love those little first graders. They cheer just about every time I say I'm gonna bring them something.)
So I picked my little watermelon this morning & brought it to school. Wasn't big enough for everyone to share, but we had enough for all the watermelon lovers. It was my first organic watermelon, and theirs too, I'm sure. It had a ton of seeds, but no one cared. We had fun spitting 'em out.
I should totally bring the kids to my farm on a field trip. Wonder if I'd get in trouble for having them weed. It would be an awesome Gardening Unit, and we could learn about organic farms...
6 comments:
pen pals... yes. I have 19. It feels like 37. I have a feeling we're going to take a little longer to learn how to write a letter this year. No big deal. We should start with a class letter to each other. Awesome.
i think you should have them weed, that would be rad.
Have them eat the dandelion greens. They're a great source of iron. Someday they'll thank you.
I think you should keep them off the weed as long as possible
It's not a farm! It's a garden!
yeah, whatever...it's a farm & i'm sticking with it! when are you going to help me can all the tomatoes & peppers?
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