School's right around the corner. Ryan took off last Friday so we could get away together before my busy schedule resumes. We decided to head to Buffalo and Niagara Falls for the day.
Maid of the Mist
Before going to the Falls, we stopped at a Polish minimart that also serves lunch. It was like being in a different country. The workers spoke limited English and all of the products sold were in Polish, usually with multilingual labels. It was a great reminder of what life is like for my students when they first come to our country. I especially loved the Italian translation on the juice carton :) Don't you think we should have multilingual labels? Instead of doing a puzzle on the back of the cereal box in the morning, kids could be attempting to decode a different language. That is much more interesting to me than a maze!
The rest of the weekend was spent doing fun projects to get ready for the first day!! Here is one that I especially liked working on:
I saw this idea on Pinterest and wanted to change it a little to make it work in my room. Instead of printing it (no access to a color printer), I decided to make M&Ms that I laminated so I can reuse them for various activities throughout the year.
Label maker and laminating tape- brining out the nerd in all of us! Hah- I love these two things that we have only because of my father-in-law :)
Have a great 2013-2014 school year!
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