Hurray for WVSTA!

Well, this weekend I attend my first teacher conference. I feel so grown up! I attended the conference with Nichole, Ashlee, and an under-the-weather Dr. Rye ( He kept calling me Angie!!) On Friday, we woke up and began attending presentations. The first presentation that we attended was actually hosted by a group of participants! The focus of their presentation was on using live crickets to measuring jump distances. Of course, I thought that was awesome because I like bugs and I love hands-on learning!!! Their lesson was completed with second grade students, but I clearly saw how I could change the lesson to be appropriate for my kinder kids. So guess what..... there is going to be a cricket invasion next week at North Elementary!!!!!! The other two presentations were about scientific writing and how to host a Science night at your school. The Science night presentation was very helpful and we came up with some awesome ideas. Be prepared for the most amazing Math and Science night that North has ever seen!!

Look at Fratoni go! 

My gorgeous presentation materials

Saturday was the moment that we had all been waiting for....presentation day!

Ashlee ready to share her garden knowledge!

We presented at 8:30 in the morning so I assumed that zero people would attend, but surprisingly I had six different people listen to me! I thought that I would feel super nervous, but actually I felt excited to share what I had done with my students. This lady from NASA seemed particularly interested in my students' journals and told me that she would give me seeds that had been in SPACE! Wowza! These seeds grow completely different than seeds that stayed on Earth. Can you say kindergarten experiment for contract hours??? 

All in all, it was a fun and educational time and gets me even more excited to present in Denver this Spring!