Wow! What a busy, busy week. We concluded our action packed week with our trip to the YMCA to swim. The class earned the priviledge to go swimming by reading 7 books during the first nine weeks. All three 4th grade classes, over 70 kids, took a dip in the YMCA swimming pool. The Y was having some issues with the family pool, so they let us swim in the lap pool instead, which was twice as big. We were still able to use the water slide though, so it all worked out fine in the end.
Mrs Kinion and myself got in to swim with the kids, while Mrs. Hendrix (who wasn't feeling well at all) corraled the kids back to the pool area.
When Mrs. Kinion and I jumped into the pool, you would have thought that two pieces of playground equipment had got in. We were climbed upon, rode, swung on, splashed, chased, dunked, kicked, and cannonballed. And yes, we loved it. We all swam for almost two whole hours. Before getting out, we posed ourselves for a class picture. See there's the proof, we swam on a school day! Our classes were great. They were polite, respectful, and responsible students, and they were complimented by the lifeguards. It was a great way to reward the kids for doing such a great job and all their hard work when it comes to reading.
I don't know about the kids, but I am absolutely exhausted.
Our next goal, will be 14 books and we'll have our reward when we come back from Christmas break.
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