This past Friday I went to my placement. It was Campfire day in first grade! At the end of the day... about the last full hour, the three first grade teachers gathered their students into one of the teacher's room. There, she had set up a light in the middle of the room with logs set over it to look like a campfire. Then each teacher took a turn reading from a Halloween related book. They were about pumpkins or ghosts, etc. Just friendly little stories, not too scary. Meanwhile, the first grade aide and I were in the teacher's lounge preparing 58 s'mores in the microwave popping six in at a time on a plates. Through trial and error, we figured that it takes approximately 12 seconds to make the perfect melty microwave s'more. (Each first grade teacher had brought enough graham crakers, Hershey's and marshmallows for her own class that day). We then divided them between classrooms so that they were ready for the kids when they came back. The kids LOVED this and it was pretty enjoyable for the teachers and me. One of the teachers had mentioned that it was a good way to celebrate Halloween without naming it since they are not allowed to have Halloween parties there.
I personally had so much fun doing it. I really had the chance to see a great activity to celebrate this time of year; and a couple of girls had no idea what s'mores were until that day!
All in all it was a very enjoyable end to the school day.
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