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Say What Now?
Oct. 27th, 2017 06:21 pmSo, the Maker’s Fair approaches. I’m not sure if I ever explained what the Maker’s Fair was, other than to complain about having to do it. Basically, from what I understand (and, considering I’m presenting at it, I hope I understand), it’s a workshop. Eight people signed up for my “class”. My partner teacher and I will present a lesson called “Too Many Toys” based on a David Shannon book by the same name. We’ll read the book, facilitate a discussion, then have the participants build a toy of their own out of provided materials.
“And who will provide those materials?” I hear you ask.
That is an excellent question. Because, you see, yesterday, I got an e-mail from the head of the committee saying that it was decided the presenters will bring the materials needed. Which made it sound like we needed to buy the materials ourselves. Would we be reimbursed? Our district does not like reimbursing people for anything, so… who knew?
*sigh*
And of course, this lesson I chose is materials heavy. Just off the top of my head, we need plates, foam bowls, foam sheets, aluminum foil, pompoms, pipe cleaners, rubber bands, googly eyes, felt and a bunch of stuff I think I’m forgetting. Basically, if you can use it to make a toy monster, you need it for this project. I was not happy about the prospect of having to buy all this and possibly not be reimbursed. I mean, when I volunteered for this committee, I thought we’d be discussing the Next Generation Science Standards, figuring out how implementing them would look in our district, possibly coming up with some kind of pacing guide… something like that. I had no idea what kind of commitment this was going to be.
Luckily, two things happened today. First, I got an e-mail from someone at the district office saying that if we needed help purchasing the items to let them know. Then, my principal saw the first e-mail and told me that I could say no, I wasn’t buying that stuff, because it was ridiculous. So, I contacted the DO person and told them that a) I needed help getting the items and b) we should have the items needed because the lesson came from out science program, StemScopes, and if we had any kits around, we could raid those. So, problem solved (hopefully) with only a few hours of having to stress over it.
I’m still not looking forward to the Maker’s Fair, though. I feel a little better that it’s only about eight people and it’s only about an hour. And I know I can do it. But I don’t wanna.
I can’t believe I forgot to take a picture of the craftivity we did in class today! We made Frankenstein Monsters and it was so cute! They all did a really good job putting the craft together, and I forgot to take a picture of it. I may end up throwing the craft on the door and call it my door decorating for Red Ribbon Week. It would make me a huge hypocrite, because I’m the first one to rally against door decorating. But, my problem with door decorating is it’s usually all teacher driven and not student done. The students did these; I’ll just have to tape them on the door. That’s not a lot of work for me. So, we’ll see. I haven’t decided what I’ll do yet. But I’ll post pictures of the craft on Monday.
“And who will provide those materials?” I hear you ask.
That is an excellent question. Because, you see, yesterday, I got an e-mail from the head of the committee saying that it was decided the presenters will bring the materials needed. Which made it sound like we needed to buy the materials ourselves. Would we be reimbursed? Our district does not like reimbursing people for anything, so… who knew?
*sigh*
And of course, this lesson I chose is materials heavy. Just off the top of my head, we need plates, foam bowls, foam sheets, aluminum foil, pompoms, pipe cleaners, rubber bands, googly eyes, felt and a bunch of stuff I think I’m forgetting. Basically, if you can use it to make a toy monster, you need it for this project. I was not happy about the prospect of having to buy all this and possibly not be reimbursed. I mean, when I volunteered for this committee, I thought we’d be discussing the Next Generation Science Standards, figuring out how implementing them would look in our district, possibly coming up with some kind of pacing guide… something like that. I had no idea what kind of commitment this was going to be.
Luckily, two things happened today. First, I got an e-mail from someone at the district office saying that if we needed help purchasing the items to let them know. Then, my principal saw the first e-mail and told me that I could say no, I wasn’t buying that stuff, because it was ridiculous. So, I contacted the DO person and told them that a) I needed help getting the items and b) we should have the items needed because the lesson came from out science program, StemScopes, and if we had any kits around, we could raid those. So, problem solved (hopefully) with only a few hours of having to stress over it.
I’m still not looking forward to the Maker’s Fair, though. I feel a little better that it’s only about eight people and it’s only about an hour. And I know I can do it. But I don’t wanna.
I can’t believe I forgot to take a picture of the craftivity we did in class today! We made Frankenstein Monsters and it was so cute! They all did a really good job putting the craft together, and I forgot to take a picture of it. I may end up throwing the craft on the door and call it my door decorating for Red Ribbon Week. It would make me a huge hypocrite, because I’m the first one to rally against door decorating. But, my problem with door decorating is it’s usually all teacher driven and not student done. The students did these; I’ll just have to tape them on the door. That’s not a lot of work for me. So, we’ll see. I haven’t decided what I’ll do yet. But I’ll post pictures of the craft on Monday.
