My classroom smells like seal oil...and other random factoids.

I plan on "mini-blogging" throughout the day, and updating as I go.

One of my boys went seal hunting this weekend.  The oil is notoriously hard to wash off hands and clothes.  Now he, and my classroom, smell like seal oil--a strongly fishy smell.

The snow is melting quickly--we're starting to watch where we walk, lest we fall into a pond.  I haven't seen signs of breakup on the bay, though.  It's light from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m., and feels very warm, though the thermometer still says 15°.  I don't know if I believe that--it feels at least in the 30's.

20 more days of school, and we're all getting restless.  It's hard for people to go to bed at a reasonable hour when the sun doesn't!  Though students are increasingly tired and unmotivated, we're still seeing success: good 5-paragraph persuasive essays last week, and a good reading test this morning.