Made it! I will not have to face another first day of school this year. 

Overall, it went well. I have 20 students. Already I have picked out a number that are unusally bright and the class as a whole were well behaved. Of course, I know on the first day of school the teacher doesn’t usually have discipline problems. As my youngest son put it, “Mom, I never get in trouble on the first day.”

Reflections? I’m glad, it looks like a better year than I expected. This evening, I was at the Kroger’s and I spotted a display of small Venus fly traps.

I knew just what to do. Buy one, and construct a science observation in the next two weeks. We are doing a unit on scientists. What does the young scientist do with a venus fly trap? Can we make up an experiment? Can we make a prediction about what will happen? What if we touch the inside of the jaws of the flytrap with a small stick? Will it shut?  Can I find a video to support the lesson? I don’t know, but the school year is off and running.