The 3rd graders have been studying the islands in the Caribbean for a while now. At the end of their studies they have a "Caribbean Night" at school. (Mind you this happened on 5/15, but I'm just now playing catch up). Each child got a "passport" and had to "travel" from one island to another to get their passport stamped. We got to do things like eat fruit, make tissue flowers, bend wire into a scultpture, dance, make a beaded craft, and play "Name That Island" on the Smartboard (my personal favorite).
(Aside: if you've never seen a Smartboard, it's pretty cool. It looks like a regular solid projection screen like every classroom has, but the difference is that it's a giant touch screen that's linked to the classroom computer. So, by touching the screen you're interacting with the computer. It's pretty wild. Norfeldt has several of these due to teachers applying for and receiving grants from the Foundation for WH Public Schools.)
Grandma came with us (thank goodness we had her craft expertise to guide us) and endured the heat (just like the Caribbean!!) in the cafeteria. We all wore our Caribbean shirts, except for Julia who decided to finally wear one of the dresses we got for her in Thailand - go figure.
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