Today was our long-awaited visit to Franzen! We left Benson at 10:45 and arrived to meet up with the 3rd grade pen pals in their classrooms. The kids were able to chat and visit for about 15 minutes (by the time we arrived and got settled), at which time the recess bell rang. Due to today's lovely weather, recess was indoors so the kids had more time to get to know each other in the close quarters of the classrooms. ;) Then we all headed into the gym for lunch. They discovered that lunch at Franzen runs very much like lunch at Benson. Once everyone's bellies were full, the third graders headed back to class and the second graders converged on the library. Mr. Murhpy took half of the 2nd graders on a tour of the school while the other half listened to stories read by Ms. Witt, the library teacher at Franzen. When the first tour was done, the groups flip-flopped. We were in the second group. The tour took us to see the 4th/5th grade wing and how the walls between their classrooms can open up if they want to have classes work together. We then went back to the 3rd grade wing, and Mr. Murphy gave us some additional informaiton about how third grade runs; we then took a quick jaunt through the office and headed out to see the mobile classrooms. Finally, we returned to the library where Mr. Murphy did a Q and A session for a little while.
The kids were very well behaved and Mr. Murphy gave them many compliments on how they acted. I think that Franzen always expects to see the "little kids" when we go over there, but then are pleasantly surprised by how great our "big kids" really are!! I hope you hear all about the adventure this weekend!!
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