We have a big wooden box the size of a shipping crate in our school. It holds all the equipment and games students may take outside for recess. One of the boys in my 4th grade class found an old kite one day a couple of weeks ago. He worked with it and got it in the sky. Suddenly, it became the target item for recess. When I left suddenly to make a quick trip to the states, I told my class to be good and work hard. "I just may have to bring you something." Immediately I heard, "Ms. Sheila, can you bring us a kite?"
It just so happened that I found kites for $1 apiece at Wal-Mart so I was able to purchase one for each fourth grader. As soon as I was back in the classroom, the excitement was evident. Two students kept nosing into my "teacher pile" to see if they could find the kites. Then it was time to dismiss and the only reason they had come to school that day had arrived. A light rain was falling, but it did not deter the efforts of at least three to launch their new kites. It's kind of our own version of Kite Runners.
