Is that a frog in your throat?

Last night my voice started to get scratchy.  This morning, it was almost inaudible.  


How do you teach with a frog in your throat?  
Get the children to assist.  

The children rose to the occasion.  
At morning gathering Gabe read, More Parts.
  There are 3 books in this series by Ted Arnold.  Parts, More Parts, and Even More Parts.  It is about a child who misunderstands language and thinks he is going to lose part of his body.  For instance: when his father asks him to: "give him a hand", the boy thinks his must literally give his hand to his father.  These books have more than 100 body part idioms.  Very humorous.


No problems with quiet reading and writing.  I could go around and whisper to children about their work.


After lunch, it was story time.  Kit and Andrés, each read a few pages of our current chapter book:
Ramona and her Mother by Beverly Cleary.


Thank you to all the children for their cooperation and help in making it a pleasant and productive day.