The first 3 days of instruction take place in the classroom. I worked with Elle Steele. Four one-hour classes each day and packed with important information.

Extra time for chores.

A hike that didn’t happen because of poor directions in a guidebook. I drove this road slowly for 2 miles to get to the trailhead,

but turned around here.

As an alternate, I decided to see what Smartsville was all about. I pass the exits every time I go to Maria’s in Penn Valley and have always been curious. Not much here.

One of the few remaining Gold Rush-era churches, built in 1871.

Lunch at Ernesto’s with Thais, Sophia, and Avery.

Yay for good friends like Linda and Ade!

In the afternoon, I went to a car show in Rio Linda’s Depot Park and the Community Center.

Remember these?

Another of my part-time jobs this month has been organizing teams of retired teachers to give the Fountas & Pinnell assessment to students in middle school who were on the brink of being reclassified as English fluent – a BIG goal of the English Learner Department in Twin Rivers Unified School District. Problem solving at school sites on testing days was also part of the job. Today, I stopped at Strauch Middle School to find a happy smooth-running operation. L-R (excluding students): Kathy Smith, Bev Ruby, Mike Wade.