Fourth Grade Field Trip

Apparently it doesn't take much to impress fourth graders. Recently we took our field trip to Billie Creek Village, a town set in the mid-1800s. As we were crossing the covered bridge to enter the village, one of my students remarked that this was the best field trip he had ever been on. Wonder if he counted the 35 minutes on the bus to this place, where he had to sit with me due to behavior issues. It was a good day. No one was lost, hurt, or fought. Wait, that's not true. We forgot to tell them "no guns" could be purchased at the general store. Too late. About every boy bought a wooden pistol/rifle/double barrel shotgun or saber and proceeded to battle. Most did an excellent job of faking, but one or two actually used the saber. And the bus drivers that transport them home at the end of the day were not very pleased. Oh, well, the boys could have done the same thing with sticks, but it would not have been as fun nor realistic.