It's very interesting to me the way that a three day weekend can have such an affect on the kids. It makes me think about the disproportionate effect of summer on middle and upper class students versus poor students/families. I don't know if that applies or manifests on such a marginal time frame, but still very interesting.
Needless today was a little more unsettled/off routine that I would have liked at this point, but at the same time there's still so much progress. I reread some of my original entries and it's reaffirming for me. I really love the brass lesson I'm doing with the first grade. It was a lot of fun. The only confusion today was a lunch time mix up because of run off voting in the cafeteria (we are a polling place).
I was very frustrated my class prior to lunch. We had to go back into their room because of the situation. That being said, I still never had them. Again though, I'm not going to yell, scream, bargain, or threaten. I did raise my voice but getting loud made the situation louder. It needed to be waited out. Some kids needed to be taken out but the phone didn't work and all the other surrounding rooms were away on prep. In the meantime, next class we'll revisit. I will wait. We will talk about our community and owning that community. When they're ready, we'll move on. Better now than in December.
Tomorrow's Wednesday already!?
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