So I definitely gave my first formal lesson in science today! Awesome… so awesome… it was not without faults for sure and things did not go entirely as I anticipated. But then again they are purely biological beings – just too many variables. I was reading this poem and it was a bit over the head for these little guys and girls and I got a lot of blank stares. Okay, I don’t care what you my readers know about blank stares, but until you see one from a 6 year old you haven’t seen nothing. They hold nothing back. If they are bored or confused they will let you know, humm... truth to the old adage “from the mouth of babes”. But when they are excited and things are fun and they are excited then YES! Very cool, Very good.
Furthermore, this idea of the balance between structured directions and on-the-fly directions need to balanced finely. Too much structure and it becomes boring or tedious, too much on-the-fly and it becomes too confusing and disorganized. Finding the balance will not be an easy thing and it will shift from group to group, from unit to unit, and from minute to minute. Oh well… let us see if tomorrow’s really hard concepts will be too much for this group of grade 1s…. Good night all,
Q
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