Week Seven: Definitely Feeling Spring Break

Our kids definitely felt the effects of Spring Break when we returned to our group on Wednesday. The kids looked at their finished masks, played some of their favorite games, and we discussed scenes. Our session was mostly productive, but I have noticed in the past couple of weeks that our students would easily get distracted. Sometimes they wanted to write on the board rather than listen to us. I felt it appropriate to say something. At the end of the class, I just took 20 seconds to highlight the point that Sarah and I are volunteering our time to be there, and that it was sometimes difficult to keep everyone on task. The students seemed receptive to this, and it was also the perfect opportunity to discuss the rest of our time with the students. The students are eager to start scenes and I feel that Sarah and I have adequately prepared them for scene work. During this particular lesson I have learned that saying something, such as in a problem, is definitely better than not. I don't think the students had any idea that they were goofing off, or that it was bothering us. Even taking a simple 30 seconds, really seemed to make a difference! Until next time!