Today we played brain charades, I had words including the brain lobes and actions like "walking" or "memory" or "posture" or "heart rate" and the kids in my second period had a blast! They were very competitive and had a great time. I was so thrilled to see how much they remembered! And I targeted different "intelligences" or learning styles than usual by letting them act it out.
Fourth period was an entirely different issue. How do you show up at school with no pencil, not paper, not even a purse or bookbag? She's been irritating me this summer, but all the rest of my kids are great. I think I got kids in the upper third of the cleverness spectrum, so it's been rewarding to see how a kid can drop "corpus callosum" or "reaction time" or "retina" in casual conversation at... age 12.
Today, after meetings, rehearsals, and art projects I left work around 7:15 and went supply shopping for my parting gifts for kids.
Tonight: I called all my students (which takes longer than you'd expect) to check in on their projects. About half have emailed final copies to me which is awesome. I have to make the little goody bags of sweets to say bye and also write 10 more letters (personalized for each kid with strengths and advice - I'm encouraging a few kids to consider running for student government because they are great leaders.) Oddly enough, I seem to remember someone doing that for me when I was in 9th grade... see how I turned out :-D.... And I have to format and create my newspaper template for the kids. It'll be a long night, but it's not about us. It's about the kids -- and they will appreciate the notes and tokens. Tomorrow is our last day in the classroom, which I didn't think I'd be sad about, but think I actually will be a bit.
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"you get out what you put in" and it appears that both you and the students profited tremendously! well done.
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