A few more tears

Today was our first full day working on our presentations and we are starting to get a little nervous. While the kids are full of creativity and ever one is contributing, they seem to be having problems on focusing on their tasks for more than 8 minutes before getting distracted by another group’s work or side conversations. We did not require the students to work at a Level 1 but we are starting to reconsider. Aside from the lack of attention span, I do believe we are making progress. All of the speaking parts have been written and now the hard part is for each student to memorize his or her part. We don’t want them to be overwhelmed but we also don’t want a mediocre performance! In addition to our teaching, I have also been paying more attention to Mrs. Wilkerson’s teaching tactics. I like most the way she makes her teaching conversational and relatable and the students are comfortable enough with her that they even know the names of her family members and certainly aren’t afraid to ask questions! She is close to the students but they know her as a disciplinary and she has a very good balance.

PS – Lauren is on the verge of her breaking point.