Leveling Levels

Today was our first day learning vocab words, including how to write each character. Again, the students had a bit of trouble concentrating while working in groups. We’ve decided that the students may need to work individually as we have LOTS to learn before their final presentation. This makes me nervous because our initial plan for the project was to give the students a free learning environment that they may not get throughout the school day. During observation of Mrs. Wilkerson’s teaching we have observed that she knows when the students should and shouldn’t be working at a level 1.* So the challenge for Lauren and I are to quickly figure this out so the students aren’t working in agonizing silence for two hours a day. That being said, the students seem to still be enjoying the workshops and sessions. We even had a mini quiz in which we asked them their name and they had to respond correctly. The prize for responding correctly was their of chopsticks – to be used in the near future ;)

More pictures to come!

* *Chambers teachers use different voice levels to control noise in classrooms.
Level 1 = silence
Level 2 = "purposeful whisper" (the appropriate tone of voice to use during group work)
...and I don't know what level 3 and 4 are because they never use those voice levels.

(Source: Lauren’s blog)