Students are squirrely (probably from being indoors all day, including recess time), and attention spans are on their last legs. Aside from having a Special last period - God bless Tuesdays and Fridays! - there are not a lot of options. Even independent reading time and/or read aloud sometimes result in absolute failure. Station work or projects? Eh, they're hit or miss.
What are teachers to do?
Guess we all better just take a deep breath, say a quick prayer, exercise that patience, and realize that sometimes you just gotta roll with the punches.
love the picture and your analogy.
ReplyDeletei feel your pain- the best thing i have found so far was when i taught in kc- and each student had a handwriting and phonics packet that they worked on. i walked around and briefly conferenced with each student and they packed up one by one.
haven't tried that here... am having about as much success as you, i am guessing. i do gather everyone on the carpet and review what we learned during the day- it's a good review and everyone gets to talk (and listen!).
keep breathing! :D