A Fun Week! (4/24-28)

This was a fun week! (Read with lots of dripping sarcasm!!!) This was end of the quarter (here they say "bimester") and we had a week of serious testing (Global exams). Anyway, children were very concerned about doing well on these tests. They're are weighted twice as much as any other test. I made the Science and Math test, and I administered the Social Studies and English tests. I am proud to say (after grading the darn things) that my students did pretty well, generally speaking. And I feel happy about the overall performances in Science and Math. I think I scared the heck out of everybody just before, so they all studied hard. Children here value their education, and work hard for good grades.

Besides the exams, we (all of 4th grade) were responsible for an assembly on Weds. We were assigned this assembly project largely because of my big mouth (see I Did It Now! March 27-30). Fortunately we were granted an extra week to get the project together and practice, but it was another big stress in the middle of an already stressful week. So on top of the review we spent LOTS of time practicing our assembly. And, bless their hearts, the students drove me crazy. They are dedicated and focused when activities are structured, but, when things lack structured, they will do whatever they can get away with.

So I made a powerpoint presentation and Pily (the other 4th grade teacher) talked about violence in our school. My class acted out a skit about how to treat others in a friendly way, then Pily's class acted out a skit. We ended our program with a song that I accompanied on the guitar. After all the hard work, I am glad to say it went very well. We received many compliments.