Well as many of you are aware, it is snowing a lot right now. I wasn't sure what exactly that would mean as a result for the class throughout the day. Going into school today, I was curious when the snow would be falling down. During class, I was not paying much attention to it, and then around 9:30 this morning I was working with students and helping them with their writing skills. One of the kids had yelled out "It's snowing out!!" Which resulted in a little bit of chaos throughout the classroom, my CT, and the other student and I had tried to get every student back to their table. After getting all of the students back to their tables, there was an announcement that had said teachers, please check your e-mails immediately. At that time, the adults in the classroom figured that meant they were shortening the school day.
After hearing that announcement, my CT had gone and checked her e-mail and made an announcement to the class. My CT had said that, we are going to be going to lunch now at 10, instead of going to their specials for the day. (Lunch is usually around 11:30). After getting back from lunch, the CT had said they were going to watch a movie, and then the school day would be done. Then would wait to make sure all of the students would be able to get a ride home.
My questions are, how did the snow affect the school day? Did it cause for your CT to adjust their schedule at all? My last question is, how did your teacher try draw your student's attention away from the snow?
My day was very similar to yours. All the children were focused on the book my CT was reading until a student yelled out, "it's snowing!" Then all the children stood up and ran over to the window to see. Instead of doing what we usually do, my CT decided to have the students do an art project she had wanted them to do earlier in the school year. We closed the shades on the windows so the students could not see outside and they were fine after that. It was more difficult to get the children to focus after hearing the announcement that school was closing early. After they were done with their art projects, they went to lunch and we played games on the whiteboard and had free play until it was time to leave.
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