The New 3rdLanders
The new 3rdLanders showed up this week, ready to thrive in 205. They seem friendly and enthusiastic. For the first 3 days of school, we got rolling on some interesting work. On the negative side, there's a lot of talking over me as I'm giving important information to the group. I have explained why this isn't working for me many times, but so far I've not noticed much change in the chit chat kitty cat stuff. I pointed out to the 3rdLanders that being quiet when a teacher is talking isn't some new directive that I've recently invented just for the heck of it. "Your second grade teachers also asked you not to talk when a teacher is talking, so I'm not getting why this is so challenging." A kid said, "Our second grade teacher was very patient with us." That's when I lost it a little bit and I am sad to say I raised my voice up a teeny notch when I strongly asserted, " I'M patient!!!" Everyone quickly reassured me...
