This is my least favorite day of the year!!! We started out with a fire drill, followed by a bomb threat drill, next was lockdown drill, and finally was the tonado drill. Too many distractions for the kids. I know we have to do these drills and I like the fact we get them out of the way on one day, but trying to get the kids to focus after`the drill is very difficult. OK enough whining.
Today we started our first overview. I give overview at the begining of every chapter. My thought is if the kids define the key terms and jot down a few things about the main concepts we will be covering, then when it comes time for me to present the info the kids 1)arent frantically writing, and instead are thinking, and 2)are more prepared to discuss the material. I like it when they do a lot of the talking, I want to know what part of Biology they are interested in and when they discuss things they have seen or want to know about I can lead them down an educational path that is much more interesting for them.
So as I said before we started our first overview, but we didnt get too far, but we will finish that up on Tuesday.
