10:3

Today was a good day. Almost every subject went smoothly, including science with the sandwiches. There were quite a few students who were upset because they couldn’t finish making their sandwiches because the directions they got were not detailed enough to allow them to. The students learned pretty quickly on how sometimes listening and following directions is quite the good idea. Not only was this a lesson on sequencing, but it became a bit of a lesson on direction following. I wasn’t even the one that made it into that lesson, the students brought it up, and had great points to it, so I went along. I was excited that they did so well with this “experiment” as the last one hadn’t gone very well. There was still a lot of small talk, but it wasn’t bad enough that it drove me nuts, and it was at an appropriate time (I wasn’t giving directions, or helping with the next step). I was very pleased and I even told them that numerous times. I’m glad I did this, it taught them sequencing, as well as how to follow directions. It also taught them the hidden lesson (that I didn’t even see) that listening and following directions is completely IMPORTANT! Thank you third graders, you most definitely made my ENTIRE day… actually my WEEK!!!!