November 8th

I think that leading smartboard with the extra time available because of the new schedule is going to take some getting used to. Yesterday when I was with the group of 3, it took longer for them to take their turns so the extra time was helpful. However, 20 minutes was a still a long time to fill. The group of 2 took their turns really fast so it felt like we went through a lot of boards. Today, the first group of 5 did well, except we had the fire drill, so I did not really get to see how everything went with the extra time. Unfortunately, the group with the shorter time slot ended up having the longer time slot because we switched groups after the drill. This is where I started to have problems because after so much time, the children in the second group began to get very restless. For the last few minutes, several of the children were laying on the ground with their feet on their chairs and Michael was becoming very hard to control. Also, we did "If you're scary and you know it" and when it came time to do the howls, the children began howling so loud that Wyatt started to get upset because of the noise. I think I will try and do a story on smartboard when I have a chance because the stories last a while and keep the children engaged, especially with the extra time we now have.