So today I was over in another classroom helping write a two-voice poem/ modeling a two-voice poem and I discovered a really fun little tool… the BLURT ALERT. You call a “blurt alert” when the group is working on something quietly or when the teacher is modeling something and someone raises their hand without asking for permission. The blurt alert can happen to anyone at any point in time. I loved the idea of being able to make interruption not such a big deal. It was a silly little fun thing… I really dug it… The day has really worn on since I got here at 7:20 and we have conferences until 7… I know Tommy, I know, you have 12 hour days all the time… well guess what, I don’t. So sorry..... Though I must say, I'm getting the hang of this whole translating "literacy" and "he's good in class" thing... tri-lingual life BRING IT ON... Scott even almost sent me to translate in another classroom. Who would have known that I would end up not only spending my life educating others but doing it in multiple languages? Certainly not me, but it certainly makes all the crazy worth while.... truly.
ps, a great part of the day, aside from translating conferences and actually feeling confident in my spanish..... was being asked what I wanted for christmas by one of my students... literally made my heart sing with joy :-)
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