So today I was helping the little girl (she barely speaks English so there is a MAJOR language barrier, b/c even though I understand some Spanish, we have her speak English, THANK GOODNESS!), and we were labeling pictures on a worksheet. (So dumb... such boring busy work... too bad I'm not allowed to be creative and make it fun!) For example, there would be a picture of a box, and underneath it would be ____ox, so they would have to write the "b".
Well, we get to a picture of a dam. It takes her a little while, but she figures it out. She writes the "d" and I went to praise her for knowing the difference between "b" and "d" when she stands up on her chair, jumps off and runs around the classroom squawking "DAM! DAM! DAM! DAM!"...
What the heck?! Who on Earth would put a picture of a dam on a worksheet that is geared towards young children? Geesh Louise!
1 comment:
I see curriculum work in your near future! Glad you realize poor instruction, not everyone does--OBVIOUSLY!
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