I suppose we should put our attention to next week. Lesson plans and all that. What we want to spend time on for the rest of the year. I know that most of us who teach levels one and two will pretty much continue to hammer the listening and reading CI in the form of stories and readings, plus novels, for the rest of the year.
We should note that even the best level one classes definitely experience some burnout in April. This is something that we have learned over the past few years from lots of teachers. It is a kind of syndrome – spring burnout on stories. So, if it happens to you, don’ t think you are alone.
The standardized testing in March smashes their desire to learn, and even teachers at the level of Anne Matava have told me that the kids just won’t get into stories after April. Something to think about. I will be posting options to that here, as well, so that we are prepared when it starts to happen.
If you want to share here what you are planning for next week, to give people ideas, please do that here as comments.