Piper and Alice are both in Grade One this week. Alice told us that it is easy to mix up the recess bell and the bell for lunch.
Piper doesn’t line up to go back into the school after recess. It wasn’t good timing for her, so she stayed outside to play a little longer. The school monitors found her and told her she had to go inside. She explained to them that she would be taking a longer recess. They explained to her that she would have to go see the principal if she continued to take a longer recess. She went to visit the principal. He sent her back outside to practise listening for the bell and then going inside. She did that twice ad then returned to her classroom.
Today is Saturday. Her mom took her back to the school so that she could practise six more times, listening for the bell and then getting in line.
The lesson for the first week of school?
Recess is only as long as the principal says it is.
Piper doesn’t line up to go back into the school after recess. It wasn’t good timing for her, so she stayed outside to play a little longer. The school monitors found her and told her she had to go inside. She explained to them that she would be taking a longer recess. They explained to her that she would have to go see the principal if she continued to take a longer recess. She went to visit the principal. He sent her back outside to practise listening for the bell and then going inside. She did that twice ad then returned to her classroom.
Today is Saturday. Her mom took her back to the school so that she could practise six more times, listening for the bell and then getting in line.
The lesson for the first week of school?
Recess is only as long as the principal says it is.
It can be so easy to tune out an alarm/bell when my mind is focused elsewhere. Accepting the group agenda is not easy for me either. I hope the recess and lining up practice on the weekend was fun. I love the idea of extra recess practice.
ReplyDeleteAlice is new to Grade I as well. On the first day when she heard the recess bell, she lined up to go to the lunch room with her lunch kit. How was she to know about recess. They didn't have that in kindergarten. The teacher told her to put the lunch kit back, that this wasn't the lunch hour yet.
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