Building relationships...

Last day of the week. Once again, an enjoyable lesson spent putting edges on the displays and working on the content.
I was very happy with their participation and the way that they worked together. We used a lot of resources today and at times I was concerned about wasting them. I guess I needed to have a little more faith. I would like to discuss the concept of recycling with them at some stage.
Towards the end of the lesson two of the students I have mentioned previously as leaders decided to have a water fight - not a big one but enough to draw my attention to it.
I asked SH to explain what happen and the reply was "SA started it". I then went to SA and the reply was "SH started it". I said that they had to wait until everyone was gone and they needed to get the story right.
Eventually it turned out that SA started and SH responded (as is her wont). I spoke to them both about showing me that they could handle the less structured approach to what we were doing in class - otherwise they would not be allowed the freedom to do these things. They both needed to come up with ways that they would control themselves in these situations by Monday.
I then dismissed SA but spoke to SH. I said that I was suprised at her reaction and asked her to work hard at coming up with a solution to this problem. I said that I enjoyed her active role in the class and her leadership. I emphasised that I wanted her in this class playing a leadership role and I think that I got through to her. I guess Monday will tell.