I told the class this week that it's kind of a disappointment.
I've watched how much they've grown and learned and all of a sudden it's time to pass them on to the next Explorations teacher. Since I'm used to being a classroom teacher and keeping the group an entire year, this concept of keeping them for 7 weeks and then sending them on their way is downright weird... and a little sad. (Don't tell them that!)
The class didn't give me much feedback about the course - one student said "Fewer videos" (she could remember 2) "Fewer worksheets" (we did maybe 6), and finally revealed that she WAS disappointed that we didn't sew because they were supposed to make pyjama pants this year.
A few are audibly disappointed that the younger classes are learning to knit, and they're not. But there just wasn't enough time.
I liked that we got through some ideas regarding sustainability, although I'd hoped to do more with the older students. What happened, was that we got side-tracked by interesting, although barely relevant topics (Like the risk of impregnation while swimming in a public pool. Some things you really need to deal with in class, and not let them wander around with these weird ideas in their heads)
I do wish I had more time to reflect on my unit plan (did I just willingly use the r-word? Ugh.) because there is a lot of room for improvement. At the term's end though, I had a group of students quietly savouring their quinoa brownies... and they even did a good job of clean up!
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