Assessment Visit 4

Assessment Visit #4

02/04/11

             Today was different than other Fridays except that the kids at Claude Chester School were still hyper and loud. Likewise, there were some kids who played “gambling,” a name of a game the kids play with their snack. There still were the boy and the girl who do not stop talking. However, the staffs of Boys and Girls Club made the kids to read a book and be quiet for half an hour other than showing them a movie like other Fridays I have visited. Jeremy wanted to divide the kids in half, so he made the higher graders to go to a classroom for reading a book. I followed the higher graders with a staff. He was very strict in the reading time; he did not allow a noise from the children. I was surprised at his skill of controlling the kids and I started to be strict like him. I made them be quiet before the staff made them be quiet. After the reading time, they played a game that requires general ideas of basic things about a country or a sport. They became very excited and they all tried to win. However, I found a boy who was crying because he thought the staff was unfair. Thus, I encouraged him to play the game again. He ran into the crowd and started to get the questions right, and it was time for me to leave Claude Chester School.