School Visits 1-3

Feb. 4

Today was my first visit to Subterranean Tree Fort. I was excited to get in and start helping these young kids. While I was waiting in the office there a third grade student waiting for his father to come get him and start his suspension from school. However this didn’t make me worried about the kids in my class. When I got settled down the kids were all well behaved and very attentive. It made giving them the extra work they need easier. It was also interesting to notice that there were only a few white children in the class, and none of them required the extra help the others did.

March 3

Today was my second visit to the Subterranean Tree Fort. I was looking to forward to getting in and getting right to work. The children’s positive attitudes toward this extra learning made it very easy to get together and get started. The kids all settled in and cooperated and we were able to cover everything that was assigned without any problems. I could tell that the kids really did want to get this extra help, and it was amazing how much they would settle down to receive it.

March 10

Today was my third visit to the Subterranean Tree Fort. The kids were all excited to sit down and get to work. We worked on the same materials as the previous work, and made it through with even fewer difficulties than before. The kids were showing great progress and we finished everything and they even appeared to be disappointed when we ran out of materials to cover. I could tell they were getting sick of repeating the same stuff, and becoming less attentive. On my way out of the school I asked the reading coach to add some new games and activities to help keep the kids interested.