visits 4-5

March 17

This Wednesday was my fourth trip to the Subterranean Tree Fort, and I was looking forward to getting started on the new materials with the kids, and get their attention back to where it was the second week and beginning of the third. We settled in and got to work on the new stuff. The kids were all having a slight problem paying attention, but I feel it was because the classroom temperature was very warm. I know from experience that a really warm classroom creates a sometimes difficult learning environment. Aside from the slight lack of attention, the kids were doing very well working our way through the new stuff. Again they were disappointed when the session was over.

March 24

This Wednesday was probably the best day at my Subterranean Tree Fort. I had two kids leave the group permanently because they are back on grades and no longer require the extra help. They were sad to not be part of the group anymore, but at least they were able to extract something out of the weekly group work. The new kids that were assigned to my group were also not white, making the ten children I’ve worked with thus far all non-white. The session went well and we got lots of materials covered. The teacher informed me that every child in my group was ascending in grade levels since I started working with them.