Wednesday, March 17, 2010
This week I was observing again at Eisenhower Elementary. Considering the weather was beautiful the students got a longer time to play outside. I focused on observing the 2nd through 5th graders. It is ironic how some students handle altercations with their peers. Various students are very quick to rat out another student to a teacher almost immediately following an incident whether it affected them or not. For instance, I observed three girls playing with each other. There was an issue between two out of the three girls but neither of the girls involved sought out a teacher, but the other girl felt the need to tell me what had happened although she was not involved. Moreover, I also noticed a group of about five girls playing some sort of game. As I walked over by them to find out what kind of game they were playing they shied away from playing it in front of me. I walked away again and they began to play again. The game they were playing was completely made up. They made their own rules and everyone took turns and played according to the rules they designed. The game was all about copying someone. The girls elected one person to start a sort of dance or move and the rest of the girls copied it. No one would get get out they just took turns making and copying moves. Overall, it was interesting to watch the game involve and watch how they played so nicely with each other and cooperated so well.
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