What is it with word searches? They take to them like ducks to water, even the seniors.
Today we had our Spring Sports Assembly. It only cuts the normal period by 10 minutes, but you'd think by the reaction that we were doing a half-day. The assemblies are between 1st & 2nd periods, and it takes until 5th or 6th for them to settle. Since they won't/can't focus on most things, these are the days I give vocabulary worksheets. Try and get a student to answer an oral question today, or even hear it for that matter, and you'll beat yourself to death with futility. But put a word search in front of them, and they'll get right to it.
It's Pavlovian. They've been getting worksheets since they were 7 or 8 years old. They know what to do with them. I'm sure they don't even realize how they respond. I just sat back and worked on lesson plans. It's a trip to occaisionally look at them and see how hard they're working. Tomorrow starts a 3 day weekend, on the heels of Spring Break. They got some exposure to vocabulary, had fun with something familiar, and didn't drive me crazy.
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