It's open class time in Korea

This is the time of year parents come to see their kids in action. So often I wish they could really see their kids as the kids they are but something changes at open class time. Suddenly kids become angels. There is really nothing a teacher can do wrong in this kind of of open class except speak too much. It's time to let students speak a lot. Its the norm for these kids to speak all the time in class. But it is hard to get anything out of them when even one parent is standing in the back.

Things are changing

Nothing I planned last year in open class worked. They kids were actually noisy and silly during class. It was the same key expession, "What are these?" and the kid in the middle of the classroom kept shouting, "I don't know."

Kids like shouting

In fifth grade kids are still excited about everything. I made a jazz chant using a public domain piece of Jazz music and singing over it. My voice is mellow, but when the kids sing this song I expect they will scream it out. I made the charcter in the video from 3D draw that comes with windows.

I have been busy with 2 open classes coming up this Wednesday and I have a lecture to give next Tuesday at a local university. I will keep you posted on how things turn out.

I hope you are healthy and well or at least haven't been knocked out by spring fever.

Love,

@mineopoly