Shadowing Pt 2

After lunch, a new group of students came in. Our teacher told us beforehand that they were "a very difficult group," so I was expecting them to be loud and misbehaved. However, they were very quiet when they entered and seemed to be paying attention to the lesson. My guess is they used to be hard to control but they have gotten better over time. Some students were not paying attention, but that's to be expected in any classroom, especially in sixth grade. The book the class was reading was called The Watsons Go To Birmingham. After the teacher read some of the book out loud to the class, he told a personal story of his own that related to the story. After some more discussion about the story the students took an open note/book quiz on the book. During the quiz two students were whispering to each other for a few minutes but the teacher didn't notice. He emphasized to the kids a few minutes in that they should not always use personal examples in their answers, and that it was a "reading rest, not a writing test." After the quiz the students were complimented on their ability to understand the "heavy stuff" the book was about. The rest of the school day followed a pretty tight schedule similar to the first half of the day. At 2:30 students were walking the halls in groups, many headed towards the auditorium to get ready for dismissal.