Well, my students finally finished their school safety posters. Even though they were two weeks late, I presented the best of the bunch to my colleagues during a professional development workshop. They were a big hit and it helped me get over the long hours and frustration of having to be so hands-on with my students’ projects. The administration wants to put the posters into frames and feature them around the school. The elementary school wanted some of them, too, but there aren’t that many that are quality enough to spread out over the two schools. I’m going to look for a place to make large-scale color copies. It was nice to hear the other teachers’ feedback. I’ll have to pass it along to the students because many of the best posters were done with cut paper which took a lot of time.

Speaking of the students … what was rather funny was the fact that on the project assessment handout I gave them at the end of the project, a majority of the students put down that the project wasn’t that hard. That flies in the face of their complaining and dawdling during the project. Of course, I knew that much of their complaining was just laziness; however, it was refreshing to see them realistically reflect upon the difficulty level. And, it will make it easier for me to grade them. Since they didn’t consider it that difficult then they should have been able to get it done in the time. I don’t think they would agree though. LOL!