1/19 Blackboard Brilliance

Today I was a little frustrated with Class IV.  Siddarth and Mitali have mentioned that they are "reserved" to put it midly.  They don't even laugh at Siddarth's jokes.  Regardless, today was difficult.  I started class with reading and some comprehension questions.  Basically asking their opinion of the poem.  Not one student formed their own sentence.  Just a small sea of blank faces. I know with time and perhaps more warm up exercise in the morning they will open up.  This just goes back to the fact that they need consistency.  However (and there always seems to be a "However") just as the bell rang, one of the students asked me to look at her notebook.  Turns out she had already written her letter and addressed it to my sister Myler.  My frustration was gone just as quickly as it came.  The letter is fantastic.  Granted there are some grammar errors but the sincerity and effort is worth a week of blank faces.  Myler - you are going to love it!  After school, Shanku, Dani, and Bhola repainted the blackboards.  Turns out they are just pieces of plywood, primed, then painted with oil based black paint!  Dani, Tak and I have decided to replace two of the really warped boards - it will cost us each only $7.  We had also talked about creating some kind of mural with Class I and II as the other classes have the letter project so now we have something to put the murals on!!