Class went well. When I told students this was our class together they thanked me and shared some kind words for the tips I'd given them throughout the series.

Students opted to play football today and had a good game going until it got too dark and we moved into the gym.

Class went well. Students asked for help learning how to throw a football and kept themselves in motion. So much energy!

Students warmed up playing football or soccer, whichever they wanted and then settled on choosing sides for soccer.

It was very moving. I told the students this was the last day I was scheduled to teach and sine reacted very strongly that they would miss me. Some gave me their work, and we all got to express our appreciation for each other.

This being the last class scheduled for this series, we kept it very informal, allowing students to sit on the rug in front of the classroom and write about whatever they wanted. They could talk while they worked, collaborate on comic book/anime writing and drawing with their friends and tell stories in the oral tradition. We had the elements of story up on the whiteboard to help students focus and remember some of what we had learned from week to week.

I was ecstatic about some of the breakthroughs and improvements mentioned in the previous screen.

We continued exploring the key elements of story (previously covered character, setting, conflict, action and in this session we addressed climax). Several new developments: students who read their responses to warmup prompts asked to do so from the front of the room (they're getting comfortable!); students responded over-the-top excited to the prompt to write about the 6-7 trend (reminder to me to really meet students where they are); and toward end of class, some students wanted to gather on the rug at the front of the room, and I was surprised at the good behavior in that less formal setting than sitting at desks.

It went fine. These students have great ethics, making fair officials' calls, as opposed to so many other instances in youth sports settings where are debates and disruptive arguments.

Today the students chose football. They quickly chose up sides and started playing. Then a couple more students showed up, which made for unequal teams. So the players took it upon themselves to adjust, which made for good life lessons on flexibility and fairness.

Loved it! The students are so responsive and excited for the activities, plus many of them want to just talk a bit about their weekend, their siblings, etc.

Today the students led and demonstrated their various stretches. One of those turned out to be more like a bear crawl, and the students seemed to like that and started following along, so we turned it into a bear crawl relay race. After those warmups, we played sharks and minnows and then started a soccer game. Some of the other students wanted to play basketball, and fortunately the way the playground is situated I could supervise both games.

Today went particularly well, as students showed their highest level of engagement yet.

We started today with a few 5-minute writing exercise prompts about the students' favorite people (friends, family, famous people, etc), a great time they had (where, with whom, what were the activities, what made it great, etc.). Then we moved on to the story concept of the week: action (Previous weeks' story concepts were character, setting, and conflict.) Students built up on previous writing to add action scenes. They were particularly well-behaved and productive today!

Just great! You can tell from my previous answer that I am very pleased with this group of students.

I brought a wider variety of equipment today and let the students choose what to play. They opted for soccer again. I was happy to see the boys include the girls again, and the girls held their own. I also like how this group acknowledges it's leaders and quickly chooses sides for the games and plays within the rules and makes their own calls with honesty. They also really support each other as far as taking turns at different positions on the field.

It went just fine. I was happy to see the students with so much energy.

Students showed up in a few groups over time, so while we were waiting to get started, some of the girls just started showing off gymnastics tricks and having bridge-walking races. We used that as an opportunity for each student to lead a stretch. Then they chose sides for soccer and played a very energetic game. Some of those kids are fast!

Probably the best yet in this series due to those emotional breakthroughs for students I shared on the previous screen.

We did writing prompts and free writing. As in each of the two previous classes, we set aside time to focus on a particular element of story. This time it was conflict. In previous classes the elements were character and setting. Students are now raising their hands asking if they can combine all three. Two of the students also made breakthroughs in the quality and depth of emotion in their writing.