Man, the 7-8th graders are at it again, wheeling and dealing for more read-aloud time... It worked. Big shock. But they did have their plan well-laid out.
They first asked how long science would take. When I said it might not take the whole time, they proposed that we read a little bit more.
I said, "We should do science first and then read after that with the time that's left."
They said, "But we're so comfy, we should read now while we're all in the right mindset."
"But we might run out of time then."
"Well, we could do extra science on Monday!"
Another student, "Actually, we should read aloud the rest of class today and then do science the whole hour on Monday."
Me, "So we wouldn't have any read-aloud time on Monday at all."
Them, "Yep. We're fine with that!"
I was suspicious, "Are you sure you want to do a whole hour of science all at once? Will you be able to concentrate that long?"
"Yes!"
Me, "I don't know if I can concentrate that long!"
"Oh come on Miss H!"
Another student, "If that happens, we could take a five minute brain break. Or we could switch to working on geography projects!"
Me, "But what about the half hour of science we're missing?"
"We could do it the next day since we'd be doing geography on Monday! Same amount of time for each class!"
At that point I gave in and just enjoyed the read-aloud. 🤷 We were at a really good place in our book...
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