For the sake of moving forward with their piece, Ms. Donk asked that I not teach today.  Instead, we went straight into "One." We ran the entire piece once, and then we added on.  The new part was extremely tricky, because it involved them changing formations, which is something they haven't done yet in the piece.  After their formations changed, Ms. Donk gave them movement that is more intricate than any movement we've done thus far.  It was so intricate that even Ms. Donk and I kept messing up.  We decided that the only way we would get it was to constantly drill it.  After doing it a few times, Ms. Donk and I finally had the movement in our bodies, so the students would be able to watch us while they were drilling it. 

I've noticed that all of the stars from the modern unit aren't really shining as brightly as they did before.  Ms. Donk pointed out that while Trinity is a good dancer, and while she catches onto new movement fairly quickly, she's very lazy.  She complains about doing pushups and abdominal work, and anything else that might accelerate her heartbeat. Michelle doesn't look too happy during dance class.  I'm beginning to think she either doesn't like the class, or she just doesn't like to dance.  She does all of the steps and is doing them right, but she doesn't put anything extra into the movement.  Other students add little extra details that Ms. Donk sometimes points out, yet Michelle just does the steps and watches the clock.  Joseph, on the other hand seems to be loving jazz dance.  He always asks questions that end up being helpful to other students, he's attentive, and he always gets the steps quickly.  So...the countdown has begun.  I officially only have about 2o days of school left, which means only 20 classes left with the 6th graders.  I'm really going to miss them...