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The Monday following the performance, we discussed and reflected on the town hall performance. The following is a portion of the conversation during morning meeting:

Me: ?I want to give the class a few minutes to share thoughts and feelings about performing at town hall meeting on Friday.?

Carlita: ?I liked it. I thought I would be scared, but I wasn?t.?

Sedric: ?Why not, Carlita??

Carlita: ?I had my friends.?

Sedric: ?It was fun to see my mommy and Jason in the audience.?

Carlita: ?Having family and friends made me feel happy. I had fun dancing with Nearsun.?

After the discussion, each child drew a story of the performance.

Rochelle: ?When I said, ?The dances are called the bunny hop and the chicken dance.? Then I give the microphone to Nyshawn and then Nyshawn said, ?We hope you like them.??

Helena: ?Simon and my mom came to see me, too.?

Jeremy: ?Me and Alana dance. I was happy.?

Jeremy: ?I see Stacey.?

Helena: ?I sang songs and danced and Mommy and my brother were in the audience.?

Sedric: ?When I was on the stage, my mommy and Jason was coming up. We were always talking on the microphone.?

Nearsun: ?Rochelle said, ?The dances are called bunny hop and the chicken dance.? Me and Carlita, Rochelle and N.J., they?re doing the bunny hop. They go down the stage and then they go up the stairs and out to the door and walk slowly.?

Carlita: ?I was standing on the stage and I saw my Nana. Then we did the chicken dance. Then we put our hands on each other?s shoulders and then we did the bunny hop. Then we did one, two three bow.?

Me: "What helped you feel comfortable performing at town hall meeting?"

Rochelle: ?Seeing all my friends from the Lee Academy?

Daysi: ?We did a lot of practice.?

Carlita: ?Seeing my Nana?

Daysi: ?Having people dance with you and inviting my family?