Genius Hour and French Lesson Reflection

I started Genius Hour yesterday afternoon and it went really well (as a matter of fact, when my students found out I was doing my first lesson with them they cheered, although a couple were embarrassed because my CT was in the room), although I should have given my behaviour expectations before that lesson.  They were very excited about Genius Hour and completely absorbed during the videos I showed (that Caine's Arcade is amazing, if I was doing this in the fall, I'd be having my class take the cardboard challenge).  But, and this is a big but, after I handed out the sheets to help them find their own passion, they were too excited, they wanted to talk it over with each other and things got loud. 

So, this morning during French, I made sure to give them my behaviour expectations right from the beginning.  I followed through and I had wait time and it helped that I also had some cool Olympic videos that are in French with English sub-titles and English with French subtitles. 

I'm feeling good about things. :)