Ah, the first day of school. Joy, joy, joy!!! Above is our class this year ... 15 children. This is low enrollment for us. Our cap number is 26 (though I have recently been told it has been charged to 20). In the 14 years I have been doing this, this is the lowest number I have seen.
This class is going to be a challenge, though. Most of the class is "young" i.e., immature for their age. Of the 15 students only 6 have legible printing. There are two boys that are already testing the limits of authority. (Back in my day I would never disobey the teacher) There are also two boys who are "learning challenged". The one boy I thought was going to be a terror turns out not to be that bad, but the other one ... The teacher I work for has a background in working with learning challenged kids, but that was on a one on one situation. When you have a classroom full of children it is difficult to give the challenged child the help they need without the rest of the class suffering. For instance, today I observed her constantly having to get the one boys attention over and over again while the others just sat there waiting for the next step in the project. It is a difficult situation.
Nothing says "first day of school" better than new shoes!!!
So, I have been busy but not overwhelmed. How could I be with only 15 students? I also have one parent who is a huge help. Her oldest son was in our class four years ago and now her youngest is in our class. She comes in and helps me whenever I need it. She helped me yesterday with readying the new folders and getting them loaded up with all the first day papers that parents have to fill out.
I am glad to be back at work. I enjoy the other staff people and all the excitement that goes on. I am hoping that in spite of the difficult children we have we will see lots of growth in these kids this year. I'll be keeping you posted!
I am glad to be back at work. I enjoy the other staff people and all the excitement that goes on. I am hoping that in spite of the difficult children we have we will see lots of growth in these kids this year. I'll be keeping you posted!
Here we are headed out to the front of the building to get our first day of school pictures taken. Notice our nice straight line? LOL
Here's Catherine getting her picture taken on the left and this is me taking a picture of the person taking my picture (!!!) on the right.
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YOU MAKE ME JEALOUS!(Ok, I can't spell too good)
NOW, I wish I had taken pictures. Mrs. Swanger (J.D.'s Kindergarten teacher) did the whole "Picture With A Bear" thing....take the picture, the first day of school,
and then, on the last day....see how much they grew!
Having those memories will be with you for ever! You lucky girl, you!
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I'm glad you are happy to be back in the classroom. It takes a special person to be in such an energized setting--it's not me!
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