This past week was the first week of my SECOND year of teaching and I really want to do better this year with posting. That way I can remember stuff...because when I say, "Oh, I'll remember THAT" it really means that I will try really hard and not be able to recall what it was.
Just a couple of highlights from the first week:
- I have 7 kids whose names begin with the letter "J" which means I have to break out my "alphabatizing by the second letter" skills every single day.
- I have three kids who names end with "-ia" which means that when I call one of them, at least two are going to come because they weren't really listening
- One of my boys draws his "wee wee" on every self portrait he draws. I asked him what it was and he told me all matter of factly. So, I just said, "Okay" and moved on!
- I am noticing that most of my kids actually seem to care if they break things that belong to me, which is a welcome change. I had to explain to more than one teary-eyed kid that accidentally dropping the chalk and breaking it was NOT a big deal. I only want them to let me know it happened; there will be no punishment if it's an accident and you tell me about it!
- I have to be mentored. Again. Well, kind of for the first time. My mentor last year "kind of dropped the ball" (her words) so I was assigned another mentor for this year. I Really like the woman who is my mentor this year, but seriously...why do I have to go to workshops about "Effective parent communication" and stuff like that? Obviously I have figured something out in the past year and having to go to these things just annoys me because it is not my fault. I was the poor, confused mentee who just went to other people for information. And now I have to go to meetings as punishment. Ugh.
- My Friday schedule rocks. In the morning, I literally have my kids for 30 minute intervals, then they leave to go to other places! I got SO MUCH DONE while they were gone all morning!
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