1. Complain about my 6th period class and
2. Show the pictures I took of my classroom.
Now back to purpose 1. My sixth period is really hard. Most of the class are VERY low academically. I can handle a few in a class being low. I just give them extra support and sit some really good kids by them. That doesn't work when you have 18 really low kids! I was literally running around my classroom during 6th period trying to answer questions, keep kids on task, and make sure they were doing the assignment properly. I was also trying to help the two new kids who missed our hour long Interactive Notebook set up on Monday. I thought I was going to be dead by the time 2:45 came. My feet and head hurt so bad!
I honestly don't know what I am going to do with this group. I am going to have to do more direct instruction and way more examples together before I can set them loose. I really thought they could handle what we were doing. It really wasn't hard and NONE of my other 7th grade classes had a problem. I am thinking at this point I will do things much different than my other 4 classes. Obviously can't change curriculum, but I can change the way I teach it. We will see. They might possibly kill my by the end of the year...
Onto purpose 2:
I have spent some time setting up my classroom. It has been fun actually. I am pretty proud of how colorful and bright it is. This is definitely an improvement over last year. I didn't really care then. I was concentrating on just making it through my first year.
3 comments:
Juli, I'm glad you left a comment for me so I could check out your blog! Your classroom looks great and I really like your new house (and great job with the library). Good luck with your class, I am sure you can handle the kids and help them to catch up.
Your classroom looks amazing. I can't believe how many difficult kids you have. That would be so hard. Where do you teach again?
I teach at Kilo Middle School. It is a great school although I might be biased....I attended school there myself! Some of the teachers are still there. That is the weirdest part! My kids are good. I need to count my blessings because I don't have many major behavior problems. Academic issues are easier to handle!
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