Full-time teaching has begun. I was running around like a chicken with my head cut off on Monday trying to get everything ready, but I'm getting used to the responsibility of it all. I enjoy teaching the eighth graders. Other than their eighth grade drama and desire to constantly socialize, they are a pretty bright group, and I think that I will be able to do a lot with them.
I'm still struggling with the absences in seventh grade. I told Mrs. McCutchan today that I feel like I'm doing everything for these kids so that they don't fail, but I don't know what more I can do with them. The two students in particular who are always absent still have a lot of work to make up and will most likely fail this nine weeks if they don't get their work in.
Action research is going fine so far. The students seem to enjoy the activities that we are doing with language instead of using the textbook. I think that my project should be pretty successful.
The sixth graders are doing well, but it's so hard to fit everything in that the textbook has mapped out for us to do. I like that grammar, writing, and spelling are already included with this series, but I feel that I can't get as creative with this class because there is no time! By the time they read all of the required reading and complete the workbook pages, there is no time left. I wish I could pick and choose what to cover in these lessons and give them more fun activities to help them learn the concepts rather than the repetitive workbook pages.
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Have you talked with the two 7th graders about their work and the chance of failing? I'm sure you probably have. Do they care about consequences?
ReplyDeleteCreativity and Content = there's an ongoing challenge with trying to get through all of the material. have to keep in mind the bottomline for these students - what do they need to have before moving on to the next grade? Your teacher brain will learn how to do x-creative with y-content with z-time.
With all the information that we are required to cover, it is extremely difficult to get everything in, but the more familiar that you become with the curriculum, the easier it is to pick and choose activities that best cover your CSO's.
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