Last week seemed to fly by! That's what happens when the year gets going full speed ahead. My mornings are filled to the max. I have four math groups within the first one and a half hours. I also have a social skills group and a reading group during that time. The remainder of the morning is filled with two more reading groups and two language groups. By the time I do 3rd grade recess duty and eat lunch, I only have time for one or two more reading and language groups in the afternoon. My conference/planning period is also in the afternoon.
My new student with anger issues had a really good week until Friday morning. He didn't want to finish out some work one of the staff members had him do and couldn't get his anger under control. Actually, he had difficulty with two staff members that day about not wanting to finish work according to teacher expectations. I ended up taking him to the counselor for some conversation about anger management. He came back in ready to work and was happy as a lark the rest of the day. I'm so thankful that staff members in our school work together to help children be successful.
I'm looking forward to starting Writing Workshop this week with my Language students. We made mailboxes out of shoe boxes and decorated them last week. We will use these to write encouraging notes to one another about things we have written. I am going to use the wonderful book by Cynthia Rylant, The Relatives Came, to have students think and write about memorable or happy experiences in their lives. I really think Language will become my favorite subject to teach this year. In the past, I have dreaded it like the plague!
Have a wonderful week!
"Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal." ---Henry Ford
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