What a busy, fun, and challenging first couple of weeks. I have a great group of kids. Half of my class is special ed and it's so neat to see them meet their goals. We have been learning about school: how to listen, where things are in the classroom, sorting, shapes, colors. This week we started a unit on how unique each of us for many reasons: our facial features, finger prints, likes/dislikes, etc. The next week we are going to learning feelings, how to deal with feelings. I'll be teaching I messages and listening skills. We'll do role playing.
The challenges have been is not to react emotionally to things at school. I'm thankful for God showing me when I am and I'm so thankful for his forgiveness and grace He has shown me. I've already had a miscommunication with a parent. I'm thankful that God helped me not to react negatively when some of things they said were not true. Another challenge has been is splitting my time between Solutions Team (a program that works closely with teachers, students, and families to set goals so the student acheives when the teacher has already tried interventions), my classroom, my personal life, and most important my spiritual life.
A huge success was the parent night I had called Snacks and Stories. I have 11 students and 9 families and students showed up to fill out paper work, eat snacks, take photos, and suggest ideas on how to help their child become a better reader. It was great to hear their excellent ideas. Then I did a demonstration on how to help your child read and fill out the read and respond. Our reading curriculum requires students to read 20 minutes every night K-12 because research shows that is effective for children becoming good readers.
We have a potluck hosted by Solutions Team coming up after Labor Day. We have updated the Read and Responds to meet reading standards that are hard to cover in the SFA curriculum. I will describe the Solutions Team, introduce the team members. Then the parents will scatter to the child's SFA teacher to explain the new read and responds. Then we will have a potluck and visit with the community.
I've been having to work on Saturdays to get Solutions Team things done and plan for my classroom. I hope this ends soon.
On Monday we are having a staff picnic on top of Devil's Hill. It's a Labor Day tradition.
Take Care Everyone!
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