New Beginnings
Workday - 8:00am-4:00pm
Now that I have a first period class, I'm going to have to start coming in earlier. Leaving home at 7am is pretty rough, but I'll get used to it. Tomorrow I have to leave at 6:30am to make it to early band practice. The only reason I wasn't at school until 7:30pm tonight is because I had to get home to do laundry before the room closed. Mondays and Tuesdays are going to be just painful.
Well, the first day of second semester went well enough. While I'm still dreading teaching that damn careers course, I really like the class I have. We already get along great and had a fun time this morning. It's just a shame this is the group I'm only going to have for half the semester! The math classes went well too, but those grade 9s are far more humourless. Oh well. If they don't want fun in their class, I can just scrap it!
Right now things are going to be a little unstable and hectic. I can't wait to settle into a nice routine. Today I had to deal with not having a key to my first period classroom, handing out textbooks that were brand new (not stamped, no numbers) which I was not warned about, and the usual issue of students who were in my class but needed to transfer out. Plus, the careers class will be learning without textbooks until about Friday. To be honest, though, these courses have far less chaos in the beginning than the music classes.
Tomorrow the math classes will already be fairly settled with a straightforward lesson and then homework questions. Again, I worry about that careers class. The whole curriculum is so wishy-washy. I have nothing against class discussions and reflection writing (well, mostly) but it's not as concrete as other activities. It's so hard to time that sort of class. You might allot 15 minutes for free chat, but then find no one wants to talk! Maybe I should stock up on some "just in case" time-fillers (like word searches or other activity sheets). Good idea, Smartypants. Thanks, I thought so.
Now that I have a first period class, I'm going to have to start coming in earlier. Leaving home at 7am is pretty rough, but I'll get used to it. Tomorrow I have to leave at 6:30am to make it to early band practice. The only reason I wasn't at school until 7:30pm tonight is because I had to get home to do laundry before the room closed. Mondays and Tuesdays are going to be just painful.
Well, the first day of second semester went well enough. While I'm still dreading teaching that damn careers course, I really like the class I have. We already get along great and had a fun time this morning. It's just a shame this is the group I'm only going to have for half the semester! The math classes went well too, but those grade 9s are far more humourless. Oh well. If they don't want fun in their class, I can just scrap it!
Right now things are going to be a little unstable and hectic. I can't wait to settle into a nice routine. Today I had to deal with not having a key to my first period classroom, handing out textbooks that were brand new (not stamped, no numbers) which I was not warned about, and the usual issue of students who were in my class but needed to transfer out. Plus, the careers class will be learning without textbooks until about Friday. To be honest, though, these courses have far less chaos in the beginning than the music classes.
Tomorrow the math classes will already be fairly settled with a straightforward lesson and then homework questions. Again, I worry about that careers class. The whole curriculum is so wishy-washy. I have nothing against class discussions and reflection writing (well, mostly) but it's not as concrete as other activities. It's so hard to time that sort of class. You might allot 15 minutes for free chat, but then find no one wants to talk! Maybe I should stock up on some "just in case" time-fillers (like word searches or other activity sheets). Good idea, Smartypants. Thanks, I thought so.
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