Monday, January 12, 2009 By: Kate

The first day of the term

Today was the first day of the third term of school. We are officially half way done with the school year!
Each term I get a new group of 9 classes to teach. This term is 6th grade and 4th grade. I am looking forward to the older grades because the projects are much more complex and way more fun. Last term I had 1st and 2nd grade. The little kids are so cute and loving, but the projects are simple. Older kids are a mixture of fun and frustrating. It all depends on the mix of kids in the class.
Most of the classes look to be a good mix. There is one 4th grade that is worrisome and a couple of boys in the 6th that will be a challenge. Even on the first day I had to pull them aside and caution them about behaviors! Usually there is a honeymoon phase before the bad behaviors surface.

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