Wow. So apparently in Year 2 you have a lot more time, except most of that time is now dedicated to me and doing things that I want to do. It is really nice to have more of a work-life balance this year, and be able to venture out and do more things that I enjoy and even have friends that aren’t teachers!
Teaching this year is much more difficult than it was last year, my kids are more difficult, troubled and a lot lower than my students last year, so we are still working on some really basic concepts in reading. I have students who still do not have even half of their letter sounds learned, but then I have a few who are reading on a second grade level. YIKES. It seems so much more difficult to do anything this year because my kids are so spread apart in…
We have already completed our first 2 weeks of school! I can hardly believe how fast they have gone by and how much better I am feeling compared to this time last year. I am getting sleep, have stuck to my running/gym schedule and even have been able to go out with some friends for…
read more »Sitting in Delta State’s auditorium 1 day shy of the 1 year anniversary of me moving to the Delta, I had a lot of emotions. Current CMs got an email a few months ago about bringing community members to Induction and to the dinner after to speak with incoming CMs. It would be a lie…
read more »In just one week I will be sitting in the DSU auditorium among the energy and enthusiasm of the new 2012 Delta CMs! I can not believe that was already a year ago and that I am half way through my corps commitment. I am very excited to be volunteering at Induction for many reasons,…
read more »School ended one week ago. In the past week I have done nothing but read for leisure, take day trips to Memphis, and lay by the pool. I have had 1 week to not speak about teaching, my students and been able to consistently sleep past 5:45 am. I don’t think that it has quite…
read more »Teaching in rural Mississippi has many challenges, and one of them is the Exposure Gap. The town that I teach in is just over an hour from Memphis, 2+ from Jackson and Little Rock and over 6 from the coast. Some may call the town that I work in even “big” when compared to some…
read more »They did it! 100% of the students in my class WILL be heading to 1st grade So overjoyed and humbled. When my principal brought in the test scores, I was down with the 4th graders helping with MCT2 prep, and she stopped class and announced that they had all passed. Rumors had been spreading for…
read more »Nerves are setting in! Tomorrow my students will begin to take the Kindergarten Exit Exam. I have been told by many teachers at my school that we have done what we should, and that they are ready, but I can’t help but to feel the butterflies banging together in my stomach. The first grade teacher…
read more »Wow — how is it already the middle of March? As I sit here and begin to plan for the upcoming week, I can only think of how absolutely wonderful this past week has been. We have been on Spring break for the past week, and I have not touched any school work for the…
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