The first week

The first week of school was crazy.  We had a full week, which is not what I am used to.  It was long. Its also been a very long time since I taught little ones.  I have moved this year from third grade to a multi-age first and second grade class.

There are some really great things about teaching a multi-age class.  The first is that I have more freedom to react to the needs of the students as opposed to following the district mandated curriculum.

The second is that the kids are able to scaffold each other in more complex ways than I have encountered in other more traditional classrooms.

I’m sure that there are more, but I can’t think of them right now.

The week started off a little weak. We had the typical “setting up the classroom” lessons, the kid who cried for the entire first day and the dismal dismissal duty that took upwards of 45 minutes. 

All in the typical week, though.