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Tuesday, September 25, 2012

New Beginnings

Hi Everyone!! 

Happy 2012-13 school year. I am totally in love with my new assignment this year! 

I can honestly say I do miss the privacy of my very own classroom. However, this new situation has created a small group environment for the little ones that I share to learn better. I hope I don't get spoiled and then when I get my own class of 30+ children I'll be all like ahhhhh!!! 

As everyone in California knows, our schools were inundated with combination classes throughout all grades and left with less classes. At my school alone there is a: 

K/1st
1st/2nd
2nd/3rd
3rd/4th
5th/6th

Can I get a collective WOW ????

Here is where my little assignment comes in. 
Since I just taugh 2nd grade last year, I was hired as a Title I aide to alleviate the congestion in the 1st/2nd combo and take the 2nd Graders for a couple of hours of the day to teach ELA from 8:20am until recess time at 9:55. I have a total of 8 students in this session and honestly it does not feel like a class. It feels like a study group. Lovely! 

After primary recess I take the first graders from the K/1st combo as well as the straight 1st grade class and teach them math. I have a total of 15 kids in this session and although there's more than in the first group it's still a lot less than the 30 I would normally have. 

Mind you, the pay is just as small as the group sizes, but it's still doing what I love and what I enjoy the most. TEACH! 

I hope to chronicle my adventures and experiences as an aide juggling 2 different grade levels and subjects. 


till next time
Lissete 



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