Sep 28

The teachers are planning to "switch things up" again -- we're dividing the class into three and doing stations. I'm either going to be with grammar or with reading. I think I could be successful with both, although I'll have to work on the grammar(!) It makes me consider how difficult it is for teachers to really change things, to try something new. It's an unbelievable amount of work. Plus, you want to keep things consistent for students, yet you have to change if you feel that something could be more effective. So students will have to change yet again. I feel that the small groups of 4-5 were very effective, but if you then have the group of 8-9 and can split that up further, or have two adults with the small-ish groups, that could be helpful. Some of the stations will require them to read at their level, which is quite positive. I'm anxious because I don't really know what my role will be come tomorrow, but welcome to teaching...