for the most part, a really good day. my 1st & 2nd period went great. i had a cute little powerpoint all ready to go with family pictures, class stuff, etc. they were respectful and sweet, and i already love them...
...then came 3rd period. first of all, it's a co-teach class which means it's half regular ed & half special ed kids... part of "no child left behind." even though many of these special ed students really need to be in their own "special" class, the government requires them to be in mainstream regular class, so that is co-teach. i've never taught a co-teach before, so i guess i'm due.
the upside is that i get a special ed teacher in there with me to help out (my co-teacher is wonderful - a huge praise!), the downside is that there were 45 students in my 3rd period! seriously, 45 students in a class meant for 30. And 17 of them were special ed. i kid you not, 17 special ed kids. and i'm supposed to teach??? it took 20 minutes just to get them to close their mouths and listen! obviously, there was a huge scheduling mistake, but i just tried to go with it. hopefully tomorrow the wonderful counselors downstairs will remove many of these precious children from my room. just so you know, the class limit for co-teach is 25 and only 10 are allowed to be special ed. that is how it's supposed to work. yeah, we'll see.
so any prayers around 9:20-10:10 every morning would be appreciated.
avery & tatum did great today with gigi (brian's mom) coming over to keep them. God is so good; even though i've been dragging my heels about going back and dreading it, i just felt peace this morning that this is where i am supposed to be this school year. CSHS is where God has me and i am happy to be there. even though i would love to be home with the girls, they are in great care and somehow God is working out this situation for the best for all of us.
by the way, brian's volleyball team is doing really well. it's so cute (don't tell him) but he comes home now and talks volleyball strategy with me and tells me his experiences coaching girls, and it just warms my heart, that he is actually enjoying this!!! with 3 daughters, i think this is only the beginning of his love for girls' sports (again, don't tell him)! i know from experience, girls are so fun to coach and bring such a different attitude and motivation to their athletic pursuits than boys do. anyway, volleyball been a blessing so far and i am grateful that he likes it.
baby girl #3 is still nameless, but she is now letting her mama know she's in there. i love her so much already and it's so fun to "interact" with her... she kicks me, i push her elbow/foot back in.
hopefully i'll have another update soon on my 3rd period. we're supposed to start a group project tomorrow, but with standing room only in that class, i guess i'm going to have to think up another creative assignment.
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45 kids...that's insane! Even for two teachers. That reminds me of my second year of teaching when I had to teach choir to all 3 5th grade classes at once...about 65 kids. Nothing got accomplished and I didn't know who was more miserable...the kids or me. Glad the rest of the day went well.
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