After finishing my first six-weeks in the classroom I feel more defeated than ever. My students are not learning. They are continuing to fail tests that I gave them every answer to the day before. They do not turn in easy projects I built in to help their grades. I have one entire class that I cannot seem to manage. They cannot stop talking long enough to write their name on their paper, let alone listen to me deliver content.
2nd 6-weeks big goal part 1- find some way to break through to 6th period.
I cannot even try to say this is all student based. I am still struggling with clear content delivery and keeping my kids engaged throughout the lesson. My organization is getting messy with 140 kids turning in late work, missing classes and doing different assignments. so...
2nd 6-weeks big goal part 2- engage my kids and organize my classroom
you can do it jwitt!
ReplyDelete-steele
I want to just hop on the next plane to Houston, march into that classroom and knock a few heads together!! How dare they make my darling red-head feel like this?!! Kinda reminds me of how I acted when I was that age (unfortunately). How could I have made some of my teachers feel like that?!
ReplyDeleteLook for the one or two shining hopefuls and feel good about them. And work on the others one at a time. You are special and you'll make them feel that way but there will always be some you can't reach. Unfortunately thats part of a teacher's life. You WILL make a difference. And it may be years before you find it out, but you will!
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