Sometimes it's hard to regain your energy, especially in the middle of the week. My room is really coming along, but there are still huge elements that I'm working on. I want my whole group instruction to be more engaging. I feel pretty comfortable with the Literacy portion of the day, but in math and writer's workshop there are some kids who I believe are falling behind because they can't focus or follow the way the content is presented. There are definitely some things I'm going to change. I'm going to try to localize the material (have students have a copy of what's on the overhead to highlight), and I'm also going to chunk the lesson better so that I make a quick teaching point and have students work independently or in small groups for a few minutes before coming back to whole group instruction. This will give me a chance to help pull up my students who are behind.
But most important, I can't stress out too much about the shortcomings of my lesson. This is kind of a separate topic. Sometimes I feel like there just isn't enough time for me. I get home and usually there's just time for me to eat dinner and watch a little TV or read a book before I have to go to sleep and get up early the next day. Sometimes I think I need some space from the kids, but there just isn't enough time for me. I wonder if I was able to work a little less and give myself a little more relax time, would I be less impatient, more observant, and fairer with my kids?
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you posted at 2:51 am so yes, you need some rest and time to yourself...a good book, bad reality tv, running...anything to keep you sane for a few hours per day.
you are off to such a great start. keep the list of what you're working on but don't forget to see all that is working well too.
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