This has been the best year of teaching I have ever had. EVER! It has been so much fun teaching a split class. But...I’m already dreading next year because nothing could possibly top this one. I had a rough start with juggling schedules and not knowing how to group students because I didn’t really know them yet.Not to mention the PR I had to do with parents. They had the same question as some of the teachers did and that is, how can you teach two grade levels at the same time??? As time went by, it got so much easier and it’s hard to imagine ever having a full kindergarten class without older peers to help with teaching and guiding them. EVER! Teaching kindergarten is an exhausting job. My hat is off to those teachers that do it every day and every year. Josh’s blog post http://stumpteacher.blogspot.com/2011/02/i-resign-from-teaching.html resonates with me as a first grade teacher. I feel it is much easier to learn beside first graders than to learn beside kindergarteners. They are a whole different animal! They need so much more guidance into “schooling.” So the secret is out of the bag! I’ve tried to keep it quiet but...this has been the best year ever! Thank you Linda for your vision. Thank you Jeff for your encouragement. And thank you Kindergarten and First Grade Teams for being flexible with my crazy schedule and for being so supportive. You are the best!
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