A couple weeks of the new schedule
The new schedule is kicking me hard. I am scrambling to present something to each class for them to work on, but feel there is no time for them to really practice, absorb and master.
I thought I'd change things up to something students could work on independently. I'm currently on writing units, and yet still the time they have to get ideas down on paper and work with them, with me AND a peer helping is just crunched. I worry that my students are rushed, even as I give them multiple days to get things done.
The writing units fit into a class I'm taking to maintain my certification in English, on teaching writing to troubled students. I find I rather resent taking my traditional "Creep Month" suspense unit and making it Personal Essay and Persuasive Essay. (Which is my problem, not my students'.)
I hope a time comes soon where I no longer feel overwhelmed by every work day. It's almost like being a first year teacher again, since I have to reconsider each and every thing I do.
I thought I'd change things up to something students could work on independently. I'm currently on writing units, and yet still the time they have to get ideas down on paper and work with them, with me AND a peer helping is just crunched. I worry that my students are rushed, even as I give them multiple days to get things done.
The writing units fit into a class I'm taking to maintain my certification in English, on teaching writing to troubled students. I find I rather resent taking my traditional "Creep Month" suspense unit and making it Personal Essay and Persuasive Essay. (Which is my problem, not my students'.)
I hope a time comes soon where I no longer feel overwhelmed by every work day. It's almost like being a first year teacher again, since I have to reconsider each and every thing I do.