My first real thought about the day is that I am exhausted. I set an alarm for 6AM (I had to be at the middle school at 7:45 at the latest). I, of course, fell back asleep and proceeded to have a nightmare in which I was incredibly late for my first day. I woke up in a panic at 6:52, straightened my bangs, pulled my hair back, ate a quick breakfast, and ran off to school... after changing my shirt three times, of course. I ended up in argyle, the most wonderful teacher pattern to exist.
I got there in time. My cooperating teacher (CT) doesn't have a first hour, but for the first day we had twenty minutes of advisory. Then the day went on as it was scheduled. First hour I made transparencies with my CT. We made seating charts, alphabetically, for the first few weeks. With each class we played a name game, handed out a letter, a syllabus, and supply sheet. My CT is requiring each student to have a special one-inch binder for her class, which I think will be beneficial.
We have four classes and they seem mostly wonderful. One class, directly after the seventh grade lunch period, is huge- 30 kids- and rowdy, likely because they just got in from lunch. I think as we separate certain groups that feed off of each other in a noisy and negative way, the class period will get better.
I really enjoy our last class of the day. There are only 21 kids in it and they all seem interested and curious.
Despite the fact it was "syllabus day," I am exhausted and ready for a long nap. The rest of the week looks interesting and should be fun, though probably just as exhausting.
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