Today was a full day with the classroom teacher. We don't start our subject schedules until tomorrow. It was nice because I got lots of time to go over classroom routines, get to know the kids, etc. But man was it a long day! My students are in grade 1, but have never been to school before. They have all been to either half day or full day kindergarten (not like our kindergarten, here it is a combination of our preschool and daycare), but not real school. It will take a while to learn all the routines and rules and be able to sit quietly and listen on the carpet. Given that 15 out of 18 students don't speak much (if any) English, this will be a bit of a challenge. They seem great though. Minus a few disrupters, they did amazing today. We were all very ready for the day to end at 3:45 though!
Tomorrow we start our subject schedule. Which is great for me because on Thursdays my class has German and then sports, so I don't reach them until 1:30! Now that I've met the kids though, I really need to sit down and get some serious planning done. Plus do some finishing touches on my classroom. I am super happy with how it has turned out. A bit bare at the moment, but I'm sure that won't last long! We already made some owls to hang from the ceiling (yes, my class is the owl class!). Here is a picture of what it looks like:
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