Seven and a half hours of sleep! I haven’t been this happy about that much (or, as I would usually look at it, that little) sleep in a long time. Last night we had an hour and a half session about teaching social studies which was good. It was probably one of the best sessions yet because it was focused on what I’ll actually be teaching in the fall, I didn’t have a lot of work left to do that was hanging over my head, and I’ve actually gotten some sleep (not a plethora but enough) to pay attention.
At midnight an email was sent out with out placements for Charlotte. Thankfully I wasn’t awake to get it, but I was able to check my email this morning and I have a placement! I’ll be at Coulwood Middle School. While I’m very happy to be placed, I also don’t know anything about the school. I quickly did a google map and it appears to be north of Charlotte, other than that, I’ll have to wait and see. Knowing this should make finding a place to live a little bit easier.
In the mornings the students are sent to the gym as soon as they get in and, even though Math-Lit hour is supposed to start at 8:00, the students are usually not dismissed until around 8:20. This morning I was going to work with Ashley because she was struggling with yesterday’s assessment. So I came up to her and told her we were going to work on the assessment. Her friends, one girl in particular, told me that it was talk time, not school time. It took a bit of a debate – first the friend bet me that it wasn’t 8:00 yet, then she told me it didn’t matter because they didn’t have paper and pencil, then she just told me it didn’t matter anyway – but we got through the assessment. Once I got between the girls, I think the work with Ashley was productive. Math-Lit hour was good. We broke the students up into small groups and I had Dewaun, Erica, Andrew, and Sean. Only Dewaun and Sean were there (buses tend to run late) but they made it through most of the problems and were finally starting to remember to bring down negatives and variables and not just the numbers.
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