First Day of School!

Hello everyone!

So my first day is over. Whew i made it. I really had no time to think today. It went really fast and I just focused on memorizing names because I am terrible with names. I would always call my little brother's friends the wrong names when they would come over to play with him. At the time it was funny, but now I need to get serious about it. That can really break a kid when you call them the wrong name. I think I am doing ok. We will see tomorrow once I see them if I remember their name. I just really am going to focus on building a connection with each student because they don't really care how much you know until they know how much you care. That's it.

I attached a picture of my classroom! I bought a couch for the reading corner. The kids were stoked! My amazing para helped me pick out curtains at Walmart. It snowed 3 times today! The kids went crazy. I cannot wait to go back tomorrow and continue building on what I already know about my students and figure out ways to help them advocate for themselves in their classes. My job is to make sure my students meet their goals set on their Individual Education Plans (IEP's) since I work with Special Education. I want to help prepare my students for work/college by teaching them now how to advocate for their disability and their needs in the classroom. My goal is to get them to understand how they learn best and then be able to explain that to teachers/professors.


Much love,

Megs