Kid's Speech Inspires Teachers...
This morning I was getting a little bogged down by
classroom management. I was frustrated with one of my classes for talking too much or being
silly, not listening, and/or not completing their work. I am becoming a little overwhelmed by them because it is my largest class - 17, mostly ELL and some hearing-office placed kids.
Some students are zipping along way ahead of the class and others are dragging their feet, a few were absent 3-4 days already, plus I have 4 new students all in the same class. I decided to talk to each student individually about their progress and I think that helped. At least I feel better knowing that
they know where they stand.
They mostly have a good attitude, but a lot of them lack
motivation. I feel much better about classroom management this, my second year, than I did last year, but I still feel like I have
work to do in that area. Since I am still pretty young/new, I really lean on my co-workers for advice... I sucked up advice during the entire lunch period and spilling over into 3rd period today (my planning time)... and then I was happy to get an e-mail from another co-worker just when I needed the inspiration:
A young student, Dalton Sherman gave a motivational speech to Dallas teachers. It is really amazing how well spoken this young man is!!! I was so impressed: [
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