My Class ROCKS!!

So it's been a month and a half and I have to say I am loving my class! Last year was super tough and the contrast between this year and last sometimes startles me. With this class I remember why I am a teacher, I laugh, joke around with my kids, I can be myself, not a strict cranky teacher. I can do fun things with them and they don't push it too far.

Last October I wondered what I was doing wrong, why that class was not melding, why they were not getting into routine, why I was such a crappy teacher. Now this year, they are working well together, they are in routine, they listen, they are funny, they are enthusiastic, they are engaged, they are helpful, they do little things for others, they clean up their messes without being harassed by me. They have some struggles, 2/3 of my class are not quite at grade level in their reading, and there are a couple who have impulse control problems. A couple I can handle, a large group, not so much....

I have more energy, I am trying new things, things that last year would have overwhelmed me (a high school T.A., two student teachers, and new programs) and I am excited about pushing myself. This is what teaching is supposed to be. This is why I wanted to do this job. It's interesting, it's challenging, and it's fun again!
thanks be to God!!