Well, we got our grade assignments for next year, and I will be moving up to sixth grade. It is bittersweet for me because I love the fourth grade curriculum and age of the kids, but I will get to work with teachers I have not worked with before and my Mentor, Laureen.
This year I had some challenges with my team, in the sense of how they worked. I always felt that the teachers were very individualistic and I found it very challenging to utilize all of our talents to plan some good lesson plans. I think part of the problem is that our team is made of 5 teachers, all with different personalities and different work types. I feel that the combination of teachers was very laid back, but then they would carry this laid-backness into our team meetings. They would do well individually as a teacher, but lacked the team working abilities.
So sixth, I am excited to bring in more technology and tie it into the curriculum. I am also ecstatic that I will be able to work with some students for the third time. Although I am just completing my fourth year, I will be teaching my third grade level within my short time as a teacher. I know next year will be challenging, but I am excited to have a team.
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