When I was 25 I interviewed for a teaching job at a very small school that had eight grades and employed four teachers. I fell in love with the school and was hired to teach 5th and 6th grade. After I signed my contract I discovered that I would be responsible for a class of 35 students. I had to teach all classes except P.E. for two different grades. Oh, No! What did I get myself into?
School started in late August. A few days before school started I entered my classroom to find--yes--35 desks. I explored the closets and found some things to decorate with. I did have a great time decorating my new classroom plus the huge bulletin board in the hallway. Next, I looked at the textbooks I was to use, and all of them were up to date except for the reading basal readers. Those were not as modern, but I was familiar with some of them and some of them I was not.
I learned that math was done in an individualized manner, and those textbooks were really good. I thought I would enjoy teaching math.
The school year began and I found I had some excellent students. I did have about 5 students with challenges, but I found a way to entice the students and within a week I had fallen in love with every one of my young charges.
The most challenging part was to find ways to teach such a diverse group in interesting ways. I had a lot of papers to correct since I had five different reading groups and all the subjects to teach. I had to make up my own worksheets for many of the classes and to write my own tests. It was a lot of work.
When Christmas time came and I was told I needed to find a play for my students to perform, that also became challenging to find a meaningful script with enough speaking parts for everyone. I searched and search. Finally, after having no luck finding something good after hours of research I decided to create my own. my class and I decided we wanted a play that would explain the true meaning of Christmas in a unique way. The result was this script that we proudly performed: THE SPIRT OF CHRISTMAS IS PEACE!
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