Day 2

As bitter-sweet as this is to say, today I am grateful for a reduction in class size. The second grade classrooms had filled to 22-23 students per teacher and our principal was able to obtain an EIP position to place an additional teacher in our grade-level. I say this was bitter-sweet because I truly had a dream group of students this year. They were all so sweet that it did not seem like there were 22 in my class. However, the cramped quarters, noise level, and the constant need to split myself 22 ways made every day an exhausting challenge. As much as I hated to say goodbye to three of my precious students, I know that moving them to a smaller classroom was what was best for them as well as for those students left in my class. It was amazing how much more individualized attention I was able to bring to each student! Now I will have a better opportunity to properly serve my students and challenge them appropriately! :)