Fourth grade and first grade are different in many ways, yet the same as well. A funny paradox, I know.
The students are at completely different maturity levels and learning drastically different things, as they should be. The first graders are quite a bit smaller and henceforth more adorable than the fourth graders. Yet the fourth graders are able to do much more on their own. In the first grade we sing songs (like the Days of the Week song set to The Adams Family Theme Song), which is loads of fun! At the same time, there are still the students that need extra attention and/or extra help and all of the students still need explicit directions as well as many other things.
I look forward to my continued work with the first grade class in the coming weeks, I am sure I will learn much. I am also excited about going back to see what Family Reading Night looks like at the school I was at prior to this (4-6 grade building). Rumors have it that there will be real cats and bats, we shall see!
i always wanted to be a 3rd grade teacher. i don't know why exactly. it was a good year for me. and it's in the middle of the first graders and the fifth graders.
ReplyDeleteenjoy your first graders.