Classroom Reflection...

Being in school for two months now, I feel I am really starting to get to know my students. My class has classroom meetings each week. Each week we make a team goal and this week our goal was to focus on self-control. Coming from 7th and 8th grade last year and down to 6th grade I had forgotten the maturity difference in ages 10 -13. So, I had to step back and realize that my class this year needs to work a little longer to build the community we are hoping for. I also noticed that I have several leaders in my class. Most of the students I consider leaders were unaware of their "status". I had many conferences this week where we talked about the responsibilities of being a leader and how other students are watching the behaviors and actions of the natural leaders in the class. Some of the students were happy to be known as leaders, but others didn't like the responsibility that goes along with being a leader. I also realized that I have many great families that I am excited to work with this year.