I just completed my first week of training at my school,
T.A. Sims, & finally met all the other teachers & staff, woo! I can safely say, knowing that I have 9 TFA Corp Members & MANY wonderful teachers around me, I am as supported as can be.
With that being said, being the "new teacher" is still extremely overwhelming. I've been setting up my classroom this week, & boy, was it STRESSFUL. There are specific rules to how a bilingual classroom needs to be set up (example - Spanish words must be associated with the color red, while English words are with blue). I've had to clean, organize, & design my classroom, which I've never done before, whist preparing for the first week of school. I was lucky enough to have some help cutting, stapling & laminating from
Daniel.
My classroom essentials are in place. I still have a lot of work to do, but now it's time to complete lesson planning.
Other things this week: Meet the teacher night was yesterday (Thursday, Aug. 24) & was absolutely wonderful. I met 9 of my future students + parents. The majority of these students came from another TFA Corp Member (& TCU Alum!), so I already have some things in common with them :)
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| 4th grade me! So long ago...time to go back! |
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| Entering my classroom |
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| Sorry not sorry about the teacher carrier :P |
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| Outside of my classroom |
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| The 4th grade nook |
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| Fish tank! |
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| T.A. Sims main hallway |
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| The gymnasium |
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| The library |
