Well
hello everyone! I am back after a very long time. Sorry I haven’t been around.
Last year I started at new school and had planned to blog all about it, but
ended up getting wrapped up in learning all the new things that the school had
to offer and time got away from me. It was an interesting year and I learned a
lot. I have the best teaching partner and I am so excited to get to work with
her again this year.
This
year my county is starting a new reading program. We are taking on American
Reading Company otherwise known as ARC. This new system has changed a lot for
our reading program so far and it’s only week 2! This program has kids reading books
all the time. We are reading a core novel, a core nonfiction text and the
students are reading books they are interested in. Kids actually seem excited
about reading, which is so exciting! We have also started our new reading assessments.
Before we did mClass and I was never really a huge fan. This new assessment is
very different and I feel it will show us different things to help us help our
readers. I have done just a few so far and already have a better understanding
of what I need to work on with my kids. I am super excited to get more into it
and really build readers this year!
Last
year, my group of kids acted much older than I felt 4th graders
should. They were very interesting and tried to be very grown. This new group
does not seem this way. Both groups bring something interesting to the
classroom. I am excited to watch this new group grow and see how they are similar
and different from my kidos last year. So far they are a very sweet group and I
am enjoying them so much. I have loved getting to know them as people and as
readers so far!
This
is going to be a great year and I am so excited to do better about sharing my journey
with my new 4th graders and with ARC this year. Hope you all have a
great week!
