Observation Days in my new class - grade 6

So I don't think I could have had a weirder set of observation days in my new Grade 6 class. The first day was like any other...getting to know the students (personalities and abilities), and finding out what they have been up to all year. The next scheduled day involved me attending the second half of a TRIBES workshop that my associate was running. That left me with Wed and Friday before March Break. It just soo happens that a snow storm arrived. Buses were cancelled on Wed, so we had a total of 11 students by the afternoon. Therefore I had a very productive day lesson planning in the computer lab.

Friday arrived and it was the last day before March Break. The kids were super hyper and pretty much played games the whole day. The only true class they had was when the Public Health nurse came to our classroom. Watching the students learn and get "disturbed" as they put it, provided me with a quick laugh. It really didn't seem like it was much to squirm about but I guess grade 6 is just one of those grades...

Block II - A new level

Well today was the day we found out about our new placements...grade 6 it is. My response to this is split. There is EEEK on the one end and YAY on the other. This is not an age group that I have a lot of experience with therefore there are some nerves developing inside me. BUT these nerves are being eased by the comforting words of the students that have been at the school for Block I. They have told me that my associate teacher is an amazing one and that she will be great model for me. Furthermore she is big on TRIBES (one of the seminars from Social Issues Day II), so this will definitely come in handy in my future teaching.