This week HAS to be better

A grueling week, despite good advice about not staying late every week (thanks Jonathan/jd2718).

First of all,I got a new student on Tuesday from another school – one week before the ELA – and she is a beginner ELL who reads a level C, far below where any of my lowest ELLs are… and it’s January! How can she still be a C? I’m going to have to look and see if she has any interrupted schooling or an IEP. I know it’s quite possible she just has difficulty or was tossed in a corner by the teacher – but most of my kids who came in in September at level E moved to J and L in October. I have to really figure out a plan for her.

Then, due to some personal stresses and obstacles, I was highly stressed on Friday and not in the mindset for a long day (lunch third and prep last period). So, guess what happens on such a day – SNAPSHOT!

Yes, <shudder>….