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Finally back in the classroom

Well, I'm not a teacher, but I am an aide, and that's better than nothing. I'm just happy to be back in the classroom. I'm a special ed. aide for 7th graders with learning disabilities. I really like working with these kids, and I'm thinking this is what I need to get my master's in. I also love working with the kids with behavior disorders. We have a few kids who are supposedly BD, but it's nothing extreme with them. Nothing at all like what I dealt with on the west side.

I love the people I work with. Yesterday the English teacher pulled me aside and said she wanted to talk to me about the gossip that was going around about me. I was so nervous. What could people be saying about me after a week? But she told me they all love me and think I'm doing well and they're glad to have me there. So that made my week.

Also, Ryan was having trouble remembering all the steps of double digit multiplication, so we did the multiplication cha-cha. I wrote out a big problem on a Twister mat and we danced on the numbers in the order that you use them. He had a great time, and the next day he asked if he could come study with me again instead of going to his advisory period. I told him I was studying French with some kids (he's not in French), and he was like, "I don't care! I want to come anyway!" So that was really cool. I love teaching.

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JohnL said…
Erinello, good luck with your work. I hope you get classwork on evidence-based instruction from the folks at NIU.
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