I'm Not Quite Ready
Fast forward a year later from the “ I’m Ready ” blog. Actually a year and a week, since I’ve already completed my first week of school with students and I’m feeling pretty confident and successful. This year I decided that it would be best for me to get to know the kids on the first day and week of school while they also get to know me. Last year I completely bypassed any icebreakers and jumped right into the lessons after going over my class syllabus. I only had one kid of the 105 students I had, object and ask if we were going to do an icebreaker and since I hadn’t planned it, we didn’t do it. I never even considered getting to know the kids. It wasn’t until a few weeks into the school year that I realized how important it is to get to know the kids. So this year my first day plan varied tremendously from last. I planned three different icebreakers after going over my syllabus and classroom expectations followed by our first lesson (our class period is an hour and 45 minutes long). ...