The traditional idea of who is teaching and who is learning seems to reverse during the first week or two of school. The teacher is learning and the students are teaching. Partly this is from assessment and knowing where each student is at academically (dibels testing). Another is getting to know each student as a person and let them get to know each other (about me sheets, group projects). Amazingly the teacher is not doing as much teaching the first two weeks as I thought. This looks to be important as much for the student as for the teacher: to help build community, routine, and classroom expectations.
Also in the past two days of school (total amount of school this year 7 days) there has been two new students (at an even 30 students now) adding another layer especially with block student planning for literacy and math. As well as making sure the two new students get caught up in routines, expectations and become part of the community. When would a school district/school stop adding students to a class? 32? 30? 35?
Awesome idea: create a binder for all student information (about me, IEP, sample work).
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