New Student

I just got an email that I will be getting a new student in my PM class starting tomorrow. Why is it that my first fear is that this new child will completely throw off the rhythm that we already have going? I wouldn't want to add another body to my already full AM class, yet I am so pleased with the calmness that ensues during the afternoon that I am very fearful of enlarging that class and having that nice dynamic change. In all my years of teaching, I have rarely had a new student move in that really impacted the entire class flow in a negative way, yet I have had it happen. I am hoping that tomorrow adds one more cutie to the mix.

I am still working on homework, getting conferences scheduled, trying to be organized and mentally preparing for next week. We have a field trip on Tuesday next week during which I will have both of my classes at the same time. Any parents who go on the field trip must take their kids home when we get back around 1, but I will still have just under two hours with the rest of the kiddos who need to ride the bus home (without having had a bathroom or lunch break). I will get to eat lunch, but it will be with the kids, so it's not a standard lunch break. As soon as the kids leave, I start conferencing and go until about 7 since I have class Wednesday and Thursday and cannot stay later on those days. Wednesday I teach all day then have class until 9:30, Thursday I have conferences all day then class until 9:00, and then Friday I have conferences all day. It is going to be a crazy week! Perhaps I should add a note on the bottom of conference reminders letting parents know how much I appreciate soy lattes and chocolate! hehe! It will be so nice when all of that is over! Also, I have class Friday/Saturday this weekend so I won't have a lot of time to get work done between this week's classes and next week's. I am definitely feeling the stress! I actually broke out in hives today for some unknown reason. One of my students actually pointed it out to me and sure enough there were hives all over my forearm. I felt fine so I just kept on teaching, but I am really curious what could have caused it.

I am off to the gym with research articles in hand so I can workout and get some reading done. Happy Monday!