So the past 4 days I have been at a professional development class. The focus: The Literacy Common Core. Talk about overwhelming! We spent the first few days learning about various strategies for incorporating literature into our lessons Reading Workshop, Word Study, Literature Circles, close reading (of non-fiction texts), and text-dependent questions. It was all really helpful, but also a lot of information! Today we got to spend time with our grade level across the district to come up with an action plan in which all of our standards are addressed in various units. After doing that I feel much more at ease.
All the people I have met in and out of my grade level have all been excited about me starting my career. They are eager to help and give me resources, including a whole box of used books compiled by the librarians. The generosity I have been shown has been more than I expected. Everyone is enthusiastic about working in Danvers, creating a great work environment.
Even though I still have no concrete plan for the first few days of school, I am not alone because I have all of this support around me. Even the experienced teachers have told me not to worry about any of the curriculum yet. The time will come for curriculum, but right now the time is for setting up my classroom and establishing procedures/expectations for how my class will run.
School starts next Wednesday!
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