Sometimes I think about how difficult it is to teach 27 first graders day in and day out. Then I think about the things that my kids live with every day. Like how last week a mother was fatally stabbed in the alley behind the school after picking up her 4 children. Or today how we had to keep our kids inside 15 extra minutes at the end of the day because shots were fired around the corner from the school. I just keep thinking--if it's difficult to teach here, what is it like to live this life constantly?
On a more positive note, I went to Lakeshore Learning, a teacher supply store way the f out in Virginia. I got way lots of stuff for the children. Except that they didn't have a number line. How can you be out of number lines?! AND the girl said that they're not getting more for a few weeks. What the heck? I guess my first graders are counting on their fingers for a while longer...No, we actually have a 100s chart. So they're straight.
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