Third Quarter has officially begun

It is hard to believe that the 2nd quarter has come to a close and we have already begun the 3rd quarter. Today I made a new seating chart and switched up everyone's seats and oh the moans. Making a seating chart that is condusive for all is next to impossible. Trying to separate chatty students, put students closer to the front that need to be closer for vision or attention purposes and trying to keep in mind where they might want to sit is a complicated task. I do my best to place the students where I think they will do best, unfortunately does not make them happy with me in the least bit. The amount of groans and disgruntled students on seat moving day is the highest usually for the term. It is always interesting to see how the dynamics change and students that you didn't think would chat would or students who normally don't volunteer seem to want to participate. I was out again yesterday do to illness so some of my students were glad to see me return, which is always a comforting feeling. This week is an odd week. Wednesday is a half day for Professional Development and Thursday and Friday we move into parent teacher conferences again. Thursday evening is parent teacher conferences as is Friday afternoon, so Friday is yet another half day for the students. Therefore this may be yet another one of those weeks where the student focus is lacking a bit and will be hard to keep them all on task. They thought I was mean for giving them a quiz on Friday, but it shouldn't take too long. I was going to give it on Thursday, but after realizing that Wednesday is a half day, I didn't feel we would have quite enough time to review for the quiz and I wanted to make sure they were amply prepared. We are currently covering the Human Respiratory System, which they seem to understand and actually seem to enjoy (though they would not admit it). I am hoping that they all do well on their first quiz of the quarter to start off the term on a good note. So hopefully parent teacher conferences go well Thursday and Friday and that I get to see quite a bit of my students families and maybe even some of the students. I will try to post another blog after the conferences are over and let you know how it went.

Have a great week!