My first 2 weeks at kindergaten kept me busy that's for sure! I made it my goal to get to know the kids as fast as I could and I had all their names memorized before I left the classroom on the first day. The classroom that I was in was fairly diverese. There was an ELL student who also had developmental delays, a child with EBD and there was a child on the Autism spectrum. All of the students were so excited to have me and my partner in the classroom to help out. It was weird having them call me Ms. Morris since I'm not used to being called by my "teacher" name. There was a boy who had just gotten transfered into the class who had EBD and my CT asked if I would try to help him out in the classroom when his para wasn't there or if she was busy with the ELL student. I said yes and he ended up bonding with me really quickly. It was kind of sweet because we both started in the class at the same time so we had that special connection. Over the first 2 weeks me and him worked together a lot and it was super rewarding being able to watch him become more adjusted to the classroom. One of my favorite things that would happen is that everyday after he would come into class (he ate breakfast with the special education teacher) he would ask if he missed recess even though he had only been in school for around 25 minutes.
I was definetly not used to waking up so early to get ready for school and if it wasn't for coffee I probably would have been a zombie for the first week. There were some days where I really didn't want to wake up but I was so excited to go to kindergarten that it pushed me out of bed. I guess that's what people mean when they say that the kids are what keeps you coming back!
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