summer school......

well i did a first today. i taught summer school for the first time in twelve years. well let me tell you what happened. when you work in a very small district money is always an issue. this year 7 teachers were (rif)ed reduction in force. this is the first time this was done in 12 years. so when my principal came to me and asked if i would help out with summer school. so i am teaching summer school for one week, this one. because of money constraints, we are only doing summer school from 8-12 monday - thursday.

it went by so fast today. wow!!!!!!! we went outside 30 minutes in the morning before beginning class. then we went into our rooms and worked on reading and math. about ten we went out for snacks and a few more minutes of recess. then we went back into the room and finished the math we were working on. at 11 they went to the reading lab to work on a reading program. at 11:30 they changed and worked on study island. i can't believe it went by so fast.

my girls are a little older and their dad was home so i feel it was a win win situation. don't get me wrong i don't want to work the whole four weeks, i just was surprised at how fast it went by.
so for all those teachers out there enjoying their summer vacation, if you ever fell like you need to teach summer school for whatever reason, it wasn't that bad.