Day Monday Blues

Not necessarily a bad day, but another one of extremes.

1. I had one student, DB, post 1.4 grade levels in reading when I listened to him this morning. That is the biggest growth so far by a student.
2. All of my kids seemed to be able to identify fractions of 1/4 and 1/3. They seemed to be able to do the work remarkably well. It's interesting because for some of them addition and subtraction still baffle them.
3. I actually got Mr. Lane working with some students today. Mr. Lane is my foster grandparent. Sight is going, as well as hearing. We will slowly get him working in the classroom.

Also some not good things happened. I had one student have two major defiant trips. After the first one I'm almost positive that it is just defiance out of this boy, not any sort of disconnect.

Saddest bit of news I got. Speaking with a Speech Pathologist she said that she is not even sure why one of my students was in my class. She feels that he should not have even been promoted. She got his file out and the most disheartening thing I heard was that he got a 55 on an IQ test. Ouch! Also she said that he is very developmentally delayed.

But then again, if life were easy there would be more people alive. I did not take this job for an easy buck. I took it because I want to make a difference. The ones that are the lowest are the ones that can make the most significant gains.