Another Year In 4th/5th Grade

How Does A 5th Grade Teacher Become a 4th/5th Teacher?

This is an interesting question, but it comes with a fairly boring answer. The simple fact is our team needed someone to make a sacrifice and the other fifth grade teacher is new to our school. It would have been terrible behavior on my part to demand that Ms. Munroe (our new wonderful addition) take the class.

Besides, here's a little secret. I don't believe that we should really be treating kids too much by their grades. Every fifth grade I've taught had fifth graders with third-grade writing skills or fourth grade math skills. This did not change the way I taught them, just the place we started. As always, I'll start some kids in one area and some kids in another.

The first day of class was wonderful. You've got some talkative kids, but I guarantee you that we will figure out a solution to this problem. It will take work from everyone but we'll get things running smoothly.

For transparency reasons, my room is not at its most beautiful right now. Parents who have been through a year with me already assumed this would be the case. My room is an ever-changing space and I am on journey to create the ultimate learning space. I'm getting closer, but there's much more work to do.

I have much, much more to explain to you, but I'm tiring quickly.

Take Care Out There -

Adam Berkey