Stormy Seas

My second week was somewhat eventful, mostly because my teaching assistant resigned. One of my students sprained her ankle and came to school hopping on one foot. We borrowed the wheelchair from the nurses office to get around school. She went back to the doctor today, so we may be back to normal tomorrow. I'm feeling discouraged because I don't feel like we are where I'd like to be after 2 weeks. I'm not getting everything done that I need to accomplish each day, our afternoons are still really rough, and I have one student who refuses to stay with us. This was a particular problem today when I was without a second grownup and had to be sure we all arrived safely at our various destinations. I asked my daughter's Kindergarten teacher, who is quite experienced and very wonderful, when my class would start to listen to me. She answered that it would be six weeks, and she was very serious. So, maybe we aren't so far behind after all. The next few days should be interesting as our classes will be restricted to our own classrooms for specials and recess. The older grades are taking benchmarks under simulated TAKS test conditions. If it continues to rain, we may have some mutiny among the Kindergarten classrooms. I'd better plan some art activities and such to help relieve the cabin fever.