There are still some things I miss about middle school (besides of course my students who I miss every day). I miss the early dismissal time most of all, and I miss watching my students grow in 7th and 8th grade. I also miss sponsoring clubs because the connection you build with those students is great, but I also am enjoying the time I have to focus on improving my instruction. Sometimes I miss having only one lesson plan to design, but the variety in my day in 5th grade definitely outweighs that idea. I would much rather teach more content and have more lesson plans! I was definitely in a "rut" for a while at the middle school level, and I am definitely one of those teachers that wants to keep improving and get better! Moving to elementary has helped tremendously! I couldn't be happier!
Recently, I had lunch with a friend who asked me the question, "What is the best thing about switching to elementary?" It got me thinking about all of the things I love about teaching elementary, and also some of the things I still miss about middle school. Here is what I've come up with: Border downloaded from Krista Walden on TpT here: I am SO HAPPY I made the switch to elementary! #1 on my list is definitely the main reason I wanted to move down a grade, and what a difference teaching more than just science has done for my teaching! I have grown so much as an educator just by expanding my content! There are still some things I miss about middle school (besides of course my students who I miss every day). I miss the early dismissal time most of all, and I miss watching my students grow in 7th and 8th grade. I also miss sponsoring clubs because the connection you build with those students is great, but I also am enjoying the time I have to focus on improving my instruction. Sometimes I miss having only one lesson plan to design, but the variety in my day in 5th grade definitely outweighs that idea. I would much rather teach more content and have more lesson plans! I was definitely in a "rut" for a while at the middle school level, and I am definitely one of those teachers that wants to keep improving and get better! Moving to elementary has helped tremendously! I couldn't be happier! If any of you have switched grades or levels, what differences did you love and miss?
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Susan Wylie
7/2/2014 11:53:37 pm
Funny, I saw this, and thought...I am going to send this to Melissa...it would be perfect for her..then I realized it was your blog...LOL
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Casey
7/10/2014 02:01:50 pm
I'm going to be moving this year from teaching 7th grade math for three years and then 8th science for the last two to teaching 5th grade math & science next year. I'm having a BLAST reading your blog!! Thank you for that!!! :)
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