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One of my biggest successes thus far has been building effective and meaningful relationships with my students. I have been able to get to know my students on a more personal level allowing me to incorporate their interests and passions into my instruction and curriculum. Additionally, I have been able to create interactive and enjoyable lessons that help students get out of their seats
and better retain the information.

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My biggest surprise so far is how big of a gap there is in the levels of my students.

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My biggest challenge so far is trying to meet the needs of all of the students in my classroom. I have students in math that are already doing multiplication and students who have to use their fingers to add 2+2. In reading I have students who do not know all of their letters and I have students who are reading chapter books.

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One thing I would not change is the relationship I have with my students. I love how they all look up to me and want to give hugs every day. They truly brighten my day.

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Sometimes I feel as if I were thrown into things and got overlooked. I realize this is probably because I worked as a para the year before, and I do not know all of the ins and outs of being a teacher like some assume that I do.

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My biggest challenge thus far has been working to meet the needs of all my students and motivating those who are lazy or have poor work ethic to complete assignments on time or in general. Working with inclusion classes is new for me, so consistently finding ways to ensure that the accommodations of my 40+ IEP students are being met is an every day challenge.

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The biggest challenge I have is getting the students to complete their work on time. Even if I give extensions, the students tend to still not complete them.

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My biggest challenge so far is trying to differentiate and meet the needs of all the students. I have students in math who can multiply and students who still need to use their fingers to add 2+2. In reading I have students who do not know all of their letters, and I have students reading chapter books.

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The one thing I wish was different or that I could change is the parent interaction with their kids. Many parents do not read with their kid or sign their homework. I feel like this will impact them for the rest of their school experience.

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I would not change the direction I have taken with my Speech class. I was not left with much and had some freedom to manipulate the curriculum to fit my liking and cover a wide range of communication theories and forms. This class helps break-up my day and with it being my first year teaching it, the students have been a joy

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If I could tell one of the teachers something it would be that I am trying really hard for my first year of teaching. I am not perfect, I am not completely organized yet..but I am trying.

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Thanks for all your help and guidance thus far.

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My biggest surprise has been how low the reading levels are of my students. I expected them to be at various levels, but there's a large number who are no where near the levels they should be.