Fourth Grade!

Remember how last semester I spent four weeks in a first grade classroom?  This semester, I'll be spending six weeks in a fourth grade classroom.

I found out my placement earlier today - fourth grade - and I'm so excited!

I thought I would feel nervous, you know, about being with (slightly) older students.  They're going to be a lot older than my first graders.  I thought I would be nervous, completely freaking out, but I'm not.  Maybe it's because I know I still have a month before I'll be in the classroom.  Maybe being in the classroom last semester has given me more confidence.  Maybe I'm more comfortable with myself right now than I have been in the past.  Maybe I've grown up some.

Even though I don't want to work with older students, having the opportunity to will only be beneficial.  When I student teach, I don't know what grade I will be placed in.  If I get a job subbing for a school district, I don't know what grade I will end up in.  When I'm looking for a teaching job, there's no guarantee that I will find a job teaching Pre-K, kindergarten, or first grade.  I need to be able to be flexible, and therefore, I do need experience teaching both younger and older grade school children.

Teaching in this fourth grade classroom will be so exciting!  I know I'll have an amazing time, and that it will be a fantastic experience.  I can't wait until my first day of fourth grade!  (Well, teaching it anyway!)

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