Party On: First Week of School

It's been an insanely busy first week of the new school year. Since I'm no longer teaching at the preschool in the mornings, I've taken on extra classes at the language school. I'm teaching 1st through 6th grade classes now. I'm teaching about the same number of hours as before, but my classes start and end later in the day. My mornings are free, but because my new classes require a lot more preparation than my preschool and kindergarten classes, I go to school early, and right now, it feels like a lot more work. I'm adjusting. Elementary school classes are a lot more managable than preschool and kindergarten. I don't need as much help from the Korean teachers to explain things or calm everyone down.

I'm teaching several of the same students as I have in the past. I'm really enjoying my 2nd grade classes because I taught them when they were in kindergarten but not in 1st grade this past year. They've grown and learned a lot since the last time they were in my classroom, and it's so much easier to communicate with them now. Most of my first graders were in my kindergarten classes last year, so it's nice to continue teaching them, and I still have the same 4th, 5th, and 6th grade bilingual classes. I also have some students who are new to the school and some who are just new to me. I'm enjoying getting to know them, but I'm also a little overwhelmed by the new schedule.