Math Teacher

So now I'm teaching Math too. Today my grade level meet with the principal and assistant principal and because of the way the state has decided to evaluate teachers we either have to teach Reading and Math or we have to take a MSL (measure of student learning) Test. It's not like the other state tests, where the score matters for both the students and the teachers. Rather this test only matters for the teacher. I would okay with that, but that isn't the principal's preference. Of course there's a BUT. But we might get another 5th grade teacher and if we do my team would become a team of three which would mean that I wouldn't teach Math and my students would have to take the MSL.

Now it's been two years since I've taught Math and the standards changed during that time. I'm not scared of teaching Math. I actually like Math, but don't like teaching it. I can get over that though. I will probably teach the low Math students of mine and my partner's. I prefer that. I actually enjoy teaching the "low" kids best anyway.

I guess my concern is that I'm trying this whole new idea of the Responsibility Classroom for Reading, which is going to be a lot of work. Then I am teaching Social Studies, which doesn't have to change much, but this year I am incorporating Writing into Social Studies. I actually like teaching Writing, which is pretty amazing because I used to HATE it! By 5th grade they have the basics of writing down so we get to focus more on digging deeper with our writing. My concern is adding on another subject that and I have no idea what the standards really are. I honestly didn't bother looking at them in any depth the last two years. I have them. They are in my binder with all the other standards, but I really have no idea the major focus of them.

I know it'll be fine, and no I am not stressing over it. But I would rather not. Oh well, at this point I will be and I will embrace teaching it. This just makes the year that much more of more of an adventure.