I guess "da flip side" of this situation would be if I had a group of pickles who I did not like... every nine weeks, I get rid of them and get a "do-over". But, alas. I haven't met a class I haven't adored. What in the what what is wrong with me anyway? I just get so attached to my kids. The more I learn about them, the more I love them. We've bonded. They've "gotten" all of my procedures and quirks and rhythms in the classroom. Oh, if only this course was even a semester long... how much more deeply into the curriculum we could delve.
Because I am "creating" this curriculum, it is quite a dynamic process. I find these awesome opportunities (educable moments) as I go along and it's not uncommon for me to be pulling up research and lessons even an hour before class filters into my room. So, I guess from that perspective, the cyclical nature of the rotating nine weeks is good because this quarter will be even better and more polished than last quarter and next quarter, I hope to achieve mastery. Perhaps there's a nostalgia for this "first" group because they were my "test" group. I "tested out" some lesson plans. Some I will toss away completely. Others, I will repeat. I have such an affection for this first group for being so responsive to whatever it is I created and "tried out".
But, it's not as if I won't see these first quarter pickles in school or that I won't have opportunity to teach them again in seventh grade (if they're sixth graders now) and eighth grade (if they're seventh graders now)... but still.
I'm going to miss this first quarter group so much. With that, I take a deep breath and look forward to greeting a whole new class of shining happy faces.
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