First Day of School!

One day finished...  We shortened the length of each class period today and spent more time at the beginning and end of the day in order to get things arranged.  Students came in the morning with a big bag of supplies:  pencils, notebooks, binder, paper towel, etc.  We sorted things out, assigned desk and lockers, and established some rules and procedures.

There are 36 students in our homeroom and a similar number in each of the other three 7th grade classes.  I will be working with another teacher who will be leaving for maternity leave in approximately one month.  With 36 students, every classroom should have two teachers!  I will be teaching math to each of the four 7th grade classerooms and also language arts to the homeroom group.  Until she leaves, the other teacher will be leading the language arts class and I will take the math classes.