Friday, May 7, 2010

Changes
My second graders are putting the finishing touches on their Open House projects and the 'end-of-the-year party' is being planned. It's time to wrap up another second grade year. This time will be different though as I set my sites on a new endeavor. After 13 years straight teaching second grade, I will be returning to the first grade classroom at Brentwood School! Although I've been teaching primary-aged children for the past 30-something years, each and every class has been unique. That's what I love about teaching...it is ever-changing and never boring! Looking back, my first assignment was in 1977 in San Francisco as a student teacher in a first grade classroom at a three-story school in the Western Addition of the city. The next year I started my career teaching a first/second combo class in the Bay Area suburb of Hayward, Ca. Then my husband and I decided to move our young family to the picturesque farm community of Brentwood, Ca right on the edge of the central valley in East Contra Costa County. In the fall of 1987, I began teaching reading intervention in our delightful hometown. Over the past 25 years in Brentwood, I've had the privilege of teaching kinders, first, second, and third graders to the best of my ability. I can truthfully say that I value each and every teaching position I've been given, especially because of the people I've met along the way. Each of these interesting and worthwhile assignments have become a part of my teaching experience. As I ride the wave of change once again and plunge back into first grade, I'm glad to say that my teaching career remains a dynamic adventure. And for that, I am very grateful.