At the football game last night, I was talking to a couple
of my sixth grade students. They have me for language arts
and another teacher for math and science. They said that I
was their favorite because Ms. X. gives them at least five
math worksheets everyday. They said they don't really do
that much in my class. I just smiled and said that our
subjects are very different. I was horrified. I don't
want to be thought of as the "easy" teacher.

We do one worksheet, or other assignment, for each subject
I have (reading, English, spelling). On top of that, we
usually do at least 40 minutes of reading. During that
time, we discuss what we are reading. I have a list of
higher-level thinking questions that I ask, and we talk
about our responses. Students are also required to read on
their own for about 20 minutes. They do a "bell ringer"
grammar activity and write in their journals. About every
other week, we have a complex writing assignment.

Okay, so are they just not challenged enough? I am using
6th grade curriculum, so I think it should be on their
level??!!!

Am I putting too much weight in their remarks? Being a
beginning teacher really stinks. It's like all I do is
second guess myself. This is my second year teaching, and
my first year teaching these subjects.

Thanks for helping - this is really bugging me.

BethAnn

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