Lucky you.

I would start contacting parents NOW. Call them everyday if
need be, and let administration know you're dealing with
these kids. I had a group like that last year. I ended up
making two of them sit in the hallway to do their classwork,
after some of the other students (and their parents)
complained.

One darling kid in that class was the son of a V.P. in a
neighboring district. His IEP called for my making study
notes for the kid and his father, with the note sheets
either being unused, or made into paper airplanes.

Isn't inclusion wonderful? The wrong group of kids might cost
you your contract renewal, your job, and possibly your home.

On 10/26/09, Marissa wrote:
> I am in my third year of teaching 7th grade math and I have
> my first CTT (inclusion class) this year. I am really
> struggling with them, they have the worst attitudes toward
> eachother, and me at times, they are always arguing with
> one another and very little work gets done. The class is 23
> students, about 6 of them finish their work very quick, the
> others take 30 min to do 10 min worth of work. I've tried
> sitting the faster kids with eachother so I could give them
> extra work when they finish but some "can't see from the
> back", or they "dont like who they are sitting with", so
> they're all just mixed up again. They are draining all of
> my energy and by friday 7th and 8th periods when I have
> them for a double period, I feel so defeated and
> discouraged... and it is only October.

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