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I can't help but feel I have been stretched so thin this year that I am beyond exhausted at the end of the day. When I first started teaching reading, I had my own classroom and the students came to my room. Fast forward a few years later, I push into their classrooms on a cart. I push the cart from classroom to classroom all day long and carry my books in a bag. Last year, I just taught the upper grades and this year all reading teachers are 1st- 5th? We use the Jan Richardson Guided Reading. I have 17 reading groups! I have different reading levels to keep track of, different lesson plans for each level, and I am just exhausted. Pulling books, keeping track of which day I am on, and writing 17 lesson plans each week is beyond exhausting! I can barely keep track! Is anyone else being stretched thin this year as well? Are all schools making reading teachers teach grades K-5 or 1-5th or is it just my school?

Also, does anyone have a good system for pulling books? Or does anyon...See More
Barbara My answer is "YES!". It got so exhausting and overwhelming that I was burned out and decided to retire sooner than I had planned. Now I tutor, substitute occasionally and am looking into setting up my own pre-school in my home. I've never been happier!

On 11/08/12, Reading Teacher To Go wrote: > I can't help but feel I have been stretch...See More
Nov 10, 2012


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