Two weeks ago I started working at a local elementary school as a reading teacher (paraeducator). Weirdest experience of my life.
I swear that I learn a new testing acronym or word every day (DIBELS, MSP, MAP, PSTF, CBA, fluency checkouts, progress monitoring, benchmark testing, etc), and some of them I'm still not sure that I understand! I know that third graders are supposed to get a MAP score (which is apparently similar to the Iowa Test of Basic Skills that we took as homeschoolers) of 194 in reading, but I have no idea what that 194 is out of. 3,000? Six million? 300?
The kids are fun, though, and I really do enjoy teaching, even when the curriculum is completely opposite of ANYTHING that Jessica would do naturally.
I had a first grader the other day tell me that she, “gets better at reading every week,” because she, “travels a lot and collects words from all around the world.... like Seattle and Portland and Idaho and California and Spokane.” Haha. Yes, I”m sure you do!
Plus, I'm still new enough to be the “nice” sub that the kids all like. We'll see how they feel when we start testing them hardcore in a couple of weeks...
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