Difficult Days

This week in my placement I had a fairly overwhelming day. At first, I worked one-on-one with a student who needed practice reading out loud. The class was working on reading mystery books, and met in small groups to predict and discuss the books they were reading. After reading was over the students broke off into groups for social studies. I worked with several groups, but when I came to one group in particular, I realized that they needed a great deal of help. There are three special-needs students in the class and the teacher places all three in the same group. It was extremely difficult to get all six students to cooperate. By the end of the day I felt very worn out. I hope I learn to deal with behavior issues without feeling spent by the end of the day. As a special education teacher, I know I need to be ready for days just like this one.