Looping up with my class...Pros and Cons

Is has been an amazing feeling being able to teach the same group of students for a second time. Last school year was my first year teaching fourth grade. The two years prior I taught second grade and absolutely loved it! I did not think that I would enjoy fourth grade as much but I have embraced and loved the challenge. During this past school year, I was able to teach my second grade class from two year ago. One thing that I admire about my principal is that he listened to the request for me to loop up with my class. As a leader he felt that there could be many pros and cons and her voiced them to me but being the person that I am I came back to him with research and valid reasonings as to why looping up with them would be the best thing possible for the students and for myself.


Well now that I had a chance to really experience the looping up process, I realized that my students were accurate and I also realized that his hesitations were accurate. My students began to believe that they were my friends and stopped looking at me as such an authority figure. At the same time, my students took my passion for learning and their learning and they were continuously motivated to do their best at all times which reflected in several ways. I reflected on the past school year and realized that I must set expectations and strict guidelines from the beginning of the school year as I start my second year of fourth grade, teaching another one of my second grade classes from a few years ago. I have also realized that when I become a leader I must make sure to truly look at all of the dynamics of a teacher and his or her classroom before making a decision on if they should loop up together or not. 

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