How to Survive a Difficult School Year

It was the first day of school. I had *some* idea about the kinds of students that would enter in my classroom that year, but I had NO idea that the struggle would begin day 1. Let me paint you a picture. I was in an integrated 4th grade classroom with 23 students and 4 adults. I was working along side a special ed teacher (who was actually just a long term sub for the teacher on maternity leave - she was amazing though!) and 2 of my students had one-on-one aids. Our classr...