Second First Day

Yesterday one of the guidance counselors went around to the two math classes I am drawing from and let them know that there was going to be an extra section, and that they could volunteer to move over. But if too many people volunteered, not everyone would be able to get in. Conversely if not enough people volunteered, then some people would be randlonly chosen to move. So my class is a mix of students who are excited to leave the other teacher, and ones who are disappointed that they were forced to leave. At this point I have no idea where anyone falls in that range, nor do I care, but it is something to be aware of.
I arrived nice and early to get my ID picture taken and to see how much of the IT problems had been taken care of. It turns out most had been resolved. I also made sure I had time to figure out my smartboard and double check my lesson. Of course I changed some of my lesson, but when I tried something else out, I did not save my changes, nor did I realize this until I was teaching.
Class ended up starting about 5 minutes early for most students. The bells for the previous period had gone off ten minutes early. So most of the students were seated in the classroom and working on the warm up problem well ahead of time. The vice-principal showed up at the beginning of class to give me a little introduction and thank all the students for moving, and then I jumped right in. However I still had some confused students arriving late. The beginning of class was taken up with some procedural stuff, and I realized the FOCUS students picked it up much quicker. We will have to continue practicing for a while.
Class went well (I think), but there are always things I wish I had explained a little better. But I will have time because both Monday and Tuesday will be review days, and then Thursday will be the first test (Wednesday is block and I do not teach). Thankfully someone else is writing it.
After school I was able to pick up my own hard copy of the text, since one copy had been returned to the book room. I was also able photocopy the next chapter from the Teacher's Edition. So I am closer to being prepared. I also have the schedule for Back to School night next Tuesday. So I get to just dive right in for meeting parents.