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IV Rights and Responsibilities
B. Elaboration of significant episode:

Today we had an IEP meeting scheduled for 1 pm. We met with our first graders and I introduced the new LiPS curriculum. Then we sent all the rest of our students back to class so we could go to the meeting. I was only supposed to go for the first part, the introductions and discussion of the testing. When the goals were being discussed I was supposed to go fill in for the general education teacher, once again being a substitute. We left for the meeting but the mother never showed up. We had to reschedule the meeting and talk to the principal. We got our students again and went back to class. We didn't have our reading recovery lessons (which have to be done daily) but my coop hadn't planned them because we were not going to have class. We just reviewed the lesson from yesterday and did some other reading activities. One of the little boys was in a really bad mood and obviously having a very hard day. I pulled him out in the hall and talked to him. He said his grandma had to get him up early and it was just one of those bad days. Other things had happened throughout the day in class and at recess. I just listened and comforted him, tried to encourage him. He seemed better after I talked with him. I guess he just needed someone to care, after a whole day of grumpiness.

C. Analysis of Episode:
Everyday it seems as if the lessons change b/c something unexpected happens. One just has to be ready for change. In Marion, it seems as if the parents did not show up then they went on with the meeting without the parents. It is just frustrating trying to reschedule the meeting because trying to correlate everyone's schedule and getting the meeting in before the student's birthday. The mother finally called back, after my teacher left a message, and the meeting is scheduled for Friday at 10:00.