Today was my third day at Calvin Coolidge and I have found out that there are no ESL or bilingual classes in this school. Hillside has 3 schools that are grades 3-6 so any children needing ESL or bilingual classes have to go to one of the other 2 schools because that's where the programs exist. I am in the only special ed class in the entire school. It is an inclusion class with 18 students, half of which are special ed and the other half are low performing for their grade level.The teacher is dual certified and there is a special ed teacher co-teaching for most of the day.I don't have any experience with special ed students so I am having a bit of a difficult time trying to write out my lesson plan.I am presenting a small group guided reading lesson on Monday and then the follow up on Tuesday. My first draft was too involved and presented too much for the type of students I have.I think I was expecting them to be capable of more. The teacher helped me tone it down a bit but now it seems simple and dull to me. The lesson wound up concentrating on vocabulary words from the story using photocopies of a handout to accomplish this.The teacher said its perfect and is exactly what they are use to. I was thankful for the help but I know the lesson doesn't fit my personality or the teaching style I'm trying to develop.I really wanted to be more myself and not a copy of the teacher. Guess I just wanted to "shine" during my first presentation.Oh well, my visions of grandeur will have to be saved for a later date!