Wow, what a day, and man - am I wiped!!!!
Anyhow - what a difference a day can make - I had such an incredibly positive day in my class...
to start out, right when we arrivd at the school, my partner and I decided it would be a good idea and much more useful if we split up - I stayed with the same teacher - and what a differnce it made for sure.
Earlier this morning I had gone downstairs to make some notes and wrote some very simple things in English and Spanish that I could hang on the wall (window, bookshelf etc) and brought some paper to write more- I also thought it would be a good idea to redo the name tags on the desk...(thanks for the tape Jason!). Profesora Maria was delighted. She was happy to learn some English, I could learn some Spanish - AND we could teach the kids together!!! Iwas also able to help her with some of the activities today - cutting, glueing, dancing, singing - and then when the kids went to lunch I swept - plus wrote all the translations in her notebook so she could study!!! I felt really really good about our communication!!! Even as I was leaving for the day, Profesora Maria gave me a hug!!!! I can´t wait for tomorrow! Maybe I´ll go make a fruit poster too (Jenny just finished hers)
Anyhow, I´m sure the rest of our day is in Jenny´s post. This computer is making me very very tired.
Feliz Compleaños Jen! (I wore my shirt today in honor)
And Happy Turkey Day to all...we have much to be thankful for!
Off to the coast on Friday...
until then,
christin molly