Another week is winding down. It's been fairly stressful because I've been a little behind so I've been just keeping my head above water with grading, planning and making handouts and activities. I feel like it's getting increasingly difficult because I keep trying to find new strategies to use in my classroom to keep things new and interesting, but I feel like it's so time consuming. The workshops at school have been really helpful though. I did survive my first quarter of the first semester though! Which means I'm halfway done with my first semester. If anyone has seen facebook, I made it through those first 9 weeks without wearing the same thing twice. Not just combinations, but shirts also. I rewore a dress yesterday that I'd already worn upon student request, and apparently it was the wrong one. I'm just now getting into all my winter clothes, so I could have probably made it the rest of the semester.
I'm excited for another fun weekend! Last weekend I had a great time playing with Hailey and Jacob and then I got dinner with Julie and Sandi at BWW's. It was incredibly fun and I hope it will be repeated numerous times in the future.
This weekend I'm off to Dubuque, Iowa to see Alex play in her last regular season game. A lot of Chris's family will be there also and it's always a lot of fun seeing them. I'm looking forward to lots of fun and visiting, along with (hopefully) some Olive Garden. Time to go pack and then head to bed for a school day full of vocab quizzes, Día de los Muertos, dreams and then a long drive to Dubuque.
*Besos*
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Friday, October 22, 2010
Finally Friday
This week has gone fairly slowly, but it's finally over and I'm at home for the weekend. I'm finally doing it right because the last 2 times I've been home, it was just for the day, or staying one night. Tonight was really fun because I had dinner with Mom and then we went shopping at Target. Where I got this fantastic quatrefoil mirror.
I just about fell over when I walked past it and I think Mom might have wondered what was wrong with me before she saw it. It's black with red accents, the only bad part is I don't really think I'll have a use for it until I have my own place where I'm allowed to put nails in the walls.
School went really well today. Possibly because Friday finally arrived, or because I like the subjects of the chapters better. In Spanish 2 I taught the kids a song today about calling the docter and saying that certain body parts hurt. They seemed to really enjoy it. Then we played a form of pictionary with the vocab. One of the kids asked "So is the just like a Friday free day?" To which I replied, "Nope because we're using the vocab." I told another teacher about it and he said that it's really great when the kids are learning, but they don't realize it. We started this new vocab on Tuesday, and I feel like they already know it better than the last chapter. Also I've got 2 kids who are finally stepping it up and it makes me incredibly happy. I don't know if it's because it's the end of the quarter, or if they're finally getting interested, but I feel like things are starting to fall into place. It's the encouragement that I've needed because things are starting to get a little more difficult.
Finally, I really like my main picture. I couldn't decide on a picture that worked well and I finally found this one that I really liked. I took it in Osaka Garden in Chicago. The actual picture shows more and the bridge is not cut off the way it is on my blog. But I really like how it is cut off because I feel like it's very uncertain as to where the bridge will lead and where the one would end up if they were to cross it. :-)
*Besos*
School went really well today. Possibly because Friday finally arrived, or because I like the subjects of the chapters better. In Spanish 2 I taught the kids a song today about calling the docter and saying that certain body parts hurt. They seemed to really enjoy it. Then we played a form of pictionary with the vocab. One of the kids asked "So is the just like a Friday free day?" To which I replied, "Nope because we're using the vocab." I told another teacher about it and he said that it's really great when the kids are learning, but they don't realize it. We started this new vocab on Tuesday, and I feel like they already know it better than the last chapter. Also I've got 2 kids who are finally stepping it up and it makes me incredibly happy. I don't know if it's because it's the end of the quarter, or if they're finally getting interested, but I feel like things are starting to fall into place. It's the encouragement that I've needed because things are starting to get a little more difficult.
Finally, I really like my main picture. I couldn't decide on a picture that worked well and I finally found this one that I really liked. I took it in Osaka Garden in Chicago. The actual picture shows more and the bridge is not cut off the way it is on my blog. But I really like how it is cut off because I feel like it's very uncertain as to where the bridge will lead and where the one would end up if they were to cross it. :-)
*Besos*
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