ahhhhhhhh...?

so the first week of classes is over. most of the time i would stop and relax and say ahhh but really its just beginning. its been a tough week mainly because i didn't have a curriculum to use yet, i didn't know the children's english level and i pretty much had no idea what to do. but i think i am ready for this week. i finally have all the syllabi (?) for all of my classes which i am team teaching which means i need to know what they are doing and they need to know what i am doing for us all to be really effective. a lot of book work which my main duty is to include lots of talk time with the kids. the children actually love working in their books and kind of get lost when i stray from it.

friday was the first day i actually taught all of my classes. in the morning from 10 till 12 i will be teaching the morning classes in 30 min increments. i observed yanny on mon and tues but friday i had to teach which was not bad because i got to use our computer curriculum Ekilowatt and the interactive mouse. i just have to get the games started and they play. easy enough. then i taught my afternoon classes which rotate on fridays. so all my classes pretty much doubled in size some with kids that i have never met in levels that i don't know. little bit crazy but i think it will work out. the nice thing is that i like having lots of things changing - short and change it up, thats how i like it. so i think this will work out.

biggest challenge is going to be those morning classes. only on fridays do i get to use the computer. all the rest of the days i must go to the classroom and do activities and talk time with them. thats all the direction i have. and it must have something to do with Ekilowatt. hmm, well ekilowatt is talking about "good morning" and going to visit grandma. i am going to have to be creative. the biggest issue is that these classes vary from 12 kids to 22 kids. 22 5 year olds...how do you really create a talk time? these are things i must figure out. a good challenge. :)

so its all going well and i ended on a great note with my last class going soooo well and we were working on animals which is so easy. so it went really well. :) and they all know the hokey pokey now. :)

other little note everyday i eat lunch at school which is korean and it is so delicious! friday we had squid and octopus and kimchi and some pieces of steak and all kinds of deliciousness. mmmmm! and they feed me snacks too! breads from the bakery or some other little sweet. hehehe so i really dont have to buy too many groceries. ;)

until next time.