1/9/11

Some flowers that used to be outside of my house...before it got too cold and they died

A Kenyan Sunset

Yes, we do the date over here differently and I'm totally going for it!! It was hard to get used to at first..but I always try to make the students use this way of dating their papers....

In other news. I've almost finished my second week of school. YAY! Planning lessons is still very time consuming. I'm usually staying up late to do this..but I have a feeling that soon I will in the swing of things and it will take no time at all. (Like tonight I think I finished at 9:15 as opposed to 1amish!


My class is good. I really really enjoy my homeroom classroom of 5/6 graders. Each classroom has a nickname...and our's is "The 5th and 6th grade weirdos." They came up with it and LOVE it. I also teach some other classes like English for grades 7&8 (which I am not too fond of because I don't enjoy grammar and I have to learn it really well to teach it) and I also teach Social Studies for grades 7&8 which is not as bad either. I get to teach math to 1-4 graders. It's split up so that I teach 1/2 and the same time and then 3/4 at the same time. Not bad. Also, Science for 5&6 gets a little tricky...but I'm enjoying learning about Astronomy. We're studying phases of the moon and we're already planning a little "get together" for Sept. 12 when we have a full moon!

I got to use my student worker today (from the highschool) so it was nice to get a bunch of papers graded and copies made!! This way I have more time to plan the lessons. Tomorrow is a half day and I can't wait!

In other news...there are a bunch of gross spiders that I like to kill when I find them in my room. I bought some really cheap roses...for only 100 KES...however, they didn't last too long so go figure! A couple days ago Yani helped me hem some pants..YAY!! And, I showed her this hilarious Lady Gaga video or her banging on the keyboard with her foot and singing off tune! And, we've had tea a couple times at their house so far...always a nice treat. OH, I'm getting sick and finally getting what everyone else has..BOO! I have a stuffy nose and a cough with some congestion. I guess my immune system isn't as strong as I thought!! :( And, yesterday I reffed a game of volleyball for the tournament that was going on and then the winners (the tournament was classes against classes) played the staff! It was fun to get back out there and play although it's been quite a while since I last played. Needless to say, the staff won...HOLLA!!  So yeah, this weekend I'm hoping to be able to go and see some elephants or giraffes, so I'm EXCITED! Yeah, I've lost my train of thought and this blog is all over the place...but that's what's been going on lately and I'll have to post more later! :)