Yesterday (Monday) I went to school and discovered that I have a special schedule this week for Halloween! I went to my first class and knocked on the door, but no one answered. So, I went back into the office to ask Aurora and she was like “Oh yeah, on Friday, Rocío made you a different schedule for this week for Halloween. As per my “special schedule”, I shall be in the “video room” (which, the only really different thing about this room is that is has a smart board…but it’s not the only room we can watch videos in…every teacher has a laptop and every classroom has a projector, so I’m not really sure why it’s called as such) giving presentations about Halloween and reading a Halloween themed book I brought from home. It’s pretty much the same thing every class…it kinda makes me feel like a real teacher again! It sounds sort of boring, but with the wide range of ages, it’s actually pretty fun. The only classes I won’t see this week are the three and four-year-olds; it’s just too hard to teach them about Halloween, especially in English.

I had sixth grade at nine, second at ten and third at eleven. I had a free hour after recreo from 12:20-1:10 (not part of my special schedule, as I usually do) and then went back for another third grade class. I came home at two and ate a bocadillo and then went back to school at five to help the English teachers finish putting up Halloween decorations. Rocío asked me if I knew any Halloween songs and the only one I could think of was the “Trick or treat, smell my feet” song (a little rude and not the best for kids to learn, I know…but hey, I was drawing a blank and she really wanted a song!), so I wrote down the lyrics on a sheet of paper and decorated it and started teaching it to the kids today!

Tuesday

Today was the same as yesterday, but it was still fun! It was also my only full day this week! I had fifth and two first grades in the morning and two fourth grades in the afternoon. I’m not really sure what I’m going to do with myself tomorrow though: I have class at nine, then a two hour break (which is “special”), then I have both of the afternoon classes. I’ll have to think of something to keep myself occupied through the morning…Thursday’s schedule is much better! I only have class at nine and ten, so I’ll be free after eleven! Unless they’re like “Oh, could you stay and ________.” I don’t think they will though, so I’ll be able to start my long weekend early! There’s no school Monday because of Feria (small carnival)/All Saints Day! Four day weekend…heck yeah, man! Oh, the possibilities…

Xoxo,

Court