This afternoon it’s cloudy and 50, though it is windy, so it seems colder than that.

Today was fairly easy. I had the three fifth levels. First and fifth hours with Rocío we started by singing the Miley Cyrus Christmas carols. She had them draw a Christmas tree and Santa on their lyrics so that took a little while. Then I showed them photos of house and city decorations. I didn’t have Marina’s class today. Apparently the school has a new library (which I didn’t know!) and they’re having all the classes stop by, take a look around and show them how to use a few things. Fourth hour was there designated slot so during that time I looked for the decoration photos…so I guess first hour didn’t see those.

Second hour was 1B. I reviewed numbers with them (it’s kind of sad to say that they know them better than a few upper levels) and then they did this color-by-numbers worksheet of a classroom. It sounds like it’d be really quick but coloring usually takes a while because they take pride in and are encouraged to color “well”—being careful to stay within the lines and coloring nice and dark. There’s always at least one who speeds through to be the first one done and without fail, every time, they’re sent back to do a better job!

Third hour was Analen’s 2B. they had an exam and were tested, among other things, on colors. They had a listening section in which they were shown clothing (shorts, pants, shoes, etc) and they had to color them however they were told. A couple of the boys got lost or weren’t paying attention when they listened to it on CD so I went back and read it for them…and boy they didn’t know their colors! They kept picking out random ones and saying “this one?” Yeah…some kids just don’t study at home.

This morning Rocío told me she wants photos of typical Christmas foods to show next week so I need to look for those this afternoon. I should have known she’d want food photos… I was trying to think of foods besides candies and cookies, but lunches and dinners are kind of the same foods as Thanksgiving, I think, with the exception of prime rib. We’ll see what I can find…

Xoxo,

Court