Thursday May 9th

On May 9th we headed to school on the bus at the same time as normal but at a new bus stop that was closer in walking distance to our house. We woke up this morning and there was no water which lasted all day until late at night or early morning. The water was shut off all throughout the neighborhood because a pipes valve was being replaced. To start off the morning in class at the Jungle School in the first grade the kids recalled the numbers that they learned yesterday. The teacher then had to run and errand so she had me practice have the kids individually recall numbers in no particular order. After we went over the number the number 1 through 5 were written out and the kids had to fill in the table. For example they had to put a 0 next to the 1 to make a ten, then they had to put a 1 next to the 1 to make 11 and so on all the way to the number 59. After the kids completed the number chart they practiced counting by tens in Spanish all the way to 100. They then copied these numbers into their notebooks. During math class the electricity went out at the Jungle School so there was no lights or fan. During the day, Danelia (the director of the Jungle school and the hogar) came into the class to give the kids the invitations to give to their mothers for the Mothers Day Celebration on Saturday. After recess was over the kids had Social Studies where they discussed what is in a house and what a house is like. The discussed that the four main parts of the house are the kitchen, bedrooms, living room and bathroom. The kids and I were all hot and sweaty because without a fan it was very hot. When we got home from school we relaxed for a little while and then headed to the beach.