Tuesday, May 14th

On May 14th, we caught the bus as normal at 6:00. To start off the morning in the 1st grade the kids did their chores and prayed. When they finished this they started Spanish class and reviewed their letters and the sounds that they make. The kids listened and discussed the difference between n and ñ.  The kids then continued on to do dictation in their notebooks where they used the chunked letter to make words. (One of the coolest things I have learned while here) When the kids went to write the words they counted the syllables so they knew how many letter chunks were in the words. While the kids were doing dictation the electricity went out again so their was no lights or fan. The teacher had to work on some paperwork so she had me finish the lesson on dictation. At recess time a whole bunch of kids and went and ate snack while others ran around playing. After recess Ms.Edwards and I took a break to regroup and plan for the next couple of days while the kids took a test. After recess was over the kids worked in their Spanish workbooks on learning about names. They learned that names are all special and that there is a difference between short names and long names. The electricity at our house in El Sauce went out today. The kids cut out a group of long names and short names and had to order and group them in two groups. When we got home from school Ms.Edwards had her interview and after we walked all the way down 14 de Julio to check out the sights. When we were done at 14 de Julio we went to the Megamall to walk around.