Well,
it has been awhile since I wrote last. Amos and I are now in the States and a
tropical storm hit Santo Domingo. Jonathan is checking on family and church
members and I feel so helpless being up here and unable to do much. But in a
way it is easier as well because he does not need to worry about our safety.
Friday is the last day for one of my
grad school classes. This latest one was an English classes where we learned
about the importance of writing and how to teach writing in a classroom. I
really enjoyed the course and I am a bit sad to see it end. However, that means
I am that much closer to completing my degree so that is an encouragement.
I found out that I will be teaching
classroom 3rd grade (all subjects except specials and Spanish) at my
new school. This is not the challenge I was expecting but I am excited about
it. My new classroom is tiny (I will show pictures in a future post) but I only
have 9 students so it should be fine. The school is just starting its 5th
year but is steadily growing so that is awesome.
Because I am teaching 3rd
grade, I had to decide a different classroom theme because the one I was
planning on doing was middle school English oriented. So I thought I would do
elephants but that was this class’ theme last year. So, I have decided
on….Pineapples! With accents of purple and a touch of green. I thought that
would be fun for the kids, especially since pineapples are common there and it
is a sign of welcome. Since that is my theme, I have been collecting a few
things for my classroom which has been fun but also required a lot of thinking
outside the box. It is not a common classroom theme yet, and most stuff is like
neon tropical paradise stuff. I am enjoying the creative part but trying to
find stuff for limited money is a bot of a challenge….plus the fact I have a
small classroom and I have to think about where everything will go. Posters are
a no go due to sheer lack of wall space. But I can do little caddies and
ceiling decorations. So far, so good!
Amos is enjoying the time here. He loves
the attention, the toys and the shopping! There are 4 cats and a rabbit to play
with plus uncles that are around. Grammie has all these cool things that he is
not supposed to play with as well that he tries to sneak any way.
Well, that is all I have time to write for
now. Amos needs to go down for a nap. I have another post in progress so I will
try to get that up next week. Until next time, may Adonai bless you.
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