Thursday
Today I was sad because I was all set to teach the older kids and I had to wait all day to teach them. I found out that agin I would not be working with them. So I did some prep work for another teacher. I had to make a mock up and cut out all of the pieces for the kids in the class. Man that took me all day. So I guess that its good I didn't teach but I do mis the older kids. They are the highest functioning kids that I get to work with.
When I got home I worked on the under coats for my bottles just the plain white, but that does take me a lot of time because they need about three coats to be smooth and paintable. Then I started to brain storm some new ideas and when I found them I started to draw them out. That takes some time to. I want to do sea horses, octopus, birds of parricide plant, and fish bottles to add to my collection.
Then I went to dance class. I really do enjoy my dance class.
It was a good day for the most part
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
Day #276 Crowns
Wednesday
Today was one of those really good days. I worked with level 2's. Their teacher had suggested that we do some form of Halloween costumes so I came up with doing kings and queens crown for all of the kids. The day before I had made the outlines for all of the different ones that they could choose from. I don't like it when the kids cant choose for themselves what they want or they all have the same thing. I like for them to all be different and individual. So any ways I had them color the backs and then we cut and fit each one to the kids head. They had a grate time, they danced around the classroom and showed all of the other teachers. It was grate, I wish I could have done more for them Halloween wise.
Any ways when I got home I called the woman that is in charge of the 14th annual Bizzar at the resort that I dance at. I am so exited I have to pay for a space to place my bottles but it is all mine. They even have prizes for best table set up. I want mine to be like the beach, blue table cloth and maybe even some sand. Also because all of the proceeds will be going to my school I want to bring some of the kids finished craft projects and make a flier explaining myself. I am so exited to see what happens. I even came up with some new ideas for my bottles. I have a lot of work ahead of me. I already started a mass production line ad collecting form everywhere I can.
Today was one of those really good days. I worked with level 2's. Their teacher had suggested that we do some form of Halloween costumes so I came up with doing kings and queens crown for all of the kids. The day before I had made the outlines for all of the different ones that they could choose from. I don't like it when the kids cant choose for themselves what they want or they all have the same thing. I like for them to all be different and individual. So any ways I had them color the backs and then we cut and fit each one to the kids head. They had a grate time, they danced around the classroom and showed all of the other teachers. It was grate, I wish I could have done more for them Halloween wise.
Any ways when I got home I called the woman that is in charge of the 14th annual Bizzar at the resort that I dance at. I am so exited I have to pay for a space to place my bottles but it is all mine. They even have prizes for best table set up. I want mine to be like the beach, blue table cloth and maybe even some sand. Also because all of the proceeds will be going to my school I want to bring some of the kids finished craft projects and make a flier explaining myself. I am so exited to see what happens. I even came up with some new ideas for my bottles. I have a lot of work ahead of me. I already started a mass production line ad collecting form everywhere I can.
Friday, November 1, 2013
Day # 275 chines paper dragons
Tuesday
Oh boy is level four a hand full. I think that class has 10 smaller children. They are loud and very impatient. I dont know why but I have been doing a lot of crafts that I have to cut out all of the pieces. One reason is because the school does not have many children's scissors and also because some of the kids can not cut things out. So thank goodness I had two teachers helping me glue and cut and work with kids. Being a teacher at that school or I should probably say most schools n 3rd world countries must be hard having so many children to handle by yourself. I level one at the school I teach at the woman has siz autistic, non verbal children. I Mis and love my little guy I worked with but six she has to be a strong woman to be able to work with all of them and still have her hair at the end of the day. I know when that some schools in the states have teaching assistants for some of the classes. They should have that here. Any ways so at the end of the class everyone had a dragon and loved it so I was happy.
After work I went to a new class with my normal dance teacher. It was just a beginners salsa class. Its good to go over basics and make sure that everything is being done correct. Also I am so new about nine months in that a refresher is grate. It was fun and I liked just woking on one dance at a time. So now I have Tuesdays beginners salsa and Thursday beginner bachata, Friday dancing at the resort. My Monday class does not have a space any more so we had to cut that class out. Still dancing and loving it.
Day # 274 stain glas bottels
Monday
Good morning to Monday. Today I was in level 1 first and we worked on stain glass bottles. So let me give you some back ground information. We have a soda here called Chubby and they come in very small plastic bottles. I thought that these would be perfect for my kids to decorate. So I had to drink like 10 of these supper nasty flavored Chubbys for this project. People thought I was crazy for drinking them, but it was a sacrifice I was willing to make for the kids. So when I finally had enough it was time to take them to school. That was today. So I tore up some different colors of paper and then had the kids rip them into smaller pieces so they could put them on the bottles it was fun I made a rime up for the kids Rip it, Dip it, Stick it. That was the steps that they had to do to get the paper on the bottle. One of the little girls liked it so much she wanted to take another students turn. When I was done working with level one I moved on to level three and we made chines dragon puppets. So they colored the dragons and then cut it in half so that we could put the accordion like body between the to. When that was dry we added fire and popsicle sticks to help move the dragon. It was a good class and they really liked it.
Good morning to Monday. Today I was in level 1 first and we worked on stain glass bottles. So let me give you some back ground information. We have a soda here called Chubby and they come in very small plastic bottles. I thought that these would be perfect for my kids to decorate. So I had to drink like 10 of these supper nasty flavored Chubbys for this project. People thought I was crazy for drinking them, but it was a sacrifice I was willing to make for the kids. So when I finally had enough it was time to take them to school. That was today. So I tore up some different colors of paper and then had the kids rip them into smaller pieces so they could put them on the bottles it was fun I made a rime up for the kids Rip it, Dip it, Stick it. That was the steps that they had to do to get the paper on the bottle. One of the little girls liked it so much she wanted to take another students turn. When I was done working with level one I moved on to level three and we made chines dragon puppets. So they colored the dragons and then cut it in half so that we could put the accordion like body between the to. When that was dry we added fire and popsicle sticks to help move the dragon. It was a good class and they really liked it.
Day #273 Public holiday Thanks giving
Friday
Whe the americans came to grenada and stoped the revolution. The revolution was when Americans came and killed morish bishop, some work opportunities where taken away from the local people. Some local people to Grenada don't know if the revolution was a good thing, and others do. I do not know all of the details involved in the revolution but their is a few.
Lack of transpiration in Grenada is a big problem and that is one of the things that are dance group is having problems with. Some of the people in the dance group have cars and can help getting the group to and from where we dance and practice. So tonight me and my dance partner didn't get to go and dance because their was not enough room. That was ok though because I got to rest. All and all I had a good day.
Whe the americans came to grenada and stoped the revolution. The revolution was when Americans came and killed morish bishop, some work opportunities where taken away from the local people. Some local people to Grenada don't know if the revolution was a good thing, and others do. I do not know all of the details involved in the revolution but their is a few.
Lack of transpiration in Grenada is a big problem and that is one of the things that are dance group is having problems with. Some of the people in the dance group have cars and can help getting the group to and from where we dance and practice. So tonight me and my dance partner didn't get to go and dance because their was not enough room. That was ok though because I got to rest. All and all I had a good day.
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Day # 272 Grading day
Thursday
Today was basically a day off for me, it is teacher grading day and because I don't grade any of the students I didn't have to come in to school. So instead I went to the beach again. I had a small picnic and swam sat along the shore with the waves crashing up on me. I was exited that I was getting to spend so much time with Penut. He is feeling so much better from his tick fever. It was a lazy day for the most part. When I got home I took a nap before dance class. I really to love my Latin dance class, it is so much fun and some of my best local friends from Grenada are their. After class me and two of my friends went home and cooked a big pot of Pilow (rice, chicken and juice). Just as the pot was finishing up the gas ran out :( ohhhh that sucked. Friday is a public holiday so I cant go and get any tomorrow. Thank goodness for bread and cheeses. It was a late night just up talking and hanging out.
Today was basically a day off for me, it is teacher grading day and because I don't grade any of the students I didn't have to come in to school. So instead I went to the beach again. I had a small picnic and swam sat along the shore with the waves crashing up on me. I was exited that I was getting to spend so much time with Penut. He is feeling so much better from his tick fever. It was a lazy day for the most part. When I got home I took a nap before dance class. I really to love my Latin dance class, it is so much fun and some of my best local friends from Grenada are their. After class me and two of my friends went home and cooked a big pot of Pilow (rice, chicken and juice). Just as the pot was finishing up the gas ran out :( ohhhh that sucked. Friday is a public holiday so I cant go and get any tomorrow. Thank goodness for bread and cheeses. It was a late night just up talking and hanging out.
Day # 271 Special ED Training
Wednesday
I need to find someone in my school who is going to communicate with me on what all of these events are and when. I am so tiered of showing up to school and it being a public holiday NO school, or trainings that are not called trainings. They called today teacher development day but did not give me any specifics on what that was. I was not informed and I missed it. Si I talked to a teacher at my school and he told me what they talked about and caught me up. They talked about implementing a new low involving incident reports. Any ways I didn't do a hole lot. I worked around the house and went to the beach with soca and penut. I wanted to introduce the two of them. It was a good first try. They did ok Socas so small compared to Penut so she was a but scared. My friend also moved into a new apartment so we went and hung out with her for a little bit.
I need to find someone in my school who is going to communicate with me on what all of these events are and when. I am so tiered of showing up to school and it being a public holiday NO school, or trainings that are not called trainings. They called today teacher development day but did not give me any specifics on what that was. I was not informed and I missed it. Si I talked to a teacher at my school and he told me what they talked about and caught me up. They talked about implementing a new low involving incident reports. Any ways I didn't do a hole lot. I worked around the house and went to the beach with soca and penut. I wanted to introduce the two of them. It was a good first try. They did ok Socas so small compared to Penut so she was a but scared. My friend also moved into a new apartment so we went and hung out with her for a little bit.
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