First Few Days of School

Monday August 24
My first day of school!! It basically consisted of getting to know the kids names and playing all about me games as well as playing other games-telephone, human knot, etc. I was just basically trying to fill time the first day with things that were fun and would help me get to know them and how they worked together as a class. We got to know the 5th grade schedule and how things work as well as the school´s and my discipline and reward systems. I had lunch at the café and its definitely busier with tons of kids in it! We have a beautiful view of Celaque and this gorgeous waterfall though to look at everday from the cafeteria though so its great. I´m not starting curriculum til Wednesday because the school asked us to wait and do a few days of this to not only get to know the kids, but also so we´d have more time for our materials and books to get ready. I got through the first day thankfully! It was good, but long, but fast...that´s all I can say about it. :-)
Tuesday August 25
Today was more of the same as yesterday with games and such. I also gave pretests today to see where my kids were at as far as knowledge in certain subjects. I introduced the curriculum as well. I met my older kids for Bible classes which is a little bit different than teaching my 5th graders. I get intimidated sometimes by middle schoolers, just because even though I know I¨m way older than them, they´re beginning to be adults. I don´t know why, but I have to remember these kids are younger than me; I’m the authority and they need to listen to me. I´m starting out strict because it’s probably best. Laura Beth was an Ed. major and she said you should be a witch til Halloween; meaing you should be strict to establish authority and routine til then. After another day, we headed back home and got ready to start curriculum the next day.