Today May 5, was Teacher's Day in Jamaica. The children in the 4th grade classroom where I have been doing my practicum decorated the blackboard, and picked flowers from the school yard and arranged them in a basket for Mrs. Channer. they also decorated here chair with flowers and had a tiara for her. A few children brought gifts. It was so cute to see them work so hard on this. Mrs Channer accepted everything so graciously!.
Then I taught a lesson on rocks- igneous, sedimentarty & metamorphic. Was a struggle at times to keep everyone on the same page- litterally and figurateively. lots of out of the seat to find someone who had a pencil sharpener to borrow, or a pencil. exhausting! but they really got into making a metamorphic rock sandwich ( 3 slices of bread with pressure applied by walking on the baggie) Quite a lesson for me as well!. The students were excused after lunch so that the principal could host a lunceon for the teachers. All of us Trainees were thrilled to have a few hours off! We have to submit a teaching portfolio this Friday, so this worked well!
The link will help you learn about the SOS Village that this school is attached to