October 2007
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Happy Halloween
Posted by Kathryn on 31st October in
Happy Halloween All! Today there was no teaching from any of the foreign teachers. We set up the library in the basement as a haunted house. We went all out, cobwebs, strobe lights, skeletons, pumpkins, bats, everything you can think of. Joanna and Jonathan did an awesome job of tracking down spooky sound effects which [...]
New Schedule
Posted by Kathryn on 29th October in
The two new teachers (Helen and Tom) arrived early last week. They started teaching afternoon classes last Wednesday, so my afternoon schedule changed then. I didn’t post it last week because I knew it would be changing again. Today, Helen and Tom went to a full day schedule. Again, our schedules changed. I no longer [...]
Kindergarten Presentations
Posted by Kathryn on 28th October in
The kids did quite well. The students I was really worried about did fine. The costumes were cute. The audience really seemed to like the presentations. There were the usual hiccups that go with every large event. But I think everyone coped really well with everything. Not much else to say about it, so I’ll [...]
Presentations
Posted by Kathryn on 23rd October in
They’re coming up. Here’s a run down on what classes are doing what. January: Poem: Peanut Butter Sandwich Song: Barbie Girl Story: The Ugly Duckling February: Poem: The Dog in the Park Song: YMCA Story: The Golden Goose March: Poem: My Elephant Song: Hey Mickey Story: Animals April: Poem: I’m Wonderful Song: YMCA Story: The [...]
Interesting sites
Posted by Kathryn on 21st October in
I’ve recently come across three sites that have a lot of potential to help students with vocabulary as well as speaking and writing. The first is Live Mocha. It’s a site that combines both the social aspect of the web and the wish to learn another language. It’s currently in beta, but I’ve found it [...]
