April 2010
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Planting Seeds
Posted by Kathryn on 27th April in
These are pictures of August Class. They are a group of 7 year olds in their second and third years of English studies. I teach them science and math as well as reading. They are a handful… In science, we’ve been talking about plants. They been learning about the parts of plants, their life cycle [...]
Blue and Kathryn Teacher
Posted by Kathryn on 18th April in
This is a picture of one of our 5 year olds named Blue. He picked the name. His new English name is David, but we all still call him Blue. He’s too cute and silly to be a David. I could see him as a Davy, but not a David. But I digress. This is [...]
Hot Seat!
Posted by Kathryn on 15th April in
I’m a believer in using games to educate and reward. I have a class of first graders whose favorite game is a spelling bee. Who would have thunk it? Hot Seat! comes courtesy of a coworker. It emphasizes speaking and vocabulary. It’s a simple game that uses nothing more than a marker/chalk, a chair and [...]
