I start each day with Class 4 Science (Class 4 would be equivalent to 4th grade). The school has about 900 students and in the younger classes there are 3 sections for each grade. So I have science with all of Class 4, sections A, B, and C. I teach each of them 4 days a week. Then, my afternoons are crazy. I teach everything from Class 1 General Knowledge to Class 2 Library, and Class 4 Art. In all I see 12 sections of kids a week....if you think I know all of my kids names, not even close yet!...working on it though. One of my new favorites is a little boy named Brihat...he is in Class 2 and looks like an old man with chubby cheecks!
The building in the picture is where most of my classes are. My homeroom class is section 4B and they are in the downstairs hallway of this building.
So, my classes:Science: Class 4 and one section of Class 2
Library: once section of Class 2, all of Class 3, and two sections of Class 4
Art: with my homeroom 4B
General Knowledge: all of class 1 and 2
You might be wondering what General Knowledge is....well, it is a wonderful subject that they have here, that involves me teaching everything from names of fruits, to which directions the sun rises to a room full of tiny children for 40 mintues. Let's just say it can be INTERESTING.
We are done with a month of school and I have given my first set of mid-term tests. The kids did fairly well, and I am confident that term tests will go even better now that we are used to each other. With classrooms of 32 kids, I'm getting a crash course in classroom management, but nothing to crazy has happened yet!
Sorry the blogs have been so sparse these days, but we have been having lots of difficulties from busy days at school, to no power, to transportation strikes. I will keep doing my best. Thanks again for all of your notes and love from back home. You are all in my thoughts!
Happy Memorial Day!
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