My day today went something like this:
5:40 - First alarm goes off. Cue inner monalogue "Really? It's time to get up already?" SNOOZE
5:45 - Time to try and call Esther and make sure she's alive. If there's one person in the world less excited by mornings than I am, it's Esther. Granted, it only took one phone-call this morning, so it was bound to be a great day!
6:00 - Make sure the water heater has done it's job, jump into a delightfully hot shower, try not to get my hair wet as I can't be bothered reaching the extra metre to grab the shower cap.
6:21 - Phone call from Krista - not such a great day after all, she's sick :(
6:45 - On the way to work
6:58 - Step into my classroom and utter "Oh" - I'd forgotten the state in which I'd left my desk...
7:05 - Log onto the school system to make sure there's nothing in the inbox that will kick me later.
7:50 - Kidlets arrive and I begin to check homework, reading and make sure they are doing something constructive until school actually starts.
8:15 - The school bell rings and the day oficially begins. We head down to the meeting hall for assembly, where we are wonderfully informed and entertained by our Principal, my boss. He taught us about a story where Jesus healed a blind man, and the man then follwed Jesus.
8:50 - Year three make sure they have changed their reading books so that Miss Stevens wont turn into a dragon.
9:00 - MATHS - Learning how to read different scales, measures etc for Mass (weight).
10:00 - Morning Break - I am on duty, so I scamper down after the kids and moniter them in the playground. Having solved the worlds problems (brought to me by 7, 8, 9 and 10 year olds), Í'm now ready to head back into the classroom.
10:20 - WRITING. Having decided that I need to go back and assess Narrative writing, we do a revision lesson on the structure, form and language used in a Narrative. Cue Head-desk moment, whereby it becomes apparant that the kids have drained that information OUT of their brains. Eventually we get there and the kids scrape together their understanding. I break the news that they have a writing task tomorrow. We decide that todays lesson should be writing a story that I will mark and give feedback on tomorrow before their task...
11:30 - CIRCLE TIME. We discuss and demonstrate co-operation, teamwork etc and hilarity ensues.
12:05 - Lunch break. I take a few moments to actually sit and enjoy my few minutes off, followed by pondering life and other things, enjoying adult conversation in the staffroom.
12:35 - Quiet reading, during which time I have to remind the class about 7 MILLION times that lunch is over, this is READING, not DRAMA time...
12:55 - PE. Usually at this time I would have year 4 for music, but with Krista away, and a sub on her class, I decide to keep things simple and keep the two classes together for PE. Capture the flag... Epic-ness! 3 tumbles, one applied first aid, 38 kids smiling and running... Success!
2:00 - Round up my angels and head back to class. Clean the classroom, give announcements, hand out notes, Pray together...
2:15 - Bell rings, heard lovelies onto busses wave fondly as they drive away
2:30 - Stumble into classroom and sigh at the amount of marking, planning etc still to be done...
3:30 - Give up and try to go home early, end up going to one of two butchers in Dhaka (that I know of) to pick up some bits and pieces.
4:00 - Make it back to school in time for the staff bus home.
4:15 - collapse on my bed, ready to sleep through the night...
Days like this make it sound as though I'm just a normal teacher - A-ha! I have you fooled!!! I forgot to mention I saw goats, rickshaws, cows, bricks on heads and an assortment of non-normal-classroom-window activities from my room today!! Next time I update in this sort of way, I'll have to make sure it's on a crazy more-true-t-life-in-Bangladesh kind of way!!
Peace, friends! Happy Monday!
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Monday, January 31, 2011
A day in the life...
My day today went something like this:
5:40 - First alarm goes off. Cue inner monalogue "Really? It's time to get up already?" SNOOZE
5:45 - Time to try and call Esther and make sure she's alive. If there's one person in the world less excited by mornings than I am, it's Esther. Granted, it only took one phone-call this morning, so it was bound to be a great day!
6:00 - Make sure the water heater has done it's job, jump into a delightfully hot shower, try not to get my hair wet as I can't be bothered reaching the extra metre to grab the shower cap.
6:21 - Phone call from Krista - not such a great day after all, she's sick :(
6:45 - On the way to work
6:58 - Step into my classroom and utter "Oh" - I'd forgotten the state in which I'd left my desk...
7:05 - Log onto the school system to make sure there's nothing in the inbox that will kick me later.
7:50 - Kidlets arrive and I begin to check homework, reading and make sure they are doing something constructive until school actually starts.
8:15 - The school bell rings and the day oficially begins. We head down to the meeting hall for assembly, where we are wonderfully informed and entertained by our Principal, my boss. He taught us about a story where Jesus healed a blind man, and the man then follwed Jesus.
8:50 - Year three make sure they have changed their reading books so that Miss Stevens wont turn into a dragon.
9:00 - MATHS - Learning how to read different scales, measures etc for Mass (weight).
10:00 - Morning Break - I am on duty, so I scamper down after the kids and moniter them in the playground. Having solved the worlds problems (brought to me by 7, 8, 9 and 10 year olds), Í'm now ready to head back into the classroom.
10:20 - WRITING. Having decided that I need to go back and assess Narrative writing, we do a revision lesson on the structure, form and language used in a Narrative. Cue Head-desk moment, whereby it becomes apparant that the kids have drained that information OUT of their brains. Eventually we get there and the kids scrape together their understanding. I break the news that they have a writing task tomorrow. We decide that todays lesson should be writing a story that I will mark and give feedback on tomorrow before their task...
11:30 - CIRCLE TIME. We discuss and demonstrate co-operation, teamwork etc and hilarity ensues.
12:05 - Lunch break. I take a few moments to actually sit and enjoy my few minutes off, followed by pondering life and other things, enjoying adult conversation in the staffroom.
12:35 - Quiet reading, during which time I have to remind the class about 7 MILLION times that lunch is over, this is READING, not DRAMA time...
12:55 - PE. Usually at this time I would have year 4 for music, but with Krista away, and a sub on her class, I decide to keep things simple and keep the two classes together for PE. Capture the flag... Epic-ness! 3 tumbles, one applied first aid, 38 kids smiling and running... Success!
2:00 - Round up my angels and head back to class. Clean the classroom, give announcements, hand out notes, Pray together...
2:15 - Bell rings, heard lovelies onto busses wave fondly as they drive away
2:30 - Stumble into classroom and sigh at the amount of marking, planning etc still to be done...
3:30 - Give up and try to go home early, end up going to one of two butchers in Dhaka (that I know of) to pick up some bits and pieces.
4:00 - Make it back to school in time for the staff bus home.
4:15 - collapse on my bed, ready to sleep through the night...
Days like this make it sound as though I'm just a normal teacher - A-ha! I have you fooled!!! I forgot to mention I saw goats, rickshaws, cows, bricks on heads and an assortment of non-normal-classroom-window activities from my room today!! Next time I update in this sort of way, I'll have to make sure it's on a crazy more-true-t-life-in-Bangladesh kind of way!!
Peace, friends! Happy Monday!
5:40 - First alarm goes off. Cue inner monalogue "Really? It's time to get up already?" SNOOZE
5:45 - Time to try and call Esther and make sure she's alive. If there's one person in the world less excited by mornings than I am, it's Esther. Granted, it only took one phone-call this morning, so it was bound to be a great day!
6:00 - Make sure the water heater has done it's job, jump into a delightfully hot shower, try not to get my hair wet as I can't be bothered reaching the extra metre to grab the shower cap.
6:21 - Phone call from Krista - not such a great day after all, she's sick :(
6:45 - On the way to work
6:58 - Step into my classroom and utter "Oh" - I'd forgotten the state in which I'd left my desk...
7:05 - Log onto the school system to make sure there's nothing in the inbox that will kick me later.
7:50 - Kidlets arrive and I begin to check homework, reading and make sure they are doing something constructive until school actually starts.
8:15 - The school bell rings and the day oficially begins. We head down to the meeting hall for assembly, where we are wonderfully informed and entertained by our Principal, my boss. He taught us about a story where Jesus healed a blind man, and the man then follwed Jesus.
8:50 - Year three make sure they have changed their reading books so that Miss Stevens wont turn into a dragon.
9:00 - MATHS - Learning how to read different scales, measures etc for Mass (weight).
10:00 - Morning Break - I am on duty, so I scamper down after the kids and moniter them in the playground. Having solved the worlds problems (brought to me by 7, 8, 9 and 10 year olds), Í'm now ready to head back into the classroom.
10:20 - WRITING. Having decided that I need to go back and assess Narrative writing, we do a revision lesson on the structure, form and language used in a Narrative. Cue Head-desk moment, whereby it becomes apparant that the kids have drained that information OUT of their brains. Eventually we get there and the kids scrape together their understanding. I break the news that they have a writing task tomorrow. We decide that todays lesson should be writing a story that I will mark and give feedback on tomorrow before their task...
11:30 - CIRCLE TIME. We discuss and demonstrate co-operation, teamwork etc and hilarity ensues.
12:05 - Lunch break. I take a few moments to actually sit and enjoy my few minutes off, followed by pondering life and other things, enjoying adult conversation in the staffroom.
12:35 - Quiet reading, during which time I have to remind the class about 7 MILLION times that lunch is over, this is READING, not DRAMA time...
12:55 - PE. Usually at this time I would have year 4 for music, but with Krista away, and a sub on her class, I decide to keep things simple and keep the two classes together for PE. Capture the flag... Epic-ness! 3 tumbles, one applied first aid, 38 kids smiling and running... Success!
2:00 - Round up my angels and head back to class. Clean the classroom, give announcements, hand out notes, Pray together...
2:15 - Bell rings, heard lovelies onto busses wave fondly as they drive away
2:30 - Stumble into classroom and sigh at the amount of marking, planning etc still to be done...
3:30 - Give up and try to go home early, end up going to one of two butchers in Dhaka (that I know of) to pick up some bits and pieces.
4:00 - Make it back to school in time for the staff bus home.
4:15 - collapse on my bed, ready to sleep through the night...
Days like this make it sound as though I'm just a normal teacher - A-ha! I have you fooled!!! I forgot to mention I saw goats, rickshaws, cows, bricks on heads and an assortment of non-normal-classroom-window activities from my room today!! Next time I update in this sort of way, I'll have to make sure it's on a crazy more-true-t-life-in-Bangladesh kind of way!!
Peace, friends! Happy Monday!
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