So with the induction of the new first graders a distant memory, it's now time to be teaching them the English alphabet and phonics. While singing "The ABC song" over and over again is instilling within me some kind of madness, the children, as always, are the best part of this job.
Today I was reading out the letters of the alphabet to coincide with a sheet of pictures of objects beginning with that letter, A for apple, B for bear, C for cow, etc etc. As we went through I got to P and a picture of a pig. One girl looked up, puzzled, turned to her friend and questioned loudly "pork?" I was lost to hysterics.
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Friday, 16 April 2010
Thursday, 8 April 2010
New school year & sakura arrives
So after a somewhat uneventful spring break we are finally back to school. On Tuesday we welcomed in the new first graders in a graduation-style ceremony. It was nice to recognise quite a few faces from my elementary schools, and of course, they all recognised me, and as such I am currently hearing my name called in the corridors several dozen times a day. I like it.
On top of that the sakura (cherry blossoms) have arrived. Yay! There is a fantastic and long line of them between my junior high and elementary schools, and they are also running rampant in my part of the village too.
On top of that the sakura (cherry blossoms) have arrived. Yay! There is a fantastic and long line of them between my junior high and elementary schools, and they are also running rampant in my part of the village too.
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