So week two went a lot better than week one! I got to know the kid better and understand just how long their attention span is. I also came up with some new games, and we started practicing our song that we have to perform at the end of the month. Unfortunately though, I'm getting switched to a new class. Another guy is coming in this weekend in fact, and he is going to take over the Tigger Class, and I'm going to be switching to the Miffy Class, which only has about 5 kids, all girls and all are about 5 years old. I guess they are switching me simply because they want a girl teaching a class that's all girls. Their understanding of English is very limited though, so I'm wondering how this will all go.

But as for the Tigger Class, is was actually fun this week. They do have a lot of work to do in a typical day (Theme Book, phonics, reading, math, spelling) which all happens in the morning. And once I make it to lunch, it's only an hour in the afternoon either doing something fun or practicing our song. I've been working on making sure the kids all move at the same pace, and I take away stars and stickers of people who move ahead. Some still try it though, and I have to take their pencil or crayon away. But they are doing a lot better. Nick, Tommy, Eric S. and Eric H. are the slowest kids in class, and I often have to go to each of them and tell them exactly what to write. Hopefully the new guy will be better at getting them to follow along with the rest of the class.

Matthew and Rachel are improving too. We're basically working on vocabulary words, and short sentences. I've been making flashcards and matching games for them. And I also set up a piece of paper, and they have to either spell or draw a picture of the vocabulary words I list off, and I think it's helping a lot. Rachel is a really great drawer, but sometimes she takes too long because she is adding all the detail. But it's ok because we have plenty of time in class. They are still kinda cheating off each other, looking to see what the other wrote, or repeating what the other says instead of reading the words for themselves, so I may have to move them a little apart so that doesn't happen as much.

I've met some of the other students, Alex has a class with two girls named Julie and Analise, and they are super cute. I think they are 10 or so. I'm also starting to recognize some of the other students when they all have to get together at the end of the day to go on the buses.

I posted a video below of the Tigger Class practicing their performance song. Super cute!