1. I bought bread, peanut butter, honey, and jelly... one night this week I had some of my regulars in my room and taught them how to make my favorite classic American food.
2. My star math student, Elia, successfully completed a speed drill of his multiplication times tables--50 problems in 3 minutes! Elia wants to be an accountant or a pilot when he grows up, and he has the longest eyelashes in the world.
3. The kids have checked out more than 250 books from the library! Now that secondary students are coming back from vacation, the chapter books are flying off the shelves as quickly as the picture books.
4. Equally exciting... the teachers are checking out books at the same rate as the students! One of my favorite teachers loves Shakespeare and read The Merchant of Venice in two days... impressive!
Thanks everyone for your emails and patience--in case you haven't figured it out yet, my internet is so temperamental so if I haven't responded to your emails... know that I received it and appreciate it so much! I will be in touch with you soon and can't wait to see all your smiling and beautiful faces when I come home.
1 comment:
Hi Jessie, Sometimes we go to help with a view of what we think is needed. It seems that you went with many ideas of how to help. Your greatest gift, as I see it is the collection of books for their library. That will continue to change their lives long after you have gone. This entry of your blog reveals a second great contribution of yours. It is your love for the children. You touched them on a personal level. That will live in their memories longer that you can imagine. Teaching is needed, but having fun, one on one or in a smaller group will "teach" them lessons of love that you can't teach in the classroom. Fill your remaining weeks with opportunities to share love in memorable ways.
Blessings,
Mark
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