August 15, 2009
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Teaching
ze International school, 2009
some of my Kindergarteners. Socraties is the one with his head in the way. he likes pictures. and is in all of them. these guys tire me out. my word. but i am happy to say…they now roar like a tiger, fly like a bird, run like a leopard, climb like a monkey, and eat like a hippo…and we dance every day to “I’m a Believer” and “I Feel Good” and “Twist and Shout.” and they (almost) never cheat when we play memory.
These are my 1st-3rd graders. they are little smarties. We are reading Dr.Seuss. They said i should marry that guy. The next class i have is 4th-7th graders, where i pretend i am mean and i give out demerits if they speak Portugese in class. but i forgot to take their picture. The afternoons i help Mrs.Hood with the Literature workshop, but really what ends up happening is i realize i know nothing about teaching, and am learning from the best. seriously–it is better than my college internship.Fridays–once Lindsay comes, Fridays will be the only day i teach, and it will be music.
dang. that’s something new i have never done. i try to remember Mr.Rasbach from my children’s choir past life saying “Round tones! sing in round tones!”
It is going really well. first we practice breathing. difficult, i know. then scales. and that takes a long time. i never realized…how difficult it would be to sing do-re-me-fa-so-la-ti-do…all at the same time on the same note. we haven’t gotten that far yet.it was a good week.
