Well I should say it was only a half day. After a general introduction with all the people at Esperanza I took my students to the classroom where they worked on an introductory exercise which told me about their families, interests etc. I have 10 students and another may be coming. The youngest is in Kindergarten and the oldest in Grade 8, 6 boys and 4 girls. 2 of the girls are children of staff and are usually homeschooled so they are used to working a bit more independently and have all their work laid out. Most of the others have work but one girl in Grade 5 has none and the Grade 8 boy only got work from one teacher. I work with the children in the morning and then in the afternoon work out their assignments for the next day. Today took quite a while to get through it all. I hope that I have assigned a suitable amount of work to keep them on task tomorrow. We also take time to do some group activities. I have two young guys helping me.
The weather continues to be typical West Coast. It is quite cold and we woke up to seeing fresh snow on the mountains of Nootkas Island, just across the inlet - a beautiful site. Below is a picute taken on my drive here.
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| The road to Tahsis |
Well I don't have any other news today - I can't tell you about heavy traffic on the way to work, or the price of gas, or the best buys in the stores this week. The top news story at Esperanza, one of the roosters was killed and there will be good meat available!
Thanks for your interest and prayers.
Janet
Janet,
ReplyDeleteThree entries already, with a great picture thrown in also! (I drove that road once when the snow was deep - not easy) Thanks for the regular updates. May you have strength as you create and/or monitor 8 different curricula.
Bob