I just want to say goodbye and good luck to Jon and Noreen. They’ve finished their year at Little Campus. They’re back to the UK for a while. They are thinking of coming back to teach at a public school. No matter what they do decide to do, I’m thankful for the opportunity to get to know them.
Happy Liberation Day! August 15 is the celebration of the liberation of Korea from the Japanese.
I recently read “When My Name Was Keoko” by Linda Sue Park. It’s a fictional account of a family living in Korea during the Japanese occupation. I highly enjoyed it and I think it would be a good book for advanced, upper elementary aged students. It has the potential to spark a lot of discussion. I’ve not tried it with any of my students, but it’s on my list. You can read the first couple of chapters at Google Books.
I just finished reading “The Gingerbread Man” with a group of my 1st graders. It’s one of my mini-traditions to have someone ship me gingerbread cookies/gingersnaps so my kids can taste them. I took some my Dad brought with him last Thursday. They were a big hit with the class. I passed out the left over cookies to the other teachers and random students who popped into our office.
It’s the little things like this that bring the stories alive. Plus it was a good way to make the kids behave all week because they were working toward a reward.
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