I just want to say a quick welcome to our two new teachers. Jared and Kate join us from the good old U S of A. That brings our complement back up to 8.
Preparations for Presentations are going well. I’m very impressed with the progress the kids are making. I’m especially proud of my two beginning 6 year old classes.
My D3 Speaking and Writing class is currently reading “The Indian in the Cupboard”. It was one of my favorite books as a kid and I’m excited to be able to share it with a new generation of kids. In the spirit of the chapter we’re currently reading, I decided to have the class make tepees. Now, understand, I’m not an art teacher. Oye, I’m the furthest thing from an art teacher. In fact, I had to drop the one art class I was taking in high school because I was flunking it. Yes. Flunking it. I couldn’t draw a stupid tree. So when I undertake anything that has an art bent, well, it’s at my own personal peril.
I Googled around and found some (reasonably) easy looking instructions. Craft supplies here are a mite more difficult to find. I ended up using chopsticks for the supports and some interesting brown paper for the tent part. I also found some burlap like string.
Before actually making our tepees, I had the kids come up with four animals and what they represent. For example, an owl might represent knowledge. Those were the symbols they painted on their tepees. This whole project took us about 2.5 hours (6 of their 25 minute class periods). It took so long because they took their time painting their symbols and because, well, I’m an idiot. It took me that long to decipher the instructions and explain them to the kids.
All in all, I think they turned out really well. Enjoy the photos.
It’s that time of year again. Kindergarten Presentations are just around the corner.
Stay tuned for a complete list of the scheduled performances.
D1 is one of the highly advanced classes in the school. It’s made up of 5th and 6th graders. They’re a lot of fun to teach. I do language skills with them. For me, that consists of a day of grammar, a day of writing, a day of reading and a day of project type stuff.
The project we just finished was to design a travel and tourism poster for a country (real or fictional). The class decided to split themselves into a boys team and a girls team. They boys decided to do a poster for the fictional “Buzz Island”. The girls decided to do a poster for Korea. I created an outline for them to fill out and help with their research and writing. Once that was finished, they wrote a one page summary of their country. They also used the Internet to find images that represented facets of their chosen country. Well, the girls used the Internet. Because Buzz Island is fictional, they had to create all of their stuff by hand.
Their country descriptions follow:
Buzz Island
Buzz Island is located under the Korean Peninsula. It doesn’t have a climate. It consists of water. Its area is bigger than China. One of its natural resources is hydrogen. The population is only 5 people, and they speak Korean. They believe in Christianity. Its industries are semiconductors, cars, ships and plastics. Buzz Island’s capital city is Buzz D.C. The currency is the Buz. Their national food is butter. People typically wear western clothes. One notable tradition is the festival of Buzz’s birthday. Major cities on Buzz Island are Buzz D.C., Buzzton, New Buzz, Buzzfort and Buzz Angeles. Some interesting places to visit are Buzz Street, Buzz Junior Island, The Yellow House and Buzz Vat.
Korea
Korea is located in Asia. It has four seasons, spring, summer, fall and winter. Spring is warm, summer is hot, fall is cool, and winter is cold. There are mountains and flat plains. It has an area of 99,900 square km. The population of Korea is 48,456,4721 people. They speak Korean and the study of English is popular. Korea’s religions are Christianity and Buddhism.
Our famous products are cars, plastics and semi-conductors. Our government is a democracy. The leader is Lee Myung Bak. Our capital city is Seoul. The currency is the won.
Our traditional foods are kim-chi, rice cakes and danganchigae. Day to day, people wear western clothes. The name of Korea’s traditional clothing is han-bok. Traditional holidays are New Year’s Day and Chu-seok. Major cities in Korea are Busan, Seoul, Ulsan and Kyengju. Busan is famous for Hae-Un-Dae Beach and Seoul is famous for Kyeung-Bok Palace. Kyeungus is famous for Bul-Gook-Sa and Ulsan is famous for Ban-Gu-Dae, which has many fossils.
~Come visit our country!~
Here are some pictures:
Buzz Island Poster
Nick, Buzz, David, Tommy, Arthur, Jay
Korea Poster
Rachel, Amy, Sarah
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