Teaching using a new language, is like a kid running
through sprinklers. You remember, ripping your clothes off with abandon, and
racing full speed through the icy jets of water on a hot summer day. Now, don’t
worry, I didn’t present my lessons in my chonies, but they could still see what
I had or didn’t, what I could convey or couldn’t.
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| What is Compost? |
Never the less, instead of waiting until we had a better
command of Spanish, we decided to begin teaching short lessons in the schools,
four times per week, (after all, one Principal asked me to teach second grade this year,
as they were one teacher short. This did not fit within our goals for service,
nor would it have been sustainable, so I declined).
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| Is there really cow manure in that stuff? |
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| Reviewing what we learned |
As it goes, I create my lesson plans in Spanish, practice
what I will say, and it turns out to be a great way to study language in
addition to the one hour+ every day. Mark creates visuals on chart paper to
reinforce content, and off we go! So far, we have taught lessons about the
water cycle in honor of “Dia de Agua”, and on creating compost boxes for our
future school gardens. Next week, we will be teaching lessons about protecting
our environment, in conjunction with “World Earth Day”.
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| Putting our new learning into action! |
It has been so much fun to teach again! The kids are so
excited about learning- their enthusiasm is contagious! Which makes it easier
to tear forward, with our shaky Spanish, hitting the sprinklers, head on!
