I am a 4th grade teacher from Birmingham, Alabama. This blog is not an official site of the Fulbright Program or the U.S. Department of State. The views expressed on this site are entirely those of Rebecca Smith's and do not represent the views of the Fulbright Program, the U.S. Department of State, or any of its partner organizations.
Snow Day!
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This morning, while still in bed, I got the word that due to snow and ice on the road, school was closed for the day. I'll tell you a secret - teachers are just as excited about snow days as kids are! Shhhh...
I've had an absolutely perfect snow day, the kind of day you are supposed to have on a snow day! I read a book, watched some TV, did some baking, did only a little bit of school work, caught up on some emails, fed the ducks and went for a walk in the snow. And, all day long, I got to continuously sing one of my favorite holiday tunes.
It is guaranteed to pick you up, no matter what! Just have a listen while you look over my photos from the last couple of days...
The neighborhood is scattered with snowmen, but this one is by far my favorite!
They've been very hungry the last few days!
Then somebody stole a slice of bread!
I created a little snowman on a path in the middle of the woods, hoping that perhaps he'll bring a smile to people who happen upon him!
Do you see my snowman?
Well, there was this hill you see and no one was around, so I couldn't help by slide down it! :)
The small town of Gandon, just outside of Saint Louis, was where Brenda (my fellow Fulbrighter) and I spent much of our time while in Saint Louis. It was here that our host lived where we were treated to several excellent, generous meals. It was here that we were taken to a tailor and fitted for our own dresses. And it was here that we got to visit even more schools. From my previous posts, you may have already gotten the sense of how different the schools were to our own schools, so I won't spend too much time focused on that. But I will say, the shock of what they get by with remained with each classroom that we walked in. We visited the high school where our host taught. There were 6 - 8 classrooms, set in two different rows on the expansive sand with goats wandering freely, a small building for the teachers and a small canteen where students could purchase meals. Classrooms were bare with desks and a chalkboard with often 60-80 students in a...
I have so much that has happened in the last few days that I want to share, but I spent several hours during our beach day today playing, watching, and learning about a new game that I can’t wait to share with all of you! The game can be played with just a few items and as it is a logic game, it can be played by a wide variety of levels. The name of the game loosely translates to Three Pawns. Our beach day venue had a game board painted onto an old wooden bench. You could paint your own on a simple canvas or piece of wood, or you could draw it on a whiteboard, or you could draw it onto a small piece of paper, or you could even create the game board on the sand. Two people play the game, and each will need three items. One of you could be pennies, and the other could be paper clips, or different colored tokens, but today, sitting on the beach, one of us was pinecones, and the other was shells. The game board should have nine dots in a square formation with lines, connecting each of ...
For two countries to have the same language, it is absolutely amazing how many differences there are! I was watching television tonight when this advert (commercial) came on. I decided that today, in stead of summing things up with a photograph, I'd try a video clip! Enterprise
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