Sept. 28, 2009

My dear friends,

What a lucky day. I found a math puzzle book to help exercise my brain! Would you believe there was a perfect joke in it for me?

*Which insects are excellent in Math?
A-Mosquitoes! They add to my misery, subtract from my pleasure, divide my attention, & multiply quickly!!

I'm also excited to report that I've found a game that is entertaining & helpful for the class. It's called: See How Many Mosquitoes We Can Kill! Yes, I really had my 5th graders play that. Today there were too many mosquitoes in class and my students kept giving their attention to the mosquitoes instead of the activity. I don't blame them at all & I even caught myself slapping at the mosquitoes on me so I turned it into a game. We spent 5 minutes killing mosquitoes & getting rid of the some excess energy! The kids enjoyed it & were able to sit & participate in the rest of the lesson. There's an activity I never learned/played in school!

Last night I helped Bona make rolls. It was fun but I didn't get to help on the mixing part so I didn't get to see what went in them. Maybe next time.

I didn't get my mail again Saturday even though there was a plane. I can't even express how upset I was. This is the 2nd time a plane has come with no mail for me. I know it's not a lack of mail so I wonder why am now facing my 5th week with no word from home. I hope there's a good reason!

My 6th, 7th, & 8th grade classes are going well. I think I would be okay teaching those classes (middle school), but I still struggle with my 4th & 5th. They know so little & have a SHORT attention span! Again I say, they are cute but the aren't much fun to teach if you ask me.

I do still hate planning. I dread doing it & I'm always putting it off. My brain is out of creative ideas to say the very least.

I have spent more nights at Bona's house. I sleep much better even though I sleep on a traditional mat on the floor. It's just better being with company & her house is much cooler than mine. My field director is coming to visit and I'm hoping we make some changes to my living conditions while she is here.

I had crab for dinner tonight. I wasn't a big fan. I just don't think I was meant to eat seafood. Here is my ranking of all the meat here..1. chicken (but only white meat) 2. some fish 3. crab
4.pig 5. lobster 6.octopus 7. other fish. Canned meat fits in there somewhere but I haven't had any for so long I forgot what it tastes like. I dream of eating a hamburger almost every day!

I miss everyone!
Love, Heidi