Stomp continued.

This is some of the stuff that was on the walls. They hung from the walls on pulleys and used all of this stuff to bang on and make beats all in unison. It was like they were a band but they had no instruments. They could make the coolest rhythms and beats just with thier feet and hands. They even interacted with us and would have us clap things back to them. Also they used lighters, keys, newspapers, and metal sinks with pans and cups in them. Some guys came out with huge garbage cans hooked on their feet and they stomped around making a rhythm. It was really funny and cool. Some of the guys were really silly or crazy.

Stomp Out Loud

We went to Stomp Out Loud on Saturday night. This is a fountain made out of a gambling turning thing. and then they made the word stomp out of junk stuff. The walls were covered in stuff that you would think would come from a junk yard. but it looked like the street. It was so cool how they could make music with brooms, garbage cans, and anything they wanted. Very good Beat.

Fixing everything

So my teacher let me reteach the lesson this morning. I showed a whole bunch of examples and used manipulatives. They seem to be getting it now. I moved on to the next lesson which connected to the one I retaught this morning and they seemed to get it. This is so much work, now I am going to be teaching reading and math. I don't know how I am going to do the whole day. Baby steps though, so I guess I won't get to overwhelmed. God will help me. I hope anyway. But my cooperating teacher is really supportive, and tries to explain things the best she can. My kids are great though, I hardly need to do any classroom management.

My second teaching experience. Yikes!

So I taught math again today and it was so bad that I did not know what to say to help them understand. My teacher jumped in and helped me out. When we talked about it she said that I moved to fast for a new concept. Also I need to break it down in more second grade language. I have a hard time straying from the book, but today proved that the book is not always the best way to do it. As we talked about it I showed her the parts that I did not understand and she clarified. I was missing a whole visual that would have made all the difference. So now that I know that, tomorrow's lesson will hopefully go a lot better than today's. I could have cried, I know, I know, lessons are learned this way but dang it was so hard and humbling. As soon as I think I got it and think I can do it then this happens. I guess I better not get to bold about how I am doing. I need to have more examples, so I am going to try it today. Wish me luck.:)

My first real teaching experience.

Today I taught my very first lesson that I planned. It was for math and it was all about writing addition number sentences. The math program is a state funded program so we have to follow it exactly. So there was a ton of information to cover in just 70 minutes. I just kept moving forward and before I knew it I time was up and I got everything done. It was pretty fun. I like being in charge, well mostly. It was exausting to be in charge of 25 roudy kids right after lunch, but I guess it is all part of the experience eh?
A couple little girls told me that I looked cute today (they liked my hair and my dress). Then one said that she had bangs like that but she pulled them back. Funny huh, they want to be like me. :)

Paper Airplane contest.

For FHE we had a paper airplane contest. This one was how far you could get yours to fly. There was another one that showed how close you could get it to going into a hoop hanging up, and then the last one was if you could get it to land in a square on the ground. Mine did not do very well, but they gave out plastic metals for the winners. It was funny to watch how competitive guys got to getting the perfect plane. I think all of them made at least 3 different ones to make it fly better. It was pretty hilarious.

My new freind Mark

This is Mark, he is in my ward and he asked me to dance a couple of times at the dance. Then sat by me outside the dance to talk. It was funny, he did not cared if I could dance or not. we just fooled around. He invited me over to dinner on sunday, and he cooked. It was really good. I brought my roommates and his were there too. We played games and laughed. He is really easy going and funny. He is from the philipines but now his family lives here in Vegas. He is 22 and wants to go on a mission but has not gotten there yet. I guess. I am little confused, I think tha the just doesn't want to tell me everything. So he is going to take me out to Sushi, I am am excited. He is the only person in my ward that I have met that likes it. He is acting like he likes me a lot. :)