Last Week before Christmas Vacation

Well I never though I would say this, but I am really sad about the end of this semester. I am excited to go home for a MONTH (!!!) but I am going to really miss my students. I have gotten really attached to them.

This past week we have been working on the Subjunctive. To practice distinguishing between the Subjunctive and the Indicative we played "Roba el Tocino" (Steel the Bacon). I knitted an S and an I to represent the subjunctive and the indicative. Once the class was divided into two teams each student was given a number (each team had a one, a two, a three, etc). I would read the beginning of a phrase and then call a number. The two students with the number called had to run into the middle of the room (where the S and I were on the floor) and grab the letter based on what should follow the beginning phrase. Once a student grabe the correct letter they had to make it back to their team without the other person tagging them. We had a blast!



Friday night I went Ice Skating in downtown Raleigh with Mi Familia (NC State's Latino organization) and Sarah Riddle. The Winter Festival began with the lighting of the Raleigh Christmas tree, games for children, and an outdoor iceskating rink. It was "magical" and just like the movies skating outside.

After iceskating I went salsa dancing with friends from Chapel Hill and NC State.

There is no such thing as being bored....just boring people

I hope that is not true, because I'm bored. Right now it's a good kind of bored. I'm bored because I'm done with my work for this semester. I'm done with my teaching portfolio, I'm have my last two weeks of student teaching all planned all copies made, and I have two (soon three) planning periods.... what to do????? For now this is a good kind of bored. No stress, no anxiety, just relaxation. But soon I will get tired of "wasting time". Please send suggesstions!!!!

(P.S. I can't access Facebook on school computers=NO FUN!)

My level II class (who I am no longer teaching...sad!) recently learned the imperfect tense. This tense is used to describe conditions and reoccuring events in the past tense. So, Ms. Toreson and I brought in Milk and Cookies and large blankets. We cleared the desks, put the blankets on the floor and had the students bring in their favorite childhood toy. We had "show-in-tell" and the students each had to talk about their toy using the imperfect. It was delightful!