I've been rather busy at school lately. We are now in Week 3 (they're really big into counting the school weeks here). So far I've helped with a few different things. I worked with the 1st grade who really need a lot of work. Lots of them don't know how to write their names or the letters of the alphabet. I also sorted tons of books in the library. Now I'm working the combined 2nd and 3rd grade class on reading. I have discovered that some of the students cannot read at all- like they don't even know high frequency words like the, to, and. But at least it gives me a good idea of what to work on while I'm here. My next work is tomorrow I will be running a small workshop on teaching spelling. Then next week I will be giving some reading assessments to class 2 and 3 that all the peace corps vols in vanuatu have to do. Then only one more week and I head out to Vila and then New Zealand for a brief vacation with my parents. Then we'll all come back to Vanuatu together so I'm excited.
We had a bit of rain and wind due to a cyclone in nearby New Caledonia but now it's sunny again. Nothing else too new here.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
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Go to this website and the first album (nov-dec 2008) and you'll see tons of Futuna photos!
School has started on Futuna. Unlike Ambae, school here actually started on the first day that the government decided. I helped out a bit in the 1st grade classroom with english seeing as these kids are supposed to be in English school but don't know a word of English. Now I'm busy sorting through the gigantic piles of books that are scattered throughout the various buildings at school.
It's been hot here lately and the water has been really finicky. Some days it runs great and then others (like this whole past weekend) it doesn't run at all and your dirty clothes just pile up and pile up. Luckily we have a rain tank but that's just enough water to drink and cook with and if you're lucky shower (otherwise you just go to the ocean to shower).
Nothing much new. Oh I bought a bag of flour and now my family is making bread sometimes which is really really nice for breakfast (as opposed to these things called breakfast crackers which are just flavorless hard crackers). Also I've started eating with the teachers again now that school has started so I like that as well.
Not much else. Our internet was cut for awhile due to the school not paying the phone bill, but now I should be back online.
Go to this website and the first album (nov-dec 2008) and you'll see tons of Futuna photos!
School has started on Futuna. Unlike Ambae, school here actually started on the first day that the government decided. I helped out a bit in the 1st grade classroom with english seeing as these kids are supposed to be in English school but don't know a word of English. Now I'm busy sorting through the gigantic piles of books that are scattered throughout the various buildings at school.
It's been hot here lately and the water has been really finicky. Some days it runs great and then others (like this whole past weekend) it doesn't run at all and your dirty clothes just pile up and pile up. Luckily we have a rain tank but that's just enough water to drink and cook with and if you're lucky shower (otherwise you just go to the ocean to shower).
Nothing much new. Oh I bought a bag of flour and now my family is making bread sometimes which is really really nice for breakfast (as opposed to these things called breakfast crackers which are just flavorless hard crackers). Also I've started eating with the teachers again now that school has started so I like that as well.
Not much else. Our internet was cut for awhile due to the school not paying the phone bill, but now I should be back online.
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