As I sat at my desk tonight working on lesson plans for next week and getting more and more frustrated at the mere idea of teaching more blended sounds to my K students (we simply cannot get these down), it suddenly dawned on me how incredibly smart my K students are. My Kindergarten students, who are 4 or 5 years-old in the States, know how to identify and define nouns, verbs, and adjectives. They can read at a 1st or 2nd grade level. They know how to write sentences describing plot, setting, and characters, as well as sentences about animals, foods, family, favorite things, etc. My K students can add single- and double-digits, subtract single-digit numbers and count by 2s, 5s, and 10s. And all this they can do in another language. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to work with these bright, fun, adorable children.
Monday marked my 6 month anniversary in Korea. I can't believe that my time here is halfway done. Though I certainly miss things from home (family, friends, driving, cottage cheese, real cake, running on the road), I can't help but be a little bit sad that my time here is ticking away this quickly. I take the LSAT on Sunday, have 3 weeks of work after that, am taking a 7-day vacation to Cambodia with a friend, and then will only have 4 short months left here. It's crazy!!!
I hope all things are well at home. I miss you and love you all!
It's ALL About Him,
KendallCooke
P.S.-I had every intention of posting several pictures of my adorable students but I can't get this dang site to work for the life of me. So I guess I'll have to post them at a later date.
That is amazing, Kendall! Have you taught them all those things or did they have some of that knowledge from home already? You've got little sponges there. Gently squeeze that liquid knowledge into them so they can carefully soak up what you're trying to teach them. They'll get it hopefully if they have a patient teacher who can help them. Remember how hard it was for you to learn Chinese? That's how frustrated they may feel so keep plugging away to help them learn this confusing language called English.
ReplyDeleteLove you~miss you! Happy teaching and soon to be vacation!