I'm back in Kaohsiung for round two!  And I'm super excited!  I have two great news:

Great News # 1: I GOT INTO GRAD SCHOOL!!  I got into Columbia and NYU Teachers College.  I found out during my time in Hong Kong and found out about NYU when I came back to Taiwan.

Great News # 2: I HAD A GREAT FIRST FULL WEEK OF WORK!!  My co-teacher and I came up with such great lessons for our third and sixth graders.  After learning the colors, the kids drew their own monsters. Each group received a big sheet of poster paper, and they had to listen in order to know how many heads, arms, legs, bodies the monster had.  Then, the students would have to ask, “What color is it [referring to the body part]?”  The monsters turned out really nice and became great decorations for the classroom’s walls.  

I also really like the “Related Words” game that we played with the sixth graders because it made them think about all the English words they learned.  Some students (my favorites) came up with some really “creative” words that were related to the central idea we gave them.  For example, for “going on a picnic,” one of the groups had the words kissing, boyfriend, and girlfriend on their white board.  However, I was sad that they erased it when they presented their list to the class.