Thursday, several of us went to see the new Hunger Games movie in 3D-- I've haven't read the books, but I have seen the other movies-- and this one was really good. Friday there was a group of us that got together and had homemade ice cream-- our friends have an ice cream maker, and they made chocolate mint, Reese's, banana, and Cookies and Cream-- so good! We also played a game called Quelf -- It has several different type of actions you have to do-- rules, acting out silly songs/themes, categories, etc. Saturday, Darlene took my roommates and I to the Colinas Mall here in Santiago-- It's in a different area of Santiago that I had never been in-- the mall had 3 floors with escalators, with the store Jumbo taking up two floors of the mall-- it's similar to a Wal-mart with groceries and also furnishings. Later that afternoon, we went to La Sirena to get ingredients for apple crisp that we made for the Thanksgiving meal at the Cohen's on Sunday (which turned out really good!!). Then, that evening Kyla and I went over to our friend Allison's and helped her grade some of her Math papers (along with watching a Hallmark movie on Youtube)-- so busy day! Sunday we had church, and then at 4 p.m., we went over to the Cohen's (SCS Director), for their Annual Thanksgiving Dinner. There was so much food! After dinner we had a time of worship, and Alan the school chaplain gave a message about thankfulness. All in all, it was a busy (but good) weekend!
We have 2 1/2 days of school this week- Wednesday we have a half day of school. Today after school we have an in-service with Kathy Walcott, who will be talking more about SIOP-- which the new teachers had heard her talk about, at the beginning of the year.
I'm doing some Thanksgiving themed activities with my student's today and tomorrow-- Wednesday, with the way the schedule is, I won't have my students-- but I am going to be helping 2nd grade with their Thanksgiving center's. Many student's do celebrate Thanksgiving here, though it isn't recognized as a holiday here in DR. We've been seeing some signs for Black Friday here, so evidently that is spreading here as well, as I've been told it's something relatively new.
With my 2nd grader's we are working on short vowels, 3rd grade-- we work on the weekly reading comprehension skill and fluency, and another student I work on the grade level math skills, 4th grade we're working on long vowels and fluency, 5th grade-- we just finished up reading the Yellow House Mystery Box Car Children book (it was one of my favorite series as a kid), and after doing some informational text practice, we're going to read Sideways Stories from Wayside School (along with the classroom comprehension skill-- it's cause/effect this week). Not sure what we'll do after we finish that-- so I'll be looking for a new chapter book to read with them.
I have a different mailing address -- the BM number changed...
Lori Smith
Santiago Christian School
8400 N.W. 25th St. Suite 100
BMW# 107243
Miami, FL 33198-1522
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