My teacher felt that the 5th graders needed more time to take the that they started yesterday, and the 6th graders were taking some kind of standardized test today. I had gotten a little confused about what was going on and to tell the truth was shocked when Miss Mylene told me that she was going to give them a little more time on their tests (I had though that they were taking standardized tests when really she was telling me that the 6th graders were going to be taking standardized test today). If you think that is confusing you should have been here this morning. To wrap this up and make this long and confusing story short, all of the students that entered my classroom today were taking tests of some form or another. It made for a pretty boring day. I spent most of it helping grade the tests that had been finished. Between the two of us we got most of the tests graded and had some time at the end of the day to talk about next week. She had decided that instead of me teaching everything next week, it would be better if we did a more team teaching thing and get her some more practice on the Smart Board. I was fine with this because there are certain things that the students still need to hear in Spanish. I think that it is good for them to be taught in English, but the ultimate goal is that they understand the concepts, and if this means they need to hear part of it in Spanish, then I see nothing wrong with that. She told me what the topics would be and then it was time to catch another bus. This time we would be traveling to Chillan.
Earlier this week, Marshall’s host Mother did all kinds of work and got everything set up for us all to go on a little weekend get away to Chillan. A couple of our parents were waiting for us all after school to give us a ride to the bus terminal. We all piled in the cars and were off. 3 hours, 1 tour bus and 1 mini bus later, we arrived at our cabana. We unloaded the mini bus, checked into our cabana, and began to explore ideas for dinner, only to find out that we were in a ski town during the off season and the only thing open at the moment was a minimart about a mile down the road.
We practically bought out the store to stock up on food for dinner, snacks, and drinks (Cannot Drink the water in Chillan). We made sure that we had cards and settled in for a night of games by the fire. A couple of the girls wanted to cook pasta for everyone so thats what we had, and it was delicious. We ate, drank, played games and enjoyed the easy conversation. It was a very nice break. No internet, but I’m glad I brought my computer for the music and possibly a movie.
