sick day

Yesterday I was stricken with a terrible stomach ache for the greater majority of the day, so rather than working on TPA as I originally intended I spent the day sleeping and watching movies. And now I'm writing a blog post. TPA's not going anywhere, right?

sink and float lesson
As is characteristic of most sink and float lessons, I got a big tub of water and a variety of objects that will sink and float. I had students gather around on the carpet as I would hold up an object and they would vote on whether or not they thought it would sink or float. After putting it in the water we would then categorize the object by "sink" or "float."

The kids loved it. They got a little bit too excited and began shouting "yay!" every time I put an object in the water, but by the end I managed to have them under control for the most part. It's still difficult for me to figure out what an acceptable noise level is here. But I was very excited to see how engaged and excited they were about learning.

registering with the police
Because we will be here longer than a month the other student teachers and I have to go to the Federal Police and register. Friday was the last day we could go to register and what a fiasco it was. No one told me I had to bring this "visa application form" so I assumed it was unimportant and left it at home. That was silly of me. We ended up wasting a day because both Kelly and I did not have this document and could not register. Don't worry, I'm not being deported but it is a huge inconvenience for the school, which I feel terrible about. There will be a few people who will be receiving apology chocolate as soon as this ordeal is over.


Next week I'm teaching hearing and math and I have on observation that I'm a little bit nervous about. Today, I'm not sure what's in store. I'm certainly behind on the TPA but it's so nice out today, I think I can procrastinate a little bit further for a few hours at the beach.