I am currently on the lunch break at Faith Nazarene School. I was excited to go back for my second day in the school and try to unpack more of the culture and find a deeper understanding of the school systems here. I am still seeing a lack in time management, but my cooperating teacher is using good strategies in the classroom! She does a little differentiation for learning styles, but nothing for the students in her class that have exceptional learning needs. During the language arts/reading time I was working closely with some students and realized just how much that don't know. It took the class a full hour to copy down 6 sentences from the board. Most of the students (ages 6-8) don't even know how to spell basic words such as "and" and "the". I even encountered some students who didn't know how to write their letters (c,t,etc.) without looking up at the board for reference. It breaks my heart that they don't have access to books and aren't being read to. I am trying to convince my cooperating teacher to let me read to them everyday. There are so so many fundamentals of literacy that they totally missed. This is definitely been a large shock to me.
Well, my teacher just told me that I am teaching a lesson on teeth in 30 minutes. I have not planned anything and I am not even licensed to teach health in the states. (P.S. We all received a 2 year teaching license in Belize, which is a pretty big deal!) I should probably go brainstorm what I am going to do! Prayers are appreciated!
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