6th Visit: 11/1/07

As I was waiting for the class to get back from the Library again, I saw that they had written a paper about their experiences. Some papers were about family, birthdays, and traveling from Puerto Rico to our country on a plane. I noticed they had spelling errors and grammatical errors. Otherwise they sounded great. For homework, they have to “publish” it. The teacher used the word “publish” as meaning the final draft. Next was their normal Math lesson on the schedule. They were learning to add coins. I noticed there was another girl volunteer today. There must me one always for the Math lessons that they have. I think that this is a great thing to do, rather than just be a reading buddy. Volunteers or tutors should just come in during the younger kids’ school day for a buddy or someone to work with. I joined in with a Math game that they played. The Math game was called “Close to 100”. The kids got in a group and dealt six cards out to each other. The cards were numbered one through nine including a wild card. Out of the six cards, they had to pick four to get an addition problem that got them close to 100. They did this activity for about a half hour. Everyone was really happy doing this. The teacher made them clean up their group of desks. There were folders and books everywhere. I saw some kids finishing up Halloween word searches. I heard that they will be watching a movie tomorrow if they get their papers in. Three things I noticed: one, my teacher wears jeans; two, the office to get in the school building is in a weird location. It’s not near the entrance of the school. Anyone could get buzzed in, such as a sex offender, and go through the whole building without being caught. And three, the office sign reads “officina principal”. Also, the school has a PTA meeting nextTuesday.