Week 4

Another week has come and gone! It was good to get back in the classroom. I started the week with most of my lessons planned out for each day..you’ll see what little good that did me after I explain. I’m so used to planning my lessons for the day according to a schedule that everyone agrees upon and then carrying out my plans. Apparently, the schedules are a bit more flexible here. Like I said, I arrived Monday morning with my lessons all prepared, only to find that we don’t follow the class schedule that is posted on the wall and my teacher wants me to teach something different than what her unit plans originally said. I tried to go with the flow for the rest of the day as best I could and I realized that it’s better to plan one day at a time here. By Wednesday I was teaching every lesson, because all of the teachers were taking part in staff development. This was a time that my “just in case” planning paid off. I had no idea what the day would entail or what lessons I would be teaching, so I just planned something for every class. I was glad I did when I came in on Wednesday and found out I would be teaching every lesson that day.  By Friday I feel that I had a good routine going and the students were used to my routine also.  My teacher, from the beginning, has given me a lot of freedom to come in and teach and it really felt good to set up my rules and expectations and follow through with them. BTW- our P.E. class was walking/jogging on the beach of the Caribbean Sea ! Awesome! I can’t believe we’ve been in Belize for a month and we only have one week left !