Beq's Bits: September 2006

McFtour

During the Muslim month of Ramadan they fast from sun up to sun down. Their fasting includes drinking as well as eating. With the sundown mosque call, prayers are said and the fast is broken with breakfast. Here this special Ramadan breakfast includes harira soup, dates and a honey soaked sweet pastry - shebekia.

My roommates and I decided to go to McDonalds for Ftour tonight. When you order a meal you can also order the typical ftour breakfast food.

Come visit!

"Apple!"

We've been slowly learning vocabulary for food this week. We started with fruit and went on to vegetables. With each set of words we do several activities giving the kids a chance to practice their new vocabulary. The other day our trays of food got delivered from the cafeteria (K-4 eats in our room) for lunch. One of my non-english speakers broke out in a huge smile as he held up a piece of fruit and called out, "Miss Rebecca, apple!" I think my smile matched his. It's so exciting to see them learning English.

Excuses for not posting

hhhmm - it seems i have been reprimanded about my posting habits (see comments on the last post). here are a few of the reasons...

4. i was a prisoner of my grad projects - until thursday. i got my grades back and got an A on each of the papers i turned in for my summer courses - yay!

3. i have had a friend visiting me since thursday, so i'm entertaining.

2. i am sick (still!). in my latest lab work done this week they actually found the little bugs that have been squirrling around in my innerds. so i am on my 5th round of antibiotics for these creatures. i am a little doubtful that the antibiotics will work the 5th time around if they didn't work the first four times, but at least i know for sure i'm not crazy and imagining the symptoms!

1. class prep actually rates above blogging (um, did I say teaching kindergarten is FUN)??? it also takes a TON of time!!! i have basic themes for the year planned out, but have to work on planning activities for my classes without the help of any of those cool teacher manuals that come with so many fun ideas.

I love my job!

My first day teaching K-4 was awesome! At the end of the day I was walking from the office back to my classroom and just thinking about how much I loved my day and how exciting it is that I get to do something I love every day. Wow! I am incredibly blessed.

I'm not sure about whether I can post pix of kids, so for now here are some kidless pictures of my room & the area in front of my door.

Temporary playground