Annnnnd 1/8th of the way through!

A few other AWESOME ECE peeps :)

Wow, week 3 done already???  It seems that just last week I was with my fellow ECE teachers rockin' it up in Nome, was it really almost a month ago?! My time really has flown by.     This last week was a quick one, but it may have been for the fact that I had called in sick on Wednesday, and nooooo it wasn’t just for the fun of it.  Tuesday evening I came down with a terrible fever, 102.0 and it stayed around until pretty much Wednesday evening.  Second time since I've been down here that I’ve been sick :/ I got my list of targeted students for my tutoring class at the beginning of the week, unfortunately Wednesday was the day I was supposed to begin teaching them.... oh well, guess that gives me another few days to play for next week :)  I honestly have no idea what I am teaching them just yet...this class is not really supposed to be like another math class or anything...so my job is to make math fun and interesting, something that they want to go to...guess this weekend this is where my focus will be!

Yup'ik Dancing (friday afternoons)

Hurray on it being Friday already...I don't know if I could have made it a day longer!  We had another round of Yup'ik dancing in our school gym today.  It really is hilarious watching the teachers try to dance with the natives.... the Yup’ik dancers are just so fluid with their movements...yet us teacher...so ridiculously choppy.  I have yet to go up to the front and try dancing, I think I’ll hold back for a few more weeks...I really don’t want to butcher the dance my first try (although I imagine this will be inevitable).

Also this week (today actually)  I continued with Karate.  It really is so much fun to take!  I feel like I'm learning a lot and my does time fly by when I'm doing it.  In a few weeks if i am still enjoying it, i may actually order my karate robe :)  Sure i would only start out with a white belt, but i really think it would be fun to try and climb the rope of colors.  I am amazed at how Karate really does have to do a lot with self control and really finding your center.  Before and after we are done with practice we do deep breathing...where we just listen and breath deeply...it is wonderfully relaxing.  We actually worked with partners today.  One person would be the attacker, the other the blocker.  The attacker would start out with a downward block then forward punch to the face, where the blocker would block the punch, and in return punch the original attacker in the stomach.  We practiced this several times, even wit the teacher.  I really can say i did so much better than last week...it was awesome!  I cannot wait until next Friday!

I also wanted to include in this post a before and after picture of my classroom, as well as include a link to more pictures of Gambell.  You are more than welcomed to take a gander at the other pictures and let me know what you think, here is the link! ->  PICTURES OF GAMBELL AND OTHER BITS AND PIECES!

Before set up...

After set up!