More Movin' and Shakin'

You know how there are some things you never get tired of talking about? Around here it is the infamous earthquake weeks of last April. Big and little earthquakes shook the nation's capital, students weren't allowed to come to class for three weeks, we launched online school, and some of us teachers went a little stir crazy. 

For as much as we talk about it, I really didn't think it would happen again. Ah, how wrong I was.

Monday night: I had just fallen asleep when I was rudely awakened by some violent shaking. Disoriented, I looked around, sat up, tried to figure my life out.

As soon as I remembered about these lovely things called earthquakes, I jumped out of bed and ran outside, barefoot, in the pouring rain. A 7.2 earthquake somewhere out in the ocean caused a lot of moving and shaking around the country. 

Fast forward to today. We haven't had classes all week and no one really understands why the government wont let us have school. Teachers have been sending home work online. We have started making ridiculous videos to send to our students. It's the infamous earthquake weeks all over again. 

We are hoping classes will resume Monday and we can continue on with our school year. 

How about some uplifting news? Construction on the new library has begun! Hopefully in a couple of months we will have a brand new space for reading and learning. 

Comedy Hour

Hands down the funniest part of my day is when I tutor a third grader after school. This girl is hilarious and full of laughter.

Don't worry, a lot of learning still happens during tutoring (aka Comedy Hour), but a lot of laughter goes along with it. We spend a good portion our time working on vocabulary and reading skills. We always make up actions to go with each new vocab word we are studying, and then we quiz each other to see who can remember the most words. The actions are usually over the top and crazy (and involve a lot of giggling), but they get the job done. 

Last week we were working on the world realize. The action was touching the side of our heads and shouting "ding!" like the light bulb was going off in our brains. Later when we were reading Scaredy Squirrel, my student came across that same vocab word. She immediately sat up, did the action, and then imagined Scaredy Squirrel doing the action, which led to many, many giggles. It is safe to say this vocabulary word has been learned. 

I think God has given this little girl a gift of joy and laughter that will touch many people. I am glad I get to share in it a couple of hours each week.