March 15 "All set Georgette!"

Are you watching your back? Because it is the Ideas of March….

Anyway, today was a pretty typical Tuesday by our standards. However, I will fill you in because a friend (J!) said that I needed to go and blog and tell the world of my wonderful children stories, so here goes. I only had one tutee this morning because J was sick, but R was doing an AWESOME job with the letter sound flashcards, addition math chants, and READING! YES!

English class was spent reading our novel about the Mozambican political system/murder story with the uppers. Today I had the privilege of describing coup d’état to the English language learners. Yes, French in ESL class. The rest of the time I was working with the lower group on writing their pen pal letters. We successfully described their houses, the weather, and answered their pen pals questions in the letters.

Lunch time was spent perusing things to do at Victoria Falls, as we’re leaving for the falls three days after getting back from the game park! And we leave for that tomorrow! Yippee! We looked up some pretty cool things, but I’ll keep you in suspense until we actually do them….Leftover pizza was on the menu as Mrs. A is still gone. Miss her!

Afternoon tutoring part one was fun: we made the travel story books again today. The girls did spectacularly, but my favorite sentence was still D’s sentence yesterday using “minibus”—“Spiderwoman steals the minibus.” Love it. Part two of afternoon tutoring was spent with my second grade pal, who is running along splendidly with letter sounds and recognition. She’s a tiny 9 year old (she looks like she’s 6) and was carrying her almost 2 year old sister on her back with a chitenga wrapped around her. I don’t know how these women do it…and teaching A at such a young age! Oh, and I taught little A to say "All set Georgette" after I say "Ready Freddy?" each time. (As everyone knows, I always say that....) Love it. J 

After tutoring, I headed out for a quick spin on the bike before T and I met D&D for a trip to the meal. Last minute provisions were in order, along with a yummy dinner and dessert. After sustenance, T and I decided we should finally start packing for our 4 or 5 day excursion to the South Luangwa game park. Boy, do I hope it all fits in the bag! Wish us luck at the park! Hopefully we’ll see many different kinds of animals on our safari drives!