12 Days of Christmas

This is not a rip-off of my sister and brother-in-law's blog.  


I asked a first grade class to write their own lyrics for the song "Twelve Days of Christmas".  The students radiated with excitement at the thought of writing their own song.  I didn't think it would be too hard of an assignment, but one over-achiever in the class informed me that she spent 5 hours working on her song.  Here is her version sans all the verses and her spelling and grammar errors:

On the First Day of School

On the first day of School

My true love sent to me:

An apple in my heart,

Two dancing sands,

Three lovely teachers, 

(she told me that those teachers were Mr. Gilmore, Mr. Haws and Mrs. Haws)

Four little friends,

Five brown desks,

Six smiling books,

Seven lunch boxes,

Eight sparking windows,

Nine dreaming pencils,

Ten flying butterflies,

Eleven roses of Sharon,

And

Twelve good-bye bellssss.

I'm not sure why I decided to share this.  The little girl is just super cute.  She was really proud of her song yet too embarrassed to sing it along to the tune in front of the class, so old Mr. Gilmore gave his vocal cords a stretch with this new classic. 

Another Spelling Test

I shared one of my student's spelling test a couple of months ago.  This may be unethical and make me a horrible teacher, but I just can't resist sharing (I'm keeping them anonymous at least).  Here is another spelling test:

Halloween at BIS

Halloween is by far my least favorite holiday.  I don't like the idea of getting scared just because it is "fun".  I don't like the evil and darkness associated with the holiday.  It is just stupid, and I've never looked forward to Halloween.  

So, I was glad to hear that it is not a big deal in Korea.  Trick or Treating isn't allowed (which is unfortunate for the kids since they could go to one high rise apartment building and hit up 300 apartments).  

I was, however, excited when the Korean staff told us that class would be canceled so we could have a Halloween party.  Hooray Halloween!!! 

I'll admit I was really excited to see our cute little kids dress up.  We were encouraged to dress up and scare the students.  I've never been one for costumes, so I went as myself.... but with a mustache.  

Convincing kids that my jet black mustache that I "forgot to shave this morning" was real was surprisingly and satisfyingly easy. 

The most pissed off ghost you'll ever see

A dragon picking its nose

A witch? With yellow hair?