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Thursday, August 26, 2010

Students in our classroom working on writing their letters.

This first week in Nava has been good, but definitely tiring. I teach the 1st grade class with another student teacher from Mexico named Bere. Right now we are working toward teaching the kids the alphabet, gym, some numbers, and just how the classroom will be run so that it will be much smoother and so they will learn what they need to. I started teaching English today to all of the classes, I just read a story and had them put it in order. I am still a little confused as of how to best teach English to elementary schoolers, but I have an idea of what is too easy for the older kids and what the younger kids are interested in. Please pray for my ability to really teach these kids and help prepare them for their future, and also to show them Jesus' love. It is all a learning process and I'm not sure how to best teach elementary schoolers especially in a different language, so please pray for that as well. Thanks guys, I'm learning a ton!

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peterAugust 26, 2010 at 7:13 PM
those tiles look mighty nice.
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katt.lovejoyAugust 27, 2010 at 5:33 PM
Yeah Peter, the classrooms really look great with the tiles. I love it! We just have to keep it clean.
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Word of the Week (Or whenever I get around to it)

This is for those of you who are learning or know Spanish and want some fun facts/new words to help you learn.

June 16th:
Que Onda?: What's up...

Me Cae bien: Means, I like him or her...literally it would be he/ she falls well with me...but it is just like saying they are cool, I like them.

April 6th:
Chin: this is the equivalent of saying "Oh, shoot" in English, like I dropped something on the floor...chin! or chin! I forgot my cell phone in the car. Pronounced Cheen.

March 5th:
Aguas: Agua normally means water. But here in Mexico (and maybe other places too) they use aguas to tell someone to be careful. Apparently it comes from the old days when they used to throw the bath or wash water out the window. People would say "aguas" to warn people that the water was coming. Now a days it is just another way of saying "be careful" or "watch out!"Cool huh?

February 4th:
Vato: Dude. Yep Mexicans say dude too.
Nombre: I'm still figuring this one out, but it is a figure of speech, like saying "No man." Careful though, they say it to women too...it can get a little confusing.

December 26th:
Wacala or Guácala (this version is quechua: a mayan dialect): Yucky.
Just as good as yucky if not better to describe your feelings when you see something disgusting.

October 30th:
Tacones: High heals.
Chorro: A whole ton...Like, I have a ton of work...Tengo un chorro de trabajo.
The last one is exclusive to Mexico...so if you use it anywhere else people won't understand :)...still interesting I think.

October 14:
Ahorita: Directly translated means "Right now," however frequently the people in Mexico will use it to say "in a minute." Confusing huh? Yeah.

Example: If you ask someone if they want a cup of coffee and they say "ahorita" they are saying, "I'll get some in a minute."

On the Contrary: So if you want to say "right now" as in right now, right now...then you want to say "ya." Which directly translated means "already," but who's directly translating?

Happy travels!

October 7th

A ver: Directly translated "to see." Mexican's use this to say, "let me see," as in "I want to see" or "let me see..." as in "I'm thinking."

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