It was great to talk with you guys this morning - I'm just sorry we couldn't see anyone - our internet connection is sometimes sporadic, but it's so expensive to go to any faster speed, so we have to make do with this one. It sounds like your Thanksgiving was lovely - I'm looking forward to having some turkey when we get back to Canada.
Yesterday was a really good day at school - I was worried about Travis after last Friday - when I got to school, I saw Travis and had a chat with him about his behaviour on that day and he assured me that it would not happen again - and it hasn't for the past two days. I also spoke with a kindergarten teacher and a grade one teacher and got some work from them which I can photocopy out for Travis. For the past two days, I have worked on some math and language tasks with him at his level. I even gave him a different spelling list for this week - the first list of words probably at a beginning grade one level - and he got four out of five which made him feel good - hopefully, being able to do work at his own level will allow him to feel some success.
Chantelle, my student teacher, is finding that she is really tired and we were talking about why that is today - she decided that it's because, since she was last teaching in the class a couple of months ago, Ryley and Travis have moved into our class and both have so many issues that they have upset the applecart, so to speak. It's amazing how a couple of kids can really change the dynamics in a classroom. We had a big discussion today at recess as to why there are so many issues with these kids at this school. We had a really interesting conversation coming up with a variety of reasons, mostly to do with economics and lack of respect for education/teachers.
We had the missionaries over for dinner tonight - had shepherd's pie for dinner (a new recipe and our favourite so far for this meal) and played a game of cribbage (which Elder Wong and I let Dad and Elder Lock win - again :-)
Oh yeah - yesterday on the way to school, we were driving along and all of a sudden a kangaroo and its joey hopped across the road right in front of us. It surprised us, but it was so cool to see - especially seeing the joey cuz it's rare to see one that is so young. Dad said on the way back home, he had one kangaroo hop in front of him up the road and then when he got closer to where that kangaroo had crossed the road, two more crossed in front of him, and one of them was almost on top of the hood. Today, when he was picking up the missionaries to come to our place for dinner, he pointed out a number of kangaroos which were in the field of the private school near our house - they are often grazing on the grass there around 5pm. Just as Dad was slowing down to let the missionaries see the kangaroos, he noticed a mother and it's joey on the other side of the road. I love this country. :-)
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