More Library Pics

Here are some pictures of the finished product!!

This is my vice principal and my co-teacher, Seona.

This is the classroom!

This is one of my favorite parts of the room- my students are always astounded when I point to Korea, and then I point to Minnesota. ("Oh, teacher! So far!")

This is my desk in the library

This is the computer counter and the theatre.

This is inside the theatre.

Some of my 5th grade students in the theatre.

Inside the library (The shelves are much more full now that we got our order of books in!)

The Bob Marley was all me! (The typo was not!)

Our posters at the back of the classroom.

Inside the library.

Information on how to use the library.

The entrance to Yangji English World (the name was not my idea).

So there ya have it, folks! That's the new room where I get to teach!

Hope you're all well!!

New Classroom!

Hey there!

It's been a long-awaited delivery, but here are some pictures of the construction of the new English classroom/library! I'll make this post all about construction and the next all about the final product, only because I can't upload more than 5 pictures per post!

The construction took a total of about two months, and then about another month to get all of the books and DVDs in. As I speak there are some 4th grade students enjoying, "Horton Hears a Who" in the theatre. :)

So here's the pics, along with some captions! Enjoy!

A wall that had separated two rooms was partially demolished to turn the two rooms into one larger space.

This is what would become the main teaching space with a blackboard, tv and side whiteboard.

This is the same area, only a few weeks later, after the main part of the construction had finished and the decorating had begun.

This is the theatre that has a small stage for role-plays as well as a tv for English movies. It also has graded seating that the students typically treat like a jungle gym.

This was taken while standing at the back of the classroom and looking into the library. The man pointing is the head of the project from a design company and the woman in the skirt is my co-teacher, Nam Seona.

Oh, Korea

Today, I planned a standard lesson for my after-school class out of the textbook, doing nothing but writing and reading. At the last minute, I ditched this lesson plan in favor of a review lesson from last week. Last week, we studied rhymes and how to make them.

The review lesson consisted of reading a couple Shel Silverstein poems together, cutting out words from a list, coloring them to match their rhyme (i.e. "shoe-glue" would receive one color) and then gluing them in the appropriate place on a worksheet.

Surprisingly, my students hated it and were begging for the textbook by the end of the activity. Who knew?