Book Week

My apologies for not updating my blog, time has seemed to escape me in recent weeks. Exhaustion has become a daily thing, and I realize that teaching tends to do that to everyone. However, I wouldn't trade my teaching for anything in this world (okay, maybe the repayment of my student loans).

This week has been fantastic and yet so frustrating that I do not know whether to laugh or cry. Book week is upon us. This entire week is dedicated to promote regular reading to our students and celebrate the adventures we can take through books.

Monday was quite comical, at least from the children's perspective. All the teachers had to dress up as book characters and dance to "I like to move it, move it" (a famous song from the movie Madagascar). However instead of "I like to move it, move it" we altered the words to "I like to read it, read it". Being the teachers that we are, Budi and I naturally forgot about this until five minutes prior. Thankfully I have an abyss of drama costumes in my closet. We managed to find costumes that are of likeliness to characters in Harry Potter. Success!

Monday was also the day of Grade 3's movie theater company. In our UOI, we have studied organization between departments and groups. For the past few weeks, the kids have developed a movie theater company in which they all had different roles. When everything fell into place (mainly on Monday), the kids sold tickets to a showing of "Despicable Me" to the PYP. It went smoothly, but proved to be very tiring.

Tuesday was pajama day. This was by far one of my favorite days in past weeks. It was also a blessing in disguise as I overslept and rolled right out of bed before heading directly to school. Seeing the kids in pajamas was pretty much the cutest thing I've seen in a long time. Even Budi donned traditional Indonesian bed clothes (t-shirt and sarong).

In trying to find a tie-in to reading and pajama day, we played "Bedtime Stories" and read books with our stuffed animals for the better part of the day. The kids were thrilled, and what they didn't realize was that the teachers were probably even more thrilled. It was a relaxing day in a serene atmosphere and provided us with the ability to catch up from the day before.

To be honest, I'm not sure what today should have entailed in regards to book week. As I think back of the day's events, I am pretty confident that neither Budi nor I tied anything to this themed week. Oh well, we'll make up for it tomorrow when we have a four hour activity with Grade 6.

Thus far, I'd say it has been a successful week for promoting reading. The kids are really getting into it, and it's suffice to say that the teachers are as well. Looking forward for the days to come...