What's Up November

Happy Wednesday Y'all

Today I'm joining  Mel, Shay, and Sheaffer for their What's Up Wednesday link-up. 

 

Every month we answer the same few questions based on how things are currently going in our lives. 

The questions are...

 

What am I eating?

On Tuesdays and Thursdays, a local Japanese restaurant sells tasty goodness at lunch time. I normally don't buy from them, as I typically have my lunch break earlier than the normal time when everyone else eats. But due to one of my students being absent the last two days, I got to eat lunch at the same time as everyone else. So I decided to try out the Japanese sushi roll. And of course, I bought myself a Dr Pepper from our school's Cantina (snack stand) too. And when I got back to my classroom to finish laying out supplies for our afternoon lessons, I took this picture, thinking... Here I am in Africa, enjoying Dr. Pepper and Japanese food. What's up with this? Where am I?! Ha! :) 
 

What am I reminiscing about?

Christmases in the past - The picture below is from our last Christmas with my dad. He had so much fun that day with us and his brother and sisters and all of their families. It was such a special day. One I'll always remember...

 

What am I loving?

I wrote a post about Giving Tuesday yesterday, giving people a way to support my ministry here in Senegal, West Africa. I'm loving the encouragement I've already received from people who have read that post. 


P.S. Did you miss it? If so, click HERE to check it out :)

What have I been up to?

With a few minutes left before leaving the other day, this guy asked if I'd listen to him read. All he wanted was my undivided attention while he read for maybe 2 minutes, max. So what have I been up to? I've been doing my job. I've been teaching the standards and loving on kids.

What am I dreading? 

Honestly... I can't think of anything that I'm dreading.

What am I working on?


My students are working on their latest Science project at the moment. All of them are in the middle of their units on the human body. I love when their curriculum matches up like this. It doesn't always happen. But when it does, it makes my life so much easier, planning wise. Anywho - They're all creating life size diagrams of the human body. Now, obviously, they're going to be including different things depending on their grade/ability levels. Some will have the bare minimum (major body parts). And some will have all the major "processes" included (bones, muscles, blood vessels, organs, etc.). They started the project yesterday. And so far, they're all enjoying themselves. And I'm enjoying seeing them having fun while learning :)

What am I excited about?


I'm excited about our next unit of study in Bible class. We're doing the Christmas story. My kids are excited. I'm excited. It's going to be great! :)

What am I watching?

Every afternoon/evening after my students leave, I sit in my classroom and either do prep work for the following day or if that's finished, my own classwork (as a student). And right now, I am enjoying watching the Christmas lights twinkle on our class Christmas tree and on the walls. I'm like a kid when it comes to Christmas lights. I love them. I always have. They're just so much fun.

 

What am I reading?

I bought this cuteness for a fun writing project I have in mind for my students. We've been working on writing good paragraphs/essays (depending on the grade). And any time we can incorporate some fun into the writing, they always seem to do so much better. So as their final writing project, they'll be describing how they'll make an Elf Trap. After all, we can't have silly elves running around our room, creating chaos while we're all at home. Can we?

What am I listening to?

Christmas Carols, of course :)

What am I wearing? 

The other night some co-workers and I got to hang out at a fancy party, celebrating the home country of one of my students. It's always nice to dress up a bit. And the significance of attending events like this is huge!

What am I doing this weekend?

Our Elementary Schoolers' Christmas Program is on Friday. So I'll go to that. Then as of now, the plan is to watch a couple softball games on Saturday. Then on Sunday evening, we have our Staff Christmas Dinner. And then past that, I will spend the rest of the weekend, prepping for the last couple weeks of school, since I'll likely be too busy the following weekend to do so.

What am I looking forward to next month?

Christmas fun in the classroom

Christmas Break

Christmas vacation with my family

Christmas

Oh, and did I mention Christmas? :)

What else is new?

I did a bit of fake Black Friday shopping the other day with some friends. This was definitely a new way of shopping, checking out the outdoor artisan market, chatting with vendors, bargaining/haggling for a good price on our finds, and hanging out with those cute, smiley kids in the back (along with their parents not pictured) as well. And I got Christmas gifts for almost all of my family, within the price range I planned, too. So yay for that! 

 
And that's what I'm up to this month.

What about you?

What are YOU up to this month?