House party!

So last Friday, I took complete leave of my senses and invited my class to my house! Actually it was more of a desperation move to try anything that would get them to behave. I told them about a month ago that if they could fill up a jar of rice with compliments for their behavior then they could have pizza and a movie at my house. It took them one month, but they did it! I should have known by the amount of people that just sort of smiled and said "oh, that's nice" when I told them my idea that something was up. I, however, did not and found out the hard way that Moroccan kids are crazy at parites! :)
We started out our time with a little dancing and then started watching the movie Holes, since we had just finished reading it in class. When the pizza arrived it was pure pandemonium! Any calmness that came from the movie watching was out the window. Have you ever fed a bunch of fish in an aquarium and they all come up to the surface and it's like a feeding frenzy, well that's the best way that I can describe the chaos that ensued! I survived and I think the kids had a good time, and I made it through with just a little sweeping to do! Unfortunately we didn't have our maid and we had guests coming the next day. Wah, Wah, I know...Luckily Paul and I don't make that big of a mess, so It won't be too hard to adjust to life without a maid! :)

Ibrahim's Web

Here's a funny little story for you! We are reading the book Charlotte's Web. I'm sure all of you are familiar with the story! Well the other day one of my students, Ibrahim, came in a little late. I told him to get settled because we needed to start our Fact Practice test in math. He came over to my desk and said, "Miss Sarah, I can't take the math test because I need to do something else that's very important!" As you might be able to tell from the picture Ibrahim is a bit of a clown and so I was a little leary of what he was going to do. He assured me that it wasn't bad and that it wouldn't be a distraction. And since I'm such a softy when it comes to kids like that I agreed! Well, the next time I looked up he was using the corner of the room to construct his own little web! He told me he wanted to leave it because that way if there were any spiders in our room it would save them the work of having to make a web themselves. Anyway, the web lasted for about half the day, but it was a great encourager for me. Sometimes it's frustrating here, because I feel like I'm the first teacher to ever make the kids think for themselves. I know that it's not true, but based on how the kids respond when I make the do it, you would think it is. So sometimes little moments like this that show they are thinking beyond just the literal really boost my spirits! :)
I hope you all have a great Valentines Day! Do something special with the people you love, and you can be thinking of me as I spend my first official Valentines Day as a part of a couple, away from my Valentine! :(