March FOURTH!!

The perfect command for the first day of school!  I'll admit that starting school in March is a little weird, but I felt very little anxiety today and I think it had something to do with the fact that it isn't August or September.  Also I wasn't supposed to have students today, but in typical San Nicolas fashion, I got a call while I was working in the teacher's room saying that I was 30 minutes late for a class that wasn't actually mine.  It was fine, we chatted about the summer and learned names.  Here is my second bulletin board.  I think the turkey was better.

I got around to hanging my map yesterday!  I never really understood how art can make you happy (some things that artists come up with just make me puzzled) but now that I have something that reminds me of an exciting trip I kind of get it.  I love maps, and this painting reminds me how much of South America I've seen and how much I have left to see.  I love it!

The artist was pretty excited about this ship.  He told me something about it in Portuguese.  I found out quickly that while there are some similarities between Spanish and Portuguese, they're different enough to make no one understand anything.  He also talked to me about surfing off the coast of Chile.

I can't get enough of depictions of sunsets over Rio.  Cristo, Sugar Loaf, and the beach just make it amazing.

At the suggestion of a few followers, and partly to stay on a more regular sleep schedule, I'm going to drop back to a post a week.  I hope to relay great successes and lots of personal learning moments in the  coming months!  Stay tuned.