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Blackboards have yet to be assembled on the walls of the two classrooms

Donate to Educate funding has purchased 2 large blackboards for K’amawanik School in Momostenango, Guatemala for a total of $141.23. The director, teachers and students are all very thankful for your financial support!

Additionally, $102.72 of Donate to Educate funding was put toward Central Maya Xela’s scholarship program and Spanish School. The scholarship program helps Mayan women, like Ingrid, afford to go to college. Ingrid is going to medical school and aspires to help her community once she is a doctor. She is Ixil Mayan and from Nebaj Quiché. 

Ingrid

Pedro (the director), his family, and Ingrid very much appreciate your donations!

Teaching English

Momostenango

Where: Momostenango, Guatemala

When: Monday – Thursday, May 20^th – 30th

Travel Time: It’s approximately a 2 hour trip by bus from Xela to Momos (2 buses, waiting time for each bus, a 15 minute walk up the hill to the school) and 2 hours back to Xela. 

Every trip is worth it when I get see my students so eager to learn! 

My Class (2 students and 1 teacher are not present in the photo)

I have 15 students, ages 11 – 20 (as well as their three teachers who also partake in the lessons).

There will be a total of 6 lessons. They’re learning so quickly I can barely keep up… So far, this is what we’ve covered:

Lesson #1

·         Alphabet pronunciation (we sing the ABC song for practice)

·        Introduction to common nouns as found on phonics flash-cards

·        Bingo game #1 to practice the alphabet

Lesson #2

·        Review of the alphabet

·        Numbers 1-100 (spelling, pronunciation, practice).

·        Introduction to colors using color flashcards.

·        Bingo game #2 to practice learned numbers.

Lesson #3 combined with Lesson #4

·      Review of alphabet and numbers.

·      Nouns based on colors (for example: the sun is yellow).

·       Introduction to categorical vocabulary (days of the week, months of the year, seasons, dates, personal and family expressions, animals, school).

·       Played Jeopardy, in teams of 4, to practice vocabulary by specific categories.

K’amawanik School

 What I’ve learned from this week of teaching:

- Kids need to have fun when learning a language (games and candy work wonders).

- Repetition is a must.

Supplies I purchased for my class

Moments to last a lifetime:

-The first day I taught my students how to play Bingo – every time I walk into class now I hear “Bingo!”. 

-Watching my students type in Spanish words in my pocket translator so they can get the English translation (for vocab not even covered in the lesson).

-Ending my lesson the first day and having a student call out to keep teaching “hoy” (today).

My rambunctious boys during snack time

Quote

"The only limits we have are the ones we willingly choose for ourselves". SP