Ms. Terry's Blog

This past weekend, my mom and my brother came to visit me! They came in Thursday, we spent the night in Kigali, and then we headed to Nygunwe National Forest for the weekend. On Monday, they came to site to visit my school and my village. So let’s start with the night in Kigali. We stayed at the Radisson Blu and I came in early with another volunteer to go to the spa. And oh my goodness, the Radisson Blu is one of the nicest places I’ve ever stayed at, in Rwanda or anywhere else. The lobby, pool area, and restaurant we’re beautiful, and the pizza I had was delicious! And the spa. Oh, the spa. I did a package deal and felt like a whole new person after. It even included food! When I win the lottery or really feel like treating myself, I will be going back. Moving on. On our way to the forest, we passed through Huye in the Southern Province for lunch and a stop at the National Ethnographic Museum. The museum was very interesting and included a lot of artifacts and information on...

I mostly teach Primary Four, and here's what we usually do: 1. The date. We usually get the year right, but we're still working on the days of the week. 2. Phonics. Listen, we still have trouble reading and writing Kinyarwanda, let alone English. We do a lesson every day, and sing a song about the sound we learned. 3. The curriculum. Right now we're on "Our District," and part of the curriculum is about means of transport. I'm just glad they didn't laugh at my drawing of various vehicles. 4. Read alouds. Again, we're still working on that reading thing. So I just pick a variety of books from the library and bring them to class. 5. Various games and activities. We may work on spelling, directions, or whatever else we need to work on. Some of our books One of my better pictures Letters from our pen pals They do love the camera Learning future tense