My Students

So I've been teaching for a few weeks and I keep forgetting to take the kids picture! I remembered before a couple of my "classes" which I say because they are so small!
In the after school program, the classes start at Basic Stater, then Basic 1, Basic 2, Basic 4, Intermediate 1, Spark 2 and Highest 1. They are placed in a class based on ability, not age and that's why there are so many levels.

This picture is from the Basic 2 class. From left to right it goes, Jacob, Starlyn, Patrick. Jacob says he's 7 years old, but since Korea starts counting at 1 instead of 0, and then adds another year after the first New Year, he is really 5. I'm not sure how old Starlyn is, but I'm guessing 6 or 7. She is adorable :) Then there is Patrick who says he's 11, so 9. I have a lot of fun with them.

For those of you who know about Alex, one of my Kindergartner's from Student Teaching, I have a feeling Jacob will be his replacement. Back home, Alex always got in trouble for being rough with other kids and saying "no" a lot but he was really smart and I loved that kid! Jacob is just like that, so I hope he starts behaving better for me.. He did say "Teacher Ashley pretty" the other day, so I think we might be on the right track! haha

In this picture, you will notice there is only one child. Well, that is because he is the only student I have in my Spark 2/My Writing class. His name is Mike and he is really smart. I think he is Korean 11, so 9. He is still pretty shy with me, which is understandable since it's just us, but he's getting a lot better!

When I'm with him, basically just tutoring, I have him read out loud and write a lot. I even made him stand in front of the class to introduce me to the empty room! :)

We start teaching Kindergarten on Monday. There aren't many kids then either, so we split up the subjects. I'll let you know how that goes!