Cursive Writing.

Only two more days, today and tomorrow, until two of our teachers leave. We're having a party for them on Wednesday night after work. We're going to go out for dinner and drinks, and probably end up at a nooribang (a karaoke room) after that!! Not sure what's in store for Wednesday night, but we're definitely going to be celebrating for sure! And luckily for us, the next day is a bank holiday so we don't have school. Woohoo!

Our first round of pen pal letters came in from Camelot, so we're so excited! I already opened the package to see what was in there...and boy was I surprised!! Almost all the letters from the students were written in CURSIVE WRITING!! That wouldn't normally be a problem, but no one here can read them except me!! I passed a few around to the teachers, and even THEY were struggling with them. So, I asked Darren if he wanted me to type up the letters that were written in cursive, and he said..."I'll think about it. I have another idea." So I didn't worry about it.

Well, yesterday Darren told me that he wanted me to teach all my elementary and middle school speaking classes how to write in cursive. SO EXCITING!! The kids were ecstatic!! Even my classes that I expected would complain about the lesson ate it up! They were all little perfectionists and kept asking me to check their handwriting. Even when the bell rang for break, some of the students were still working hard on their handwriting, trying to finish. It was great!!

I don't know how well they'll be able to read their pen pal letters, but at least now they have the basics behind cursive writing! I'll definitely incorporate cursive writing into future lessons for those students who are interested and want some extra practice. Either way, I'll probably be reading tons of letters all day! :) That's alright. I'm just really excited for them to read their pen pal's responses.