Day 4 of Teaching: San Pablo Village

          Day 4 at San Pablo was absolutely incredible, and as mentioned before the students are amazing! We are in the Standard III & IV classroom which is the U.S. equivalent of 4^th and 5^th grade but the students range from age 9-15. Driving up in the van is one of our favorite parts of the day, watching them run up and wait and want to carry all of our bags to our classrooms is so humbling. Everything they do makes us smile. They are so brilliant, happy, and excited to spend time with us and learn from us. We constantly get asked if we will be back the next day and if we will be staying with them. These kids love us just as much as we love them; this has been an awesome experience for us and it's crazy to think that we only have 2 days left with them.

          The past few days we have been teaching our kiddos about graphing and all of the different types of graphs (bar graph, line graph, and pictograph). We’ve also spent time with them working on collecting and organizing data. Today we specifically spent time teaching the students about bar graphs. We made linked chains in groups and created and labeled bar graphs. Showing the students and our awesome teacher new resources and hands-on activities is what is making this experience so amazing. Knowing that we are making a difference not only within the students' lives but with our teachers as well is incredible. Still yet, the biggest difference is happening for us. These kids are changing our lives everyday and we are so excited to see what the next two days have in store for us, but also so sad that we only have two days left with them.

-Paige Sidebottom and Jordan Priddy Standard III & IV