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We finally got back home late Wednesday night after a wonderful experience going back to Rome. The travel back was extremely smooth compared to the start of the trip. I feel like an experienced traveler now that I have gone through this experience. The final days at the school were bitter sweet because I did not want to go. These students and teachers were so welcoming and wonderful that I felt at home in Torremaggiore. The students put on a special production for us and sang songs that were wonderful. The students that I taught my lessons to in the second grade were so very cute and so smart! Second Grade Butterfly LessonI taught this lesson to all three second grade classrooms at the school. Each experience was wonderful. The students watched a video in Italian of The Very Hungry Caterpillar and then they watched the same video in English. We talked about the four stages of a butterfly and the students drew pictures of each stage on a quad of paper labeled with both Italian and English. The students are great artists. They actually already knew the stages of the butterfly life cycle. This is something that usually isn't done until third grade in America. The students then completed a coloring worksheet that combined mathematics (addition) and colors (that were in English). This was a reinforcement tool for the students to understand the colors that they have been learning in their English lessons. The students were in awe when they looked at the finished product of the coloring picture. This exercise allowed me to understand how to count in Italian and add as well as the students to correct me and provide an answer in both Italian and English. This was a pleasure to do with the students. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkYmvxP0AJI Eric Carle Reading English Version of The Very Hungry Caterpillar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inyijOtHscU Italian Version of the The Very Hungry Caterpillar Reflecting on this experience and recounting all of the events that have transpired has made this trip even more wonderful. I have a whole list of people here at home that are dying to hear all about my trip and what I did there. I can't wait to tell them all the stories and fun that we had on this adventure. I hope to do this again and because of this experience I have the traveling bug, and want to continue my world travels and adventures.
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