Service and Sand: Kids...Kids Everywhere (aka Fun Day and Model School Preparation)

So for the next two weeks all the SUPEP people ( the education sector is called SUPEP) will be teaching during model school. All the schools are out for vacation so the kids are going to be attending holiday school and we get to practice teaching.
In order to register kids for model school we threw a fun day for them. Pretty much we came up with a list of activities that we could do yesterday and then today we went to a soccer stadium and played with the kids. It wasn't really planned out too much but it all worked out. There were a ton of kids there (over 400) and they were really happy to just have a place to play. Some trainees brought Frisbees with them that they threw around with the kids while others thew a football or did jump rope. One of my friends who is really into yoga led a yoga class. I don't think the kids really understood the purpose but they seemed to be having fun trying out all the different poses. My partner Brittany and I started off by playing Big Booty with the kids. Big Booty is a rhythm/counting game, and it was surprisingly difficult to teach the kids how to play. So we then went on to play duck duck goose and the kids really seemed to enjoy that. Eventually we made our way over to the netball court and we watched a bunch of girls play. Netball, to me, is a mixture between basketball and ultimate frisbee. You throw a ball to each other and once you have the ball you can't move from that spot until you pass it to someone. Then you throw the ball throw a metal hoop that is attached to a pole. It was really interesting to watch. While soccer is considered a "boys game" netball is considered to be a girls sport. After this everyone was called over to the stadium seats where we did a sort of talent show. Anyone could perform for the group. Eventually all the trainees did the chacha slide for the group of kids. They loved watching it and once we were done a bunch came down and we taught them the dance. Then as the kids left we gave them lunch which included a sandwich, a soda, and an orange. The whole thing lasted 3 hours and by the end of it we had 450 kids registered for the model school.
So model school is going to last 2 weeks. We each choose a partner. So in each group someone is teaching math and the other is teaching science. I am going to be teaching math, but one day I'll do a science lesson. The first day we are simply watching a Namibian or Peace Corps. teacher do a lesson. Then the second day 2 groups (4 people) will be in a classroom and we will help co teach. The third day is the same way. But after that we are teaching on our own. We are also expected to teach non promotional classes (electives). The last two days of model school is used to give awards and do a talent show. So for the next two weeks I'm teaching 2 math lessons, and 1 science lesson. For my non promotional lessons I will be teaching 2 creative writing lessons, and 2 drama lessons. The challenging part about this is that we don't find out what grade were teaching until half way through the first day. So we were told to prepare lessons that everyone generally needs to know. That being said my first day I'm doing a multiplication lesson. I'm going to make sure the kids can visualize multiplication and understand what it is. Then we're going to play around the world. For my other math lesson I plan on teaching order of operations though I'm not quite sure on the specific activities yet. For my science lesson I'm going to do the differences between solid, liquid, and gas. Again I'm not sure what I'll do with it but I might see if there is a Bill Nye video. For creative writing the first day we're going to focus on poems. I want to find a short but inspirational poem and then have them write about what they want to be when they grow up. Then we'll do a short story lesson. For drama I'm going to focus on comedy and tragedy. So I'll probably have the kids create a 5 minute sketch for each.