So, my third week in Nicoya has been a busy week and has passed by rather quickly. Over the weekend we went to the Pica de Leña festival. We got to watch men of the town chop wood and they loaded it up into beautiful handpainted ox carts that paraded through the town.
This is one of the hand-painted ox carts!
Last week I wrapped up the English Day project with fourth grade and the pen pal letters with third grade. The students at San Ambrosio are bringing the school year to a closing and have been finishing up their exams this week. At the beginning of the week I spent a lot of time reviewing exam topics with my students and getting them ready for the tests. I have been trying to do fun activities with my students to help them prepare for the test. But it has been a task to do these things becuase the students are not used to these types of activities in the classroom. Also, although we are in the final two weeks of school, I am trying to implement classroom managment strategies. I have also been talking with my cooperating teacher and giving her ideas on things to do next year with her students. I gave Karla and my cooperating teacher some of the documents that I created in my Classroom Management Notebook from Block II, to give them some ideas on things to do! Fifth and third grades were assessed Wednesday and fourth was assessed Thursday. Now, that testing is over I am going to work with third and fifth graders on their English Day presentations. We are having Teacher´s Day tomorrow and we are off school and going to a ranch with the other teachers. I am anxious to see what that is about and what we will do!
I put this up on the wall of my fifth grade classroom as a way to wish them good luck on their final exam!! Each student´s name is listed in the two trophies!
Here is a picture of me reviewing the topics of the test with my fifth grade!
I have to admit that one thing I was worried about concerning this trip was the food! I was curious to know what types of things they would serve and whether or not I would like the food. Well come to find out, I absolutley love the food here. Karla is an excellent cook and has made up some very nice dishes. There is one meal though that I have liked the best and that is arroz con pollo, which is chicken rice :) But it is funny that I like this particular meal because it is seems to be that it is served all the time at parties and gatherings and to my benefit it is served at pretty much every restaurant! Because this dish is served often in Costa Rica it has earned the name arroz con siempre which means always rice!
MI FAVORITO ARROZ CON SIEMPRE!!!