This week I was able to teach a few lessons with the students. I taught a couple of grammar and spelling lessons and a science lesson to both fourth grade classes. One afternoon the teacher I am working with got sick and had to leave. I was left in charge of the afternoon class that day. I think this really helped me to open up and come out of my shell with the students. I really think the students are starting to warm up to me. I have learned most of the sixty-three names of the students.
I’m really learning how to understand the students’ Spanish without getting confused at how fast they speak. I was also able to witness how much some of the students struggle with English and how well other students speak English. The students had a grammar exam on Friday and some of them did really well while a couple of students struggled. I also had a lot of fun getting to know the teacher I am working with. One really fun thing the students did this week was to create a dance to the song "Staying Alive." They had costumes and they showed the rest of the of the class. I took lots of pictures.
We did a few more tourist things too this week. Margarita took us to visit the world’s smallest volcano. It was very interesting because we were able to go inside of it. On Sunday we visited two museums. The first one we visited was an ex-convent that was known for having artwork featuring objects that seemed to move as you moved. It was very interesting.
The second museum had an exhibit on the well known gang, MS 13. It was very interesting to see photographs of people who have chosen that path for their lives. We also went to see two movies this week. We chose movies that were in English with Spanish subtitles. This was fun because it gave us a chance to hang out with Margarita’s sons who are also college students.