Palacio del gobierno, see the mural on the wall? There are 3 huge murals like that in the building.
Well my weekend didn´t go exactly as planned, we ended up not going to the Cathedral Saturday night because my host family thought it was too cold and that it might rain, but we went to mass there Sunday morning it is a beautiful church one of only three Cathedrals left in Mexico. Then after mass we went across the street to the Palacio del Gobierno where the Morelia government is housed, there are beautiful murals there by an artist named Alfredo Zalce, who is very famous here. I think I will have to read a little more about him and look up his work it´s very good. Then i went back to my house to eat lunch and watch football. I got to teach my family about American football, my host mom said that Packer game could give a person a heart attack. I agree, I was so sad about the loss and then I went into school on Monday and my students had the nerve to come up to me and taunt "Green Bay lost go Giants!" and they want the Patriots to win the Superbowl... It was really funny though that they remembered that Green Bay was my team.
School is going well. I talked with my cooperating teacher and coordinator and I will be starting to teach more in February when their book switches. I will be helping with the planning and then teaching the whole day to both classes. I´m excited for the chance to do that. They are a starting to get better about listening when I tell them to quiet down. I still get some funny looks though when I use my teacher voice on them. :) Today I was working alot with the students on the Spelling activity I made for them and on math, I teach math all the time already now. They have a quiz in math tomorrow and I got to write it. I think they will do well on it. I am getting the book for next months lessons this week so I can start planning for next month. They have trimester exams in March so I will get to plan lots of fun review games for them to help them remember the material from the last few books for the exams.
The weather was so hot today! When I went out to recess at 1pm it was at least 75 degrees outside. I was warm in a short sleeve shirt and pants. I hope that those of you in freezing Wisconsin feel a little warmer when you read this!
Random interesting fact for you about the people here. Everyone tends to talk with their hands, they explain things by making the shape of it with their hands or gesturing which I must say has made me feel at home since I tend to talk with my hands all the time. Not to mention it can help if I don´t understand a word to watch their hand gestures. :)
More to come later this week. I´ll let you know how the test goes and plans for the weekend. ¡Hasta viernes!
1 comment:
hey Katie,
looking forward to your full immersion teaching! I know your vocabulary in Spanish has increased. As indicated in previous emails, we are really proud of you!
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