We started our week of working in the Colegio Jose Joaquin Castro Martinez. Our sponsor teacher, Silvia, picked us up at our hotel and whisked us away to school. We made it in time to see a wonderful flag ceremony full of dance and color.
The day sped by meeting teachers and finding out our schedule for the week. After coffee break with the teachers at the local hang-out, we watched a social studies class where they were studying "La guerra Fria" (the Cold War). I was struck by how similar some of my teaching strategies were with this teacher focusing on causes (causas) and effects (consecuencias) of events in the Cold War. Later in the week, we begin to teach!