Theater and Thanksgiving

Today I went with the EOS (high school) kids to the theater. Initally there was a bunch of confusion about whether I was going with them or not, because we didn't know what time I would be back and I had 2 classes with the younger kids in the afternoon. Eventually one of the people in charge made the executive decision and said if I wanted to come, I could, and it didn't matter if I missed some of my other classes.

As we went walking to the theater Ana (the teacher I'm working with) was describing the landmarks we passed by. One of them was an area next to a church that they tried to turn into a parking garage. "Unfortunately" they found archeological remains and construction was halted. That happens all the time here, and is something that would  never happen in the US. They have so much history here.

When we got to the theater we had to wait outside for awhile so we started taking pictures. The kids have no concept whatsoever of organized photos, but it was fun anyways. At one point Ana told me "one of the students came up to me today and said 'Maestra, Erica is soo pretty." It's flattering, and I love that the kids don't hold back with compliments like that.

This theater was actually really close to my house and I didn't even know it was there. I'll have to see if there are any other good activities/events in the future.

A couple classes from other schools showed up and we finally got to go inside. We had to try and wrangle all the kids into their seats and get them to be quiet. One of the boys in the row in front of me was absolutely enamoured with a blond-ish Spanish girl from one of the other schools and kept trying to get her attention, get her to come over and kept telling her how pretty she was. Sounds cute, right? In theory, yes, but this kid was annoyingly persistent. Ana and I kept trying to get him to leave her alone but he wasn't having any of it.

The play was about 3 guy friends and 3 female cousins and 2 of the cousins and 2 of the guys were trying to set the remaining girl and guy up, so they tricked them into thinking the other was head over heels for them...of course they end up falling in love even though they were both adamant against it in the beginning.

Graffiti from the other side of the street

I ended up getting back in time for both of my other classes. I was only a little late to class with the 4th graders. We made pilgrim hats, which Irene and the students really liked. It was a good idea for Thanksgiving, minus the fact that I forgot to consider the lice problem. Supposedly we're getting it under control, but there are a couple kids that either have lice or dandruff based on what I saw when trying to help them with their hats...gross.

Next I had class with the 2nd graders. This class is always a little different because I'm not with the English teacher in this class. I'm with their normal teacher and I'm still not totally sure how much English he speaks. They are always excited to see me, but it's hard to keep them focused. In today's class one table made pilgrim hats and one table made indian hats, then they came together to shake hands and say "Happy Thanksgiving."

The pilgrim table

The indian table

Happy Thanksgiving pilgrims and indians!

Here instead of saying "cheese" they say "patatas." It doesn't seem to work very well because instead of looking like a smile it just looks like they are screaming...which they are...

We did something similar with the 1st graders earlier this week. Here is their photo...