Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Today we had the opportunity to observe a few other teachers and classes at Dom Jose Gaspar. We were excited to see some amazing instructional strategies, including peer evaluations, differentiated texts, and cross-curricular instructions in high school math and Portuguese classes.

Our afternoon trip to the seaside city of Santos was completely beautiful. The city has a significant relevance to the economy of Brazil and is home to the Bolsa do Cafe, Brazil's historic coffee exchange. The museum was rich with information regarding the export of coffee from Brazil's plantations to the port city of Santos to the international market.

Bolsa do Cafe Museum 

Bolsa do Cafe Museum

We took a beautiful cable car ride up to the top of Monte Serrat to visit a chapel that will celebrate it's 400th anniversary this year. The views of Santos were breathtaking!

Bananas

Gorgeous views of Santos, Sao Paulo, on the Atlantic coast

Our history-teacher-tour-guide with Will and Amanda

The day concluded with some drinks and delicious Brazilian food by the water, but only after Briana and I got our hands on some new Santos Futebol Clube jerseys. We are the proud new fans of the Brazilian soccer team that created Pele and Neymar and promised to support the FC in the States!