27 Dec 2014

100.000 visits!

I want to take a moment to thank you all for your support, whether it's helping children, following this web, doing the activities on line or giving your support.
It means so much for me!
It's so important to me that  I want to dance for all of you.
If you want to sing with me, click on the pic below.
http://www.elfyourself.com/?mId=63019915.2

Also, let me say that here you have more games for these days.

23 Dec 2014

Christmas is here!

Click on the Christmas cards and you will find some Christmas games!

http://www.primarygames.com/holidays/christmas/games.php

22 Dec 2014

21 Dec 2014

How to make a Christmas cracker

Hi you all!
Here you have an easy way to make your own Christmas crackers.



Welcome winter!

Hi you all! 
Winter is here and we are busy buying presents for Christmas.
Here you have a good gift for a child.
Just for sharing with you and for celebrating one of the greatest joys of being a teacher,
look at the children's faces when they listen to an incredible story teller!

19 Dec 2014

Fold me up!

Hi everyone!
4th graders have been working hard about Christmas. The last activity consisted of making a Christmas fortune teller or snapdragon. Some of them didn't have enough time to make it in the English lesson, so here you have the instructions about how to make a fortune teller.

The steps are as it follows:
  1. Fold the paper into fourths
  2. Unfold the paper
  3. Fold over the four corners, into the middle.
  4. Fold into fourths again
  5. Flip over the paper
  6. Fold over the corners on the new side of the paper
  7. Fold into fourths one last time
  8. Fit your fingers into the slits and open.


Decorate the Christmas tree game

Click on the picture below and decorate the Christmas tree simply by dragging ornaments on the floor and then drop them on the tree.
Then turn the lights off to see how it glows.
http://www.castlearcana.com/christmas/tree/index.html

18 Dec 2014

Merry Christmas in different languages

If you want to impress your friends with several ways how to wish a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, just keep on reading the list behind the picture. Click on it and find out the different languages.

http://www.santas.net/howmerrychristmasissaid.htm

17 Dec 2014

Names for Father Christmas

What would you call Father Christmas if you lived in another country? 
 Take a look at the picture below and count how many languages can you memorize.
http://www.the-north-pole.com/carols/index.htm

15 Dec 2014

SMILE

Your smile encourages others and makes people happy.
Try it!

12 Dec 2014

11 Dec 2014

Where is Santa?

Hi everyone! 
Today I want to share with you the Carol Christmas for 2nd grade Pay attention to this cute song and try to guess where Santa is. Enjoy it!

5 Dec 2014

Friday I'm in love

Hi everyone!
This song is specially for Irene from 4thC group and her mum who involved her daughter to this famous song by the Cure. 
Watch the video below and try to understand it. 
You will check the days of the week at the same time.
By the way, have a wonderful long weekend and enjoy your previous days before Christmas holidays.

3 Dec 2014

A poem for very young children

http://www.primarygames.com/holidays/christmas/coloringpages/15-snowman.php

I'm a snowman 
short and fat
here is my hat
and here is my scarf.

When it's hot
I'm so sad
When it's cold
I'm so glad!

A count down to Christmas Day!

Hi everyone!
Here you have an special Advent calendar with lots of great ideas for this special time of the year.


http://pearsonelt.es/adventcalendar/#



From now on and right up to Christmas Eve there’s a special box to open up every day with a little Christmas surprise for you and me! :)) 

  • Christmas songs. 
  • Christmas crafts.
  • Reading texts.
  • The origin of Christmas.
  • Activities, recipes, jokes, tongue-twisters and much more… Great ideas for this special time

2 Dec 2014

Little Jack Horner

Hello everyone! 
Children from CI love this Nursery Rhyme! 
They are friendly with Jack Horner because he is a naughty boy and maybe they would do the same :))

1 Dec 2014

Welcome December

December is here and it is time to open the Advent Calendar.
The word advent means "a coming" and refers to the four-week period during which Christians prepare for the coming of Christmas Day.
 An Advent calendar has 24 numbered colorful flaps. One flap is lifted daily to uncover a holiday picture.
Get fun with this one:
http://www.presentationmagazine.com/online-advent-calendar.php



29 Nov 2014

Match and play with numbers

Hi everyone!
 Here you have an activity to check numbers til 100. 
Click on the pic below and "play" :))
http://www.lcfclubs.com/englishzone/practicezone/flashEN/11Enumbers50to100.swf

Hocus the dinocroc

Hi 1st graders, here you have a lovely dinocroc who is going to be your friend. 
 Hocus is born and it meets Lotus in the episode below.
Hope you like it. Have fun!


Note for 1st graders' families: 
I invite mothers, fathers and grandparents to spend some time with their children watching cartoons: a pleasant experience that will be enjoyed with curiosity.

28 Nov 2014

Amazing stopwatch

Hi everyone,
here's a BIG stopwatch to show on a screen.
It can be useful for teachers.
Have fun!
http://teachr.co/1xcX4T6
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27 Nov 2014

Happy Thanksgiving

Today is an important day in United States. It's a national holiday and people spend the day with their families and it is traditional to roast a turkey with stuffing inside.
We will talk about it and we will learn some vocabulary today.
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/history/thanksgiving-traditions/


26 Nov 2014

Five senses for 1st graders

Hi you all! 
1st graders are learning this song about senses. 
I had the opportunity to learn it some years ago with an Irish student who was doing her practicum at our school.



25 Nov 2014

Muzzy for 3rd grade

Do you remember Muzzy stories?
I'm sure you have great memories, haven't you?
By the way,
here you have a picture from one of his chapters to practise prepositions.
We will do the activity in the next English lesson.

24 Nov 2014

Similes


What is a simile?
A simile is when you compare two things.
  Lenka sings in this video a song that it will help you to understand it better.

22 Nov 2014

Present Simple

Hi CS students! 
Click on the picture below and practise present simple. 

http://isabelperez.com/happy/tenses/present_simple.htm
Use the Simple Present to express the idea that an action is repeated or usual. The action can be a habit, a hobby, a daily event, a scheduled event or something that often happens. It can also be something a person often forgets or usually does not do.

20 Nov 2014

It's about time

 Ugh...teaching time is one of the most difficult things for me.  I mean, if you think about it there are A LOT of skills for our students to learn!  
This is a good resource to teach time.
After the clock is put together, just practice, Practice, PRACTICE!
Thanks a lot to the crazy teacher!


19 Nov 2014

Be kind!

2nd graders learnt this nice poem!

Please and thank you
are magic words
we need to say
very often, every day.

Please and thank you
are useful words
to help you be polite
and make people feel alright.

Please and thank you
are the best words
to say people
with a big bright smile!


Let your children know how happy it makes you when they are being kind and responsible. 
Let's listen to them!

Note for families: you will see this poem in the children's scrapbook.

17 Nov 2014

Puppets, puppets, puppets!

http://englishgtsbd.blogspot.com/

Bring your favourite puppet and talk with your mates. How do you use it in your English lessons?

13 Nov 2014

Time

We have just introduced time to 4th graders. The first lesson was right but they have to check it at home for tomorrow. 
So, if you are one of these students, here you have some clues and an activity you know very well. Click on the clock and try to stop it on time. Have fun!

 Stop the clock!

12 Nov 2014

Let's play with numbers

Hi everyone! 
Here you have a number bingo game. 
Click on the pic below and choose a group of numbers. 
Then, pay attention and click on the number you will listen to. 
 Have fun!
http://www.abcya.com/number_bingo.htm

11 Nov 2014

Values

In every life we have some trouble, when you worry you make it double!


IT'S JUST FINE

It's fine to be
happy or sad.
It's fine to be
brave or scared.
It's fine to have
short or long hair.
It's fine to play
or just watch.

It's fine to be alone
or want company.
It's fine to be thin
or fat.
It's fine to wear jeans
or a skirt.

It's fine to dance
or sit down.
It's just fine
to be
what you
want to be!

An amazing ending

Hi 1st graders!
After watching the Gingerbread story,  you  decided that the bird didn't eat the gingerbread man and we thought about an ending.
Let's see if this ending likes you...

10 Nov 2014

The Gingerbread man

Hi everyone! How is all going? 
A new week is here and we have lots of things to do. 
To begin with, here you have this famous story. 
Let's think about different endings and
we will talk about them in the next English lesson.

By the way, if you want to cook a gingerbread man, here you have the recipe. Delicious!

7 Nov 2014

Reduce, reuse, recycle

It's time to learn the three R's of the environment: reduce, reuse, recycle. Talk and practice at home: don't buy things you don't need or items that come in wasteful packaging or that cannot be recycled. 
Reuse and recycle whatever you can, as this song says!

 

6 Nov 2014

Classroom names for 2nd grade

This school year brings black holes and horses to 2nd grade

2ndA group are black holes, but what are they?
Have you ever had to vacuum your bedroom? When you do, watch closely because you will see the dirt and crumbs start to move towards the vacuum cleaner.  A black hole is similar to a vacuum cleaner, cleaning up debris left behind in outer space.
However, it is not suction power that makes things fall into a black hole.  Suction would not be strong enough.  Instead, a black hole uses the power of gravity to pull things towards it.


                             2ndB group is working on horses. 
We are learning the actions that horses do and also new vocabulary about them.
Besides that, we have discovered fun facts about them:
. They can sleep both lying down and standing up.
. Their lifespan is around 25 years.
. They have around 205 bones in their skeleton.
...

Here you have this funny song from "kids songs" by Patty Shukla

5 Nov 2014

How does the heart work?

As 4th graders know, our heart is a hard-working muscle
and is one of the most important organs in the human body.
So let's pay attention to this video and you will learn new facts about the body's engine.

4 Nov 2014

3 Nov 2014

Signing time

Are you a boy or a girl? Are you positive? Absolutely positive? Well you better watch this video and then we will comment in our English lessons.

31 Oct 2014

Happy Halloween!

Hi everyone,
It's Halloween time !
Click on the picture below and you will find lots of games and activities about this celebration.
http://angles365.com/classroom/halloween2014.htm



30 Oct 2014

Halloween/castanyada time

The leaves have changed into their fall colors and the breeze is in the air. Halloween is right around the corner and it's time for "castanyada" too. Today we have a special celebration at school. Most of families have brought chestnuts and delicious cakes to school and 6th graders have prepared lots of games for the rest of students at school. So you are probably exciting and waiting for the afternoon. 

Nevertheless, remember that we are working on the Halloween theme. Never fear because there is still a lot of funny activities we will do in our English lessons.
Well here there are two of them: a song that was written and performed by A.J.Jenkins and the Halloween chants.

  
 Video by KidsTV123.

and here you have the Halloween Chants!

29 Oct 2014

Science and Halloween

Here you have an easy sandwich to make for this special day!

JACK-O'-LANTERN TOAST
You need:
  • sliced white bread
  • slices of cheese
  • a toaster
Take two slices of bread and a slice of cheese for them to make a sandwich. Previosly cut out eyes and a mouth in one of the slices. Toast the sandwiches and eat them while still warm. Delicious!

Before we move...let's review prepositions

http://englishflashgames.blogspot.com.es/2008/06/prepositions-of-place-game.html
3rd graders have studied a list of commonly used prepositions  Prepositions are used in a sentence to show location such as in front of, next to, behind, or under.Tomorrow we will do a cut-and-paste activity that will work on spatial concepts and has a Halloween theme.  You will also ask "where" questions after completing the activity.

A cute song for 1st graders

Thank you to kidsTV123

28 Oct 2014

Trick or treat?

That is the tradition for Halloween.
If you watch the video below you will understand how the tradition works.

Prepositions for CM

Hi children!
This is a very simple picture to remember the prepositions of place. If you click on the image, you'll go to an interactive exercise to practice them.
I hope it is useful!


http://englishflashgames.blogspot.com.es/2008/06/prepositions-of-place-game.html


Hangman

25 Oct 2014

The Water Cycle

4th graders have to study the Water Cycle for next week. So here you have a resource that will remember you the most important facts in the Water Cycle. Click on the picture and you will start exploring all the facts you learnt in the English lessons.
http://www.unitedutilities.com/all-about-water.aspx?utm_content=buffer6addb&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Ready for Halloween?

Hi everyone!
Next week will be a busy one. Remember we have the traditional celebration at school next Thursday afternoon. Don't miss it.
On the other hand, next Friday night a lot of families all over the world will celebrate Halloween.
So, next week we will do different activities for living a little bit that famous celebration in the English lessons.
By the way, here you have lots of songs about Halloween. They are fantastic. 
Thank you Super Simple Songs for sharing them!
 

24 Oct 2014

Class names

This school year brings stars and wolves to 1st grade

1stA group, THE STARS 
 What is a star? 
When did the first stars form? 
What are stars made of? 
 What are the different kinds of stars?
  
1stB group, THE WOLVES: 
Enya is a famous singer. She's got a song called Crying Wolf! 
Here you have the video with
 wonderful wolves pictures. They are awesome!
 

23 Oct 2014

Basic vocabulary for 3rd graders

Hi everyone!
3rd graders are learning the English alphabet. Among different activities I want to show you some poems they wrote playing with their names. The presentation below show you a summary of them because they worked individually and thought about a thing they liked. I tried to copy what they described.


  

Peppa Pig and the stars

1stA group has a new name: "The Stars"
Children and me have been talking about them. Children were astonished about what a star is (if you want more information, look at 1st group page on your left of the screen)
Fortunately we found this short movie about Peppa Pig and we enjoyed a lot. Thanks Peppa for being so cute!


22 Oct 2014

Red Riding Hood and Peppa Pig

Hi everyone! 
1stB group has a new name: "The Wolves group"
For that reason we have read the Little Red Riding Hood story today.
We have practiced some structures that the wolf repeats as
Peppa Pig does in this short episode.
Enjoy it!

21 Oct 2014

Why do some leaves change their color in Autumn?

Every Autumn in all the forests of the world, there is a miraculous change in the color of the leaves. They turn from green into brilliant shades of yellow, orange, red, and gold. Sometimes you can see several shades on the same leaf. But why are these color changes happening, and what is going on in the plant?
Read this explanation and you will understand!
Plants make their own food. They take water from the ground through their roots. They take a gas called carbon dioxide from the air. They turn water and carbon dioxide into food using sunlight and something called chlorophyll. This one is green. It gives leaves their green color.

Winter days are short and dry. Many plants stop making food in Autumn. Then, the chlorophyll goes away. Then we can see different colours as orange, yellow, red, gold and also brown. When they are brown, it comes from wastes left in the leaves.
Watch the video!

Let's have fun with the English Alphabet

Let's check the ABC. Click on the picture below and then on each letter. You will listen to the sound and some examples.




                               Now click here and follow the instructions.

16 Oct 2014

The Voice of European Teacher'S

Hi everyone!
As you know, Joanot Alisanda is  in The Voices of European Teacher's Comenius network. For your information, from 16thOctober to 19th your English Teacher will share the "Identity through names" project with teachers from different 10 Universities.
This will happen in Derby, England. 
If you don't remember the project or if you want to find out more about it, visit this blog

However, here you have a summary about some of the activities we realized when we were searching in names.

15 Oct 2014

Colors in Autumn

Click on the picture and choose the correct answer. When you finish, click on "next" and enjoy with the rest of the activities.  
Have fun!
http://www.kidzone.ws/plants/autumn1.htm
Plants use sunlight to turn water and carbon dioxide into oxygen and glucose. 
Oxygen is a gas in the air that we need to breathe.