Wednesday, 10 December 2014

TWINKLE, TWINKLE

GROUP: 1st grade.
SKILLS: Listening, speaking.
DESCRIPTION:
  1. Watch the video of the nursery rhyme.
  2. After watching it the teacher will explain that they are going to listen to it everyday after break time as a relaxing activity.
  3. When all the pupils are used to this routine we can tell their families and hand them a copy of the song. With that they can sing it with their children or look for it on the internet and use it at home as well as in the class. It can be very handy!!!



Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Twinkle, twinkle, little star,

How I wonder what you are.

Up above the world so high,

Like a diamond in the sky.

Twinkle, twinkle, little star,

How I wonder what you are!

EENIE, MEENIE , MINIE, MOE

GROUP: 1st grade.
SKILLS: Listening, speaking.
DESCRIPTION:
  1. Watch the video of the chant.
  2. After watching it the teacher shows how to act it out. Some volunteers go in front of the class group and with the teacher perform the chant.
  3. To finish, they do all perform the chant in small groups and so they know how it goes.
  4. The purpose of this activity is to choose every week "the helper of the week" who will help the teacher.






  • The list below is only to remember who has been already the helper. You can use stickers of different shapes or colours for each round.



THE HELPER OF THE WEEK

  1. ADRIANA
  2. MARCO
  3. LOLA
  4. MATEO
  5. MAYA
  6. JAIME
  7. MAR
  8. CRISTINA
  9. MARIO
  10. NATALIA
  11. JOSÉ
  12. ALBERTO
  13. ELOY 
  14. CARLOS



Friday, 5 December 2014

THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR IS HERE!!

THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR

GROUP: 1st grade.
SKILLS: Listening, speaking, reading and writing.
DESCRIPTION:
  1. Watch the video of the story.
  2. After watching it the teacher asks some questions orally to check the understanding of the story. Then, they can all talk in a big group about healthy eating habits.
  3. To finish, they do those two activities to reinforce the days of the week and food vocabulary.


                             







Read, write and draw. 
(The teacher explains this activity, they have to write and then draw the food of each day)

Monday: 


Tuesday:


Wednesday:



Thursday:


Friday:


Saturday:







Sunday:






SINGING TIME!!

GROUP: 6th grade.
SKILLS: Listening, speaking, reading and writing.
DESCRIPTION:
  1. Watch the video of the song.
  2. Fill in the gaps.
  3. Check your answers with the lyrics version .







Bangles Eternal Flame
Close your ____ 1
Give me your ___ 2, darlin'
Do you feel my heart beating
Do you understand
Do you feel the same
Am I only _____3
Is this burning an eternal flame.

I _____4
It's meant to be, darlin'
I watch you when you are ______5
You belong with me
Do you feel the same
Am I only dreaming
Or is this burning (burning) an eternal flame.

Say my _____6
Sun shines through the rain
A whole life so lonely
And then you come and ease the pain
I don't want to lose this ______7, oh.

Say my _____8
Sun shines through the ____9
A whole life so lonely
And then you come and ease the pain
I don't want to lose this _______10, oh.

Close your ____11
Give me your ___12
Do you feel my heart beating
Do you understand
Do you feel the same
Am I only ______13
Or is this burning an eternal flame.

Close your ___14
Give me your ___, darlin'
Do you feel my heart beating
Do you _____15
Do you feel the same
Am I only _____16
Is this burning an eternal flame.

Close your ____17
Give me your _____18, darlin'
Do you feel my heart beating
Do you understand
Do you feel the same
Am I only ______19
Aaaaahh, an eternal flame.

Close your ____20
Give me your _____21, darlin'
Do you feel my heart beating
Do you _______22
Do you feel the same
Am I only ______23
Is this burning an eternal flame

Here you have the link with lyrics. Check your answers!!!


Wednesday, 3 December 2014

CLIMATE CHANGE

GROUP: 6th grade.
SKILLS: Listening, speaking and writing.
DESCRIPTION:
  1. On the first activity pupils should be in small groups and after knowing the meaning of the slogans, they can start a discussion in their own language . Then, they will write down the conclusions on their worksheet in English.
  2.  On this second activity pupils watch the video once or twice and answer the questions.






1  Before watching this advert. Can you tell me what these slogans mean?
Work in groups and disscuss about them.

CLIMATE CHANGE
SWITCH OFF-RECYCLE-CHANGE



SAVE TOMORROW, TODAY


2 While you are watching this ad, answer to these questions:


  • How many people are there in the yellow car?
  • What happened with the weather?
  • Can the grown-ups save Mzansi?