Class 13. Tuesday 16/12

Hello

Today we had our last class in this trimester and  in this year! What a wonderful concert we had! You did it very well!

We announced our winner today. Our Olympic Games winner is Nadia Ortal!

Well done!

During your long winter vacations you can play fun games in English. Here´s a link:
Fun English Games

I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Class 12. Tuesday 09/12

Hello, boys and girls! How´re you? - I´m also fine, thank you:)

Today we were rehearsing our songs a lot . So, this is a list of songs we´re going to perform for our parents. You can practise a bit at home. The links are in the previous blog entries:

Hello, how´re you?
Hello, what´s your name?
Big, big, big
Let´s take a walk around the farm
Peppa pig number song
In, on, under, by - Where´s the spider?
Chistmas song - Santa, where´re you?

Also we revised our vocabulary from the topic "My family" and learnt some new words:
Who´s this? - This is my mum.
What´s her name? - Her name is Laura.
Who´s this? - This is my dad.
What´s his name? - His name is Oscar.

Do you remember our new adjectives?

     beautiful







       ugly
     young
      old

We started the project "My Family", finish your pictures, colour them, write the names of all family members and prepare a short presentation (oral):

This is my family. I´ve got a mum. Her name is Laura. She´s young and beautiful.
I´ve got a dad. His name is Oscar. He´s young.
I´ve got a granddad. His name is Tom. He´s old etc.

And of course, Christmas is coming! Are ready for Christmas?
We learnt some new Christmas words (a reindeer, a stocking, a Christmas tree, Santa Claus, a wreath, a snowman, bells, presents, a candle etc). Let´s revise them once again:
Christmas flashcards  







In your Christmas copies colour the pictures and write down their names.

 
Next week it´s our last Christmas lesson! We´ll announce our Olympic Games winner! 
What a surprise!
 
  

Class 11. Tuesday 02/12

Hello!
How´re you today?

Today we started a new topic and talked about "My Family". Little Suzy told us about her family:

I´ve got a mother - Mrs Star.
I´ve got a father - Mr Star
I´ve got a grandmother and grandfather (grandma and grandpa).
I´ve got a brother - Simon.
I´ve got a sister - Stella.

We also saw a family album and were guessing who is who:
In this photo my grandpa is under the car.
In this photo my mum is next to the computer.
In this photo my dad is on the bike.
In this photo my sister is under the table.
In this photo my brother is in the box.

We also sang a new song about the family. Let´s sing it again:
Family Song

Today we revised our "ppppp" sound and found new words that start with this sound:
a parot
a pie
pop corn
a plane
a pig
a pen

Colour those pictures in your Sound Book!

We´re preparing a little suprise for our parents! We want to give them a small concert with the songs we´ve learnt during this trimestre! We´re rehearsing hard at the class, you can also do it at home:)

And of course, a Christmas Song!
Here´s the link - let´s learn it as well:
Christmas Song Link

Class 10. Tuesday 25/11

   

Hello!
Today we were missing one student Alberto! Hey, get better and come to the next class soon!

We were revising all the topic we´ve learnt - we played preposition games, wrote down some prepositions and also drew some toys!

Let´s play a game and revise the prepositions:
Preposition Game

We also revised out pronunciation stories and competed our Pronunciation Book:
i - ink, ill
t - teddy bear, tree, tennis, turtle

We practised one more sound - "ppppppp". Let´s try to do it singing a song:
Jolly Phonics P Song


All right, let´s see what words we can read already. Do you remember our phonics (s, a, i, t, p)?
sat       pat          it           at         pit           sit           tip           tap           sip        past        spit     spot






Can you name what things you see in the picture using our sounds?

ssssss - 
aaaaa -
iiiiiii - 
ttttttt -
pppp -

Class 9. Tuesday 18/11

Hello
How´re you?

Today we revised our toys:
I´ve got a teddy/a doll/a ball.

Also we played a memory game. Do you remember what your classmates have got?
What has Sofia got? - She´s got a doll.
What has Ivan got? - He´s got a boat.

Let´s play a game and check our memory!
Toy Game 1

And now let´s practise writing these words! Here´s a funny game. Can you guess mystery words?
Toy Game 2

Today our Cow Polly was hiding ... Where??? IN the box! Ups.
Then she climbed and sat ON the box. And finally fell asleep UNDER the box.

And we lost our toys and were looking for them in the room:
Where is a doll? - It´s under the chair.
Where is a ball? - It´s on the table.
Where is a robot? - It´s in the bag.
Where is a teddy? - It´s next to (=by) the computer.

Now, it´s time to sing! Sing and learn the prepositions!
Where´s the monkey? Song

In, on, under, by Song

And now let´s find the toys. Can you help you the kids to find their toys?
Where´s my robot? Video

Our pronunciation story: a boy has a birthday party. His mum made a pink pig cake for him. He´s blowing the candles: "pppppppppp".

Your homework is to describe a picture with the toys we were sticking last class. Where´re toys in your picture? Also colour the pink pig cake and practise saying "ppppp" as if you´re blowing out the candles.

Class 8. Tuesday 11/11

Hello, boys and girls! How´re you today?
Today we checked your homework and you´ve got 1 star for it. Well done!

Today we revised our toys. Do you remember all of them?
What have you got? - I´ve got a ...

Let´s practise a little bit. Look at these links and practise:
Toys Exercise 1
Toys Exercise 2

Also we listened to some children and their favourite toys:
What´s your favourite toy? - It´s a doll.

Our Cow Polly has a bad memory, she confuses the words:
Is it a ball? - No, it isn´t. It´s a doll.
Is it a car? - No, it isn´t. It´s a train.

Let´s watch a video and listen to the kids - Video Toys:

How many toys has Anna, Tom and Lisa got? Can you write them down?
 
Also today we read one more pronunciation story. A mouse escaped from her cage and spilt the ink over herself. Since then she´s called Inky. She´s grey and has got a black spot on its back. Can you colour her in your copies?
Mouse Inky makes this squeaky sound "iiiiiiiiiii". Practise writing this sound in your copies.

Also we played a pronunciation bingo - words and sounds:
tent - t
spider - s
apple - a
ink - i etc.

Our lucky student this week is Ivan. He takes our Dragon Rocky home. Take care of it and tell the class about your week together!



Your homework is to find more words with our sounds "s, a, t, i", write them down in the blog, find the pictures to illustrate.

Class 7. Tuesday 04/11

Hello, boys and girls!

Wow, today you were great! We listened to your wonderful projects in English. They were very interesting. Have a look at our photos:

Alberto and his favourite pet - a turtle.

Sofia and her favourite animal - a penguine.

Dani and a duck

Ivan and a beutiful pet - a dog

Nadia and  a chicken

Alberto and his favorite pet - a dog

This is our class and our projects!










Today Cow Polly brought a box. What is there in this box?
Let´s see - a car, a teddy bear, a plane, a train, a ball, a doll, a boat, a kite, a robot, a computer,  a scateboard etc.

What have you got? - I´ve got a brown teddy. I´ve got a red car. I´ve got a yellow train.
Let´s practise together! Watch a video and repeat: My Toys Video.

What have you got? What colour is it? How many ... have you got?
Watch a video and say - My Toys Video 2.

And now it´s time to sing a song! Sing and point at the toy:
Toy Song

Today we as usual played our Olympic Games and got some points. We listened and numbered and then coloured the toys we heard:
Player 1 - 5 points
Player 2 - 5 points
Player 3 - 6 points
Player 4 - 4 points
Player 5 - 6 points
Player 6 - 4 points

Hey, toys are for playing! So, let´s play a game! How many toys can you remember?
Toys Game

Our lucky student is Dani, he´s got a Dragon Rocky. Tell us next week what toys Rocky plays with and what new English words you´ve learnt together!

Your homework is to colour the toys and say then what colour they are.
Write in your comments here in the blog: What toys have you got? What colour are they? How many have you got?

Class 6. Tuesday 28/10

Hello!
How´re you today?

Today our friend Cow Polly brought a magic box where a lot of pets live. What pets can you see in the box? A snake, a hamster, a dog, a cat, a bird, a turtle, a rabbit and a fish.

And what can these animals do? Let´s think...

A snake can crawl. A bird can fly. A turtle can walk slowly. A fish can swim. A rabbit can jump. A dog can run.

We played a Guessing Game. Can you guess what pet I´ve got?
Have you got a dog? - No, I haven´t.
Have you got a hamster. Yes, I have.

What´s your favourite pet? We watched a video where a girl was talking about her favourite pet. What is it? Video "My favourite pet".

Your homework is to prepare a Project "My Favourite Pet".
Draw your favourite pet and describe it:
My favourite pet is ...
I´ve got a ... (pet)
Its name is ....
It´s big/small/long/short/clean/dirty.
It´s ... (colour).
It´s happy/sad/hungry/sleepy.

Today we also had an unusual class - Halloween Class where other students were our teachers! 

It was super!

They prepared lots of funny Halloween activities!

Here´re our photos:

These are our young teachers

Do you know all the Halloween monsters?

Some fun Halloween activities

 The teachers have prepared well for the class

Halloween Memory Game

Hey, you were good at it!

It was difficult, but fun!

An improvised "theatre" from our teachers










Ufff, it was intense! In a rush we couldn´t listen to Alberto´s story about a Dragon, but we´ll do it next week for sure! And this week´s lucky student is Nadia! Enjoy your week with a Dragon!

And of course we went "Trick-or-treating" and got some candies!

Class 5. Tuesday 21/10

Hello, my little students:) How´re you today?
Sleepy? Hungry? Sad? Oh, yes, HAPPY! Great!

Today we talked about our "PETS".  
What pets did we see today?
A cat, a dog, a mouse, a bird, a fish, a horse.

We revised our colours and learnt how to ask the question about a colour:
What colour is a cat? - It´s brown.
What colour is a mouse? - It´s grey.

We coloured the pets in different colours and then you asked your partners what colour his pets are.
Great job!

Let´s sing and learn about pets:
"Have you got a pet" Song

Have you got a pet? - Yes, I have. It´s a dog.

Here´s one more song: "I have a pet" Song

Here´s your task: What pets can you see? What colour are they? Are they big/small/short/long? How many animals can you see? What´s you favourite?





We also revised our numbers and sang a "piggie" song. How many piggies are there?
We even played a BINGO game with numbers. Who was the winner? Nadia was the winner!

We also listened to one more "pronunciation" story. The children were playing tennis and the animals around were following them, saying "t,t,t,t,t,t". Do you remember things in the picture starting with "t"? a tent, a turtle, a teddy bear, a tennis ball etc.
Finish writing "t" sound in your copies!

Of course, we played Olympic Games and got some stars:
Player 1 - 3 stars
Player 2 - 3 stars
Player 3 - 3 stars
Player 4 - 2 stars
Player 5 - 2 stars
Player 6 - 3 stars

Good job! Hey, let´s practise more writing our sounds "s - a - t" if you forgot!

Ufff, hard work! Let´s play and relax a little:
Game Animals on the Farm
Game Create your farm

You can write in the comments what animals you´ve got on our farm!

Class 4. Tuesday 14/10

Hello, boys and girls!

How´re you today?
Today we learnt how to answer the questions:
Are you sleepy? - No, I´m not.
Are you hungry? - Yes, I am.
Are you sad? - No, I´m not.
Are you happy? - Yes, I am.

We revised colours and some adjectives. We played some games with our farm animals:
Choose an animal that is big/little/long/tall/clean/dirty.
What animal is it? - It´s an elephant. It´s big. It´s grey.
It´s a cat. It´s little. It´s brown.

You described animals yourselves and then we were guessing them! Very good! Wow!

We also learnt the numbers (1-10). You really know them well.
Let´s sing a song and learn the numbers - Numbers Song.
We counted our animals:
How many pigs do you see? - I see four pigs.

We also learnt to write some numbers up to 6:
1 - one
2 - two
3 -three
4 - four
5 - five
6 - six

Well done!

At the end we had some fun and did our favourite activity - colouring the lion.
Your homework is to finish colouring the lion and revise colours and numbers.

Choose two animals and describe them. Use the adjectives (big, little, clean, dirty, long etc.) and colours. Which animal is your favourite?

dragon

I have so much fun with the dragon.
I've played, I've slept...with him.
I thought that the dragon could call Peter.
I'm very sorry to say goodbye to Peter.

Sofia Espinosa

I like this duck. This duck is yellow. I think it's little and clean. My duck swims really well!!!!

This video is funny!!!

Would you like dancing with me???

See you next tuesday.

Dani.

Class 3. Tuesday 07/10

Hello, boys and girls!

How´re you today? - Are you sad? Are you sleepy? Are you scared? - Noooooo! We´re happy!

Today we had a big surprise - we met Polly´s friend. This is a DRAGON. His name is Rocky. Nice to meet you, Rocky!
He has many friends as well. Let´s see: an elephant, a hippo, a monkey, a giraffe, a parrot, a crocodile, a snake and a mouse.
Let´s describe them! Let´s do a quiz together - video "Big or little?"

What animal is BIG? - An elephant is BIG.
What animal is SMALL (LITTLE)? - A mouse is SMALL (LITTLE).
What animal is LONG? - A snake is LONG.
What animal is CLEAN? - A cat is CLEAN.
What animal is DIRTY? - A pig is DIRTY.

Let´s sing a song "Big, big, big".

We also revised the colours. What colours do you know? Red, green, blue, yellow, orange, black, brown, pink, purple, white.
What colour is our Polly? - She´s black and white. Her dress is yellow. And her trousers are red and white.
We visited a farm and coloured some animals. Do you remember their colours?
What colour is a cow? - It´s black and white.
What colour is a dog? - It´s brown.
What colour is a sheep? - It´s purple.
What colour is a pig? - It´s pink.
What colour is a cat? - It´s red.
Well done!!!

Let´s sing a song about colours - "The apple is red".

Today we revised our two sounds - "sssssss" and "aaaaaa". We put sound "a" in our Sound Book.
What words start with "a"? - Aaaaaapple, aaaaarrow, aaaaant.
And of course we played Olympic Games and got stars:
Player 1 - 2 stars
Player 2 - 2 stars
Player 3 - 2 stars
Player 4 - 2 stars
Player 5 - 2 stars
Player 6 - 2 stars
Hey, you all are so good! Well done!

Our today´s lucky student is SOFIA. She´s got a DRAGON and takes it home this week. Next class she has to make a small presentation about a dragon:
What´s his name? Is it big or small? What colour is it? Is it happy or sad?

Homework: now we know lots of things and we have some homework. Choose an animal and describe it.
Example: This is a cat. It´s small. It´s brown and black. It´s hungry and sleepy.

Class 2. Tuesday 30/09

Hello boys and girls!

Today we started a class without Cow Polly.
Polly, Polly, where are you? - Oh, Cow Polly is sleeping in the bag. She´s sooooo sleepy.

We revised our phrases and learnt some new:
Hello. How´re you today?
I´m sad, happy, hungry, sleepy and scared.

We went for a walk with Marty Moose. Let´s watch a video again and see how are his friends:
Video "How´re you today - Simple Skits"

Sally is SAD.
Clown is HAPPY.
Grasshopper is SLEEPY.
Martin is SCARED.

And how are you today?

We went again to the farm and revised our farm animals. Oh, there´s one more new animal: a PIG.
Do you remember our song? Let´s sing it again:
Song "Let´s take a walk around the farm" What animals can you see there? Let´s name them all!

Let´s learn one more new song about animals!
Song "Let´s go to the farm"

Today we revised our "sssssssssss" sound. We stuck some pictures that starts with "s" in our Sound Book: sssssssspider, sssssssnail, ssssssun, sssssssnake.

Oh, wow! You did a good job sticking the pictures and reading the words correctly. Let´s see how many stars did you get in the Olympic Games:

Player 1 - 3 stars
Player 2 - 3 stars 
Player 3 - 3 stars
Player 4 - 3 stars
Player 5 - 3 stars  
Player 6 - 3 stars   

 Hey! Well done!



Also we listened to one more story about a girl who went on a picnic. There were lots of ants on her arm and she said: A-a-a-a-a, ants on my arm!

Let´s see what words start with "aaaaaa":

                                                                 
  APPLE                                                                                                          ANT
ARROW                                                                                                       


Your homework is to colour the pictures in your Sound Book and on the copy. Practise saying "ssssss" and "aaaaa" sounds.

P.S. Parents, supervise the correct pronunciation of "s" sound:
It´s sssssssnake, NOT Esnake!