Classes 10-12. Tuesday 9-23/06

Hello

These several weeks we were finishing our work through the whole trimestre.

We did a final test and all of you did it very well and pass to the next grade.

We also showed our short theatre performance "Sophie the Monkey" - you were great!!! 


This last week we were watching a film in English "Toy Story 3".
Also today we announced the winner of our Olympic Games - Javier Ballestero! Well done!!!

In summer while relaxing you can play some funny English games or watch short videos.
Here´re some links:

Learn English Kids
ESL Games
Fun English Games

Have a nice summer and enjoy your vacations!!!

Class 9. Tuesday 02/06

Hello

This week we were playing lots of games to revise our vocabulary on the topic Food.

You made beautiful pictures with the food you like and don´t like:
I like ice cream, but I don´t like bananas.

We also practised talking to each other and making short dialogues:
I like hamburgers. And you? Do you like hamburgers?

Watch these episodes from Peppa Pig about Food:
Episode 1 - Lunch
Episode 2 - Fruit


The second part of the class we were rehearsing our play.


Next class 9/06 we´re having a small test, so revise the material we´ve learnt.

And on 16th June - we´re going to show our small performance, so get the costumes and learn your roles!

Class 8. Tuesday 26/05

Hello

Today we revised our vocabulary on the topic - Food and Drinks. We also practised how to ask each other about our preferences:
Do you like apples? - Yes, I do. No, I don´t.

We also practised how to write the words:
apple, banana, ice cream, burger, fish, cake. 

Practise writing them at home.

We made a small chart where we asked other children about what they like, then we drew a chart:

Four students like apples.
Three students like chocolate.
Two people like burgers etc.

The second part of the class we had a Flipped Class where other students were our teachers. We had the topic "Summer Holidays". We played games and had some fun!

Let´s play some games:
Food Game
Memory Game

Have fun! Learn your roles - next class we´re going to rehearse!!!

Class 7. Tuesday 19/05

Hello!

This week we started a new topic "Food and drinks" and learnt lots of vocabulary:
a banana, an apple, soup, salad, chicken, milk, water, tea, ice-cream etc.

Watch these vocabulary flashcards and learn the new words:
Food Flashcards Video

We also learnt how to talk about what we like and don´t like:
I like milk.
I don´t like salad.
Do you like ice-cream? - Yes, I do/No, I don´t.

We learnt a very funny song. Listen and sing along:
Food Song

Can you spell the words? Play this game and practise:
Food Game


Your homework: tell what you like and don´t like:

I like ice-cream, but I don´t like soup.

Class 6. Tuesday 12/05

Hello

Today we revised all our words about the house and furniture. And you made and decorated real houses! Wow!

At home finish colouring them and prepare a small presentation of this house:

In my house I´ve got a bedroom, a living room etc.
In the living room I´ve got a sofa, an armchair. The sofa is red and the armchair is orange etc.

We also practised writing some words and played a funny spelling game. What letters are missing?

S_F_ - SOFA
CH_IR - CHAIR
B_DRO_M - BEDROOM

We played Olympic Games and got some points:

Player 1 - 2 points
Player 2 - 3 points
Player 3 - 2 points
Player 4 - 2 points
Player 5 -
Player 6 - 3 points
Player 7 - 3 points

Also we learnt a new sound today - "rrrrrr". 

Listen to the story and practise the sound:
Sound R - Jolly Phonics

Look at the picture. What words in the picture have sound "r"? Write in your comments!





Now let´s play! Look at this funny online dictionary! There´re many useful words there! Find the topic "House" and look what things we can find there!

Kids Dictionary

Class 5. Tuesday 5/05

Hello! How´re you?

Today we revised lots of things and learnt some new!

So, we revised our furniture and checked your homework:
What has a living room got? - It´s got a sofa.
What colour is it? - It´s red.
Where is the bed? - It´s in the bedroom.
What colour is it? - It´s green.

Now let´s play! Here´re two funny games to revise our furniture words. Let´s see what you remember!
Game 1
Game 2

We also learnt some actions:
What´s he doing? - He´s eating fish. He´s watching TV.
What´s she doing? - She´s having a bath. She´s reading a book. She´s opening the door.

We sang a very funny song and repeated the actions. Sing the song along and dance!
Song What are they doing?

We also did some writing and matching:
She´s reading ... A BOOK.
They´re listening to ... MUSIC.
He´s driving ... A CAR.
She´s playing ... TENNIS.
She´s drawing ... A PICTURE. 

Let´s practise saying different actions! Sing a song and learn the words:
What are you doing? Song

Class 4. Tuesday 28/04

Hello! How´re you today?
Today we were missing Ivan and Alberto - hope you´ll get better soon and join us:)

We revised our rooms and learnt some new verbs:
eat
sleep
wash my face
watch TV
study


What do you do in the living room? - I watch TV in the living room.
Where do you eat? - I eat in the kitchen.

      


We also learn a lot of new vocabulary - Furniture:
a table, a sofa, an armchair, a bookcase, a bed, a lamp, a carpet, a wardrobe, curtains etc.

We decorated our rooms with the furniture:

What has the living room got? - It´s got a table, a bookcase and a TV.
What has the bedroom got? - It´s got a lamp and a bed.
What has the kitchen got? - It´s got the curtains etc.

Watch the video and learn new words:
Furniture Video

We also played a funny game and got some points for Olympic Games:

Player 1 - 1 point
Player 2 - 1 point
Player 3 - 1 point
Player 4 - 1 point
Player 5 - 
Player 6 - 
Player 7 - 2 points

Play this game again!
Furniture Game

Your homework is to colour the rest of the house in your copies. 

And don´t forget to practise reading your role in the play!

Class 3. Tuesday 21/04

Hello

Today we revised our vocabulary on the topic "My House" - the names of the rooms:
Is it a bedroom? - No, it isn´t. It´s living room.
Is it a hall? - Yes, it is.

We learnt how to write these words and also you did wonderful pictures of your houses:

My house has got a living room, a bedroom, a kitchen, a hall and a bathroom.

Also we did some listening and revised the prepositions - Where are the things in the house?

The cat is in the hall. The jacket is on the floor in the kitchen. The computer is in the living room.


Today we first read our play "Sophie the Monkey" that we´re going to show at the end of the trimester, in June! Do you like the play?

Here´s a video for you to revise our vocabulary:
Rooms in the house Video

And here´s our funny song:
This is my house Song

What do you do in different rooms in the house? Write in your comments!!!
I eat in the kitchen.
I watch TV in the living room.
I sleep in the bedroom.
I wash my face in the bathroom.

Sophie the Monkey (a play)

Sophie the Monkey (theatre performance)

Sophie the Monkey is a short play we´re going to make for a theatre performance on 16th June.

The children have got the copies with the play and their roles.

Here´re two links of Youtube with audio files where I´ve recorded the play in case the children and parents want to hear how to read and pronounce the words:

Sophie the Monkey Audio_Part 1

Sophie the Monkey Audio_Part 2

Class 2. Tuesday 14/04

Hello

Today we played a "Hot Potato" game and revised lots of words we know: activities, clothes, animals etc.

We also learnt new pronouns today "he" - for a boy and "she" - for a girl:

What can a girl do? - She can swim and sing. She can´t play the guitar and ride a horse.
What can a boy do? - He can ride a bike and play football. He can´t sing and dance.

In the class we did a real questionnaire - we asked questions to the class and filled in the table. According to the questionnaire:

In our group 6 of us can swim.
In our group 3 of us can draw.
In our group 6 of us can ride a bike etc.

Finally, we started a new topic with you, "Our House". We learnt places in the house:
a bedroom, a living room, a kitchen, a dining room, a hall, a bathroom.

Where is the dad? - He´s in the hall.
Where´s the mum? - She´s in the dining room.
Where´re granddad and grandma? - They´re in the living room.
Where´s Susy? - She´s in the bedroom.
Where´s Stella? - She´s in the kitchen.
Where´s Simon? - He´s in the bathroom.

We played a guessing game:
Where´re you? Are you in the kitchen? - No, I am not.
Are you in the bedroom? - Yes, I am.

We got some points for Olympic Games:
Player 1 - 2 points
Player 2 - 1 point
Player 3 - 3 points
Player 4 - 1 point
Player 5 - 
Player 6 - 3 points
Player 7 - 2 points

Let´s sing a song and learn parts of the house:
House Song
Do you like stories about Peppa Pig? Here´s one for you - about Peppa and her tree house:
Peppa Pig and a Tree House

Time to play! Here´s a game - write down the names of the rooms in the house:
House Game

Look at the picture below! What rooms can you see there? Write in your comments!

Trimester III. Class 1. Tuesday 7/04

Hello
How´re you after vacations? Hope you had some rest and are happy to start with English again.

Today we did some revision of the topic we had from the previous trimester - "Fun Time".

We learnt how to make positive and negative phrases about the activities:
I can swim and ride a bike.
I can´t ride a horse and sing.

You did wonderful pictures with the actions and phrases!

We also practised exchanging information with the partner:
I can swim and you? Can you swim?

We learnt how to write those words and expressions:
DRAW, RIDE A BIKE, SWIM, SING, PLAY FOOTBALL
So, at home correct the mistakes and practise writing these words.

We also practised writing our "h" sound. Colour your copies and read these words:
HOP                    HIP
HOT                    HIT
HAT                    HAND
HAM                   HEN

And don´t forget to have fun and sing our song:
Can an elephant jump Song

Class 11. Tuesday 24/03. End of trimester II

Hello

Today it was our last class in this trimester. To celebrate it we organised a Flea Market, a very funny and exciting activity. We decided to raise money for the charity organisation Design for Change or use it for our projects.

You brought lots of different things - second-hand books, toys, puzzles, home-made food and drinks. Wow! Great! You were real shop assistants and cashiers!

In the end, we earned 20,50 euros! Wow! So, we left our moneyhere in the school and we´ll use it for our project!


Here´re our photos from the Flea Market. 

our stand with lots of things to sell

our neighbour´s stand

very eager to do "business"

one more stand

Hope you had a good time. Please, write about your impressions here in the blog: Did you like it? Why? Do you think it´s a good idea to raise money for charity?

Also we have announced our Olympic Games winner. This trimester it´s Javier. Congratulations! Well done!!!

I wish you to spend good Easter Holidays! Happy Easter! And see you next trimester!

P.S. If you have time you can play some English games while on holidays. Here´re some links:

Kid´s Games

English Games

Class 10. Tuesday 17/03

Hello, my little students! How´re you? Hope good in this horrible weather:)

This week we revised lots of topics we´d learnt through our course and did some written activities. You did them very well, we´ll add the points to the Olympic Games.

We also revised some vocabulary from our topic and learnt some new words:
draw               ride a horse


dance      sing   


fish     


We played a guessing game and got some points for Olympic Games:
Player 1 - 1 point
Player 2 - 3 points
Player 3 - 2 points
Player 4 - 2 points
Player 5 - 
Player 6 - 3 points
Player 7 - 3 points

Also we learnt a new grammar structure - can/can´t:
I can swim and sing.
I can´t ride a horse and fish.
My father can fish and ride a bike.
He can´t dance.


Now let´s practise. Do the exercise, write what you can and can´t do:
Modals - can/can´t

It´s time for fun! Do you remember our funny song about the elephant? Let´s revise it and sing together! What each animal can do? (Write in the comments!)
Can an elephant jump? Song

Next week is our last class. We´ll get our Olympic Games results and evaluations. 

Don´t forget about our Flea Market next week, bring things, invite friends and have fun!!!

Class 9. Tuesday 10/03

Hello, boys and girls. How´re you?

Today we did a big revision of so many topics we´ve learnt (Animals, Clothes, Parts of the Face and Body etc.) Well done!!!

Also we started a new topic today - "Fun Time!" Hey, what activities do you remember?


To play footbal
To play basketball
To play the piano
To play the guitar
To ride a bike
To swim etc.

Let´s revise the action verbs and dance a little! Sing a song!
Action Verbs Song

What can you do? Can you play basketball? Can you ride a bike?
I can swim.
I can´t play the piano.

Let´s practise and check!
What can you do? Exercise

Our pronuciation story! Children went to the garden to have a hopping competition. When they finished they were tired and panting - "h-h-h-h-h"
Let´s pronounce "h" sound and sing a chant:
Jolly Phonics "h"




What words with "h" sound do you see? Hop, hot .... (write in the comments!)

Homework: do two exercises in your copy and bring it back to the class!

Information! Last class before vacations (24/03) we´re organising a Flea Market. Bring things you´d like to sell (second hand things, cooked food, hand-made decorations etc.) The money we´ll raise will go to the charity organisation. Everybody is invited (parents, friends, students etc.)
Don´t miss a great fun at our Flea Market!!!

Class 8. Tuesday 03/03

Hello, boys and girls. Today finally we had all students in the class! Great!

Today together with our clothes we revised our prepositions - IN, ON, UNDER, BY.

Where is my jacket? - It´s under the table.
Where are my trousers? - They´re on the chair.
Where is my skirt? - It´s on the table.
Where are my shoes? - They´re in the bag etc.

Let´s revise the prepositions and sing a song:
Song Where are my clothes

We also played Olympic Games in teams and got lots of points. We were miming and guessing the clothes:

Player 1 - 2 points
Player 2 - 2 points
Player 3 - 2 points
Player 4 - 1 point
Player 5 - 1 point
Player 6 - 3 points
Player 7 - 4 points

Our homework is to colour the pictures in the copy and to write where the clothes are using the prepositions.

Dear parents, make sure that your children take a copy with the homework BACK TO CLASS. If not - we can´t check the homework!

Class 7. Tuesday 24/02

Hello, boys and girls! How´re you?

What are you wearing today? - I´m wearing a ....

Today we revised the vocabulary and played lots of games:
Bingo Game
Guessing Game
Hot Potato Game

We also practised writing our words:
jacket, trousers, socks, shoes, coat, skirt, shirt etc.

We solved a crossword with these words.

Let´s play a guessing game and practise writing the words:
Guessing Game Clothes
(Write down in the comments all the words you guessed!)


Let´s also practise making up sentences using clothes words:
Summer Clothes Sentence Making Game


Today you were real fashion designers! You were making your own clothes. We cut it out and hung them on the washing line! It was fun!

 

So, this is our washing line and our clothes!

Here´s a fun game if you want to try yourselves as fashion designers. Design your own clothes and save it. Bring it to the class and describe it!

Fashion Design

Class 6. Tuesday 17/02

Hello
How´re you?

This week we revised the words we learnt on the topic "Clothes", aslo we revised colours:

What´s he wearing? - He´s wearing a red T-shirt and black trousers.

Also you were talking about your favourite clothes:
My favourite clothes are my pink skirt and green T-shirt.

Watch a video and repeat what the clown´s wearing and how he looks like:



Video Story Clothes


We learnt a new song and a new verb - put on:
Put on your shoes. Put on your coat.
I put on my T-shirt.

Watch a video and sing along:
Put on your shoes Song

Today also we listened to one more pronuniction story:
A girl on the farm was getting the eggs. Her mother cracked them to make breakfast: eeeeee- egg.
Watch a video and repeat the sound:
Jolly Phonics Sound E

What words do you know with sound "eeee":
egg, nest, hen



Your homework is to practise writing sound "e" and describe your favourite clothes.

Extra task: do this task with your parents:
My Favourite Clothes Exercises

Class 5. Tuesday 10/02

Hello, boys and girls! How´re you?

Today we started a new topic and talked about "Clothes".
Let´s revise the new words we learnt (a jacket, a skirt, a shirt, trousers, socks, shoes etc.)



Let´s watch talking flashcards and repeat:
My Clothes Video 1
My Clothes Video 2


Now let´s play a game and check your memory!
Clothes Memory Game



In class we were dressing the dolls using the clothes we´ve learnt. Now, let´s dress a teddy bear!
Dressing Game





Also this class we had a "Flipped" class where the students were our teachers themselves! They prepared interesting and fun activities! It was great!

Your homework is to dress another doll that you´ve got in your copies and describe what he/she is wearing:

He/she is wearing a black hat, a white shirt, black trousers and shoes.

Class 4. Tuesday 03/02

Hello
How´re you today?

Today we revised our animals and their parts of body:
Who has got a long tail? - A crocodile.
Who´s got a long neck? - A giraffe.
Who´s got short legs? - A hippo etc.

Today we also learnt how to write the names of some animals. We solved a crossword in English! Well done!

We also learnt what the animals can do:
A kangaroo can jump.
A monkey can climb.
A fish can swim.
A lion can run etc.

We learnt a very funny song "Can an elephant jump?". Let´s sing it again!
Song Can an Elephant Jump

And our pronunciation story. Today we read a story about the trip to one of the Spanish villages where a dancer was dancing Flamenco with the castanets. They clicked "ck-ck-ck-ck".

These are two friends - "c" and "k":
C - cat, castanets, caterpillar
K - kitten, kite, kangroo

These two friends stay together at the end:
click, pack, pick

Repeat the sounds with the song:
Jolly Phonics Song

Your homework: 
1. colour the monster from the previous week and bring it to the class
2. in the word search (sopa de letras) find the names of the animals
3. write the sounds "c" and "k".

Class 3. Tuesday 27/01

Hello. How´re you?

Today we saw your homework pictures - your faces! Great!

We learnt some more new words about our body (a body, an arm, a hand, fingers, a leg, feet, toes). 
Let´s sing a song and learn parts of the body:
This is me Song

Today we went to the zoo! We revised some wild animals. Do you remember them? A bear, a zebra, a tiger, a lion, a crocodile, an elephant etc.

Here´s a video with "talking flashcards" of wild animals:
Talking Flashcards Wild Animals

Now let´s describe animals:
This is a lion. It´s got a big body, four legs and a long tail.
This is a hippo. It´s got a fat body, four short legs and a short tail.

We played a Guessing Game "Whose ears"? You´ve got some points for our Olympic Games:
Player 1 - 3 points
Player 2 - 3 points
Player 3 - 3 points
Player 4 - 2 points
Player 5 - 4 points
Player 6 - points
Player 7 - 4 points
Well done! Listen to the song again and play with your parents!
Whose Ears Song

Now let´s guess the animals from their mouths:
Whose Mouth Song

We also revised some adjectives to describe animals and people:
happy-sad, fat-thin, big-small, old-young, long-short.

We coloured the animals and described them:
The old monkey is blue.
The happy dog is red etc.







Your homework: colour the monsters in your copies, bring them to the class and describe one monster you like.

Class 2. Tuesday 20/01

Hello, boys and girls.

Today we listened to an interview with ugly monsters. Do you remember what they answered?

Have you got short hair? - No, I haven´t. I´ve got long green hair.
Have you got teeth? - Yes, I have. I´ve got many orange teeth.
Have you got long ears? - No, I haven´t. I´ve got two small ears.

You also made a picture of an ugly monster and we described it:
He/she´s got a big/small head.
He/she´s got short/long purple hair etc.




Watch a short scene from "Monsters Inc.". There´re a lot of monsters there scaring children, choose a monster and describe him:
Video Monsters Inc






Today we checked how we can write out new words: ears, eyes, nose, hair, neck, cheek, mouth.
We got stars for our Olympic Games:

Player 1 - 3 stars
Player 2 - 2 stars
Player 3 - 3 stars
Player 4 - 2 stars
Player 5 -
Player 6 - 2 stars
Player 7 - 3 stars
Well done! 

Now it´s time to play English games. Let´s make a face! (Make a face and print it, Colour it and bring to the class!)
Make a face game

Let´s see how well we know the words. Let´s find clown´s parts of the face:
Clown´s Face

And now let´s colour his face!
Colour Clown´s Face




Your homework: draw your own face in the copy and write down what colour eyes you´ve got.