Challenge: Let´s play!!

It´s Christmas time!! School finishes for Christmas holiday, so students have time to spend with their family and enjoy celebrating this beautiful festival. Our English challenge is really funny: playing games to revise vocabulary and structures.

1. Click on the link and surf the different games
2. Enjoy your Christmas holidayy.
3. On January 7th, write an e mail to the teacher and talk about:

• your name and class.
• your daily routines and activities at Christmas.
• your family traditions for Christmas.
• your presents.

Games 1

Games 2

Christmas cards

Today, 5th level students have created their own Christmas cards for their family and relatives.  They love art and they have enjoyed a lot doing this activity.

Cooperative work

This is a great activity for students to cooperate and revise vocabulary related to Christmas.

We use "pencil in the middle" cooperative technique, so students need to take decisions and collaborate to complete the worksheet.

Games at Christmas

Christmas provides opportunities for students to talk and play. Today, we play boardgames and do a scavenger hunt activity at school hall. We enjoyed a lot!!

Boardgame  from ISL Collective

                 

 

Scavengers hunt images

MR Bean at Christmas

MR Bean is a great resource for English Class. Students love him . He is really funny!!

Challenge: Popplet

Students create mind maps using Popplet. They need to write about Christmas vocabulary. They can upload videos and images.

Follow the instructions:

• First, go to Popplet website.
• Register in it.
• Create a mind map about CHRISTMAS VOCABULARY
• Add words, images and videos.
• When you finish, download it and send it to the teacher´s mail .
• You will get an extra point!!

A letter to Santa

Students watch  a video about how to write a letter to Santa and the write one to decorate the hall.

                  

Propiedad ISL Collective

            

 

Santa is coming to town.

Students listen to the famous Christmas Carol "Santa Claus is coming to town" and they fill in the gasps. Then, they sing the different versions and choose the one they prefer.

 

Christmas around the World

Today, it is the second session of our collaborative project ETEN. Students watch this video about Christmas around the World and traditions. Then, they create their ideal Christmas celebrations: food, date, weather, ...... It is a great opportunity for them to collaborate and speak English . Teacher Eugenio from Alfonso X school is the responsable of the class today, and I visit his school.

Christmas speaking time!!

Today, 5th level students play a Christmas speaking board game and they enjoy a lot speaking English.

Nativity scenes

Children create their own Nativity scenes using recycled materials.

A new radio podcast

6th level students record another radio programme: English is on the air!!

Escucha"Podcast" en Spreaker.

Catching snowflakes

Using art is very funny for kids. Children speak about their art projects and reinforce their knowledge about winter.

 

 

Let´s play!

This is a fantastic Christmas Quiz to do in groups in English Class. Children love the quiz and we can use it for a class competition.

ISL Collective

Writing about Winter

After learning a lot about Winter, it is the moment to write about it. Children write about its colours, festivals, weather, clothes.....

 

 

Pass the word

Students play "Galactic pass the world" to revise vocabulary.

Click and play

Challenge: Christmas trivia

This challenge is really easy and very funny for students.

1. Click on the link ( Trivia 1 and 2) and answer the questions.
2. Write a mail to the teacher and :
• write your name and class
• explain which trivia is funnier for you.
• explain how many mistakes you had in the trivias.

Trivia 1

Trivia 2

Winter is coming to town

Winter is coming. It´s an incredible season: we celebrate Christmas, and we can play with snow. Let´s read about winter and learn more about it!!

Propiedad de ISL Collective.

It´s Christmas time!!

Christmas is coming to our town and we learn a lot about traditions, vocabulary, .... Let´s start!

How is Christmas celebrated around the World?

Let´s play!!

Challenge: QR generator

This challenge is really interesting!! Children learn how to create a QR code. At the moment, students can read these type of codes, but they don´t know how to create them. To do it, they need to follow these instructions carefully:

1. Watch the tutorial video.

2. Go to QR Generator website.

3. Choose text mode and write a text about: ( choose only 1 topic)

• You
• Your city
• Your school
• Your family

4. When you finish,  send it by mail to the teacher.

5. If it is correct, you will get an EXTRA POINT!!

Countries around the World

Children learn about countries and capital cities.

 

Proyecto ETEN

HOy ha dado comienzo la primera sesión del proyecto ETEN. Cuatro maestros intercambiando material, y experiencias en colegios de nuestra ciudad. Un proyecto sencillo que aporta muchas ventajas tanto a docentes como alumnado. Éste es el principio de un proyecto que deseamos tenga una larga vida y cuya familia de centros vaya ampliándose año tras año.