Challenge: writing an e-mail

This challenge is very useful for our students to learn how to write an e - mail.
All them have an Google account , so they have to send a mail to the teacher  following these steps:

• First, open your email account
• Write your teacher email address ( pelesa2@hotmail.com)
• Complete subject and the body text
• Organize your information: Introduce yourself, write about your daily routine, write about what you are doing at the moment,  write about the weather, and what you are wearing, talk about your family or your school..... say goodbye.

Some students´mails

Art and crafts: clothes

Children create this funny and simple craft to talk about clothes and what people are wearing. As we are learning about Around the World in 80 days, kids use different countries and nationalities for their  toilet paper dolls.

 

 

 

 

Listening test

Listen to this podcast and answer the following activities.

Podcast 1

Podcast 2

Writing: What are you wearing?

Students finish the drawing and write about what he is wearing. Then, they will show their creations and read it for their friends. 

Clothes around the World

Watch this video and learn about clothes around the World.

What are you doing?

Children ask their families about what they are doing. Thanks to all the families to participate and collaborate for this funny activity. 

Art and crafts: Creating books

Our students create their own stories and their own books with art materials. To make their books they :

1. In groups, children create their stories
2. Children have to take decisions in groups about its format , materials to use, ...
3. They share their team work and every member in the team has a responsibility. 
4. Th group presents and reads the book created.

Podcast 8: English is on the air

Today, students edit podcast 8 . It´s a special radio programme for the celebration of the Book Day

Oral class: speaking about past simple

Children speak about past simple using board games and story cubes.

Present continous practice

At this moment, students do two different tasks:

1. First , they practice present continuous using the following website

Interactive activities

1. After 30 minutes, students will create an animation movie using Flipa Clip app ( it is installed in their mobile devices)

Practising present continuous using FlipaClip. These are some of the students animated films

Songs for 6th level students

Listen to this songs and complete the activities. 

What are they doing?

Talk about this scene:

1. Describe the classroom 
2. Talk about what they are doing

Listening

6th level students practice listening skill using podcasts adapted to their level and age.

Podcast 1

Podcast2

Challenge: Zooburst stories

Students create pop up stories using Zooburst .

Instructions:

• Go to Zooburst website
• Register in the web with a PERSONAL ACCOUNT
• Log in with your mail and password.
• Then, create a new book
• Edit and choose : backgrounds, colors, icons, elements, characters....
• Create at least 5 pages
• Write a text in each page 
• Write a dialogue or a text in characters bubbles.
• Finally, save and share it by mail to the teacher ( pelesa2@hotmail.com) 

Daniel´s zooburst


Patricia´s zooburst

Angel´s zooburst

Sergio´s zooburst

Rocio´s zooburst

Ana Rocio´s zooburst

Art and craft: We are the World

Children will create a globe using their hands as a symbol of peace and love. Every body in the World is important and our students know it. For this activity, we need:

• Pencils and rubbers
• Crayons or feltips
• scissors and glue
• colour papers 
• our creativity

This activity is  very easy to do and it is a great way to develop their creativity and drawing skills, as well as making  students aware of the importance of peace in the World and their positive attitudes with the others. 

 

We are writers : collaborative stories

On Thursday, 5th level students create their collaborative stories using Storybird. This app is awasome and it gives us the opportunity to collaborate and create wonderful tales or stories. For this activity our students :

• Work in pairs using a computer

• They go to Storybird website

• Then, they log in with the mail address and password given by the teacher.
• They choose the type of art and the type of book they are going to create.
• Then, they only write one part of the story,  so the other 5th level  group finishes the last part. 
• At the end, they evaluate their work using a rubric. 

Writing a letter for our Turkish pen friends

6th level students write a letter to their Turkish pen friends.

Instructions:

1. First, they know the names of their pen friends.
2. Second, they practice how to write a letter using the writing guideline.
3. Thirdly, they write down their letters and the teacher corrects them.
4. Then, they decorate their letters and add some photos or stickers .
5. Finally, we send the letters 

 

Facebooks

Our students create their Facebook pages. They need to write about:

• personal information
• give information about their experiences 
• show their friends

Writing Whatsapp

Our students of 5th level write Whatsapps conversation between Ouda and Philleas Fogg. They can use abbreviations, icons, ....

Listening practice

Student listen to these texts and do the activities they have in their listening tests. Listening skills need practice in class .

Listening 1 ( 5th level)

Listening 2 ( 5th level)

Listening 1 ( 6th level)

Listening 2 ( 6th level)