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As my students in level 1 were learning how to describe landscapes, we decided to use our own landscape paintings to practise what we had learnt.First,we saw and described various paintings. Then, students imagined and painted their own master pieces inspired by what they had seen and finally,they used them to created simple lapbooks. Como... Seguir lendo →
The end of the school year is around the corner and my students in level 5 are preparing their last works before holiday break. In this task, they have to choose two animals from an exercise they have already done in their activity books. After describing the animals and using the information given in that... Seguir lendo →
Spring is the perfect time of year to teach children about the rainbow. A primavera é o momento perfecto do ano para falarlles aos cativos do arco da vella. So last Monday, Miss Spring came to our classroom and told us that a long time ago, people thought rainbows were magical bridges across the sky... Seguir lendo →
Butterfly life cycle wheels provide a wonderful visual demonstration to help kids explain how a caterpillar turns into a butterfly.All you'll need is a white paper plate, a coloring sheet of the butterfly life cycle, crayons, glue and scissors.After teaching my children about the 4 different stages in the butterfly’s life cycle, they colored all of the stages.... Seguir lendo →
Nadia wants to share with you this presentation she created at home about what we'd learnt last unit. Great job Nadia!
Many insects like butterflies have four separate stages of life cycle, each completely different from others. Mummy butterfly lays eggs on green leaves. After a few days, a small caterpillar comes out of the egg. This caterpillar is very hungry and feeds voraciously, growing quickly in size. Once the caterpillar is big enough, it stops... Seguir lendo →
Let's review the food words by playing with some quizzes created with two easy, free online quiz makers called Quizlet and Quizrevolution And now, let's sing! Why don't we listen to a funny story about aliens? Are you ready? More games
During these days my youngest children were working on the family words and it is obvious that they really enjoy this theme becouse their familiy is the centre of their universe.Do you want to know them? Durante estes días os máis pequechos estiveron traballando co vocabulario relativo a familia. É evidente que disfrutan moitísimo con... Seguir lendo →
We continue working on insects in a fun way. I started this activity by having children watch "The very hungry caterpillar" film. It was fantastic to see how interested my kids got watching the film version of this Eric Carle's book. They liked it so much that I had to read them the story each... Seguir lendo →
It took us several days (or it would be better to say several breaks) to have our postcards ready because we have just a computer for printing in the English classroom so my students had to create their postcards one at a time.It was worth the long wait!! Levounos varios días( mellor dito varios recreos)... Seguir lendo →
This is one of my favourite's Eric Carle's book. It's a story about a chameleon who isn't happy. Except for catching flies and changing colors occasionally, this chameleon doesn't find life very exciting. One day, he visits the zoo and meets many different animals. He wishes to be like all the animals in the zoo... Seguir lendo →
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