O blogue de inglés do CEIP Nosa Señora das Dores.
If you are teaching how to talk about the weather, you can use our new spinner. It focuses on the vocabulary worked in our unit 3 : raining, sunny, snowing, foggy,windy, cloudy, hot and cold.
Students in Level 1 started making this spinner today. They traced, coloured and cut them, but previously, we practiced the new vocabulary with some oral games and singing this funny song. They enjoyed it! Do you dare to sing it along with us? Try it!
I love using spinners because of the benefits of using then as a learning resource.
If you are teaching how to ask about abilities, you can use this Can you…? spinner. It focuses on the vocabulary worked in our unit 2:sing, ride a bike, make models, juggle, play the guitar, do karate, dance and paint, but one blank spinner template is avaliable if you want your kids desing their own wheel.
Encántame usar as ruletas polos beneficios que teñen como recurso educativo.
Se queres traballar na aula como preguntar polas habilidades , podes empregar este recursos. O vocabulario empregado é o que estamos a traballar na aula pero tes unha versión en blanco se queres que os alumnos deseñen eles mesmos a súa ruleta.
2 versions are included.
Version 1: This is probably the most basic way to make a spinner! Simply poke a pencil through your card game disc and spin it like a top. The good thing about this method is that every child in your class can have their own spinner. However, I have found that the hole in the middle of the card quickly starts to widen and the disc falls down.
Versión 1: Esta é probablemente a forma máis básica de facer unha ruleta! Simplemente insira un lapis a través do seu disco de xogo de cartas e víreo como unha buxaina. O bo deste método é que cada neno da túa clase pode ter a súa propia ruleta. Con todo, descubrín que o orificio no medio da tarxeta comeza a alargarse rapidamente e o disco cae.
Version 2:This is one of the easiest and most effective ways to make a home-made spinner, and my personal favourite! Cut out the top and bottom part of the spinner.Punch a hole through the middle (top and bottom part) and insert a brass paper fastener through the holes on both top and bottom part and children can play with their classmates.
Versión 2: Esta é unha das formas máis fáciles e efectivas de facer unha ruleta caseira, e a miña favorita! Recorta a parte superior e inferior da roda xiratoria. Faga un burato no medio (parte superior e inferior). Insira o cravo a través dos buracos na parte superior e inferior e os rapaces xa poderán xogar cos seus compañeiros.
I would like to start this new year sharing with all of you these terrific works done by students in Level 2 because they have made a great effort during the first term.
Enjoy them.
During this week, students participated in a special Halloween/Samaín Escape "School" . It has been the first time we organize this type of activity and I have to admit that I had never seen students so excited and engaged in an activity.
Ao longo da semana, os rapeces e rapazas participaron nun Escape “School” moi especial. Esta é a primeira vez que organizamos no centro este tipo de actividade e teño que admitir que nunca antes os vira tan involucrados e entusiasmados nunha actividade.
One of the most important reasons to organize an Escape room is that while children work together, they must use their skills and knowledge to help the group.They have to learn to play as a team!!!!
Unha das razóns máis importante para realizar un Escape room é que os rapaces e rapazas deben empregar as súas habilidades e coñecementos para axudar ao grupo. Deben aprender a actuar como un equipo!!!
Three witch sisters, the Sandersons have returned in Halloween to create havoc at school and children have to solve different puzzles in different rooms: the English room, the ICT room, the Music room, the gym and the library.
If they are able to solve each puzzle, they will get code to open the spellbook and send the witches back to the spellbook.
But, they only have 30 minutes to complete the challenge!!!
As tres irmáns Sanderson retornaron en Halloween para crear estragos no cole e os nenos e nenas teñen que resolver distintas probas en certos lugares do cole(a clase de inglés, a biblioteca, a clase de música, a de informática e o ximnasio) para acadar un código que permita abrir o libro de conxuros das bruxas e devolelas a onde nunca deberon de sair.
Pero so teñen 30 minutos para completar as probas!!!!
Children sometimes come to the English class tired or with other things on their mind, so it is important to take up each lesson with a warm-up activity that allows students to turn their English mode on.
One of these warm-up activities is “ᴛʜᴇ Qᴜᴇꜱᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴇᴇᴋ“. Before starting the lesson, children have to overcome an easy challenge if they want to come into the classroom. Besides, this challenge also serves to review language from a previous lesson or introduce a new topic while also promotes the active participation of students, their attention and interest.
Besides, it is a great activity for all kind of students because some students can act as a role models for other students or changing the difficulty level according to the student if necessary.
This is our ““ᴛʜᴇ Qᴜᴇꜱᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴇᴇᴋ” board this week.
Algunhas veces os rapaces e rapazas chegan cansados a clase de inglés ou traen outras cousas na cabeza, polo que é importante ter actividades previas que permitan activar o “modo Inglés”.
Unha destas actividades é “A pregunta da semana”. Antes de entrar na clase, teñen que superar un sinxelo reto: contestar unha pregunta que nos serve para revisar algo que aprendemos nas clases anteriores ou ben introducir un novo tema. Asemade, favorece a súa participación, atención e desperta o seu interese.
Por outra banda, é unha actividade que pode realizar todo o alumnado xa que uns alumnos poden servir de modelo a outros ou podemos adaptar o nivel de dificultade se fora necesario.
All about me is a classsical and perfect resource to kick off a new school year. If you have a new group of students and you don’t know them yet, this activity is a good way to learn each other (my family, my hobbies, my skills, my class, my teacher and grade, my favourites, etc..). Furthermore, another goal beside it is to help pupils to bring back what they learnt last school year in a fun way.
All about me é un recurso perfecto e moi socorrido para comezar o curso escolar, tanto se comezamos cun novo grupo de alumnos e alumnas como se continuamos co do curso pasado. É un recurso perfecto para coñecernos así como para recordar todo o que aprenderon o ano pasado.
This activity can be complete and colour by the children, then they can present themselves to their classmates. So, another great benefit related to this type of activities is that they can practice their oral skills and, at the same time, the teacher can learn some information about them.
Esta actividade pode ser completada e decorada para ser presentada aos compañeiros e compañeiras de clase. Polo que, este tipo de actividades resultan moi beneficiosas para practicar as habilidades orais á vez que son unha boa fonte para obter información dos nosos alumnos e alumnas.
This year we have a new crafting version. They can create their own and customized suitcase. I recommend you to print it in a DINA4 size and in cardboard paper, so it will be more resistant.
Este ano temos unha nova versión. Cada un puido crear e curtomizar a súa maleta. Para que a manualidade adquira máis consistencia, é recomendable imprimir en cartulina.
Finally, it is worthy to use them as a part of the classroom decoration. In this regard, one of the best things about All About Me activities is that they are in a position to build self-esteem. Children feel proud to share their personal interests , likes and their “suitcases” with their classmates.
Finalmente, merece a pena expor os traballos na clase. Neste sentido, este tipo de actividades son moi beneficiosas para traballar a autoestima do alumnado. Os rapaces síntense moi orgullosos cando poden compartir os seus traballos así como os seus intereses e gustos cos seus compañeiros.
Activity based on “Maletas desplegables” from Ideas Clase ABC
Have you got a pet? What is your favourite pet?
It’s time to talk about our pets. Let’s start with the vocabulary!
And, now……..Some funny worksheets to reinforcement the vocabulary. Click on the images and enjoy them.
What’s your favourite toy?
Are you ready to talk about toys?Here you have some worksheets. I hope you enjoy them.
Writing in English is relatively difficult for students because English spelling is not predectible or consistent. On the other hand, in the first levels of primary, as students are still learning how to read and write in their mother tongue, developing this skill is a hard work. So, we usually focus all our attention on the oral skills and sometimes the writing skills are pushed into the background.
But I think its is necessary to develop the four skills in an integrated way from the earlier grades, so we can start working these skills with some easy activities such as copy list of words, create pictures dictionaries, build words with magnetic letters, match flashcards and word cards, trace or complete words, label pictures, complete short simple sentences,.. in the lower levels of primary.
Moreover, we have to bear in mind the importance of creating a supportive and safe ambiance where students feel comfortable. because the activity itself shouldn’t the aim of our work, but to achive communication.
We are taking our first steps in this process and here you have our school objects portfolio.
Escribir en inglés é relativamente difícil para os rapaces, sobre todo nos primeiros cursos de primaria. Por un banda, aínda están a aprender a ler e escribir na súa propia lingua materna e, por outra banda, a lingua inglesa non é unha lingua silábica como a nosa e non ten regras ortográficas tan regladas. É por iso polo que normalmente centramos os nosos esforzos en traballar primeiramente as habilidades orais e deixamos relegadas a un segundo plano as habilidades escritas.
Creo que é necesario traballar as catro habilidades de xeito integrado dende os primeiros cursos así que actividades como crear lista de palabras, completar diccionarios ilustrados, construir palabras con letras magnéticas, completar frases, repasar ou completar palabras, xogar con tarxetas ilustradas e con tarxetas de palabras,.. poen ser empregadas.
Ademais, crear un ambiente en que os nenos se atopen seguros e cómodos é fundamental polo que a actividade en si non debe ser o obxectivo do noso traballo senón conseguir comunicarnos
Unit 1 is finished!
We were working a lot in level 1. All our lessons were full of songs, oral games and online activities based on the classroom objects theme, which helped students to develop three of the 4 communication skills: listening, reading and speaking. And I have to admit that…we enjoyed them.
Here we go with some of them.
Rematamos xa o primeiro temas en 1º. Como traballamos! Fixemos unha morea de xogos orais e actividades online así como cancións basadas neste tema. Teño que confesar que o pasamos de medo.
Imos con algunha delas.
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