CHRISTMAS TIME... HURRAY!

HELLO!
CHRISTMAS SEASON IS ALWAYS THE BEST TIME OF THE YEAR AT MONTJUÏC SCHOOL.
DAYS LEADING UP TO THE HOLIDAYS ARE ALWAYS BUSY AND STRESSFUL: CHRISTMAS CRAFTS, POEMS, CAROLS, CANTATA...
AND OF COURSE, AT OUR SCHOOL, CHILDREN ALSO LEARN LOTS OF THINGS ABOUT CHRISTMAS TIME, SUCH AS VOCABULARY, EXPRESSIONS, RIDDLES AND SO ON.
HERE YOU ARE THE BASIC VOCABULARY OUR KIDS LEARN... MAYBE EVERYBODY CAN PRACTISE IT ON THIS BLOG :-)

BUT DO NOT FORGET SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL AND DELICIOUS... CHRISTMAS PUDDING!!!!!!

 



 

PRIMARY 5.- UNIT5.- IN THE CITY... THE PLACE I LIVE ;-)

HI THERE, GUYS!
THIS TIME PRIMARY 5 KIDS HAVE BEEN WORKING ON PLACES: CITIES, TOWN AND VILLAGES. THEY HAVE BEEN LEARNING SOME SHOPS' NAMES, AND HOW TO DESCRIBE A CITY, WHAT THERE IS IN THE CITY, THEIR FAVOURITE PLACE AND HOW DO PEAOPLE TRAVEL IN THE CITY.
OUR TOWN IS GIRONA, A BEAUTIFUL PLACE IN CATALONIA.
AND HERE YOU ARE HOW THE KIDS HAVE DESCRIBED IT... NICE COMPOSITIONS :-)

PRIMARY 5.- UNIT4.- SPIES & SECRET AGENTS... WHO IS MY SPY? ;-)

HI THERE GUYS!
PRIMARY 5 KIDS HAVE BEEN WORKING ON DESCRIPTONS. THEY HAVE DESCRIBED SPIES AND SECRET AGENTS... WHAT THEY ARE WEARING, AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING... SO... PRESENT CONTINUOUS!
THEY HAVE DESCRIBED A SECRET AGENT EACH, AND THEY HAVE DRAWN TWO PICTURES, SO... WHO IS THE SECRET AGENT THEY HAVE BEEN DESCRIBING? READ AND GUESS! IT'SNOT DIFFICULT AT ALL... HAVE A TRY! :-)

PRIMARY 3.- UNIT4.- FOOD... MY FAVORITE FOOD :-)

HELLO AGAIN!
THIS TIME PRIMARY 3 BOYS AND GIRLS HAVE BEEN WORKING ON FOOD AND THE FOOD THEY LIKE...
DO YOU LIKE PASTA, PIZZA, KEBABS, FISH & CHIPS?:-)
THEY LOVE, LIKE, QUITE LIKE, DON'T LIKE OR EVEN HATE SOME DISHES OR FOOD.
THEY HAVE BEEN LEARNING TO EXPRESS THEIR LIKES ORALLY AND ALSO THEY HAVE BEEN PRACTISING IT IN THEIR WRITING SKILLS.
HERE YOU ARE THE RESULTS... DELICIOUS!!!!!

PRIMARY 3.- UNIT4.- FOOD... MY FAVORITE FOOD :-)

HELLO AGAIN!
THIS TIME PRIMARY 3 BOYS AND GIRLS HAVE BEEN WORKING ON FOOD AND THE FOOD THEY LIKE...
DO YOU LIKE PASTA, PIZZA, KEBABS, FISH & CHIPS?:-)
THEY LOVE, LIKE, QUITE LIKE, DON'T LIKE OR EVEN HATE SOME DISHES OR FOOD.
THEY HAVE BEEN LEARNING TO EXPRESS THEIR LIKES ORALLY AND ALSO THEY HAVE BEEN PRACTISING IT IN THEIR WRITING SKILLS.
HERE YOU ARE THE RESULTS... DELICIOUS!!!!!

PRIMARY 2.- UNIT-6.- FUNNY FACES... MY FUNNY CLOWN :-)

HELLO THERE!
HOW ARE YOU DOING?
THIS TIME PRIMARY-2 KIDS HAVE BEEN WORKING ON FACE DESCRIPTIONS. THEY HAVE BEEN PRACTISING HOW TO DESCRIBE A FACE, A FUNNY CLOWN'S FACE: "HE'S GOT A YELLOW FACE, PURPLE EARS, BLUE EYES, A BIG RED NOSE AND A BIG ORANGE MOUNTH." FOR EXAMPLE... AND WHEN THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO SO, THEY HAVE DRAWN AND COLOURED THEIR OWN FUNNY CLOWN'S FACE AND DESCRIBED THEM ORALLY IN FRONT OF THEIR CLASSMATES.
HERE YOU ARE THE FUNNY DRAWINGS :-)

PRIMARY 5.- UNIT-3.- FRIENDSHIP AND LANGUAGES SPOKEN...

HELLO GUYS! HOW ARE YOU DOING? THIS IS DANIEL AGAIN, YOUR ENGLISH BLOG FRIEND? HOW MANY LANGUAGES DO YOU SPEAK? AND YOUR FRIENDS?

PRIMARY 5 KIDS HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE LANGUAGES THEY SPEAK, WHERE THEY ARE SPOKEN AND HOW TO ASK THIS INFORMATION TO A CLASSMATE, OR... TO ANYONE ELSE.

ASA FINAL ACTIVITY THEY ALL COMPOSED A TEXT ON THIS TOPIC ABOUT THEMSELVES AND HIS FRIENDS. TEXT HAVE BEEN PLACED ON THE ENGLISH CORNER BOARD. HERE YOU ARE SOME PICTURES OF IT ALL:

PRIMARY 2.- UNIT-4.- CLOTHES FOR YOU :-)

CLOTHES FOR YOU!
LET'S LEARN SOME NEW CLOTHEVOCABULARY AND USE IT WITH COLOURS:
A RED HAT, A GREEN COAT...
 

PRIMARY 1.- UNIT-4.- THE BODY: A NEW SONG FOR YOU :-)

HELLO CHILDREN! HERE I AM AGAIN!
THIS TIME WE ARE GOING TO LEARN THE PARTS OF THE BODY WITH A NEW SONG!
LOOK, LISTEN AND SING!

PRIMARY 4.- UNIT-2.- THE WEATHER. MY FAVOURITE WEATHER :-)

HI THERE! HOW ARE YOU TODAY? THIS IS DANIEL AGAIN INTRODUCING PRIMARY 4 KIDS' ACTIVITIES :-)

WHAT'S THE WEATHER LIKE TODAY? DO YOU LIKE SUNNY DAYS, OR MAYBE SNOW?
PRIMARY 4 KIDS HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE WEATHER AND THEY FINALY DECIDED TO WRITE ABOUT THEIR FAVOURITE WEATHER.
THEY HAVE PRACTISED WEATHER VOCABULARY AND EXPRESSIONS AS WELL AS DESCRIBING WHAT THE WEATHER IS LIKE IN EVERY SESSION.
MOST OF THEM LIKE SUNNY DAYS AND NOT VERY COLD :-)
SEE WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH :-)
 

PRIMARY 5.- UNIT-2.- ANIMAL KINGDOM. MY FAVOURITE ANIMAL :-)

WHAT'S YOUR FAVOURITE ANIMAL? DO YOU LIKE ANIMALS? DO YOU KNOW WHERE THEY LIVE, WHAT THEY EAT, IF THEY ARE PREDATORS OR PREYS..?
PRIMARY 5 KIDS HAVE STUDIED THESE TOPICS AND HAVE WRITTEN SHORT COMPOSITIONS DESCRIBING THEIR FAVOURITE ANIMAL. AND THE BEST OF ALL! YOU CAN GUESS THE ANIMAL IT IS, BECAUSE THEY DO NOT WRITE THE NAME, JUST SOME HINTS ABOUT EACH ANIMAL :-)
IT'S A GOOD WAY TO PRACTISE 3rd. PERSON SINGULAR PRESENT SIMPLE AS WELL AS SOME MORE VOCAB AND PREPOSITIONS.
HERE YOU ARE... NICE DESCRIPTIONS AND NICE PICTURES!
 

PRIMARY 6.- UNIT-2.- FOOD AROUND THE WORLD. WHICH IS MY FRIDGE? :-)

HELLO THERE AGAIN!
THIS IS DANIEL, YOUR BLOG FRIEND.
AFTER A SILENT MONTH ON THIS BLOG, PRIMARY 6 KIDS WANTS YOU TO SHOW THEIR DESCRIPTIONS ABOUT THEIR FRIDGES. THESE ARE DESCRIPTIONS IN FACT TO BUID A GAME, A GUESSING GAME...
WHICH IS MY FRIDGE CONSISTS ON GUESSING WHICH OF EACH TWO FRIDGES MATCHES TO THE DESCRIPTION.
IN THIS ACTIVITY CHILDREN PRACTISE VERB "HAVE GOT", "SOME/ANY" IN AFFIRMATIVE AND NEGATIVE STATEMENTS.
I HOPE YOU WILL ENJOY READING THEIR DESCRIPTIONS AND GUESSING WHICH THE RIGHT FRIDGE IS DESCRIBED :-)

 

PRIMARY 4.- AUTUMN SEASON: POEM READING CONTEST PRIZE PRESENTATION :-)

YES, GUYS... LAST POST WAS ABOUT PRIMARY 5&6 POEM RECITING CONTEST PRIZE PRESENTATION.
THIS TIME IS ON PRIMARY 4 PRIZE PRESENTATION!
FIRST AND SECOND PRIZES WERE NOT DIFFICULT TO GET ACCORDING TO KIDS AND TEACHER'S VOTES, BUT THIRD PRIZE WAS SOMETHING DIFFERENT: A DRAW AMONG FOUR KIDS! BUT A CONTEST IS A CONTEST AND THE FOUR OF THEM GET A THIRD PRIZE!
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS AND TO ALL PRIMARY 4 KIDS, WHO DID IT VERY WELL!!!!!
SOME PICTURES TO ILLUSTRATE THE MOMENT:

 

SO SEE YOU IN A NEW COMPETITION IN THE ENGLISH CLASSROOM... COMING SOON!!!!!

PRIMARY 5&6.- AUTUMN SEASON: POEM RECITING CONTEST PRIZE PRESENTATION :-)

AND THE KIDS VOTED FOR THE BEST OF THEM AND THEY DID IT VERY WELL: OBJECTIVE AND FAIR... THAT WAS THE BEST OF THE WHOLE ACTIVITY! GOOD WORK, GUYS!
AND HERE YOU ARE SOME PICTURES OF PRIMARY 5 & 6 PRIZE PRESENTATION:
 

PRIMARY 4.- AUTUMN SEASON: LET'S READ A POEM! :-)

YES, MY FRIENDS... PRIMARY 4 KIDS DID ALSO WORK ON POETRY!
THIS TIME THE AIM WAS TO READ A POEM FLUENTLY, OR AT LEAST AS FLUENT AS POSSIBLE. WE ALSO WORKED ON THE VOCABULARY, PRONUNCIATION AND INTONATION AND TONE.
WE PRACTICED ALOT READING THE POEM SO THAT WE COULD BE ABLE TO PICJ UP THE MISTAKES AND SOLVE THEM.

AND THE CONTEST TOOK PLACE ON NOVEMBER 8th, AND HERE YOU ARE SOME PICTURES OF THE COMPETITION:


 

PRIMARY 1.- UNIT .- FAMILIES & CHRISTMAS TIME :-)

HELLO, HELLO!
FAMILIES, FAMILIES, FAMILIES: BIG AND SMALL, BUT FAMILIES!

LOOK AT THESE PICTURES AND SAY IF: "THIS IS A BIG FAMILY" OR "THIS IS A SMALL FAMILY".

HO, HO, HO! YES YOU ARE RIGHT :-)
AND THE MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY ARE: DADDY, MUMMY, GRANDPA, GRANDMA, BROTHER, SISTER...
NOW SAY: WHO'S THIS?

HEY! WHO IS THAN MAN?

 

PRIMARY 5 & 6.- AUTUMN SEASON: LET'S RECITE A POEM! (II) :-)

... AND HERE YOU ARE TWO VIDEOS, IN WHICH PRIMARY 5 KIDS RECITE THE POEM ALTOGETHER. HAVE A LOOK :-)
 

AS I ALWAYS SAY... KIDS ALWAYS DO WELL :-)

... AND DO NOT FORGET, GUYS: THE CONTEST RESULTS WILL BE UPLOADED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE... ARE YOU NERVOUS?
WAIT AND SEE :-)
 

PRIMARY 5 & 6.- AUTUMN SEASON: LET'S RECITE A POEM! :-)

HELLO THERE GUYS!
HAVE YOU EVER LEARNED A POEM IN ENGLISH? PRIMARY 5 AND 6 DID. THEY WORKED ON A POEM CALLED "AUTUMN LEAVES" BY LELAND B. JACOBS, AND THEY LISTENED TO IT, THEY UNDERSATOOD IT THROUGH PICTURES, THEY LEARNED TO READ THE POEM AND THEN THEY STARTED TO LEARN IT BY HEART... THAT IS THEY LEARNED TO RECITE THE POEM.
THEY ALSO DREW PICTURES IN ORDER TO ILLUSTRATE THE POEM AND THEY EVEN GOOGLED ON THE NET AND FOUND OTHER AUTUMN POEMS, WHICH THEY COPIED, TRIED TO UNDERSTAND AND ALSO ILLUSTRATE.
BUT THE AIM OF ALL THESE ACTIVITIES WAS TO RECITE THE POEM TAKING PART IN A COMPETITION ON POEM RECITAL. AND SO WE DID...
THEY VOTE FOR THE BEST CLASSMATE TO SAY THE POEM AND IN A FEW DAYS WE WILL HAVE THE RESULTS :-)
IN THE MEANTIME I LET YOU KNOW THE POEM AND SEE SOME IMAGES TAKEN DURING THE CONTEST.
ENJOY THEM :-)
THIS IS THE POEM:

Autumn Leaves
by Leland B. Jacobs

      Green leaves,
      Yellow leaves,
      Red leaves, and brown,
ALL Falling,
ALL Falling,
ALL Blanketing the town.
      Oak leaves,
      Maple leaves,
      Apple leaves, and pear,
ALL Falling,
ALL Whispering,
ALL “Autumn’s in the air!”
      Big leaves,
      Little leaves,
      Pointed leaves, and round,
ALL Falling,
ALL Nestling,
ALL Carpeting the ground

 

THESE ARE PRIMARY 5 KIDS SAYING THE POEMS:

 

AND THESE ARE PRIMARY 6 KIDS'  IMAGES:

 

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PRIMARY 5.- UNIT 1.- FREE TIME ACTIVITIES :-)

WELL... YOU CAN SEE WHAT PRIMARY 5 KIDS DID WHEN TALKING ABOUT THEMSELVES IN THE PREVIOUS POST.
HERE YOU ARE WHAT THEY DO AND THE DON'T DO IN THEIR FREE TIME, OR AT THE WEEKENDS. THEY DID COMPOSE INTERESTING THINGS.

WELL, THAT WAS ALL FALKS! WE ALL HOPE YOU ENJOY READING THESE TEXTS :-)

 

 

PRIMARY 5.- INTRO UNIT.- WHO AM I? :-)

GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY!
HERE I AM AGAIN TO TALK ABOUT WHAT PRIMARY 5 KIDS DID IN ORDER TO LEARN HOW TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES USING AN ACTIVITY BASED ON THE ID CARD.
THEY LEARN TO TELL EACH OTHER ABOUT GENERAL INFORMATION SUCH AS THEIR NAMES, AGE, APPEARANCE, WHAT THEY LIKE THE MOST AT SCHOOL AND THEIR CHARACTER.
THEN THEY FILLED IN A SAMPLE OF A BRITISH ID CARD WHERE THERE IS SOME MORE INFORMATIONS SUCH AS BIRTH PLACE, BIRTHDATE, NATIONALITY AND SO ON.
THEY WROTE A TEXT COMPOSING ALL THIS INFORMATION, AND NOW THEY ARE PRACTISING TO TELL EACH OTHER THIS INFORMATION ORALLY.
HERE YOU ARE SOME ID CARDS AND TEXTS THEY WORKED ON:

 

THEY DID A GOOD WORK, DIDN'T THEY? CONGRATULATIONS, GUYS! 

 

 

 

 

PRIMARY 6.- INTRO UNIT.- MY FAVOURITE DATES :-)

HELLO MY FRIENDS! HOW ARE YOU DOING? A FEW WEEKS AGO PRIMARY 6 KIDS DID WRITE ABOUT THEIR FAVOURITE DAYS ... AND KNOW WHAT: THEY ALL SAY THEIR FAVOURITE DATE IS THEIR BIRTHDAY! OF COURSE WE ALL SAY OUR FAVOURITE DATE IS OUR BIRTHDAY, DON'T WE?

 

HERE YOU ARE SOME OF THE COMPOSITIONS THEY WROTE. HOPE YOU LIKE THEM ALL.

GOOD JOB, GUYS!´

 

 

 

 

 

 

INTERESTING, AREN'T THEY!