DOLPHINS/REDS

DOLPHINS

7th October 2014

The alphabet song, which is a really good chant, only problem is that they say zee for zed. Kids will love it.

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=alphabet+song+youtube+DREAM+ENGLISH&docid=608006175014781318&mid=4C8A5006315C9348615B4C8A5006315C9348615B&view=detail&FORM=VIRE1#view=detail&mid=4C8A5006315C9348615B4C8A5006315C9348615B

14th October 2014

·         The Preposition song on You Tube (on, in, under, above, below, in front of, behind )

·         Where is the Spider ? on YouTube (by, in, on, under)

This can be accompanied by the “Where’s the spider” game. One child goes out, the others hide the spider and when the  other child comes in they ask “Where’s the spider?” and the child that has gone out asks. 

“Is the spider in the cupboard?”

“ Is the spider under the table ?”

“ Is the spider by the window ?”

“ Is the spider on the book ?”

 21st October 2014

 
Spooky, spooky” Halloween song on YouTube  (vocabulary:  black cat, spider, jack o’lantern, witch, vampire, ghost, skeleton)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPRaY5QWKIk

On the bcnprimary.pbworks.com site you have a 3D witch to make Halloween_Witch_3D[1].jpg

There are Halloween flashcards on the LearnEnglishKids site and some big flashcards on the bcnprimary.pbworks.com site bighalloweenflashcards[1].doc

Another site, (you will LOVE this one)where you will find some fantastic masks and things for kids to make for Halloween is

http://onecreativemommy.com/halloween-photo-booth-props-printables/

28th October 2014

If you did the “Spooky spooky” song last week, then this is a good follow up. It’s a game on a video on YouTube to match pairs of Halloween characters. Children shout out the name of the character/animal etc  when two similar ones appear at the same time. (vocabulary : bat, monster, pumpkin, ghost, skeleton, ghoul, spider's web, mummy, spider, haunted house, rat, cat, witch, vampire)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbhE20JTXsk

And you can play Halloween bingo if you download the bingo card from this link.

4th November 2014

Make a bar chart to show what your students can and can't do, adding to it throughout the year and using it to decorate the classroom.

11th November 2014

A differentiated writing task (one with some of the text and one blank) The students write a description of the picture. Then, using old magazines, they make their own collage, by cutting out separate clothes and making a person. They then write a description of their own collage.
http://bcnprimary.pbworks.com/w/browse/#view=ViewFolder&param=WRITING%20TASK

From LearnEnglishKids there is a writing activity about "my favourite clothes", which is also on the wiki
http://bcnprimary.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/75393653/kids-print-favourite-clothes.pdf
and of course, if you go to the LearnEnglishKids site you will find a lot of other material and ideas for working with clothes vocabulary.

http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/category/topics/clothes

25th November 2014

You have some big letters to colour in, fantastic to make a decoration for the class.

Give out the letters without telling the children what they spell, they colour them in and then try to guess what they can spell out. 

Spell C H R I S T M A S and use this to decorate the class !!!

They are on the wiki at http://bcnprimary.pbworks.com/w/browse/#view=ViewFolder&param=CHRISTMAS%20ABC

3rd December 2014

  An activitiy to make a Father Christmas with a toilet roll (there are a bag of toilet rolls in the Room 2007)

 

9th December

Make your own snowman. Print in colour if possible

Go to the wiki and you will find it at

http://bcnprimary.pbworks.com/w/browse/#view=ViewFolder&param=CHRISTMAS

For clothes you have a writing task at
http://bcnprimary.pbworks.com/w/browse/#view=ViewFolder&param=CLOTHES  and see 11^th November 2014 on this blog

SPRING TERM

27th January 2015

Find Out 3 has material you can use for Carnival on page 20 of the Student’s book.

I calculate that your classes now cope with “have you got a…….”/I haven’t got , I like, don’t like, and food. Now is the time to build a restaurant/shopping dialogue . (if you’re not sure how to build a dialogue, let me know). Use as much realia as possible, and video the final product.

Something along the lines of …………….

A: is the shopkeeper/waiter(ess)   and     B: is the customer

A: (Good)morning.

B: (Good)morning. Have you got  a ………………? 

A: No, I haven’t, but I’ve got ………………………….

B: Urg ! I don’t like ………………………….

A: I’ve got……………………and ………………………………..

B: No, I don’t want……………………….. I want………………………………

A: But this is a chemist’s !

B: Oh, no ! I’m sorry.

10th February 2015

Food/ Like & don’t like – a game to play with food, but you need enough flashcards of food for each person in the class.

·        Arrange the class in a circle.

·        Make sure everyone knows how to say all the words.

·        Student 1 says the name of one of the other’s flashcards ie:hamburger three times, and the second student has to say “hamburger” once before Student 1 has said it three times.

·        This is actually more difficult than you would imagine, as it means all kids have to concentrate all the time.

·        TIP: Give longer words to weaker kids. (they have longer to say it) – egg is VERY difficult !!!!

You can also go to http://genkienglish.net/doyoulike.htm where you can find some more ideas, but try to ignore the bad ones, especially an English class in Japanese on video !!!!

There is a video on this website that combines animals and food @

http://genkienglish.net/picturebookfoodanimals.htm

Another idea, which isn’t really an idea, but a reminder. You can use like and don’t like with things other than food !!!