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I'm back again!

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Hi everyone! After some busy months, here I am, back in business!

To start the new school year, nothing better than dancing and singing to celebrate the new contents, the new learning experience!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8I9gz-5_h60

Thanks to my dear friend Sandra, I found this great site and now I'm fond of it! There are great songs which can help us to create the perfect environment to learn in a funny way! Hope you like it!

Family

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Happy Halloween!!!

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Greetings

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This week's lesson was about Greetings again, but this time the students had to write in English.


I created two worksheets with squares where they have to glue the right letters to form the words they want to. The worksheets have the instructions in Portuguese so they can understand the goal of the task: translate and learn how to write the different greetings.

Greetings and Personal Data

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We started the new school year with revision work, because holidays are good but everyone forgets everything!!!

As most of my pupils were with me last year, I needed new ideas to revise Greetings and Personal data.
I looked for it on the web and once again I was happy to see that English Teachers like to share and help other teachers with their work. Thank you so much.




So the first great idea came from a great blog Frenchfrog's Little English Pond. There I took the idea of making a mini-book, because there is a project and even a template to download for free.


However, this project was a bit complicated for my pupils so I need to make it as simple as possible. So there I went again looking for a way to make this project work for me....




So on EslPrintables I found this great contribution by Cottageloaf Kat which had pictures that could be adapted to my mini-book.

First we chose a character; On the front page we glued a Greeting ; then we asked and answered about our names and how we were; we said it was a pleasure to meet the other character; and finally we said Goodbye!!!

The kids loved it and so did I!

Once again I would like to thank all the teacher who share their work. Thank you sooooo much!!



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Funny Games for Kids

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Students can learn English while playing some funny games. On our first lesson of the school year, we found this useful site and had lots of fun! Check it out!

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The new unit was School, so we have learnt the school objects and practised how to write them and how to say them. Most of the students already new these words so it wasn't too hard. Then we have tried a different activity.... I've printed some images of different objects from google, laid them on the table and the students had to say their names in English.

And the best part of our lesson was using a school bag (created with a simple box of cereals). They had to go to school but their bag was empty so .... they asked their partners all the stuff they needed!

For example: I need one pencil case, two pens, one pencil, one pencil sharpener, one ruler and one rubber.

This gave them the opportunity to choose what they wanted, how many objects they would need, and we can also adapt the activity and make them revise the colours. This class was a success and it was really easy to plan: a simple box of cereals can make wonders in English classes! Hope you like it!

The English City

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This time our project was really big. We've decided to build a city where everyone speaks in English! I've gathered some boxes ( from cookies, perfums, pills...), and prepared them so the students could draw what I would ask them to.They had to draw: a school, a supermarket, a hotel, a boutique, a house and also build a small park.Every time we start a new unit, our little car drives around the city and stops in a particular place, so we need to learn what's in there!

Our first stop was the school, so we've learnt the school objects! The kids loved it, and I hope you like it too!

A piece of advice

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This is a great magazine created by Porto Editora! Its contents are always related to the Festivities, the themes thaught in Portuguese schools and it also has a variety of ideas and printable materials that we can use on our every day classes. And, something also important, it isn't too expensive. Take a look and you won't regret it!

Valentine's Day

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Once again I have followed the fabulous advices from Thunder and created some magnets with hearts. My students loved it and so did their parents! I have just changed the materials and used card board in order to reuse unwanted materials. There were hearts in different colours and magnets in two different styles, but we didn't exactly follow the original idea...
I have just said: "Use your imagination, kids!"

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idea taken from http://www.craftelf.com/Valentine_Heart_Magnets.htm

Wanna be a monster?

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After learning the vocabulary related to the human face, we decided we wanted to be monsters....


So we had different faces, noses, eyes,
hair, ears and mouths, all in different colours
and numbers so we could practice all we have learnt.


Each student was a monster and had
to follow the teacher's orders to build a strange face.




Here are some examples:


You have a red face, three blue eyes, one blue nose, a blue mouth and two pink ears. You have no hair...!


You have a brown face, blond hair (yellow- so they can understand), two brown eyes, two pink ears and a big mouth with two teeth!








The final result was great! The students had lots of fun and wanted to show everybody what they have just done! I had a lot of fun too, which is also important!
Hope you like it!

Body and its description

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I am teaching my youngest students the Human Face vocabulary, so I've built a face to show them during classes. For now we are only using the brown hair, a pair of eyes, ears, eyebrows and a nose; but I have built hair and eyes in different colours, as well as ears, noses and mouths of different sizes. This gives me the chance to work the simple vocabulary with the younger students and the vocabulary related to Physical description with the older ones. I've also built different mouths so we can practice the Feelings vocabulary (happy, sad...).
Hope you like this idea! ;)

Word Treasures

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One day I was surfing the net when I found http://thunder-palavrassoltas.blogspot.com/. Thunder is an English teacher who has great ideas to teach young students. One of the ideas that I liked most was the Spring Box which contains all the words related to that season.



I've decided to try it, but I'm using it for the four seasons. The goal is to fill the boxes with the words we will be learning until the end of the school year.


It's really easy to do! You just need a shoe box and students can decorate it as they wish!



I've put the same tree on the four boxes and students glued the different elements of each season of the year.
The boxes will be in our classroom and will be filled with words that can be related to each season like the months of the year, clothes...
My students loved this activity so I just have to say...thank you so much Thunder!!!


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To work the contents of the last class I've put some cards with the days of the week in a wrong order so students could go to the board and put them right. This cards were taken from the Teacher's Magazine, a wonderful magazine with a lot of ideas and resources.
After that I wanted to see if students could write the words correctly so I brought some magnet letters. These are really easy to find in toy shops and students love the activity, because they don't have to write on paper as they usually do.
I have also built some wheels with the days of the week and the weather conditions that students will have to update in the beginning of each class. The main goal of this activity is to make students revise all contents without noticing it. We can use as many wheels as we want to like: seasons, months... we just need to adapt them to the contents we have taught.
Hope you like it!

Days of the week train

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One upon a time there was a cowboy, Toy Cowboy. He was riding his horse through the wild west, when he saw a little indian boy. He tried to talk with the little boy. but he didn't understand anything he said. The little boy didn't know how to speak English... Toy Cowboy decided to teach him some words and what a coincidence!!! A train with the days of the week was just passing by....







As the days appeared Toy sang a little Cowboy Song

Today is Monday all they long, doo-da

Today is Monday all they long, all-the-doo-da-day





( Rythm of Captain Ladies Song)

And he sang this song for all the days of the week

I got this train on http://www.eslprintables.com/, and the song from a search on google. This wasn´t my original idea, I 've just mixed two advices and built this story.
Hope you like it!

Days of the week

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This week I've started another topic on my Primary English classes. As usual, I've gathered some ideas on different sites and different blogs and created my lesson plan.

Days of the week



Some teachers show a calendar so students can learn the month and the different days of the week. I thought it was a great idea but decided to improve it.

I built a very resistant calendar, prepared to last a lifetime.

This calendar has no time reference, because students will build it on their own every month.




We can write whatever we want in each square. Now I'm using it to teach the days of the week, but also to revise the weather conditions. Students will have to write the day and they will also have to draw and write the weather conditions of that day.
Besides that, I think it is also a good idea to write down the students' birthdays. They won't be forgotten and students will feel that that day is important for their classmates and teachers.



It's very easy to create one of these calendars. I've used cardboard and some drawings. You can decorate it as you wish, and also ask your students to help.
The white cardboard needs to have at least 31 squares, so it can fit every month.
And the most important thing, use self-adhesive paper to cover the whole calendar. You can write on it and the cardboard will almost be water-proof!!!
I usually write on it with whiteboard markers because it can be easily cleaned after using.
I will be using this activity until the end of the school year because these are important contents that shouldn't be forgotten!
See you!

Weather & Arts

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Depois da nossa aula com o sr McDonald, precisavamos fazer um reforço do vocabulário aprendido.
Com a ajuda do clipart retirado de


fizemos a revisão do vocabulário de "Weather" (estado do tempo) para prosseguirmos para a actividade seguinte.
De forma a estimular a criatividade dos alunos, bem como a utilização do vocabulário aprendido em aula, distribui quatro cartazes pela sala e dividi os alunos por vários grupos.
Cada um dos cartazes tinha apenas a descrição da paisagem que deveria ser desenhada, onde se incluiam animais, o estado do tempo e as cores.

Por exemplo, neste cartaz a decrição era:


It's cloudy, rainy and windy. There is a boy near the school. There are three grey cats and two brown dogs.





As paisagens variaram muito e passaram pelos diferentes estados de tempo e por diferentes animais e suas respectivas cores.

Neste acaso seria:


It's sunny and hot. There are two girls on the beach. There is a blue dolphin and four yellow and black bees.






Esta foi uma aula bastante divertida, pois os alunos gostaram bastante do facto de não estarem sentados numa aula de Inglês. Os resultados foram os mais inacreditáveis que possam imaginar....

O que eles ainda não sabem é que as estações do ano vão ser dadas com as suas próprias obras de arte!







Na aula dos alunos mais novos a actividade foi direccionada apenas para os animais, fazendo também revisão aos números e às cores.

Por exemplo:
Two brown dogs. Five yellow birds. Two pink pigs.
Espero que gostem desta ideia e que vos seja util de alguma forma. Até à próxima!

Animals and weather

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Parecem dois conteúdos dificeis de conciliar, mas eu arranjei uma forma bem divertida de o fazer.

Na aula anterior tinhamos trabalhado o vocabulário dos animais em geral e, como tal, convinha então fazer uma revisão a esse vocabulário.

Mote da aula: Old McDonald's Farm

Criei uma quinta em cartolina e entitulei-a como sendo a quinta do famoso Old McDonald, aquele senhor da canção. Nesta paisagem encontram-se apenas uma casa e os donos da quinta, duas pessoas que adoram cantar e até escreveram uma cançao sobre os animais que têm na sua quinta. Os alunos ouviram a musica e estiveram atentos de forma a descobrir quais os animais que lá existem. Descobriram uma vaca(cow), uma ovelha(sheep), um cão(dog) e patos (ducks); e ainda tiveram tempo para uma bela cantoria!


Em seguida foi colocada a seguinte questão: será que os dias são todos iguais nesta quinta?

Todos disseram que não, mas as justificações foram as mais diversas e inesperadas... mas chegamos à conclusão que por vezes faz sol, outras vezes chove... faltava apenas saber como se diz tudo isso em Inglês... Recorri novamente à pesquisa de imagens e logo surgiram imagens espectaculares que me ajudaram a construir o cenário ideal:


Fui colocando as imagens e, em simultâneo, escrevendo as respectivas legendas (it's sunny, it's cloudy...) e no final os alunos resolveram uma pequena ficha de trabalho em que tinham de legendar imagens com diferentes estados de tempo.

Gostei muito de preparar esta aula e notei que os alunos gostaram muito desta actividade, especialmente da música. Só tenho medo que eles se tornem demasiado exigentes... Até à próxima!

As minhas aulas...

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GREETINGS/ FAREWELLS/ INTRODUDING OURSELVES


Nesta primeira aula os meus alunos foram apresentados a um novo amigo que os irá acompanhar ao longo do ano lectivo: John Smith.


Não apresentei o nosso amigo John logo de inicio. O objectivo principal era de despertar a curiosidade nos alunos e aprender a fazer perguntas sobre ele.


Colei a imagem do John no quadro e aprenderam a cumprimentar alguém, pois temos que ser simpáticos mesmo com as pessoas que não conhecemos




Decidi utilizar cartões separados, de forma a que os alunos pudessem ir colá-los ao quadro. Desta forma consegui que os alunos que já sabiam alguma coisa provocassem entusiasmo nos alunos que estavam a ouvir esta matéria pela primeira vez.

Usei o mesmo método para avançar na matéria e tentei alimentar a curiosidade dos alunos, pois ainda não sabiam o nome do menino misterioso...

Assim, com outra serie de cartões construímos perguntas e respostas, e descobrimos o primeiro; o último nome e até a idade do John.

Os alunos gostaram bastante desta actividade, tanto que na aula seguinte fizemos um exercício com os mesmo cartões, mas desta vez foi-lhes apresentada a namorada do John e foram eles que construiram as frases sozinhos.


As imagens foram retiradas de:

www.kamogatanishi-e.ed.jp