HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

The school year is over and we've all packed our suitcases and are ready to enjoy our holidays. After all the travelling during this school year, we have more relaxing plans for the summer ;)

Happy holidays! See you in September!

3RD GRADERS VISITED AUSTRALIA!

As part of our school project "Around the world on top of a plate", 3rd graders explored Australia. We did a little project about this fascinating country in the English lessons, and then prepared a little presentation to show everybody at school what we had learned. We made the presentation in Galician, but we also invented a story in English that you can listen to at the end of the video. We hope you like it! We will soon show you our travel journals.// Como parte de nuestro proyecto anual "La vuelta al mundo montados en un plato", los alumnos de 3º visitaron y exploraron Australia. Hicimos un pequeño proyecto sobre este país en inglés y preparamos una presentación para que el resto del cole viajara con nosotros y conociera este fascinante país. La presentación la hicimos en gallego, pero también nos inventamos un cuento en inglés que podéis escuchar al final del vídeo.

OUR TRAVEL TO THE US WITH CHELSEA

Last 28th May, we had to say goodbye to our "auxiliar de conversa", Chelsea. We decided to make a little presentation with some of the things we learned about her city and country and share it with the rest of the school and with her as part of the Cultural Week activities organised from the school library. Here are both the presentation we used and the video we prepared for her. // EL pasado 28 de mayo tuvimos que despedirnos de nuestra auxiliar de conversación, Chelsea. Decidimos preparar una pequeña presentación con algunas de las cosas que aprendimos sobre su ciudad y su país y compartirla así con el resto del cole y con ella como parte de las actividades de la Semana Cultural organizadas desde la biblioteca escolar. Aquí os dejamos la presentación y el ídeo que preparamos para ella.

          

SURFIN' USA

Hi kids!

Tell your teacher you're surfing...

OH NO... WE HAD TO SAY GOOD BYE TO CHELSEA

Yesterday was the last day of our "auxiliar de conversa" at our school, so, as you  can guess, it was a sad day for us. We wanted her to have good memories from her last day in Conmeniño though, so we prepared a little surprise for her.// Ayer fue el último día de nuestra auxiliar de conversación, Chelsea, en nuestro cole, por lo que, como os podéis imaginar, fue un día triste para los peques y para mí. Queríamos, sin embargo, que tuviera un buen recuerdo de su estancia en nuestro cole y también del último día, por lo que preparamos una pequeña celebración sorpresa.

The previous days, the kids at school made portraits of her and all of us stamped our finger print on a T-shirt so that she could "wear" us with her wherever she goes// Antes de su último día con nosotros, todos estamparon su huella en una camiseta formando una estrella para que pueda "llevarnos" con ella allá donde quiera que vaya.

Fourth graders cooked some delicious snacks with their teacher, and shared them with all of us. And fifth graders prepared some peanut butter and jelly mini sandwiches also to share with everybody. // Los niños de 4º cocinaron unas deliciosas galletas y una tarta muy americana con su profe, y en 5º preparamos mini bocadillos de mantequilla de cacahuete con mermelada para compartir ayer.

With everything ready, we invited all the kids at school and also Chelsea, of course, to come and listen to 4th and 5th grade school project ("Around the world on top of a plate") presentation, for which we chose the US and everything we learned with Chelsea about it as a theme. It was a big surprise for her when she walked into the library and saw all of us in there. // Con todo listo, invitamos a los niños de 4º y 5º y a Chelsea a venir a escuchar nuestra presentación del PDI del cole ("A volta ao mundo montados nun prato"), para la que habíamos escogido Estados Unidos y todo lo que ella nos enseñó sobre su país como  tema. Se llevó una gran sorpresa al entrar en la biblioteca y vernos a todos allí!

We made the presentation that we'll share next week (Congratulations, children, you were fantastic!) and after that we gave her our presents, the T-shirt and a postcard signed by all of us. After that we watched a little video (we'll post it soon!) we made for her and had our little American picnic, cried a little, hugged a lot, took some photos...  // Hicimos la presentación (¡FELICIDADES, chicos, lo hicisteis GENIAL!) y después le dimos sus regalos. También vimos un vídeo que preparamos para ella con imágenes de suestancia en nuestro cole (pornto lo colgaremos) y tuvimos nuestro pequeño picnic "American style", tmbién hubo algún lloro, muchos abrazos y algunas fotos.

We will miss you, Chelsea! Have a safe trip back home! We'll keep you posted on what happens in Conmeniño and in O Grove! /Te vamos a echar de menos, Chelsea! ¡Te deseamos un muy buen viaje de vuelta a casa! Te mantendremos informada de lo que va pasando por Conmeniño.

A FOOD ALPHABET FROM 2nd GRADERS

We're enjoying our last days travelling on top of a plate. During their trip, 2nd graders, have discovered lots of new food names, we hope you like it!// Mientras disfrutamos de nuestros últimos días dando la vuelta al mundo montados en un plato... os traemos el abecedario de alimentos elaborado por los niños de 2º en colaboración con sus familias.

We also made a book out of it. It's in our school library for everybody to enjoy. We hope you like it!// Hicimos un libro con él que esperamos que os guste. Está en la biblioteca para que todos los podáis disfrutar.

  

 Thanks to the families for their cooperation! //¡Muchas GRACIAS a las familias por su colaboración!

THIRD GRADERS, YOU HAVE A MESSAGE FROM FREDDIE!

Hi, 3rd graders! 

It's Freddie, and I have a question for you! Watch the video below.

FAMILY DAY CREATIONS

3rd, 4th and 5th graders prepared a deliciour gift for their families to celebrate Family Day with them Click on the picture below if you'd like to see what they made. // los niños de 3º, 4º y 5º prepararon un delicioso regalo para sus familias con motivo del Día de la Familia el pasado viernes 15 de mayo. Pinchad en la imagen inferior si queréis saber qué hicieron.

US STATES PROJECT-4th GRADE

As a last task within our "Around the world on top of a plate" project, 4th graders have discovered their last destination of the year. // Como última tarea dentro del proyecto de centro "A volta ao mundo montados nun prato", los alumnos de 4º acaban de descubrir el último destino de este curso. 

They'll be travelling the USA in search of information about each state, discovering about typical flavours, the flag,, the state animal... They'll work in pairs. Each pair will work on a different state and share what they've learned about it with the rest of the class, so that we all travel together.// Van a viajar por EEUU descubriendo peculiaridades de cada estado: bandera, capital, animal, comida típica,,, Van a trabajar en parejas. Cada pareja investigará sobre un estado y luego todos compartirán lo aprendido con el resto del grupo.

As a final product, each pair will make an interactive poster about their state, and they'll use it for their oral presentation. Here's an example of what they'll be doing.  // Como producto final, cada pareja hará un poster interactivo sobre el estado que les tocó, que será el material que usarán para su presentación. Aquí os dejamos el ejemplo que les mostramos.

So far, we've bought our airplane tickets and have our boarding passes ready!// De momento, ¡hemos comprado nuestros billetes de avión y ya tenemos nuestras tarjetas de embarque listas!


Next step: investigating about our State, making its informative poster and presenting it to the rest of the class! Stay tuned!// Siguiente paso: investigar sobre el estado que nos ha tocado, hacer el cartel informativo y presentárselo al resto de la clase. ¡Estad atentos!

MEET OUR INTERNATIONAL ROBOTS

In our Art lessons, 5th graders had to make a robot. They could only use boxes, reuse different kinds of paper, markers, crayons, glue and some othe recycled objects (bottle caps, jar lids, ...)

To complement this Art task, they had to give their robot a personality, the only thing they knew beforehand (even before designing their robot) was the nationality of their robot (which was given to them), so they had to find out the language spoken in that country and they could also use that information to talk about their robots'likes and dislikes. After designing their robot, they had to write a description of their creature. The first step, as always, was using this Thinking Map (in it, they write ideas, they don't need to write sentences) to organize their ideas and information:

After this, we checked their information  (spelling, accuracy...) and they wrote their little description using the proper expressions to develop the ideas from their thinking map.

After this, they had to prepare themselves to present it to the rest of thegroup.

While they presented their creatures, the rest of the class and me, wrote down their assessment following the rubric we use for our oral expression tasks (this is the best way I've found to keep them listening to their partners, since they have to assess them, they are all paying attention; and they do quite a good job, they're fair and able to notice htheir classmates strengths and weaknesses)

Here you are some of the videos if you'd like to see:

A robot from Morocco:

A robot from Germany:

A robot from Italy:

A robot from France:

TRAVELLING THE WORLD, SOME MORE WORLD MONUMENTS

Hi there! 4th graders are still travelling the world and discovering some new buildings on their way. Here you are some more videos. // ¡Hola a todos! Los niños de 4º continúan su viaje y por el camino, siguen descubriendo interesantes edificios y monumentos. Aquí os dejamos un par de vídeos más de sus descubrimientos.

From O Grove to Wisconsin with Sara:// Viajamos con Sara desde O Grove hasta Wisconsin:

From O Grove to Himaji, Japan with Enayr:// Viajamos con Enayr desde O Grove hasta Himaji, en Japón:

And, on this interactive world map you'll find all our videos as we go publishing them, just click on the stars! (you will also find the map on the right side of the blog)// Y en este mapa interactivo, pinchando en las estrellitas de colores, podrás ver todos los vídeos que vamos publicando. Encontraréis además el mapa en la barra derecha del blog.

And HERE is the glosary we've been making, which shows the written part of the activity, for which we investigated and wrote our own glosary entry.

EASTER TRADITIONS IN US- THE WHITE HOUSE EGG HUNT

One of most famous traditions in US includes the the White House Easter egg hunt, which is celebrated every year. 

They choose a different theme for each year, and this year it'll be a very HEALTHY egg hunt. Watch the video announcing it to know what it'll be about.

And to watch last year's egg hunt, click HERE.

FROM O GROVE TO THE WORLD-INVESTIGATING ABOUT WORLD BUILDINGS

During this second term, as part of our "Around the World on top of a plate" school project, and related to learning about cities, their buildings and asking and giving directions; we've been investigating about popular/interesting world buildings around the world. We've been writing about them on our "Aula Virtual", and now we're each recording a short video talking about the building e chose. Here you are a couple of examples of the activity if you'd like to see. 

From O Grove to... New York with Manuel.

From O Grove to...Paris with Tania.

Worldbuildings,OGrove-Paris from Hello Teacher on Vimeo.
Well done, kids!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

In this beginning of a new year, our best wishes for all of you!

TEACHERS TUESDAY XI: THANKSGIVING PROJECT- the PORTFOLIO

Before, during and after our Thanksgiving project, we've been using this portfolio to compilate the different activities, work on vocabulary and expressions related to the topic, relate what we were learning with other learnings (reading and writing, describing, comparing, organizing ideas in a Thinking map, ...). Basically, doing some SCAFFOLDING.

You can download it below if you'd like to. Most of the activities can be adapted to many other themes (if you want the editable version, just send me an email).

TURKEY TROUBLE + SAVE THE TURKEY!

Hi kids!

here's the video of the story we've watched in class this days. What an intelligent turkey!  // Aquí tenéis el vídeo de la historia que hemos visto estos días en clase con motivo de Acción de Gracias. Qué pavo más listo!

And, related to this story, this year we're doing the popular "Turkeys in disguise" project. We sent the activity to be done at home with the families. We'll be soon posting their fabulous ideas to help save some turkeys! In case ypu're interested in the note we sent home and the rpintable turkeys, just click HERE. And for some ideas, click the picture below.// Y, en relación con esta historia, este año hemos propuesto la actividad "Disfraza un pavo". Enviamos la actividad a casa para ser hecha en colaboración con las familias. En breve iremos mostrando las ideas tan geniales que han tenido para salvar unos cuanosmpavos justo a tiempo para Acción de Gracias.

MORE ON THANKSGIVING - PRESENTATION, THANKSGIVING DINNER DISHES, INTERACTIVE GAMES

Here's one of the presentations we've used to learn about the story of the first Thanksgiving. //Aquí está la presentación que utilizamos para conocer la historia del primer Acción de Gracias.

A little video with some Thanksgiving dinner dishes //Un pequeño vídeo con algunos platos típicos en la cena de Acción de Gracias.

THANKSGIVING DISHES on PhotoPeach

And here you are a few interactive games related to Thanksgiving. Have fun! // Y, para terminar, unos juegos interactivos relacionados con Acción de Gracias.

Be a historian and discover the story of Thanksgiving, its characters...

A fun game: Swap the turkeys

Thanksgiving dinner bounce: move the tray to take the dishes to the table.

And... A WORDSEARCH!

TEACHERS TUESDAY X-THANKSGIVING RESOURCES

Since this year we have an American conversation assistant, and related to our school project "Around the world on top of a plate", we are working on Thanksgiving, learning about its origin, the tradition itself and the food related to it.

For this, i've found tons of resources online that I've pinned on Pinterest, you can see them on the following board:

Follow Teacher's board Thanksgiving-school ideas on Pinterest.

Inspired by some of the activities seen here, and related to my kids needs and knowledge, I've also prepared some printables that you can download below if you'd like to.

A set of cards to go with the story:

A printable book inspired by this one:

And a few activities to work on sequencing the story and counting.

And one more video aboutthe Thanksgiving tradition:

For more videos on Thanksgiving, click HERE.

THE FIRST THANKSGIVING, A CARTOON

Thanksgiving is coming, and we're learning a lot about this American tradition this year thanks to our American language assistant, Chelsea. First things first, a cartoon about the FIRST THANKSGIVING. // Ya se acerca Acción de Gracias y gracias a nuestra auxiliar de conversación, Chelsea,  estamos aprendiendo muchas cosas acerca de esta tradición estadounidense. Para empezar, un simpático vídeo con la historia del primer día de Acción de Gracias y  motivo por el que se sigue celebrando actualmente.



And one more video: a few kids tell us the First Thanksgiving story