HAPPY THANKSGIVING - FROM USA TO O GROVE (part I)

I'm very THANKFUL we had a great Thanksgiving morning at school, filled with the delicious food our pilgrims (4th and 5th grade students) prepared and full of smiles. // Muy agradecida de haber pasado una gran mañana de Acción de Gracias en el cole. Disfrutamos un montón la comida preparada por nuestros "peregrinos" (alumnos de 4º y 5º) y lo pasamos genial.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING FROM O GROVE!

(more pictures and the whole explanation of teh activity coming soon!)

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!

"FIRST THANKSGIVING" -WORKING ON SEQUENCING A STORY

After watching a presentation about the story of the first Thanksgiving, the students had to sequence it. Second graders sequenced it using a very simple flow map ith six parts and just illustrating the different parts. //Despues de presentarnos Chelsea la historia del primer Acción de Gracias, los niños de 2º tuvieron que secuenciar al historia. Para ello utilizaron un sencillo mapa conceptual en el que tenían que ilustrar 6 eventos importantes de la historia en orden.



Older kids, worked on more details of the story, so they sequenced the story using some of the printables you can find HERE.//Los mayores trabajaron en más detalles de la historia, por lo que para secuenciarla utilizaron los imprimibles que podéis encontrar AQUÍ.

And also, here you atre one more Thanksgiving video, this time, a different version of the story ;)

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

HALLOWEEN 2014

Last October 30th we had a little Halloween celebration at school. It was a very cool morning full of fun activities that you can check at our school library blog by clicking HERE. Apart from these activities, in our English lessons we prepared a story to tell the whole school and also a song. Both activities were also  related to our school project for this year "Around the world on top of a plate", they both included food vocabulary. Here you are the videos of both activities (sorry for the bad sound and video quality) if you'd like to see. // El pasado 30 de octubre tuvimos una pequeña celebración de Halloween/Samaín en nuestro colegio. Fue una mañana genial llena de actividades divertidas que podéis ver en el blog de nuestra biblioteca princhando AQUÍ. Además de estas actividades, en la clase de inlés preparamos dos pequeñas actuaciones para representar ante todo el colegio. Las 2 actividades estaban además relacionadas con el proyecto de nuestra escuela en este curso "La vuelta al mundo montados en un plato". Aquí podréis ver los vídeos y descargar alguno de los materiales que usamos para estas actividades. 

A Halloween story: THERE WAS AN OLD LADY WHO SWALLOWED A BAT

If you click on the image you'll access some downloadable resources we used to wor on the story (text included)

Song: "TRICK OR TREAT, GIVE ME SOMETHING GOOD TO EAT"

Clicking on the image below, you can download some of the activities we used to work on this song, all of them from http://supersimplelearning.com/resource-center/

OUR FAVOURITE HALLOWEEN GAME!

Hey kids! So that you can practise your English and have great fun during this Halloween break, here's the video of our new favourite game!

THERE WAS AN OLD LADY WHO SWALLOWED A BAT

Click on the image to listen to the video and practise the story:

And for some more Halloween activities and ideas, just click HERE

THIS IS O GROVE! - WELCOME TO OUR "AUXILIAR DE CONVERSA"

This year we're very lucky to have an "auxiliar de conversa" at our school. She´s coming once a week to help us improve our English and work with us. We wanted to give her some recommendations about O Grove. In case someone else is interested, here's the video!



Este curso imos ter a sorte de contar cunha auxiliar de conversa nas clases de inglés. Ven de Estados Unidos e vai estar con nós unha vez á semana para axudarnos a mellorar o noso inglés e traballar con nós. Queriamos facerlle unhas pequenas recomendacións sobre a nosa vila, O Grove. Por se a alguén máis lle interesa, aí vai o vídeo!

A NEW FAVOURITE FOR US - ONE LITTLE FINGER

Here's a song we've been using to review some body parts. Listen, sing and have fun!

SCHOOL MATERIALS

A video to review the name of some school materials.

A LIM activity to practise this vocabulary (thanks to teacher Belén Junquera for sharing her good work)

And also, a memory game!

SOME INTERESTING QUESTIONS...

It's nice to be polite. Let's practise our manners in English and be nice! How are you today?

And, if we want to know someone's age: "How old are you?"

SOME MOTIVATION FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS

WE CAN ALL BE AWESOME! // ¡TODOS PODEMOS SER GENIALES!

MEMORIES FROM LAST YEAR: MINI-PROJECT SUMMARY

Hello!

Here you are a summary of 3rd grade students' last year mini project in case you'd like to see! I'm trying to upload some activities I didn't have the time to upload last year so that I'll have them available and filed in here. This was a very fun project. And it's really rewarding to see how the kids are still talking about the Beatles and wanting to learn more songs by them. (you can download the project activity book HERE)