Easter crafts 2012

We’ve been terribly busy in the classroom this last two weeks making the traditional Easter cards, with a huge ’thank you’ to Pinterest for the inspiration

I’ve been loving every minute in these classes though it’s been really tough sometimes. Anyways, these were my proposals:

Left to right, up and down:

1. Bunny mask , 1st grade
2. Candy holder, 2nd
3. Non-felt Easter bunny (;-), 3rd
4. Easter origami flower card, 4th, outside

Left to right, up and down:

1. Easter origami flower card, 4th, inside
2. Pop-up Easter card, 5th, outside
3. and 4. Standing bunnies (2 templates), 6th

And these were the results!:

To top it all off, everyone will be getting a candy from the Halloween spare ones, so I guess tomorrow will be a nice day here at the English classroom

Oh, I almost forgot!!! 2nd graders had a great time taking part in the Hopping Bunnies Race in the playground and the winner was Kilian. I intend to do the same with 1st graders after the holidays. Will keep you informed!

:: The time :: El rellotge :: 4th ::

Clic El rellotge Remember to play in English

Vocabulary for 6th: School subjects and timetables

• http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/averroes/centros-tic/41009470/helvia/aula/archivos/repositorio/0/73/html/files/findout.swf

Vocabulary for 6th: The time + expressions of time

• http://www.angles365.com/classroom/fitxers/3r/numbers/time.swf
• http://www.angles365.com/classroom/c4daysweek.htm

Reading skills for 6th

• http://www.angles365.com/classroom/c5descriptions.htm

Grammar for 6th

• http://www.angles365.com/classroom/c6grammar.htm
• http://www.tcet.com/eaonline/GrammarCentral/verbtobe.html
• http://www.tcet.com/eaonline/GrammarCentral/verbtobenegative.html
• http://www.tcet.com/eaonline/GrammarCentral/verbquestion.html
• http://www.tcet.com/eaonline/GrammarCentral/pasttobe.html
• http://www.tcet.com/eaonline/GrammarCentral/pastnegative.html
• http://www.tcet.com/eaonline/FlashedESL/fe-negativetobe.html

 

 

Learning English with Peppa Pig

This is one of the most celebrated episodes we’ve been watching in class

You can find more Peppa Pig videos here.

 

ArtRage as used by 8-year-olds

Despite these days at school are breathtaking for the weak -it’s our annual Cultural Week- and I have no spare time to post here -besides that I’ve got two new websites to design and two more to restyle- I thought I could share some delightful pictures created by my Grade 3 students using ArtRage. It was their first approach to the program, that’s why I think they’re so fresh and naïve.

Enjoy!

XTEC and server filters again :-(

This morning I was going to show my students how to play Skywords with the beamer, after a great English session and alas! servers have blocked AmericanGirl again.

What a disappointment!

Ferry Halim, American Girl and XTEC -Some statements and one conclusion

Some statements:

1. Yesterday I discovered that Ferry Halim, creator of Orisinal and one of my favourites, is behind the design of some of AmericanGirl‘s games -another favourite of mine-, such as Coconut’s Safari, game I posted here.
2. Since September 08, the XTEC policy has denied access to a number of websites including certain keywords. This includes AmericanGirl. I wrote to them: no exceptions. To a certain extent, I can understand. But not to this extent :0!
3. AmericanGirl is a USA dolls manufacturer.
4. My students used to love the games in AmericanGirl and others made by Ferry Halim. In June 08 we had a special session in class, with the beamer, to celebrate the end of the school year. They had a great time.
5. They can’t play AmericanGirl‘s games at school anymore -nor reading its magazine, solving its pastimes…
6. If you’re reading this and you’re connected to the internet through a XTEC server, the links above pointing to AmericanGirl will lead you to an ‘Access denied’ XTEC page. But it doesn’t read ‘Access denied’. You’ll be told that the page doesn’t exist.
7. Fortunately for you, you can enjoy AmericanGirl  and Ferry Halim‘s artistic games from other ISP’s. Most of my students can’t.

One conclusion:

1. Boo-hoo!

Another sweet idea by Ferry Halim. Don't miss the music on this send-a-flower page!