Weather forecast - 4th grade

Hello!

Last lesson the 4th graders filled in a UK map with different kinds of weather acoording to what they read in a text

Na aula passada os alunos do 4ºano completaram um mapa do Reino Unido com os diferentes tempos meteorológicos de acordo com o que leram num texto

http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-print-weather-map.pdf

After filling in the map and train reading the text aloud Students role-played a weather forecast.

Here's the first result:

Depois do preenchimento do mapa e de treinarem a leitura em voz alta os alunos representaram um boletim meteorológico televisivo.

Aqui está o 1º resultado: 

Despite some anxiety the students were able to role play very well and were really motivated, they even asked if they could take the text home to rehearse it.:)

Apesar de alguma ansiedade os alunos conseguiram representar muito bem e estavam mesmo motivados, prova disso foi terem pedido para levar o texto para casa com o objectivo de ensaiar.:)

Body and physical description -3rd grade

Hello!

Yesterday I was going to use the tool Manual Digital in my lesson with the 3ºB but due to some technical difficulties ( Manual Digital  wasn't installed in the computer as it should be) I had to improvise ;)

We started with some basic exercise of  vocabulary repetition but with some TPR (total physical response) :
I said , for example : " eyes" and students repeated .Then I said wink and I would wink so they could copy my action 

"head" "Nod your head" -
 etc...

Afterwards students completed some writing exercises on the book and read a text on physical description. After rehearsing the dialogue they role played it and I think it was also fun because it was a well known children's game "blind goat":

I blindfolded one child and I pointed to another child to come close.The first one started this dialogue:
 - What colour is your hair?
 - My hair is...
 - What colour are your eyes?
 - My eyes are...
 - You are...

After a while students started to change their voices to make it more difficult to guess who was answering the questions and all the while they were having so much fun BUT also learning basic structures on plysical description :)

Ps: Although improvised this was a great lesson 

New year's resolutions -3ºA and 3ºB

Hello! Last lesson I showed 3rd graders a power point on New year's resolutions and after talking about that they chose one resolution they are going to try to accomplish during January. Have a look!


Click to change the slides

Na aula passada mostrei aos alunos do 3º ano um power point com algumas resoluções de Ano Novo e depois de conversarmos sobre as mesmas , eles escolheram uma para tentarem cumprir durante Janeiro. Vejam:

Cliquem na seta para ver os slides

 

New year’s resolutions from salanabela

Jobs - 2ºA

Hello!

Last lesson we started the theme jobs with a story from kizclub "What I want to be" http://www.kizclub.com/storytime/wanabe/wanabeprint.pdf. It was interesting to see that they have a different perception of jobs than people used to have some years ago.For example, they asked about a job that wasn't in the story "football player" and the girls asked what is the english word for "cabeleireira "(hairdresser).

 After the story I asked them "What do you want to be when you grow up?"
Some of the answers(with my help of course) were:
- hairdresser
- football player
- basketball player
- police officer
- masseuse
- taxi driver and stories museum director (this one was a girl :)
etc...

Then we made a graphic to understand the most popular jobs in the class - football players and hairdressers won ;)

Finally we played a miming game : I said some jobs and they had to mime the actions related to that jobs. So much fun , for them and for me ;)

Telephone talk

Green, green,green , greeeennn!!!
 - Yellow!
 - White?
 - No, I'm Mr Black

Happy New year ;)

Mr Bean -  a classic ;)

7 Reasons educators/teachers should blog

Hello!
Here's some of the reasons to have a blog if you are a teacher:


http://www.ictineducation.org/home-page/2012/12/28/7-reasons-educators-should-blog.html

Merry Christmas !!!

Dear students and students' families, have a wonderful Christmas!!

Queridos alunos e respectivas famílias votos de um Natal maravilhoso !!!

ps: falta um r em "Merry"

Audio postcards - Voki- 3ºA

Hello!
Last lesson I recorded my students Christmas messages to their loved ones and we used the Voki.com to make audio postcards.
Here are some of  the results:
Na aula passada gravei as mensagens de Natal dos meus alunos do 3ºA para os seus entes queridos e para isso usamos o VOKI.COM e fizemos postais audio visuais . Ficam aqui alguns  resultados, uma vez que não consigo publicá-los a todos Cliquem nos videos e encontrem a  mensagem do vosso familiar:)

Merry Christmas! Feliz Natal!

My Christmas tree - 4th A

Hello! 
Here's the song 4th A is learning in the english lessons

Aqui está a canção que o 4ºA está a aprender nas aulas de inglês.

Lyrics:
Christmastime means laughter
To buckets in the snow ,
Caroling together
With faces of Love

Stockings on the mantel,
A wreath on the door
And my Merriest Christmas
Means just one thing more

Christmas Tree,
My Christmas Tree,
Lit up like a star;
When I see my Christmas tree,
Can loved ones be far?

Christmas Tree, I'm certain
Wherever I roam ,
The glow from your branches
Will light my way home.

Ornaments collected
From every Christmas night,
Memories reflected
Through tin-sel and light;

Gratefully we gather
As ever before
To rejoice in the season
And sing out once more.

Christmas Tree,
My Christmas Tree,
Lit up like a star;
When I see my Christmas tree,
Can loved ones be far?

Christmas Tree, I'm certain
Wherever I roam,
The glow from your branches
Will light my way home.

It's Christmas!
It's Christmas
And I'm going home!