Hello!

We have been studying words related to health and illness and the students know most of them already.

We worked hard last Friday. We talked about things we must do and things we mustn't do in class, when we are sick and so on.

We watched a "Get Well soon" video and song. Here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdVRWT7dc9k and learned what things we must do when we are sick, like:

We must get a rest.
We must relax.
We must drink juice.

We read what people do to get better and then students were given some words and completed the sentences like a puzzle. They did a good job.

Students now know that when people are sick with the flu and they have a fever and a cold,

They  stay at home in bed

They don't go to school.

They  drink fluids.

They  take medicine.

They see a doctor.


HOMEWORK

Go to this link and do the first 3 exercises. http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=5456 

When you finish the last exercise - They don't feel well. Use the correct pronoun - write 4 sentences in your notebook.

Hello boys and girls!

I just realized I had forgotten to write your blog. That's because I have been sick and tired. Now I am feeling better.

In our last lesson we continued studying words about health - or the opposite: being sick. Most students already know those words, I am glad to say, even though they are very healthy.

When you are sick you stay at home, in bed. You don't go to school.
That's what happened to Simon. He has a cold and a temperature and the doctor says he must stay at home, in bed. He mustn't get up.

That's something we studied last Friday:

Things that you must do

and 
Things that you mustn't do

Examples of things you must do in school:

You must listen to the teacher.
You must participate in all the activities.
You must ask questions.

Examples of things you mustn't do in school:

You mustn't shout in the classroom.
You mustn't kick your classmates.
You mustn't write on your classmate's notebook.

HOMEWORK

Go to this link http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=5140 and do the 1st Exercise: say in the sentences are true or false.

In the 2nd exercise: write 4 sentences that you understand.

Last Friday we were studying about being sick. Very appropriate for this time of the year, when so many people are sick.

We studied the words: headache, earache, toothache, stomach ache, a cold, fever,  runny nose,  sore throat, cough, cut, broken arm or leg. 

We watched a funny video and were learning the song. Here is the link:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJHtpAriDp0

We were also playing with the flashcards and students had to act out they were sick: the other students had to discover what was the matter.

We reviewed the parts of the body and did a listening exercise. Students had to decide if the sentences they heard were the same as the pictures on their worksheet.

HOMEWORK Go to this linkhttp://resources.marshalladulteducation.org/hot_potatoes/symptoms/symptoms.htm and do the exercise.

Then write 5 of the sentences. Ex: He has a toothache. And make a drawing.

Hello boys and girls!

Last week we did several activities related to eating and food. We listened to a conversation Stella's family had when eating dinner. Then students role played the conversation. They asked questions like:

Can I have some juice please?

Can I have some brown bread?

Later students had to decide what Stella and her friends were eating and drinking and also ask a partner some questions to find out what the other student had written:

They repeated the questions: What's Simon eating? and What's Simon drinking? and gave answers to their partner's questions: Ex: Simon is eating chicken and rice and he is drinking milk.

HOMEWORK

Imagine you are having dinner with your family.

1. Decide what there is for dinner:

Starter: soup, salad, spaghetti, beans, rice, vegetables?

Main course: steak with fries, fish, fried eggs, pizza, meat balls, chicken with fries, etc.?

Dessert: fruit, yogurt, cake, ice-cream, etc.?

Example:
Starter: Vegetable soup
Main Course: Chicken with fries.
Dessert: fruit or yogurt.

Then write a conversation:

Example

Brother: Can I have some soup, please?
Mother: Sure, here you are.
Sister: Can I have some bread, Dad?
Father: Here you are. Danni, are you drinking water or milk?
Brother: Milk, please.
Father: What about you, Liza?
Sister: Water for me, please.
Mother: Here is your chicken, Danni.
Brother: Thank you, Mom, I don't want fries.
Sister: Can I have Danni's fries?
Father: Ok,
Mom: what are you eating for dessert?
Brother: An apple.
Sister: Can I have a banana and yogurt?

Welcome back Alejandro!

In out last lesson we concentrated on spelling. We reviewed the places in the city and things we can do in those places. 

We can buy a table in a furniture store.

We can see animals at the zoo.

We can wait for the bus at the bus stop.

We can play in the park. 

We can get a haircut at the hairdresser's.

We can buy bread in a bakery.

We can do exercise at the gym.

We can eat in a restaurant.

We can have a drink in a cafe.

We can do lots of things in the city.

Last year we spend a month learning about food and eating. Now we are taking some time to look it over, as I noticed students had forgotten some of the things they had studied.

Remember:

Breakfast is the meal we eat in the morning, just after we get up.

Lunch is a light meal. People eat a sandwich, some fruit, yogurt. 

Dinner is the main meal.

For dessert we eat things like: fruit, yogurt, sweets, ice-cream, etc.

What can we put in a salad?

Students said: lettuce, tomato, cucumber, egg, carrots, and they are right, those are things we put in a salad. And more.

Students also made groups of foods: vegetables and fruits, cereals, dairy products ( made from milk), foods that have proteins (fish, meat, eggs) and sweets or foods with a lot of sugar.

HOMEWORK

Say what you eat 3 days this week. Example:

On Monday I have a glass of milk and cereal for breakfast.

For dinner (midday in Spain) I have a salad, fish and and apple for dessert.

Hello boys and girls!

In our last lessons students have been trying to work with a partner. That's proved quite difficult and so far our great achievement has been sharing a notebook to prepare work. But I'm sure we'll learn to help each other little by little.

Anyway, we are still learning about the city, its places and what we can do there.

Only Irene and Raul did their homework last week, but they did a Great Job. 

Last Friday students picked 4 cards of places in the city and put them in the order they wanted to visit those places.

Then they had to make sentences like this one:

First I am going to the park to play.

Then I am going to the supermarket to buy apples.

Later they worked in two teams and each team had to ask the other team:

Where are you going first?


We worked on the spelling of all the places in the city. Children had to match pictures and word signs.

We watched a video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMfJaeJ50SY  Then, each students decided what places they would like to have in their neighborhood and drew a picture of it. Favorite places with children are bakeries, cinemas or movie theaters, pizza restaurants and pet shops.

Homework
A. Watch this video and answer the questions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qd-upMdKywE

1. Where do you borrow books?

2. Where do you watch movies?

3  Where do you swim?

4. Where do you learn a lot?

5. Where do you see animals?


B Now, you ask 3 more questions like the question in exercise A, about places you can see in the video.

Welcome back and Happy New Year 2015

I'm glad to say that it was a good beginning. It's amazing, some of the students still remember new words we had studied last December.

We are studying places in the city and what we can do in those places

Places in the city are: 

Shops: furniture shop, ice cream shop, pet shop, bakery, market, supermarket, book shop, pharmacy.

Other places: church, park, post office, bus station, bus stop, fire station, gas station, hotel, restaurant, cafe, library, hospital, night club, gym, sports center, school, cinema, concert hall.

We are also learning to ask questions as:

What can you buy in a bakery? 

And answer:

You can buy bread in a bakery.

Or:

What can you do in a cinema?

You can watch a film in a cinema.

So this is the trick:

First you say: What can you

Then you say a verb: buy (for shops) or do (for other places) Ex: What can you buy

Then you say in + a place. Ex: What can you buy in a pet shop? Or What can you do in a hotel?

HOMEWORK

Answer the questions:

1.What can you do in a park?

2.What can you do in a restaurant?

3.What can you buy in a bakery?

4.What can you do in a concert hall?

5.What can you buy in a pet shop.

Then, watch this video and say: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZiSFMe9DbE

What places in the city do you see in the video?

See you on Friday!