QUESTIONS FOR CHRISTMAS HOMEWORK

Answer these questions about the power point Chirsmas around Europe. Remember to look into your class blog in the section Festivals, Christmas or follow this link:
http://www.slideboom.com/presentations/466938/CHRISTMAS-AROUND-EUROPE
1.- When do Christmas start in Italy?
2.- How do you say Happy New Year in Italian?
3.- What is celebrated in Italy on December 8th?
4.- Which costume do children wear on December 23rd?
5.- What's the Italian name for the traditional Christmas dinner?
6.- When do christmas holidays finish in Hungary?
7.- What's the name of the typicall hungarian cake you can see in the power point?
8.- How do you say Christmas Eve in Hungarian?
9.- which festivity is celebraten on December 5th in Belgium?
10.- What do Belgian people drink in all the Christmas meals?
11.- Which colours have the Danish flag?
12.- What is celebrated in Denmark on December 13th?
13.- What do Danish light in Christmas time?
14.- Do Turkish people celebrate Christmas? Why?
15.- Which is the most important figure in Turkish religion?
16.- Where was St. Nicholas born?
17.- What do Turkish people eat for New Year?
18.- What is the festivity that Spanish people celebrate on December 28th?
19.- How do Spanish celebrate that festivity?
20.- çwhich tradition do Spanish people on December 31st?
21.- How many weeks have English children for Christmas holidays?
22.- Which is the desser on Christmas day for english people?
23.- Which colours have the Irish flag?
24.- When do Irish celebrate St. Stepjen Day?
25.- Name a typicall Irish biscuit?
26.- Where is situated Finland in Europe?
27.- Which was the ex-capital of Finland?
28.- Do Finish people visit saunas on christmas Eve?
29.- How do Polish people called to January 6th?
30.- What's the name of the traditional Polish Christmas Pudding?
31.- When do christmas preparations begin in Germany?
32.- Which is the mos popular carol in Germany?
33.- How do you say Merry Christmas in Norwegian?

CHRISTMAS TIME

Students like to use computers for learning, so we are going to learn about how our Comenius partner's celebrate Christmas time. We are going to learn about: Italy, Hungary, Belgium, Denmark, Turkey, Spain, England, Ireland, Finland, Poland, Germany, Norway and Slovakia. they are going to do the task they have on the webquest I have created for it:
http://letslearnaboutchristmas.wordpress.com/task/

STUDENTS WORK ABOUT HALLOWEEN USING ICT

Students from 6th A and B classes have learnt how to make a power point presentations, after that they had a webquest about Halloween and the final product must be a power point presentations. they enjoyed this activity very much and they have done good presentations you can see in their blogs. Clicking on festivals or in Halloween. Here you can see an example:

Students blog

As our school has done a project for improve ICT competences in all the students, I decided to create two blogs: One for 6th A students and another for &th B students. In this blog you can see all the activities we are going to do using computers and students are going to answer quizzes using the blog. As I could see in this small period of classes, they love this way of working in English. I hope families enjoy them too.
The addresses of the blogs are:

http://www.english6a.wordpress.com
http://www.english6b.wordpress.com

HALLOWEEN WEBQUEST

This year we are going to learn about Halloween in a different way. I'm not going to teach you. You are going to look for information and prepare a power point about this festivity.
FOLLOW THIS LINK AND YOU KNOW WHAT YOU MUST DO!

http://letslearnabouthalloween.wordpress.com/

ICT COMENIUS COURSE IN MALTA

ICT FOR COLLABORATIVE, PROJECT BASED TEACHING AND LEARNING on Prezi

PORTFOLIO LISTENING SELF-ASSESSMENT

I use to work using the portfolio philosophy, but I have never done the self-assesment using the paper portfolio with children. At the end of 6th grade I think is very useful to use it because children can fill many things and they can understand why they have a concrete level. I think it has been a very good experience.

THE EUROPEAN LANGUAGE PORTFOLIO= EL PORTFOLIO EUROPEO DE LAS LENGUAS

Es un documento personal promovido por el Consejo de Europa, en el que los que aprenden o han aprendido una lengua - ya sea en la escuela o fuera de ella - pueden registrar sus experiencias de aprendizaje de lenguas y culturas y reflexionar sobre ellas.

El Portfolio consta de 3 partes: 

• Pasaporte de Lenguas
  Lo actualiza regularmente el titular. Refleja lo que éste sabe hacer en distintas lenguas. Mediante el Cuadro de Auto evaluación, que describe las competencias por destrezas (hablar, leer, escuchar, escribir), el titular puede reflexionar y autoevaluarse. También contiene información sobre diplomas obtenidos, cursos a los que ha asistido así como contactos relacionados con otras lenguas y culturas. 
• Biografía lingüística
  En ella se describen las experiencias del titular en cada una de las lenguas y está diseñada para servir de guía al aprendiz a la hora de planificar y evaluar su progreso. 
• Dossier 
  Contiene ejemplos de trabajos personales para ilustrar las capacidades y conocimientos lingüísticos. (Certificados, diplomas, trabajos escritos, proyectos, grabaciones en audio, vídeo, presentaciones, etc.) 

  Para qué sirve el Portfolio?

  • Para animar a todos a aprender más lenguas, cada uno dentro de sus capacidades, y a continuar aprendiéndolas a lo largo de toda la vida.
  • Para facilitar la movilidad en Europa, mediante una descripción clara y reconocible internacionalmente de las competencias lingüísticas.
  • Para favorecer el entendimiento y la tolerancia entre los ciudadanos de Europa, mediante el conocimiento de otras lenguas y culturas.
  • ¿Cuáles son los objetivos del Consejo de Europa a través del Portfolio?
  • El desarrollo de la ciudadanía democrática en Europa a través de: 
    • La profundización en el entendimiento y la tolerancia entre los ciudadanos de Europa. 
    • La protección y promoción de la diversidad lingüística y cultural.
    • La promoción del plurilingüismo por medio del aprendizaje de lenguas y culturas a lo largo de toda la vida.
    • La descripción clara y transparente de las competencias lingüísticas y las titulaciones para facilitar la movilidad en Europa. 

WE READ IN ENGLISH

For Easter Holidays I decided that the best homework was reading, and I prepared a "Book fair" where children choose the book they want to read.

CELEBRATING EASTER 5TH AND 6TH LEVEL

WORKING IN PAIRS

In the English class, we use to work in different ways, in this activity we worked in pairs. When we do this kind of activities there is a lot of noise in the class as you can listen, but the students like them.

ST. PATRICK'S DAY ART CRAFT

DO YOU LIKE SINGING?

Hello boys and girls, searching on the internet I've gound a very interesting webpage where you can find hundreds of songs arranged by group or singer in alphabetical order or you can find them by levels: EASY, MEDIUM, HIGH.
Using this page you can sing all the songs you want. I hope you like it.
http://www.subingles.com

WHAT TIME IS IT?

We are learning how to say the time in English and I know that sometimes it could be difficult for you to understand how it works. Here, I write you some links to work the time. Use them, they are good for practising yourself.
And remember:

http://www.xtec.es/aulanet/ud/angles/study/time.html

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/various/time.htm

LOOK FOR INFORMATION ABOUT ST. PATRICK'S DAY (6TH LEVEL STUDENTS)

Get ready to learn more about St. Patrick's Day! Use the resources I give you in this article to help you answer the questions I'm going to give you in class. You have time until March 9th. Good luck!

Resources:
1.- http://www.irishcultureandcustoms.com/ (Customs of the Irish)
2.- http://universalpreschool.com/how-to/st.patricks-day-asp (History and Traditions of St. Patrick's Day)
3.- http://wilstar.com/holidays/patrick.htm (More customs and traditions)
4.- http://theholidayspot.com/patrick/celebration.htm (how countries celebrate this holiday)

THINK IN POSITIVE

WE HAVE USED VALENTINE'S DAY FOR WORKING ENGLISH AND ART.

PLAYING WITH RIDDLES

The students are really engaged to this activited. Thay are always waiting for a new riddle to give the answer and get the prize: A free sugar sweet.

WOVEN HEART BASKET 6TH A AND B LEVELS

WOVEN HEART BASKET. CRAFT FOR VALENTINE'S DAY

As you now, Valentine's day is celebrated all over the world on February 14th. We want to celebrate it making this amazing craft. Click on the link and follow the instructions.
http://familyfun.go.com/how-to-videos/familyfun-woven-heart-basket-762419-v/

5TH LEVEL ART CLASS

We do Art in English, and they learn a lot. Have a look!

PRACTICING THE DATE AND THE WEATHER

Everyday, one of the students goes to the English corner to write the date and the weather. Look!

ENGLISH CORNER

As we haven't got our own class, I decided to create a space where my students could do things in English. We can talk about the date, the weather, we have a map of the United Kingdom and a World map. We have a place called: Guess it! where I write some riddles and the students write the possible solution and we have a place for English festival and for expressing themselves in English. Here you have some pictures.

USEFUL WEBSITES FOR LEARNING ENGLISH

YOU CAN CHECK THESE WEBSITES WITH LOTS OF GAMES AND ACTIVITIES TO PROMOTE LANGUAGE LEARNING:
Games, puzzles and activities for different levels:
http://www.funbrain.com/
http://www.primarygames.com/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/
http://www.fisher-price.com/us/playtime/
http://a4esl.org/q/h/vocabulary.html

http://www.haringkids.com/

http://www.mrmen.com/

http://www.nick.com/

http://www.seussville.com/

http://www.seussville.com/

http://innocentkids.co.uk/

http://topmarks.co.uk/

http://www.learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/ (grades 5 and 6)

http://www.oup.com/elt/students/?cc=es

http://www.oup.com/elt/surprise

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/literacy/index.htm

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/index.htm

http://www.oup.com/elt/local/es/es_web_directory/web-primary?cc=es#

http://www.oup.com/elt/local/es/es_web_directory/web-primary?cc=es#