Comparatives and Superlatives

See you soon!

My dear fifth graders,

I’m really grateful for your goodbye party and of course, for all the time we’ve spent together. I’ve had wonderful experiences with you that I’ll never forget. Be sure that students like you are the light of the world.

Being with you these nine months has been absolutely awesome! I’ll miss you a lot.

See you soon! With love,

Cris

P.S.: Keep learning English! It’s funnier than you think, believe me! =)

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Happy Book Day!!

Remember that "A book is a present that you can open again and again", as Garrison Keillor says.

Keep on reading!!

 

Enjoy your holidays as much as you can!!

Story, Song and Tongue Twister UNIT 5 + Vocabulary

Click on the picture and listen to the story:

Now, check your pronunciation and learn more vocabulary about natural disasters. After reading and listening the vocabulary, you can do the activities proposed (review, match up 1, match up 2, etc). Click on the photo below:

Click on the picture and listen to the song My holiday:

Finally, you can listen to the tongue twister if you click on the following image:

Remember! (WHERE & WHAT --> Differencies)

• Where is used to talk about places. It means "dónde". 
• What is used to talk about events and things you do/did. It means "qué".

Months of the year

Click on the photo to review the months of the year:

Like + ING

Remember the rules:

When we have like + verb we must add ING to the verb:



But!! When we have like + noun we do NOT add ing. Look:



These rules can be also applied to the verbs love, enjoy and hate: 
"Sarah loves playing basketball" / "Sarah loves basketball"
"Mathew enjoys reading Ranopla" / "Mathew enjoys books" 
"They hate dancing" / "They hate classical music"

Now, click on the following links and practice:

• Likes and dislikes (add ING to the verbs following LIKE!)
• More exercises to practice
• Complete the gaps according to the chart

UNIT 5 (Introduction)

In the next unit we're going to study:

- Vocabulary: geographical places






Practice the vocabulary you've learnt: Check your pronunciation

- Grammar: the verb TO BE

Present Simple of the verb TO BE

Past Simple of the verb TO BE

Click on these links and practice:
Was/Were
Was/Wasn't/Were/Weren't
From present to past

Watch this video ("Were you good at school?")

Theatre performances =)

Click here to watch your theatre performances. Congrats! You did it really well!!

St Patrick's Day!

St. Patrick’s Day falls on March 17th. It honors Saint Patrick, the Patron Saint of Ireland, who was executed on March 17, about A.D. 461.

Some symbols of St Patrick's day:

^{_{Shamrocks, Leprechauns,    and pots of gold at the end of the rainbow}}

^{_{are all symbols of the Holiday.}}

^{_{A four leaf clover is considered to be a sign of good luck.}}

^{_{The meal of choice is generally Corn Beef and Cabbage:}}  

Now, listen to this song:

What are we doing at the moment?

Here you can see the power point presentation that we've been explaining in class. It's quite useful to understand better the Present Continuous:

Now, you can practice by doing these activities:

• Activity 1 - What are they doing?
• Activity 2 - Look at the timetable and choose the correct answer
• Activity 3

Watch this video:

Now, answer the following questions:

• What is Sammy doing?
• What is Suzy doing?
• What is Donny doing?
• What is Lisa doing?

THE FILM STAR

Practice Unit 4's story. Remember you have to learn by heart the scripts (what you have to say). Click here to listen to the story.

Have a nice weekend!

Let's learn about sports!!

Here there are some videos you can watch for practising the vocabulary and your pronunciation:

Sports flashcards: Click here to see the flashcards

St Valentine's Day

Valentine's day story (exercises and story taken from isabelperez's webpage)

Let me introduce myself. My name is Valentine. I lived in Rome during the third century. That was long, long ago! At that time, Rome was ruled by an emperor named Claudius. I didn't like Emperor Claudius, and I wasn't the only one! A lot of people shared my feelings.

Claudius wanted to have a big army. He expected men to volunteer to join. Many men just did not want to fight in wars. They did not want to leave their wives and families. As you might have guessed, not many men signed up. This made Claudius furious. So what happened? He had a crazy idea. He thought that if men were not married, they would not mind joining the army. So Claudius decided not to allow any more marriages. Young people thought his new law was cruel. I thought it was preposterous! I certainly wasn't going to support that law!

Did I mention that I was a priest? One of my favorite activities was to marry couples. Even after Emperor Claudius passed his law, I kept on performing marriage ceremonies -- secretly, of course. It was really quite exciting. Imagine a small candlelit room with only the bride and groom and myself. We would whisper the words of the ceremony, listening all the while for the steps of soldiers.

One night, we did hear footsteps. It was scary! Thank goodness the couple I was marrying escaped in time. I was caught. (Not quite as light on my feet as I used to be, I guess.) I was thrown in jail and told that my punishment was death.

I tried to stay cheerful. And do you know what? Wonderful things happened. Many young people came to the jail to visit me. They threw flowers and notes up to my window. They wanted me to know that they, too, believed in love.

One of these young people was the daughter of the prison guard. Her father allowed her to visit me in the cell. Sometimes we would sit and talk for hours. She helped me to keep my spirits up. She agreed that I did the right thing by ignoring the Emperor and going ahead with the secret marriages. On the day I was to die, I left my friend a little note thanking her for her friendship and loyalty. I signed it, "Love from your Valentine."

I believe that note started the custom of exchanging love messages on Valentine's Day. It was written on the day I died, February 14, 269 A.D. Now, every year on this day, people remember. But most importantly, they think about love and friendship. And when they think of Emperor Claudius, they remember how he tried to stand in the way of love, and they laugh -- because they know that love can't be beaten!

You can do these comprehension activities after reading the text:

1- Read the text and say if the following statements are True or False:

1. Many people liked Emperor Claudius but St. Valentine didn’t.

2. Soldiers weren’t allowed to get married.

3. Claudius forbade people to get married because then men didn’t want to go to the army.

2- Read the text again and answer to the following questions according to the text:

1. When and where did St Valentine live?

2. Who was the emperor at that time?

3. Did St. Valentine like him?

4. What did St. Valentine do? What was his job?

5. Why didn’t Claudius like men to get married?

6. Why was St Valentine caught and put into prison?

7. What was the punishment that the Emperor ordered for him?

8. Who visited him when he was in jail?

9. When did St Valentine write a note?

10. Who did he write the note to?

11. Why did he write it?

12. When did St Valentine die?

13.Why is St Valentine a symbol of Love?

3- Match the following words from the text (left column)with a synonym or a definition in the right column:

Share Sign up Allow Scary Stand Cheerful

Register Permit Have the same idea Happy and joyful Take a particular attitude Frightening

This video illustrates St Valentine's story:

Now, let's sing some songs:

Reviewing for the exam

You can study for the exam watching this presentation (apart from doing some exercises and reviewing your worksheets). Remember the exam is next Monday. Good luck and study hard!

EXAM REVISION UNIT 3 - 5TH GRADE ETG from crisgarlop

Asking for and Giving directions

Games to practice:

Places vocabulary, giving directions and prepositions
Vocabulary review + Giving directions
Giving directions
Asking and giving directions - TRUE OR FALSE
In my city - Song
Welcome to Smiling town
Write about your town

Now, watch these videos about asking for and giving directions. Pay special attention to the typical expressions used in real conversations such as the following:

Can you help me to find...?
Go straight on 
Go along "..." road/street
Turn right/left
I´m lost
...

HAPPY 2014!

Keep the smile, leave the tears.
Think of Joy and forget your fears.
Wishing you a very happy New Year!