Talk about yourself (speaking)

Do you remember the «Talk about yourself» worksheet we did last week? Today is time to do the same but speaking. Kevin helps us!

We will also do it in nine parts or phrases:

1. Say «Hello». Hello...
2. What’s your name? My name is...
3. How old are you? I’m... 
4. What month is your birthday? My birthday is in...
5. What have you got? What you haven’t got? I’ve got... / I haven’t got...
6. What can you do? What can't you do? I can... / I can’t...
7. What are you wearing? I’m wearing...
8. What is your favourite animal? My favourite animal is...
9. What do you like for breakfast, lunch and dinner? I like... 

Let's go! It's your turn! Practice first (last week's worksheet will help you). Prepare everything you need, record your phrases on video and send it to me.

Resumen tareas: «Talk about yourself (speaking)» (10-6-20)
—Siguiendo el modelo de la ficha «Talk about yourself» de la semana pasada, hoy toca hacer la misma actividad pero oral.
—Ver y escuchar atentamente el vídeo de Kevin. Lo usaremos como ejemplo.
—Repasar las nueve frases que se deben decir (esquema arriba). Valen las de la ficha de la semana pasada, u otras.
—Preparar algunas cosas (si se quiere) para «escenificar» las frases: ropa, juguetes, comida...
—Grabar el vídeo con las frases (si algún niño/a prefiere grabar sólo audio, también vale).
—Por último, enviar los archivos a fogarnews@gmail.com a través de wetransfer.com. Damos hasta el sábado 13 para hacerlo. Animo!

Today, just dance!

What if we danced a little? It’s not going to be all study, is it? 

We suggest you play «Just Dance» with this catchy Black Eyed Peas song. But, attention, the important thing is not to sing the song, but to have a good time dancing, and if it's with the family, much better.

The song is titled «I gotta feeling» (Tengo un sentimiento). If you want you can learn and sing the chorus which is easy! 

I gotta feeling (Tengo un sentimiento)
That tonight's gonna be a good night (que esta noche va a ser una buena noche)
That tonight's gonna be a good night (que esta noche va a ser una buena noche)
That tonight's gonna be a good good night (que esta noche va a ser una buena buena noche)

And if you want to know the translation of the complete song, here you have it.

If you practice choreography (alone or with your father, your mother, your brothers or sisters...) and you want to record it on video, go ahead! We know that many are embarrassed to dance, but don't worry, it is a voluntary activity.

Come on, cheer up! Wear comfortable clothes and dance!

Resumen tareas: «Today, just dance!» (29-5-20) (actividad voluntaria)
—No todo va a ser estudiar. Ver el vídeo del juego «Just Dance».
—Ya sabemos que lo de cantar y bailar a veces da vergüenza, por eso sólo los niños/as que quieran pueden jugar a bailar imitando la coreografía (como en el juego «Just Dance»). No es imprescindible aprenderse la canción ni cantarla. Lo importante es pasar un buen rato!
—Si se animan, pueden aprender el estribillo (traducido arriba). También aquí está la letra completa de la canción traducida.
—Si se practica y apetece, se puede grabar el baile (en HORIZONTAL, por favor). Evidentemente, con la familia mucho mejor!
—Por último, podéis mandar los vídeos a fogarnews@gmail.com a través de wetransfer.com. Damos un plazo de 2 semanas para enviar los vídeos que se deseen (hasta el 11 de junio). Animo!

The most important meal of the day

In English, the names of the meals (comidas) are breakfast (desayuno), lunch (comida) and dinner (cena).

In this video, the boy says he doesn't want to have breakfast because he prefers to go out and play. The mother gets angry and reminds him that breakfast is the most important meal of the day! Surely you also know!

And now, two interactive activities: here and here.

Resumen tareas «The most important meal of the day» (21-5-20)
—Prestar atención al vocabulario de las comidas (meals) del día: breakfast (desayuno), lunch (comida) y dinner (cena).
—Observar el vídeo «The breakfast song» (de Sesame Street). Como no tiene subtítulos, explicar que el niño del vídeo inicialmente no quiere desayunar porque prefiere salir a jugar. La madre se enfada y la cocinera le explica que el desayuno es la comida más importante del día (the most important meal of the day) con una canción.
—Después hacer estas actividades on line: aquí y aquí.
—Por último, enviar las actividades resueltas a fogarnews@gmail.com

Congratulations on your songs!

Great job, kids! Great job, families! You sent us some fantastic videos. You are the best singers of our Great Song Contest 2020. Congratulations!!!

Action verbs

Let's practice action verbs today. An «action verb» is a verb that expresses physical (run, climb, jump, sing...) or mental (read, think...) action. 

Listen to this song, surely you remember it! You can sing and dance if you feel like it. Pay attention to all the action verbs in it.

Can you now repeat all the action verbs you heard in the song?

And now, online activities. Click here, here and here and do the activities. They're easy!

Resumen de tareas: «Action verbs» (6-5-20)
—Observar la imagen, que contiene verbos de acción (unos ya conocidos y otros nuevos).
—Ver y escuchar el vídeo de la canción «Action song» (pueden cantarla y bailarla, ya la conocen).
—Después, decir de memoria todos los verbos de acción que recuerden de la canción.
—Realizar las actividades interactivas: aquí, aquí y aquí. 

Great Song Contest!

Do you like to sing? Today it is time to sing. Remember that I had already told you in class. Imagine you're a contestant in a Great Song Contest. Don't be ashamed!

First, choose one of these songs that you already know.

Then listen to it and try to memorize it. Use the CD that accompanied the Class Book or here as well (Unit 1: «My super sister» / Unit 2: «The seasons» / Unit 3: «Where’s my mouse?»).

It's time to record the performance of the song (it can be with the background music). The more creative, the better: you can wear costumes, makeup, choreograph, be accompanied by sisters, brothers, parents, pets...

When the recording is ready, with the help of mom or dad, send it to Fogar News (instructions below).

If you did everything, congratulations! You are a contestant in our Great Song Contest!

Resumen tareas: «Great song contest!» (28-4-20)
—Escoger una de las tres canciones propuestas: «My super sister» (Class Book, pag. 19), «The seasons» (Class Book, pag. 29) or «Where’s my mouse?» (Class Book, pag. 39).
—Escuchar esta canción en el CD que acompañaba el Class Book o aquí (Unit 1: «My super sister» / Unit 2: «The seasons» / Unit 3: «Where’s my mouse?»), memorizar la letra y practicarla.
—Grabar la interpretación de la canción (puede ser con la música de fondo). Cuanto más creativos, mejor: pueden usarse disfraces, maquillaje, hacer una coreografía, estar acompañados por hermanos, padres...
—Por último, enviar la grabación a fogarnews@gmail.com. Recomendamos que se haga a través de la web wetransfer.com (es gratuíta, no requiere darse de alta, ni activar contraseñas...).
—IMPORTANTE: si no queréis que se utilice vuestro vídeo para difundirlo en Fogar News o en las redes sociales del colegio, por favor, indicadlo expresamente en el mismo mensaje de envío en wetransfer. Por ejemplo: «No queremos que el vídeo se haga público».
—Si os animáis a hacerlo, se propone como límite de entrega el 5 de mayo (una semana).

Let’s dance with «Animal fun»

Hi kids. Today you are going to work with your books. Take the Classbook and open it on pages 48 and 49. 

Let's reread the comic «At the zoo» on page 48. You can do this by listening to the audio here (select story 4). Remember, listen, point and repeat.

Then look at the image on page 49 and the new words that appear: feathers (plumas), hair (pelo), whiskers (bigotes), claws (garras), teeth (dientes), and scales (escamas).

Now it's time to listen and sing the song «Animal fun». Click here (select unit 4) and listen to it the first time. Then listen to it again and repeat each sentence. Can you translate the song?

Finally, just dance! You can create your own choreography and dance with your family! It sure is fun!

And for the weekend, you can do the activities on pages 48 and 49 of the Activity Book.

Animal body parts

Hi, guys. Here we are again. Today we will review the names of the body parts of the animals. This is the basic vocabulary that we will practice.

shell - concha o caparazón
claws - garras
fins -aletas
feathers - plumas
wings - alas
beak - pico
tail - cola
fur - piel o pelaje
teeth - dientes
whiskers - bigotes
scales - escamas

It's always a good idea to learn by singing, so listen and sing this fantastic rap. You will learn very fast!

And now some online activities. If you click here you will find some easy ones. And if you click here, others a little harder, but not too much.

You can also draw animals and point out in them all the parts of the body we learned.

And remember that at the bottom you have a space to send us comments or questions.

Count to 50

Do you know how to count to fifty? In the first units we learned the numbers from one to twenty. And now it's time to learn to count to fifty!

With this song it will be easier!

Let's sing and count!

Thanks Kevin!!!

The last few months we have had Kevin's help in our classes. He came from Kenya and quickly became not only a new teacher but also a good friend.

Kevin and other six university graduates from Kenya and Uganda are the first to participate in the Training Exchange in East Africa Project. 

We have improved our conversation in English and we have also learned more about other cultures. It would be great to repeat the next course. Thank you so much, Kevin!

Cars, Planes, Trains...

The Singing Walrus shows us «Cars, Planes, and Trains». This fun song introduces different means of transport and their speed in relation to each other. Every verse of the song features a vehicle, each showing a faster one than the last. You will enjoy watching the characters move from place to place, riding a bike, a bus, a car, a train, a plane, and finally a rocket!

Ah! And you can also practice the numbers from 10 to 1 with the countdown before the launch of the rocket.

A great song!

Masterchef English Class

Pupils, in Sixth year of primary, made very elaborated recipes and someone of them showed us and they allowed us to try them (sandwiches, brownies, sponges, créme caramel, rice with milk, lemon sorbet, cookies, chocolate cake, granny’s cake, ham and cheese roll, olives and tuna roll, apple cake, nutella…).

All desserts or couses were delicious and all pupils were very grateful because they had a lot of fun in this «MASTERCHEF ENGLISH CLASS».

Thanks all the families for their collaboration in this tasty activity!

Yes, I can

You will like this song. Sure! «Yes, I Can!» is a «Super simple» animal song that introduces a bunch of fun animals (bird, elephant, fish, gorilla...), action verbs (clap, fly, stomp, swim, climb, run...), and the phrases, Can you...? and Yes, I can. / No I can't. 

Here you have the lyrics of the song and, if you want to dance it, you can learn the choreography in this link. Let’s sing and dance!

♫ Little bird, little bird, can you clap?
No, I can't. No, I can't. I can't clap.
Little bird, little bird, can you fly?
Yes, I can. Yes, I can. I can fly.

Elephant, elephant, can you fly?
No, I can't. No, I can't. I can't fly.
Elephant, elephant, can you stomp?
Yes, I can. Yes, I can. I can stomp.

Little fish, little fish, can you stomp?
No, I can't. No, I can't. I can't stomp.
Little fish, little fish, can you swim?
Yes, I can. Yes, I can. I can swim.

Gorilla, gorilla, can you swim?
No, I can't. No, I can't. I can't swim.
Gorilla, gorilla, can you climb?
Yes, I can. Yes, I can. I can climb.

Buffalo, buffalo, can you climb?
No, I can't. No, I can't. I can't climb.
Buffalo, buffalo, can you run?
Yes, I can. Yes, I can. I can run.

Boys and girls, boys and girls, can you sing?
Yes, we can. Yes, we can. We can sing.
Boys and girls, boys and girls, can you dance?
Yes, we can. Yes, we can. We can dance.

We can sing. We can dance. Yes, we can.
We can sing. We can dance. Yes, we can.
Yes, we can. Yes, we can. Yes, we can.
Yes, we can. Yes, we can. Yes, we can.
Yes, we can. Yes, we can. Yes, we can. ♫

Working for Peace

On February 8th all our students will celebrate the Day of Peace with a small walk. Its objective is to educate for and about tolerance, solidarity and respect for Human Rights, non-violence and peace. 

Next to the Monument to the Heroes of Orzán all of us will release white balloons in the air and sing We are the world, the popular song by Michael Jackson. If you want to learn it, here is a video that can help you. If you find it difficult, you can practice only the chorus (the part in blue). And here you have the spanish translation.

«WE ARE THE WORLD»

There comes a time when we heed a certain call
When the world must come together as one 

There are people dying 

And its time to lend a hand to life 

There greatest gift of all

We cant go on pretending day by day

That someone, somewhere will soon make a change

We are all a part of God’s great big family

And the truth, you know,

Love is all we need

Chorus:

We are the world, we are the children

We are the ones who make a brighter day

So lets start giving

Theres a choice we're making

We're saving out own lives

Its true we'll make a better day

Just you and me

Send them your heart so they'll know that someone cares

And their lives will be stronger and free

As God has shown us by turning stones to brend

So we all must lend a helping hand

Chorus:

We are the world, we are the children

We are the ones who make a brighter day

So lets start giving

Theres a choice we're making

We're saving out own lives

Its true we'll make a better day

Just you and me

When you're down and out, there seems no hope at all

But if you just believe theres no way we can fall

Let us realize that a change can only come

When we stand together as one

Chorus:

We are the world, we are the children

We are the ones who make a brighter day

So lets start giving

Theres a choice we're making

We're saving out own lives

Its true we'll make a better day

Just you and me

                                                             Michael Jackson

Merry Christmas!

Christmas is approaching. Just ten more days and we´ll be on holiday. The next days we’ll learn new vocabulary about Christmas.

Here you´ve got a very nice a song about Santa.

If you click here, you can do many activities and learn new vocabulary about Christmas. Have a great fun!

The Emperor's New Clothes

Our sixth grade schoolmates presented on the 18th a theatrical adaptation of the story The Emperor's New Clothes, written by Hans Christian Andersen. Third grade pupils were their audience. With the help of the teacher Olga, the staging was a great success. Great job! Congratulations!

Here you have a video with the story that they dramatised.

In a fun way with our karaoke

Today we are going to show you some resources from Oxford Explorers to learn in a fun way. If you visit this site or click on the images, you will find games, songs, stories and picture dictionaries that accompany your Class Book units from 1st to 3rd grade.

   

This way, you can practise at home the grammar, the vocabulary and the songs also studied at school. For example, using the karaoke you can sing two of your favourite sons: «I love my family» or «Look at all the animals».

What's your favourite colour?

 

Here's Colour Balls: a funny game to learn the names of the colours. Click the balls with the correct colour label. You need pay attention: the text must match with the colour of the ball. It isn’t easy!

And you can also practice with this catchy song: «What's your favourite colour?» Let's sing!

What's your favourite colour?

Orange, yellow, black and pink,
Blue, purple, brown and green.
I like white
I like red
What's your favourite colour?

We wish you a Merry Christmas

Christmas time is coming and these are some of the beautiful Christmas cards created by children from first and second grade. We hope you like. There will be more.

And here is the carol that you can hear in the background. Come on, let’s all sing now: We wish you a Merry Christmas...

Classics to laugh

The most entertaining morning of theatre in the Fogar. The company Face2face delighted us with two plays that adapt two classics of English literature: Frankenstein, a novel written by Mary Shelley and Macbeth, a tragedy written by William Shakespeare.

Brad and Janet's car breaks down on a deserted road in the middle of a storm. There is a light on in the distance. They decide to seek help at the sinister-looking castle on top of the hill. Dr Frankenstein is throwing a wild party to celebrate the birth of his latest creation, and he welcomes the young couple into his dark and mysterious abode. He will help them ... but at a price.

Face 2 Face sets Shakespeare's famous tragedy in a fast-good restaurant, where Macbeth is a conniving kitchen boy. This tragedy adeptly converted into social satire illustrates how the Macbeth couple's amibition and unbridled greed drives them to ruin while the audience cracks up laughing.

Fear, tragedy and lots of laughs for our Primary and Secondary students, that also took part on the scene.