PAST SIMPLE AND PAST CONTINUOUS

Uses of past simple and past continuous:

If you want some online practice, click here:

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/past-simple-past-continuous-exercise-1.html

http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/pastsimpleorcontinuous/menu.php

https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpas-paspro

http://www.5minuteenglish.com/mar10.htm

If you feel like you know all the grammar, try these online games:

http://www.eslgamesworld.com/members/games/grammar/perfectpast/past%20progressive%20vs.%20past%20simple%20betting.html

http://www.englishmedialab.com/GrammarGames/New_Snakes_%20Ladders/Past_tenses.html

Used to: talking about the past.

USED TO.

Discovering Bath, England

Romans used to live in Bath, England. I love this city and I think it is one of the most beautiful places I´ve ever been.

Baths were importan for Romans. 

 Let´s see this video:

Happy Thanksgiving

What are you thankful for? 

Last Thursday we celebrated Thanksgiving day. It was a special day and we learnt a lot about why we celebrate this day. First we listened to this video about the story of Mayflower.

The best part of the activity was sharing part of our job with second graders. We worked together and helped us to created a wonderful turkey and say what we were tahnkful for.

With this powerpoint we learnt some culture about how Thanksgiving is celebrated today in the USA.

GRAPHS

Do you remember the parts of a graph:

Today in English class we are going to describe different graphs. You have to remember the key vocabulary:

- All of them 25/25
- Most of them 20/25.
-Some of them 6/25.
-None of them 0/25.

Click here to learn more about describing graphs.

In groups, describe these graphs:

Write an email

We are learning how to write an email. Look at these simple ideas:

If you want to write an email take a look at these pages.They have useful tips you can use when writing.

Click here to lear more about informal mails.

Email writer helper

And now let me say THANK YOU:  Alba, Amanda, Amín, Emily, Laura and Wendy. Reading your mails was awesome.

 

SHEL SILVERSTEIN

If you want to read more poems, Shel Silverstein is a good choice. You can read now some of his poems. As you can see, ilustrations are an important part of his literary work. This pictures can help you understand the poem better.

Click on the images to see them better.

Clik here to listen to more poems.

We are poets

October has been the poems´month. We have been writing poems in English and the results are awesome. I know it is difficult to write poems, but let me tell you that you have made your best!!!

Here are some examples of our poems:

 Our corridor full of poems. Read your 

 friends´poems and give them your personal opinion.

Some insects´poems.

Amanda decided to write about her favourite sport while Rosmar dedicated her poem to her mum.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Happy Halloween 5th graders. Want to play the game again?

Here you have the instruction to play the game. Remember not to open your eyes while playing. 

IDIOM OF THE WEEK (II)

Hello everybody and welcome to a new idiom:

TO HIT THE SACK.

To hit the sack means to go to bed in order to sleep.

This is an example:

I have dinner at nine o´clock and then I hit the sack.

Listen to more examples of this idiom.

http://www.idioms4you.com/complete-idioms/hit-the-sack.html

IDIOM

Hi fifth graders!!!

This year we are going learn IDIOMS.

An idiom is an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meaning of its words.

This is the first idiom we will learn this week:

An example of this expresion:

 I had butterflies in my tummy the morning of my wedding.

You can also say: to have butterflies in my stomach. 

We use this expresion when we are very nervous.

JUST THE WAY YOU ARE

We have listened to this song to review how to describe someone. Listen to the song again and try to fill in the gaps.