Tuesday, May 21, 2013

THE SOLAR SYSTEM



These are the planets in our SOLAR SYSTEM



Sing the Solar System song!



The Sun is a star in the Solar System.
The Earth orbits the Sun.


And the moon orbits the Earth



QUEEN

THIS IS ONE OF OUR FAVOURITE ROCK BANDS...
And here you can listen to some QUEEN famous songs.


It's a kind of Magic! Do you want to sing this song? (Magic Cultural week 2013)

 It's a kind of magic, with lyrics


Official video, Queen 



TONGUE TWISTERS


Here you can practice four TONGUE TWISTERS:

1. Rubber baby buggy bumpers
2. She sells seashells by the seashore
3. I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!
4. Peter Piper picked a pock of pickled peppers



Saturday, May 18, 2013

MEANS OF TRANSPORT

MEANS OF TRANSPORT

Forms of transport / Ways of transport / Types of transport






Now we are going to divide them in three different groups: 

LAND, AIR AND WATER transportation.

 Sing the Transportation song by Peter Weatherall



LAND TRANSPORTATION (EXAMPLES)

The car



The bus 

Here you can sing this song: THE WHEELS ON THE BUS
(by BAREFOOT BOOKS songs)




AIR TRANSPORTATION 

Parts of the AIRCRAFT AND EXAMPLES of AIR ways of transport


The supersonic plane (CONCORDE)


 The hot air balloon



WATER TRANSPORTATION 

EXAMPLES



OTHER TRANSPORTATION SONGS
(Thanks to Barefoot Books songs. We love all of your songs! My students enjoy singing them!) 

We all go travelling by

The Journey Home from Grandpa's


Driving my Tractor



GRAMMAR: PAST SIMPLE TENSE




 

GRAMMAR


THE PAST SIMPLE FORMS:

     AFFIRMATIVE / POSITIVE / STATEMENT
     NEGATIVE
     INTERROGATIVE / QUESTION
     SHORT ANSWERS



WE DIVIDE VERBS IN TWO GROUPS:
REGULAR AND IRREGULAR


REGULAR VERBS (FORMATION)



REGULAR VERBS (EXAMPLES)



IRREGULAR VERBS (LIST)


IRREGULAR VERBS (EXAMPLES)



PAST WORDS AND PHRASES / EXPRESSIONS THAT WE USE WHEN TALKING ABOUT THE PAST (PAST SIMPLE TENSE)



NOW YOU CAN WATCH A VIDEO WHERE PEOPLE ARE USING THIS TENSE



IT'S TIME TO SING A SONG!! 
Do you know Mr. Morton?
That's a nice using many verbs in the Past Simple tense. And it's also a very effective way of learning how to build sentences (Subject + Predicates + ...).











Monday, May 13, 2013

WHAT TIME IS IT? WHAT'S THE TIME?

 

Good Morning! I'm Norman! (From Muzzy videos)





What time is it? It's three o'clock. It's time to play guitar...


EMOTIONS / FEELINGS


How are you today? Today I'm...

How do you feel today? Today I'm feeling...


TRY TO DRAW THESE FACES AND LABEL THEM WITH FEELINGS

This time you have to guess the feeling for each picture...



SMILEYS


How is David feeling today?

                                      How do you feel today? Today I feel.../Today I'm...happy




NOW YOU CAN PRACTICE SINGING THESE SONGS YOURSELF!

The Feelings song! (by Kids TV 123)


Emotions! (by ELF Learning)

 

HAPPY by Pharrell Williams
Do you like this song?


Ideas for playing with FEELINGS ;)






Sunday, May 12, 2013

What is your favourite sport?



 SPORTS
What sports do you like? 

SPORTS EQUIPMENT 
What equipment do you need for swimming?
What equipment do you need to play volleyball/football/tennis/etc.?






London, ENGLAND

Big Ben, London

Picadilly Circus, London