...A new blog starts today.

You can visit a 'new' blog for students in the third and fourth level.

http://oeb2011.blogspot.com

This is the end! Goodbye everyone!

My best wishes for this summer.

Good bye song 1º

Hello - Goodbye!

Second level students, Goodbye for you!

Bingo song

Here you can see and listen this song again.

Firs level - English Alphabet

First level - Alphabet guessing game...

Watch this video and say the words...



Do you know all the words?
Here you can read them again.

Second level - Vowel sounds...

We are going to learn only some of the single vowel sounds... but it's good to know more.

Second level - Consonant sounds

In this video you can review what we are learning about PHONICS...

The first half of 24 consonant sounds.



Try here the second half of consonant sounds.

Our Alphabet song.

Try this link in our blog. We use this song to remember the ENGLISH ALPHABET.
Click on the picture to listen and learn the song.

It's from the British Council page.

Have a look to this video, to have more practice...

Simpsons family... play this game.

Play this puzzle game.

Members of the family

Family

Food pyramid.

Play with Dora the Explorer...

You have to choose things for a Helthy meal.

Food Pyramid.

Do you remember this?

Here you can see what you have to eat. Each colour is for a different group of food.

• orange — grains
• green — vegetables
• red — fruits
• yellow — fats and oils
• blue — milk and dairy products
• purple — meat, beans, fish, and nut

And here is a game with 10 questions.

Learning the names of the fingers... and thumb.

Little finger (pinkie)
Ring finger
Middle finger
Index finger
and...
the thumb.


Now a 2 years old boy remember their names.

Match parts of the body, with the sound.

Click on ENGLISH and play. Click on the label and move it to the picture.

Draw a Mii face.

If you play with the Wii, you know how to play with this...

Spelling parts of the body

Practice spelling these parts of the body...

Fruit Market song!

They are not kids... they are japanese teachers learning this song...

More about ALPHABET and letters

You can practice the name of the letters, the sound and some words starting with each one.

In this link you can find lots of activities...

Click on TEACHING RESOURCES (Early years, Key stage 1 or Key stage 2...).

Happy Easter! (II)

And here you can read this song.

Happy Easter! (I)

Color (American English) = Colour (British English)

Sprint time

Students in the second level B group, have done a video about Spring time.



Try to do this activity. Print it, read the poem and colour the picture.

And if you want to learn more about Spring... watch this video. He's an old friend... Mister Duncan. Do you remember? Have a look here!

Flowers - Spring

This is a video with images of beautiful flowers and the voices of the students in the second level letter A.

The music is from Yakutia... "Spring melodies". Have a look in this link. You can try the sound, too.

And remember... "Mistakes are the best teacher..."

Have fun with it!

 

Australia

Our "Australian" teacher in practice, Charles... comes from Australia.

In this big island people speak English.

Learn more about it.

Australia 2nd level

A postcard from London.

Mónica (1A) is a school mate with an aunt living in London.

She has got a postcard from her.

Thanks, Mónica.

Parts of the house.... a puzzle game.

JIGSAW PARTS OF THE HOUSE game » online jigsaw

parts of the house jigsaw puzzle game » free jigsaw

How do you say...?

A student in the second level (2A) asked about this word.

How do you say techo in English?

And I say: 'Do you remember this chant?'

- Point to the ceiling!
- Point to the door!
- Point to the window!
- Point to the floor!

We learned it two years ago...

          The ceiling of this bathroom is yellow.

I can sing a rainbow... in Australia.

Charles, the last teacher in practice this year... comes from Australia.

Here is a beatyful song you know... with images from Australia, that great island.

How do you say...?

Jhonathan, 2º B

- Teacher, how do you say ascensor in English?

You can say lift (Bristish English) or elevator (American English).

It's not a duck, it's a mammal... it's a platypus.

platypus

How do you say...?

Victor (2º B) asks this question:

How do you say eclipse in English?

Oh! This word is quite similar in different languages: French, English, Spanish...

eclipse

High on London

This is a new film on Youtube (dated August 2010). You can see different parts of the city of London:
the Big Ben, the Gherkin tower, London Eye, the British Museum, London Bridge, river Thames, Picadilly Circus, St. Paul's Cathedral...

London bridge... Rhyme

Parts of the house

This is a virtual house...

Choose ENGLISH.

TAKEN FROM: http://www.bgfl.org/

How do you say...?

Sofía O, and Marta H. (2º A) ask...

How do you say pecera in English?
How do you say terrario in English?


These are some houses for pets:

# 1.- This is a cage, a birdcage.


# 2.- This is a doghouse.



# 3.- This is a fishbowl.





# 4.- This is a cat basket... with a cat and a dog.

Five little monkeys... jumping on the bed.

This is a funny song we learn in first course. Look for more entries in this blog... Try this one, our favourite!

Here is Valerie reading the book...

I can... Can you?

This song it's very easy and helps you to practice "I can", "Can you?"

Try to do the two activities than you can print: #1( I can run activity) and # 2 (I can run words).

How do you say...?

Christian (2º B) wants to know how to say bisabuelo in English.

Dad is your father.
Grandpa is your Grand-father
Great-grandfather is the word. You have to say two words: grate and grandfather.

The title of this photograph from FlickrCC is:
"My mother, grandmother, great-grandfather and me at 171 Madrone Avenue, Larkspur, California in 1941"

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Tom and Betty #1

Decorate my room.

Help this girl to decorate her bedroom.

Write and say the ALPHABET

A new video to practice letters from the Alphabet. These letters are different from ours but they are easy to use.
Can you say the words?
A is for APPLE, C is for CAT

Letters... with your body.

This is a funny alphabet. Meet three friends and try to repeat...

How do you say...?

Marta R (2º A) has got a lot of pets: fish, cat, turtles, birds, rabbits... but her favourite pet is a ferret.


How do you say 'hurón' in English?


Ferret is the word, and here you can see two pictures.

Here is the definition:

"a domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat."

And here is a link with a funny (and not so difficult) poem about "Ferret soccer"

Try to read it in English and ask for help (your dad, your brother or sister, your teacher...) to know what it says.

Tom and Betty... Here they are.

Here they are.. Tom and Betty.



They are not Tom and Betty... They are José Enrique (Henry) your english teacher and Rocio (the teacher in practise). Tom and Betty are coming soon.

FOR PARENTS. The first time in Xtranormal, CLICK on "Education".
Cuando se entre, por primera vez, en el portal XTRANORMAL, hacer click sobre "Education"

Ireland

José Javier Jarque, your 'Irish' teacher in practice, sends for you this video about his country...

Ireland is a beautiful island.

All the pictures are taken from Flickrcc and the music is an extract from 'Harp airs' by the Irish band Déanta.



And have a look to this video Flying through Ireland.

Phonetics

This is a bit difficult and long video... but you can watch it.


It's about the sounds of English and a game... Ghoti sounds "Fish".

On March... letters and sounds.

This month we bring back ALPHABET letters and PHONICS (English sounds).
Look for alphabet, phonics... in the SEARCH THIS BLOG box.



You can see more videos here.
BBC Learning English - Pronuntiation tips.

Good luck and happy speaking!

Have a look to this link in our blog. Click on the small arrow on the right up corner, to read three words with each sound.

Online activity 1st level number 4

This is a place to learn about your body.
If you want to type it: http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/category/topics/human-body

The song "If you are happy and you know it" is here.
To play the colouring face of a clown, click here.

Microsoft word on-line #4 1º

 

This is the place for the song.

And here is the video with the song.

Online activity 2nd level number 4

Hi!
You start in this link with Spring colouring pages.
Or if you prefer type this: http://www.oncoloring.com/spring-coloring-pages_1.html
on the web browser.

Microsoft word on-line #4 2º

If you can try the Animals Puzzles. Click here.

Cuenca - New York

This is for parents. Here there is a link from 'The New York Times' about Cuenca.

Here you can read it in Spanish.

This is a newspaper (news + paper). And this is the same newspaper... without paper, on-line.

And here you can see a video with pictures from New York in Autumn, taken by a former student in our school "Primo de Rivera" in the 70s... María Jesús Marín.

Have fun with this video, too. Twenty four hours in New York.

Parts of the body

Play this game and learn how to write the words.

The ants go marching.

Look here. It's a site where you can learn to paint with the computer.

Start writing? First 24 high frequently words (I)

Singing from 1... to a hundred (100)

Three riddles (2º B).

1.-  What is it? by Carolina.

It has got two legs.

It has got two wings.

It has got a beak.

It doesn't live on a farm.
It has got a nice tail.
It has got feathers.
What is it?




2.- It's a farm animal with two horns... by Sergio
Although I am a very big boy,
you don't have to be afraid of me,
because I am a good person
and I am very well fed.




3.- What is it? by Javier H.
This animal hasn't got four legs.
This animal has got three fingers in legs.
This animal has got a beak
This animal can't fly.
This animal has got a tail.

Animal Farm Games

Play this game.


Create a Farm Animals poster

Learn parts of a bird

Use this link to practice the parts of a bird.

More games with farm animals

Here you can find two new games.



And here you can play a memory game with farm animals.

Remember to look for more activities about farm animals.

Write 'farm' in the SEARCH THIS BLOG box.

How many cows? Try this game: count and say.

Parts of your face... and parts of your body.

Find here two games about the face and the body

And here is a game. You have to write in Spanish, the English words.

Example:    The chin  >>>> LABARBILLA

Parts of the Body crossword puzzle game » make crossword

Word search with farm animals.

This is a game, a Word search to find names of farm animals.

Farm Animals word search game » online word search

Old McDonald puzzle and song.

Are you ready to play?

Old McDonald song...

This song is for Second level. Last year this was the song.

Listen to this version.

- Can you see a cow?
- Can you see a pig?
- Can you see a sheep?

Ten little indians song.

Last year we linked this song... but the video is not working now.

Try this new one.

How do you say...?

Alberto, 2º A:

How do you say "látigo" in English?

That's my present from 'The Three Wise Men'.

This is a costumed girl with a trick dog, handling a whip.

This is a picture of his whip by Alberto (2º A).

New Year, 2011