11.3

TEST MONDAY

Portfolio: We did a Scattegories-like game where we wrote letters A-Z and had to think of a country name for each one. Then we watched a video and students with more unique countries got more points. Went over new country names and continents.

Baamboozle: We did a bamboozle to introduce the new flags.

SB 76: We talked about where things are made and how to find the countries. Did activity 1 solo and the rest of the page together. Then as pairs students found things around the classroom and guessed where they were made.

WB: Activity 1 and 2. Talked about souvenirs we buy when we are on holiday and how much things cost.

Kahoot: We did a countries and flags Kahoot.

9.3

Portfolio: https://wordwall.net/resource/66752676/sm5-unit-6-could-you-do-you-mind-if

Vocab review: Spelling blocks to practice spelling.

Introductory game: We played a bit of cityguessr to introduce the reading for today. Talking about how we move around a city when we are visiting, what to look for, etc.

SB 74 and 75: We began the story with the activity 1. Then as a class we read the story together with the ‚pop‘ method. Then we talked about what happened in the story, about what we would do if we were in that situation.

WB 74: In group pairs we did activity 1 and 3 on page 74. Then we went through them together as a group.

Review: We played this game which reviewed the story, the vocab, and the grammar!

6.3

Portfolio: What we should and shouldn’t do at home. Example: I shouldn’t steal from my sister, I should tidy my room.

SB 73: We reviewed this page for the students who missed it. We talked about when to use Could you and Do you mind if… We did lots of review and conversation on this subject.

Review: as a class we did this review activity.

WB 73: In pairs students did activity 2 and 3 , unscrambling and ordering the sentences.

Activity: In groups the students made a dialogue that took place in their favorite store. One student was the customer and the other was the attendee. There were instructed to use the new grammar at least 3 times. After they were finished they performed it for the class!

4.3

Portfolio: What we should and shouldn’t do at home. Example: I shouldn’t steal from my sister, I should tidy my room.

SB 73: We reviewed this page for the students who missed it. We talked about when to use Could you and Do you mind if… We did lots of review and conversation on this subject.

Review: as a class we did this review activity.

WB 73: In pairs students did activity 2 and 3 , unscrambling and ordering the sentences.

Activity: In groups the students made a dialogue that took place in their favorite store. One student was the customer and the other was the attendee. There were instructed to use the new grammar at least 3 times. After they were finished they performed it for the class!

2.3

Portfolio: We started by talking about the Prague zoo and giving advice about going there. Students wrote two pieces of advice using should and shouldn’t.

Sb: 72: We did activity 1,2, and 3. Starting with partners we read the dialogue and we talked about what souvenirs we buy for friends and family when we are on holiday. After we made our own dialogues about gifts and traveling.

WB 72: We did activity 2 as a group for sentence creation.

Discussion: We started taking about could vs should. The students made sentences about what they could do vs what they should do.

SB 73: We did activity 1 and 2, also watched the video. We lightly touched on the new grammar

Activity: https://www.baamboozle.com/game/1406278

25.2

Portfolio: We started with this small quiz to review the new material: https://wayground.com/admin/quiz/5ecfb2f73360d3001bc581ac/super-minds-5-unit-678-and-9-grammar

Discussion: Starting to introduce the new grammar, we had a discussion about traveling to Prague….what should we do what shouldn’t we do, what should we eat and what shouldn’t we eat, etc. We also talked about the word ‚scam‘ and giving advice how to avoid them.

SB 71: We did all the activities as a class.

Review: https://www.baamboozle.com/game/463904

SB 71: We did activities 1, 2, and 3.

Final review: https://wordwall.net/resource/101402926/english/should

23.2

Homework WB 70 due next Monday !

Portfolio: We began class with a game of city guesser. To introduce our new unit about traveling and souvenirs.

SB 70: We read about Istanbul and went through the new words. We talked about souvenirs from Prague, what are scams and what they would recommend tourist to buy. We also did activity 2 listening.

Discussion: Talked about where we have travelled, what souvenirs we bought, what we brought on our trips and what we recommend people to do in those cities!

Spelling bee: We did a spelling be with the words from the last 3 units as well as the newest unit words.

Wordwall: We played this word wall and tried to get on the leaderboard.

Vocabulary game: We separated into teams and did the rock paper scissors vocab review.

9.2

Portfolio: We did possessive apostrophe review via word wall, all 10 in the portfolio.

Moving activity: I had students stand up and touch something made of…, touch something used for… around the classroom, then the students were the teacher and told me and others what to touch. Example: touch something made of plastic, touch something used for reading.

Vocabulary review: In pairs students did a word search/crossword with the vocabulary words. The first pair finished got to pick the video at break and students helped each other find the words

Kahoot: Students were divided into teams and we did a Kahoot to prepare for the test. Each group had a white board and marker and answered drawing the symbols to the corresponding answers. https://create.kahoot.it/details/75240a63-0da1-491c-ba6b-93ef92499f19?drawer=

Baamboozle: https://www.baamboozle.com/game/3184935

Mafia: We did one game of Mafia because both classes were mixed today and the students behaved super well!