6.10

Portfolio: We started class with new vocabulary review. I described the new words and the students wrote them in their books, then we played popcorn spelling bee to check our answers.

Cowboy stand off: We did a quick review game of the vocabulary we introduced Monday.

Student book: I introduced new grammar on page 11 in our student book. Started by reading and doing activity 1. From there introduced past continuous in addition to using ‚When‘. Moved to activity 2 and watched the Leo the Leopard video. After that we created sentences as a class using the new grammar.

Workbook: We finished page 11. We originally started with activity 1 together with the video. Then did activities 2 and 3. We read sentences from activity 3 out loud as a class.

Game: We did a past continuous Baamboozle as a class.

Tests were handed back, Student of the month awarded, and library books given out.

3.10

Homework: WB page 10 due Wednesday

Portfolio: Today we watched this video on Pompeii to introduce the new unit. Students wrote as many words they knew from the video. Example: Volcano, explosion, vase, etc.

Student Book: Starting on page 10, we began the new unit. One student read the reading then we went through each vocabulary. We talked about each word and did matching to the photo in the book.

Spelling bee: All the students lined up and we had a spelling bee using the new vocabulary, as well as last units words.

Activity: on SB 10 we did activity 1 listening and writing. Then students typed the answers in the computer to practice.

Statue game: We played a variation of freeze dance but with statue poses.

Cowboy standoff: We broke off into teams and played cowboy standoff to go over the new vocabulary from the unit.

Students who missed the test Monday took their test today!

1.10

Homework: WB page 10 due Monday

Portfolio: Today we watched this video on Pompeii to introduce the new unit. Students wrote as many words they knew from the video. Example: Volcano, explosion, vase, etc.

Student Book: Starting on page 10, we began the new unit. One student read the reading then we went through each vocabulary. We talked about each word and did matching to the photo in the book.

Spelling bee: All the students lined up and we had a spelling bee using the new vocabulary, as well as last units words.

Activity: on SB 10 we did activity 1 listening and writing. Then students typed the answers in the computer to practice.

Statue game: We played a variation of freeze dance but with statue poses.

Past Tense bingo: We played past tense bingo using the verbs from last unit and formed sentences with them.

Students who missed the test Monday took their test today!

29.09

Portfolio: We practiced past tense words from the unit in preparation for the test today. (Example: Get up – Got up, Has – had, etc)

Vocabulary review: We practiced spelling and past tense verbs with word tiles. We separated into teams and raced to spell words first. (Example: Spell goggles, spell the past tense of run, etc)

Test: We took the test as a class today, missing students will take it later this week. All the students did very well!

Activity: While waiting for students to finish the test we began a word creation activity. All students received a word such as ‚SpongeBob Squarepants‘ or ‚Computer games‘ and had to create as many words with the letters as possible.

After test: With the remaining time left after the test we played Dobble and Mafia as a class.

19.9

Portfolio: Spelling practice, we reviewed the new vocabulary words from Unit 0 using this anagram activity on word wall.

Follow up: We played this matching game, tried to get on the leaderboard and beat the top scorers.

New Grammar: We started our new grammar from the Student Book. We began with some review of simple past tense verbs and moved to making sentences using the past verbs. Asked students what they did yesterday, where they went on holiday last summer, etc to practice sentence creation. We used activities 1 and 2 on SB 5 for review.

Board work: We moved to the board to talk about regular and irregular verbs. Between two columns we wrote as many regular and irregular verbs we could think of and then made sentences using them.

Workbook: We did the whole page 5 of the workbook, activities 1,2, and 3.

Bingo: We played past tense bingo with the words we had written on the board earlier.

17.09

Portfolio: Reviewed our new vocab for students who missed last class, practiced spelling in our notebooks

Vocab: Quick vocabulary refresher game: https://wordwall.net/resource/4170668/super-minds-5-unit-1-science-lesson

New Grammar: Introduced our new grammar from the Student Book. Started with some review of simple past tense verbs and moved to making sentences using the past verbs. Asked students what they did yesterday, where they went on holiday last summer, etc to practice sentence creation. Used activities 1 and 2 on SB 5 for review.

Sentence creation: Students unscrambled these sentences.

Grammar review game: https://www.baamboozle.com/game/1493748 Had students make sentences, played bowling.

15.9

Warm up: We followed a video for kids yoga to get our energy out before class.

Portfolio: We went over objects in the classroom and school, students had one minute to write as many words from the classroom before the bomb goes off.

Poster: We finished our posters for the hallway.

Student Book: We started our first unit, introduced the new vocabulary, did the listening activity on page 4 of student book

Vocab games: We played a game of cowboy standoff and Rock Paper Race.

Final game: Spelling Bee Baamboozle, did some bowling! https://www.baamboozle.com/game/2726709

12.9

Portfolio: Talked about what we did this summer, and where we went.

Poster: As a class we worked on our class poster the will hang in the hallway.

Get to know each other better: Find Someone Bingo

Games: introduced bomba and four corners

Please bring you books next week as we will be starting our first unit!

10.9

Portfolio: Talked about what we did this summer, and where we went.

Poster: As a class we worked on our class poster the will hang in the hallway.

Get to know each other better: Find Someone Bingo

Games: introduced bomba and four corners

Please bring you books next week as we will be starting our first unit!

8.9

Happy first day of classes!

Introduction: introduced each other, played would you rather, and talked about our favorite things.

Portfolio: Prepared our portfolio for the year with drawings and class rules inside

Class dojo: explained the reward system and how we earn points.

Bullying: Talked about bullying in class and signed the anti-bullying contract

Games: played mafia and did karaoke