23.09

  • PAGES 4 and 5 of the Workbook are assigned as HW for 27.09

    Intro: We began class with a game of Scattegories to warm up.

    Notebooks: Students imagined that yesterday was a perfect day and wrote 4 sentences about what they did on the perfect day:
  • I got up at 9:30. 
  • I drank a big cup of coffee.
  • I went for a hike in the mountains.
  • I played video games with my friends.
  • I ate steak and potatoes for dinner.

    Unit 0 Vocab Words: We practiced our Unit 0 Vocab: goggles, shelf, apron, explosion, bubbles, liquid, instructions, powder, test tube, gloves.

    Students Book: We worked through Page 6 and 7 in the Yellow Book.

23.09

  • PAGES 4 and 5 of the Workbook are assigned as HW for 25.09

    Intro: We began class with a game of Scattegories to warm up.

    Notebooks: Students imagined that yesterday was a perfect day and wrote 4 sentences about what they did on the perfect day:
  • I got up at 9:30. 
  • I drank a big cup of coffee.
  • I went for a hike in the mountains.
  • I played video games with my friends.
  • I ate steak and potatoes for dinner.

    Unit 0 Vocab Words: We practiced our Unit 0 Vocab: goggles, shelf, apron, explosion, bubbles, liquid, instructions, powder, test tube, gloves.

    Students Book: We worked through Page 6 and 7 in the Yellow Book.

20.09

PAGES 4 and 5 of the Workbook are assigned as HW for 27.09

Intro: We began class with a game called Hotseat to practice our new vocabulary

Notebooks: Students imagined they were time travelers returning from a journey through the past. They wrote about their experiences using Past Tense Verbs:
In Dinosaur times I …
In Ancient times I …
In Medieval times I …

Unit 0 Vocab Words: We practiced our Unit 0 Vocab: goggles, shelf, apron, explosion, bubbles, liquid, instructions, powder, test tube, gloves.

Students Book: We worked through Page 5 in the Yellow Book.

Poster: As a class we finished our poster which will hang in the main hallway of the school

18.09

PAGES 4 and 5 of the Workbook are assigned as HW for 25.09

Intro: We began class with a game called Hotseat to practice our new vocabulary

Notebooks: Students imagined they were time travelers returning from a journey through the past. They wrote about their experiences using Past Tense Verbs:
In Dinosaur times I …
In Ancient times I …
In Medieval times I …

Unit 0 Vocab Words: We practiced our Unit 0 Vocab: goggles, shelf, apron, explosion, bubbles, liquid, instructions, powder, test tube, gloves.

Students Book: We worked through Page 5 in the Yellow Book.

Poster: As a class we began finalizing our poster which will hang in the main hallway of the school

16.09

Intro: We began class with a game called Scattegories where students have to come up with words that start with a certain letter and fit into categories.

New Unit: We introduced our new unit „The Science Lesson“ with some videos.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ASLLiuejAo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHnVVEqKmYA&t=268s

Notebooks: In our notebooks students became mad scientists and came up with an „invention“ to solve a problem they have:

Go Homeinator: Shoot yourself with the Go Homeinator and it instantly takes you home and puts you in your bed.


Unit 0 Vocab Words: We wrote down and practiced our Unit 0 Vocab: goggles, shelf, apron, explosion, bubbles, liquid, instructions, powder, test tube, gloves.

Students Book: We worked through Page 4 in the Yellow Book.

Poster: As a class we began finalizing our poster which will hang in the main hallway of the school.

13.09

Intro: We began class with a game called Scattegories where students have to come up with words that start with a certain letter and fit into categories.

Notebooks: In our notebooks students wrote past tense sentences about what they did this past summer:

I went to…
I saw…
I did…

Textbook Scavenger Hunt: Students worked in groups and opened their textbooks to try and find various things on a list.

  1. 4 Unit Titles
  2. 3 Character Names
  3. 3 Big Questions + (page #)
  4. 2 Think and Learn Titles + (page #)
  5. 1 Superfact + (page #)
  6. 1 Country Flag + (page #)
  7. 1 Unit Song + (page #)

    Poster: As a class we began finalizing our poster which will hang in the main hallway of the school.

11.09

Intro: We began class with a game called Scattegories where students have to come up with words that start with a certain letter and fit into categories.

Notebooks: In our notebooks students wrote past tense sentences about what they did this past summer:

I went to…
I saw…
I did…

Textbook Scavenger Hunt: Students worked in groups and opened their textbooks to try and find various things on a list.

  1. 4 Unit Titles
  2. 3 Character Names
  3. 3 Big Questions + (page #)
  4. 2 Think and Learn Titles + (page #)
  5. 1 Superfact + (page #)
  6. 1 Country Flag + (page #)
  7. 1 Unit Song + (page #)

    Poster: As a class we began finalizing our poster which will hang in the main hallway of the school.



09.09

Intro: I introduced myself to the class and gave some information about where I’m from and my hobbies.

Two Truths and a Lie: I gave three „facts“ about myself where one was not true and the students had to guess which „fact“ was untrue. The facts were:
I have been to China
I play the guitar.
I have a fake tooth.

Then the students made their own and as a class we guessed which fact was untrue for each student.

Notebooks: Students had time to write their name and decorate their notebooks.

Class Rules: We dicussed rules for our class and introduced a classroom management system called Class Dojo.

Class Mascot: We watched videos and answered questions about our class mascots:

Polar Bears: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zRGzlWqce4

Grizzly Bears: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTcbqzYIqpk

Class Poster: We began work on our class poster which will hang in the main hallway of the school.

13.10

Homework: Page 10 and 11 of the workbook are due on 16.10

Introduction: We opened the class with a game of Scattegories

Notebooks: In our notebooks we wrote and talked about „What were you doing?“
Last night at 21:00?
This morning at 7:00?
Last weekend?
Last summer?

Unit 1 Vocabulary Practice: smoke, volcano, temple, column, theatre, statue, horse and cart, vase, servant, fountain.

New Grammar: We introduced our new Unit 1 Grammar: Past Continuous:
Example:
Yesterday afternoon, I was eating pizza.
Last night, we were playing video games.

Bookwork: We worked through page 12 and 13 in the Students Book