Rubrika: Chameleons

Homework: AB31/1-3

Summary: Today the students practiced reading physical maps, and asking and giving directions in English.  They also practiced using prepositions of place while describing where buildings are located in relation to others. In addition to reviewing jobs, and where people work.

Video: Would you Rather? Christmas edition! This was a great way to prepare talking about the Christmas holidays and our preferences. 

 

Homework: AB28/1-3

Test: All students will bring home their first test today. Please email me directly with any questions or concerns.

Summary: Today the students learned how to read maps in English and how to give directions. 

Practice: We used a map from PB29 to practice using the new vocabulary and giving each other directions to different locations. 

Real life practice: Students were given a map of Prague, and they practiced giving and understanding directions in English to various locations.  This was great practice for helping tourists and foreigners in our city! 

Homework: None

Test: today on units 0-2 

Summary: Today the students reviewed and were tested on present simple verbs, telling time, making predictions and plans for the future (using “going to”), jobs, and adjectives. 

Students who were absent today will be tested next week, so please study the units and the review pages on 26 & 27 in the Pupils Book and Activity Book.

Homework: AB26/1-4 & study 

Test: units 0-2 on November 18th 

Summary: The students reviewed past tense verbs, telling time, making predictions and plans for the future (“going to”), jobs, and adjectives to prepare for their first test scheduled for next week. Please encourage your child to review and study at home to help prepare them. The test will be a review for units 0-2.

Creative Writing: Students worked together to write a short story using the phrase “going to” to make predictions about what will happen next in the story. 

Game: Students played a speed recognition game for jobs, and a speed writing game for telling time. We focused on using phrases like, “quarter to five, half past six, twenty-five to ten, etc.” 

Homework: AB20/1-4  

Summary: The students practiced talking about future plans and predictions using the phrase “going to.” We also discussed different job titles and responsibilities. 

Discussion: Students discussed their future career plans and explained why they would want to do a specific job. 

Game: Students played twenty questions to guess different jobs, and also played a speed recognition game for different job titles. 

Homework: AB19/1-3

Summary: Today we focused on plans, intentions and predictions using the phrase “going to.” This was good practice for talking about the future. 

Discussion: We played “rose, thorn, bud.” Students were paired with a friend and were instructed to tell their friend one good or bad thing, or something they were going to do in the future. 

Game: We played Taboo today. This is a great way to review and practice vocabulary and grammar. 

 

Homework: AB17 – Flyer’s Listening 

Summary: Today we discussed how documentaries are made, and the differences between the practices in the past and the present. This was a perfect way to practice comparing and contrasting things with present and past tense verbs. 

Creative Writing: Students pretended to write for a TV program (the news, sports, a documentary, etc). This was great practice for using the unit vocabulary in context and past tense verbs. 
Survey: Students wrote about a show or movie they watched last night or last weekend. They used adjectives to describe the episode or movie, and how it made them feel.

Homework: AB13/1-3

Summary: Today we reviewed past tense verbs, sang a rock song about time, and practiced our new vocabulary. We also practiced listening for the difference in the sounds between ch and sh words like choose and shoes, chair and share, and cheap and sheep. 

Song: We sang a rock inspired song to practice our new vocabulary and telling time. The students really got into karaoke! 

Game: We played charades and taboo today to practice our new vocabulary on TV programs (comedy, documentary, weather, etc).

 

HW: AB9/1-2 & Do you remember?

Video: Would you rather..?

• This was a fun brain break for the students. 

Summary: Today we discussed school subjects.  We asked each other about which are our favourite and least favourite school subjects and why. We also asked each other what activities we did this summer. This was great practice for recognising the differences in asking and answering questions in the present simple and past tense. 

Song: We sang a song about school subjects and routines. The students really got into singing karaoke!