Cheetahs

Homework: Page 34 and 35 of the workbook are due on 08.12

Introduction: We opened the class with a game of Scattegories

Notebooks: In our notebooks we wrote and talked about our favorite music artists and why we like them.

New Unit Introduction: We listened to differnet types of music to discuss how they are different.

Classical, Techno, Folk, Pop, Rock and Roll

New Unit 3 Vocabulary: spotlight, backing singers, electric guitar, fans, dancer, bass guitar, drum kit, bodyguards, stage.

New Grammar:  We introduced our new Unit 3 Grammar: Using going to to talk about future plans:

Example: I am going to learn guitar next year.

Bookwork: We worked through page 34 in the Students Book

• Introduction: We opened the class with a game of Flyswatter to review our words.
  
  Notebooks: In our notebooks we wrote and talked about what we Have To bring to our favorite holiday destinations.
  
  Unit 2 Test: We wrote our Unit 2 Test.

Homework: Page 25 and 26 of the workbook are due on 24.11

Introduction: We opened the class with a game of Scattegories

Class Dojo: We introduced a new system into the classroom to help reward good behavior and motivate the students to listen and participate.

Notebooks/Have To Game: We played a game where we wrote rules/tasks for other students to do based on what number they rolled on a dice

• 1: You have to sing the ABCs.
• 2: You have to compliment your partner.
• 3: You have to dance for 10 seconds.
• 4: You have to stand on one leg for 10 seconds
• 5: You have to do 5 push ups.
• 6: You have to spell a Vocab Word

Unit 2 Vocabulary Practice: beak, toucan, creeper, sloth, anaconda, branch, jaguar, anteater, beetle, pool.

New Grammar:  We practiced our Unit 2 Grammar: have to and don’t have to

Students Books: We worked through page 28 in the Students Books

UNIT 2 TEST: Our Unit 2 Test will be on Friday, 24.11

Homework: Page 25 and 26 of the workbook are due on 20.11

Introduction: We opened the class with a game of Hotseat

Notebooks: In our notebooks we wrote and talked about big numbers and wrote about things we have to do around the house.

Unit 2 Vocabulary Practice: beak, toucan, creeper, sloth, anaconda, branch, jaguar, anteater, beetle, pool.

New Grammar:  We practiced our Unit 2 Grammar: have to and don’t have to

Students Books: We worked through pages 26 and 27 in the Students Books

• • Homework: Page 22 and 23 of the workbook are due on 13.11
  • Introduction: We opened the class with a game of Scattegories
    
    Notebooks: In our notebooks we wrote and talked about things we would bring on an expeditions to the rainforest
    
    Unit 2 Vocabulary Practice: beak, toucan, creeper, sloth, anaconda, branch, jaguar, anteater, beetle, pool.
    
    New Grammar:  We introduced our 2nd Unit 2 Grammar Point: Using have to to talk about obligations
    
    Bookwork: We worked through page 25 in the Students Book

• Homework: Page 22 and 23 of the workbook are due on 10.11
  
  Introduction: We opened the class with a game of Scattegories
  
  Notebooks: In our notebooks we wrote and talked about where we would want to go on an adventure: Rainforest or Savannah.
  
  New Unit Introduction: We watched this video and talked about the animals we saw.
  
  Rainforest Animals 🐅🌴 – Animals for Kids – Educational Video
  
  New Unit 2 Vocabulary: beak, toucan, creeper, sloth, anaconda, branch, jaguar, anteater, beetle, pool.
  
  New Grammar:  We introduced our new Unit 2 Grammar: Big Numbers
  100: Hundred
  1000: Thousand
  10000: Ten Thousand
  100000: Hundred Thousand
  1000000: Million
  
  Bookwork: We worked through page 22 and 23 in the Students Book

Test Review: In our Notebooks we reviewed our Unit 1 Grammar

Flyswatter: We played a game to review our Unit 1 Vocabulary

Test: We wrote our Unit 1 Test

Halloween Lesson:

Today for Halloween/Dušičky we had a special book reading from author Timothy Burdick: The Ghost of Count Otto and the Pumpkin Wizard 

If you would like to have the book at home, please send an email to Mrs. Barešova (dbaresova@leapcz.com) and she will order it for you (cost 250Kč) and have the book personally signed for your child by the author! The book also includes an audio book, so students can both read and listen to the book.

Halloween Party: After the story we had our Halloween Party

BECAUSE OF THE STORY READING/HALLOWEEN LESSON OUR UNIT 1 TEST IS NOW ON FRIDAY 03.11

Introduction: We opened the class with a game of Hotseat

Notebooks: In our notebooks we unscrambled our Unit 1 Vocab words and unjumbled sentences with our Unit 1 Grammar

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

Homework Check: We checked the homework to make sure everything was correct.

Students Book: We worked through pages 16 and 17 in our Students Books.

Test Review: We played several games of Kahoot to practice for out Unit 1 test.

TEST: Our Unit 1 Test will be on Monday, October 30th.

Homework: Page 13 and 14 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 Mr Bean was doing WHILE people around him were doing something else.
Example: While Mr. Bean was spying, the family was planning a robbery.

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

New Grammar: We practiced our new Unit 1 Grammar: Past Continuous with WHILE
Example:
While Petr was eating pizza, Adela was watching TV.

Bookwork: We worked through page 14 and 15 in the Students Book and read our Unit Story

TEST: Our Unit 1 Test will be on Monday, October 30th.

Homework: Page 13 and 14 of the workbook are due on 16.10

Introduction: We opened the class with a game of Hotseat

Notebooks: In our notebooks we wrote and talked about „What was he doing?“. We watched clips of Mr. Bean and then after each clip we would write:
He was fighting with his cat.
He was making tea.

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 with WHILE
Example:
While Petr was eating pizza, Adela was watching TV.

Bookwork: We worked through page 16 in the Students Book

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 13 in the Students Book

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

Introduction: We opened the class with a game of Hotseat

Notebooks: In our notebooks we wrote and talked about which time perioid we would want to visit:
Dinosaur Times
Medieval Times
Roman Times

New Unit 1 Vocabulary: 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 10 and 11 in the Students Book

TEST: We reviewed for and wrote our Unit 0 Test.

Students not in class on Friday will write the test on Monday 9.10

TEST: Our Unit 0 Test will be on 4/10 for Blue Whales and 6/10 for Cheetahs

Introduction: We opened the class with a game of Hotseat to practice our words

Notebooks: In our notebooks we wrote down the name of our favorite celebrity and then wrote four questions we would like to ask them using our question words.

Who…

What…

When…

Where…

Why…

How…

Homework Check: We checked the homework together.

Test Review: We played several games of Kahoot to review for our Unit 0 Test.

Test Viewing: Students were allowed to see the test for two minutes so they can know how to prepare

Homework: Page 7 and 8 of the workbook are due on 2.10

Introduction: We opened the class with a game of Hotseat

Notebooks: In our notebooks we wrote questions we would ask a robber to find the location of a stolen painting:
„Where did you hide it?
„Who helped you?“

Vocab Practice: We played Flyswatter to practice our new vocabulary words.

Bookwork: We worked through page 8 and 9 in the Students Book

Class Story: We used words we came up with from pictures in the students book to make our own story about what happened to the characters in the book.

Homework: Page 4 and 5 of the workbook are due on 25.9

Introduction: We opened the class with a game of Scattegories

Notebooks: In our notebooks we wrote about and discussed our „perfect day“ using past tense verbs:

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.

Vocab Practice: We played pictionary with partners to practice our new Unit 0 words

Bookwork: We worked through page 6 and part of page 7 in the Students Book

Mad Libs: In pairs we made our own story using crazy and funny words.

Homework: Page 4 and 5 of the workbook are due on 25.9

Introduction: We opened the class with a game of Hotseat

Notebooks: In our notebooks we wrote and talked about our summers using past tense verbs:
I went to…
I saw…
I did…
I tried…

Bookwork: We worked through page 4 and 5 in the Students Book

Poster: We finalized our class poster which will hang in the main school hallway.

Introduction: We played Two Truths and a Lie to start class and learn more about each other.
Textbook Scavenger Hunt: Students opened their textbooks and raced to find various chapters and units in the book as a team.
Cheetahs: We watched a short video on our class mascot, the Cheetah, and learned some fun facts about them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7e_lDDojas&t=1s
Class Poster: Students began decorating their own Cheetah as well as working on our class poster which will be hung in the main school hallway.

Introduction: I introduced myself and a few facts about me and where I’m from.
Who’s in your circle: We did an activity to learn more about each other and our interests by asking people if they like the same things we do.
https://www.thethinkerbuilder.com/2016/08/whos-in-your-circles-fresh-get-to-know.html
Notebooks: I passed out notebooks for the year and students spent time decorating the cover.
Class Rules: We watched a short video to go over some class rules and wrote down the ones that apply to us in our notebooks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddvTFgzkS5M
Scattegories: We finished a class with a game of scattegories where teams must think of words in a category that begin with a specific letter.