Christmas carol

Why Christmas

PANTOMIME CUSTOM

https://www.whychristmas.com/customs/panto

Knowing Better...Charles Dickens, an interactive worksheet by book_geek
liveworksheets.com

FOLLOW THE LINK AND MOVE YOUR MOUSE ON THE OBJECTS TO PLAY AND READ ALONG

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/19mxXtuLfxXZmM5liGEVPBiEOKwJe_5IbtwciChZ2KPQ/edit?usp=sharing

Talk about shopping

https://www.esolcourses.com/uk-english/elementary-course/shopping/going-shopping-picture-quiz.html

https://www.esolcourses.com/content/exercises/crosswords/1/crossword.html

 

Black Friday

• Black Friday always occurs on the day after Thanksgiving. It is the last Friday of the month of November.
• Black Friday is not a national holiday, although many employers give their workers this day off work in addition to Thanksgiving Thursday.
• Black Friday is also known as ‘The Day After Thanksgiving’.
• It’s believed that Black Friday originated in Philadelphia in the early 1960s.
• The name supposedly originates from the moment in the year when retailers begin to turn a profit, and so go from their takings being in the ‘red’ to in the ‘black’.
• Since about 2005, Black Friday has always been the busiest shopping day of the year.
• In recent years, Black Friday has become less important as shops choose to offer discounts over the whole of November and December, and not just on Black Friday.
• Many retailers open their stores from 4 or 5am to entice customers in to get the best deals. Some stores, including Target and Macy’s, open at midnight on Thanksgiving.
• Some retailers even open on Thanksgiving Day itself. This day has become known as ‘Black Thursday’ or ‘Gray Thursday’ by some.
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A song of Hope

 A song of Hope

Countries and nationalities

WHERE ARE YOU FROM?

Watch the video to learn about countries and nationalities

PLAY A GAME TO REVISE 

https://www.eslgamesplus.com/esl-countries-vocabulary-game-2-wheel-of-fortune-countries-game/

 EU KIDS' CORNER GAME

https://europa.eu/learning-corner/eu-puzzle_en

Halloween

http://123kidsfun.com/2020/10/14/9-creative-halloween-crafts-for-kids/ 

Shark in the Park and more

https://www.gonoodle.com/videos/9XWxy2/abc-an-amazing-dr-seuss-alphabet-party

 

Mother Teresa

 https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/50075153

 

Timeline Of Mother Teresa's Life

26 August 1910 - Mother Teresa is born in Northern Macedonia.

1919 - When Mother Teresa is 8 her father dies.

1922 - At the age of 12, Mother Teresa feels that she is going to devote her life to religious service.

1928 - Mother Teresa leaves home to go to Ireland and join the Sisters of Loreto. She learns English here and plans to travel to India to join other missionaries.

1929 - Mother Teresa arrives in India and learns Bengali.

1931 - Mother Teresa takes her religious vows, this means that she became a Catholic nun and dedicated her life to her religion.

1937 - Mother Teresa is a teacher at a convent school in the east of Kolkata.

1944 - Mother Teresa becomes the Headmistress at the Loreto Convent School and continues to be upset by the poverty surrounding the school.

1946 -  On a train journey from Darjeeling Mother Teresa feels a call to serve the poor.

1950 - Mother Teresa gets permission from the Vatican to start her organisation the  'Missionaries of Charity'.

1952 - Mother Teresa opens a hospice in a Kolkata with help from Kolkata officials.

1955 - Mother Teresa opens an orphanage and place where homeless young people can seek help.

1965 - Missionaries of Charity open a house in Venezuela for the poor and needy of the city.

1979 - Mother Teresa is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

1982 - Mother Teresa rescues 37 children trapped in a war-zone hospital in Beirut.

1985 - Mother Teresa speaks at the United Nations.

1997 - Mother Teresa dies at the age of 87 due to heart problems.

2015 - Mother Teresa is made a Saint by Pope Francis. A process known as canonisation.

 

HAPPY EUROPEAN DAY OF LANGUAGES 26 SEPTEMBER

 

Throughout Europe, 700 million Europeans are represented in the Council of Europe's 46 member states and all are encouraged to discover more languages at any age, as part of or alongside their studies. This stems from the Council of Europe’s conviction that linguistic diversity is a tool for achieving greater intercultural understanding and a key element in the rich cultural heritage of our continent. Therefore, the Council of Europe, in Strasbourg, promotes plurilingualism in the whole of Europe. 

At the Council of Europe’s initiative, the European Day of Languages has been celebrated every year since 2001 on 26 September - together with the European Commission.

EUROPE

Poll: What is the best advice you can give someone starting to learn a language?
https://edl.ecml.at/Activities/Poll/tabid/3229/Default.aspx

https://edl.ecml.at/Activities/languagejourney/tabid/3223/Default.aspx

https://edl.ecml.at/Activities/languagejourney/Sounds/tabid/3224/Default.aspx

https://cdn.ecml.at/EDL/language-journey/pdf/language-journey-speech-bubbles.pdf

Use Google Slides in class and more

 

https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/point-of-view-video/learning-about-different-perspectives-city-island-media-gallery/

https://ditchthattextbook.com/caption-this-a-fun-deep-thinking-google-drawings-activity//

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1LUO15wJ4nh5Ee4vO4RDQSp_xQ37D_TQ5ZculgegNYg0/edit?usp=sharing

https://digital.library.pitt.edu/collection/visuals-foreign-language-instruction

https://ditchthattextbook.com/digital-escape-rooms/

https://ditchthattextbook.com/virtual-field-trips/

https://portal.humy.ai/ai/collections

PBSkids Game

 https://pbskids.org/luna/games/lunas-seek-and-find

Museums of the world

HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW ABOUT MUSEUMS?

There is a huge variety of museums all over the world 

Take a quick look of some 

THE BENAKI MUSEUM (Athens)

THE BRITISH MUSEUM (London)

THE MODERN ART MUSEUM (New York) 

THE VIKING MUSEUM (Oslo)

THE SPACE AND AIR MUSEUM (Washington)

THE LOUVRE MUSEUM (Paris)

MADAME TUSSAUDS MUSEUM (London)

WHICH ONE DID YOU LIKE THE MOST?

HAVE YOU VISITED ANY OF THEM?

DID YOU LIKE IT?

HAVE YOU HEARD OF ANY PECULIAR MUSEUM?

WHICH ONE WOULD YOU LIKE TO VISIT?

TV programmes

 https://youtu.be/KEw52MW3Y2g

https://www.allthingstopics.com/movies-and-television.html#google_vignette

Phonics

https://www.education.com/activity/second-grade/

 https://www.internet4classrooms.com/skill_builders/phonics_practice_language_arts_kindergarten_k_grade.htm

https://sso.readingeggs.com/login?client_id=8020fd524cb747519ccfb61e1c15dacbfab3f0b4&idp=d0797975a160eeec142b30cd3705fe6ee3eafec9&locale=us&redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fapp.readingeggs.com%2Foauth%2Flogin%3F_ga%3D2.94035742.2051868836.1584009304-653718932.1583784614%26idp%3Dd0797975a160eeec142b30cd3705fe6ee3eafec9%26scope%3Dblake&response_type=code&scope=blake&state=001330089152912de1c266e06b794f3c28ea201af9738864

https://mrnussbaum.com/lang-arts#google_vignette

Emigration Museum Dublin

https://www.tripadvisor.ie/Attraction_Review-g186605-d10184456-Reviews-EPIC_The_Irish_Emigration_Museum-Dublin_County_Dublin.html


https://epicchq.com/?utm_source=tripadvisor&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=website_link 

The Flatmates -a series of episodes

 This series talk about some stories among flatmates,a little like TV series "The Friends",i think.And on the homepage,there are episodes and questions about each series.

https://sites.google.com/site/inhag6/audio/bbc-learning-english-the-flatmates

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/flatmates/archiveepisode.shtml

GAMES

PLAY GAMES on Language, Maths in

 

http://www.abcya.com/fifth_grade_computers.htm

 

 

 

SUMMER IS HERE

Summer Words with Pictures and Examples

Learn these summer words to improve and enlarge your vocabulary in English.

Sun

– The sun glinted on the windows.

Beach ball

– All you needed was a big beach ball and two other friends to play.

Sand toy

– The children is playing with sand toys.

Coconut palm

– I stood leaning against the tall coconut palm tree.

Beach

– We went for a walk along the beach at twilight.

Deck chair

– Where can I rent a deck chair?

Sandcastle

– The kids had a ball building sandcastles.

Beach towel

– I have a beach towel. That’s big enough.

Beach vendor

– He bought a glass of orange juice from a beach vendor.

Bikini

– Ella would be interesting to photograph in a bikini.

Swim trunks

– He was wearing swim trunks.

Visitor

– They were frequent visitors to the beach.

Beach umbrella

– She was fast asleep under a big beach umbrella.

Coconut

– I bought a coconut in the market.

Goggles

– My swimming goggles keep steaming up so I can’t see.

Flip flops

– I have a pair of flip flops.

Hat

– She wore a black swimsuit with a straw hat.

Float

– Let’s swim out to the float.

Sunglasses

– Her sunglasses were perched on her head.

Sun cream

– A good sun cream will help prevent sunburn.

Pool

– She can swim two lengths of the pool.

Swimsuit

– I wanted to get a new swimsuit, but the store didn’t have any in yet.

Surfboard

– I’m going to buy a surfboard and learn to surf.

Canoe

– We crossed the lake by canoe.

Camping

– After a week of camping, I really needed a bath.

Drink

– Eat at pleasure, drink with measure.

Ice cream

– Ice cream is popular among children.

Park

– The students often picnic at the park.

Swimming pool

– The swimming pool is drained and cleaned every winter.

Garden

– Let patience grow in your garden always.

Travel

– It’s better to travel hopefully than to arrive.