PREPARING PEACE DAY!

We'll meet again at the school playground to celebrate Peace Day, 30th January.
We'll sing together and read sentence about "Peace". But, we'll have a different party because it'll be inspired in "Olympic Games Spirit". Therefore, We have choosen this beautiful song, remembering the amazing singer FREDY MERCURY

POLLISH CHRISTMAS CARDS ARE HERE TO CONGRATULATE 6TH GRADERS

The 6th grade pupils are showing us the cards sent from a Pollish town named Postwietne, near Varsovia. They are pretty beautiful and creative, all of them different. They sent us a very friendly letter where they told us about their traditions in Christmas hollidays, some of them vey courious. We hope we'll keep on contact.
Chelsea helped us to write another letter to send it by e-mail, in which we told them about Spanish traditions in Christmas: the twelve grapes in New Year's Eve, The Three Wise Men...

One of the beautiful Pollish Christmas. They have taken ours too.

The 6th grade students who take part in e-twinning project have recived the Christmas cards from Elk in Poland.

They are really beautiful and indeed, well done.

Congratulations, Kids!

CHRISTMAS CAROL FOR 3rd AND 4th

http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/songs/the-busy-elf

Our students from 3rd and 4th grade are learning this christmas song. It's very fun. Ready to work like an elf?. Click on start.

CHRISTMAS CARDS TO SONOMA(California)

The 5th grade students, have writen Christmas cards to 5th grade students too, from one school in Sonoma (California), home Chelsea town. Thanks a lot , Chelsea, for designe the activity. We are very exciting although Ms Ángela has been a little demanded with us. The christmas cards must be very beautiful to travel abroad .

Thanksgiving is coming up!

This is what I will be eating this week at our Thanksgiving celebration:

First, we set the table. You can see all the plates, glasses and silverware.

We carve the gigantic Turkey!

Stuffing is delicious. It's made with salt, pepper, breadcrumbs, and sausage
This is green bean casserole!
Mashed potatoes are my favorite. We add a little garlic and cream.


We eat the Turkey with cranberry sauce. I love cranberries, but I cannot find them in Spain.

Another sauce we put on the potatoes and the turkey is called gravy. It's thick and delicious.

Last but not least, we have pumpkin pie for dessert. YUM!!!


Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. I cannot wait until Thursday!
Saludos,
Chelsea

CHRISTMAS SONG ELECTION FOR 5TH AND 6TH GRADE

Hey 5th and 6th graders. This year, YOU get to choose the Christmas song you want to learn in English. We are going to post 3 popular Christmas songs and then you can vote for the song you liked the best on the blog! Don't forget to vote!

HERE ARE THE CANDIDATES:

1) Mariah Carey - All I want for Christmas is You

Making Ghosts for Halloween!

On Halloween, we worked on a very fun project with the 1st grade bilingual classes! We made lolly pop ghosts! It was very easy to do. Here are the materials we used, in case you would like to try it at home:

LOLLIPOP GHOSTS

1 Lollipop

1 tissue

1 piece of ribbon or string

A pen to draw the eyes, nose, and mouth

INSTRUCTIONS:
To make the ghost, you first cover the lollipop with the tissue. Then, you tie the ribbon around the base of the lollipop. Now you have the body of the ghost! Next, you draw the eyes, the nose, and the mouth with a pen. Voila, you have your lollipop ghost. BOO!!! We had so much fun on Halloween, and we hope you did too.

Halloween Songs for the First Graders!

Hello everyone! HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Saint Patrick's Day celebration

Here a student is playing "Pin the stem on the shamrock"

On March 17^th, we celebrated Saint Patrick’s Day here at MAR. It is a day to celebrate Irish Nationality. This day we are reminded of Irish symbols and myths: the shamrock, the leprechaun, and the myth of the Blarney Stone. In Ireland, there are parades, traditional Irish food and traditional Irish music and dance. St. Patty’s day is also very popular in the US, because 34 million people claim to have Irish descent. In the US, people also celebrate all things Irish, and everyone wears green. If you don’t wear green to school, you get a pinch!

Students read clues to find the gold coins hidden in the classroom!

She found the gold at the end of the rainbow!

El día de San Patricio se celebra cada 17 de marzo en irlanda, y este año también en nuestro colegio! En irlanda, se celebran la nacionalidad irlandés. Este día pensamos en símbolos y mitos de irlanda: el duende que esconde el oro al fin del arco iris, la piedra de Blarney, y el trébol. La gente se viste en verde (el color national de irlanda), come comida tradicional de irlanda, y también escucha la musica tradicional. En los estados unidos, también es un día importante. Un 34 millones pretende descendencia irlandésa. Recuerden: si no llevan verde a colegio, recibirán una pizca!

Happy Valentine´s Day

On February 14th, we celebrated Valentine´s day with the students of 5th A. In the USA, everyone can celebrate Valentine's Day, in order to tell loved ones you care about them: friends, family, boyfriends, girlfriends, etc. When I was growing up, in elementary school we would make Valentines for everyone in our class. We would also eat these candy hearts with messages on them, like you see in the picture.

So, yesterday in class we made Valentines and wrote a poem in English. This is how we structured the poem:
1st line: noun or name
2nd line: 2 adjectives to describe the noun
3rd line: 3 verbs ending in -ing, that describe what the noun does
4th line: A Valentine´s expression!

For example, we first wrote a Valentine together for Justin Bieber, the famous singer!




It went like this:

Justin

Proud, Cute

Singing, Dancing, Loving

Call me!



Here are some Valentines made my your fellow students. They are very lovely. Finally, below you can see the display of Valentines next to our Thanksgiving Turkeys. Teacher Maria Jose is looking at them!

Happy Valentine´s Day everyone! I will leave you with some common expressions we use on Valentine´s Day for our loved ones. Post below the meaning in Spanish!
1) I love you
2) Be mine
3) I miss you
4) You are sweet
5) You make me happy

That´s all for now folks. See you next time!

Remembering Peace Day, 2011

Last Friday, the 28th of January, we celebrated Peace Day here at MAR. It was so much fun! Each class prepared a dance to a song related to peace. After our recess, we all went outside to the blacktop, and each class performed their dance in the sun. The parents watched as well! Each class learned a song in English. The first and second graders learned "If you're happy and you know it," and the older children learned "Don't Worry, Be Happy" by Bobby McFerrin. Teacher Maria José's class recited a children's peace poem, but in English! Overall, we had a wonderful day. Here are some pictures:

-Here are lyrics to the Bobby Mcferrin song, "Don't Worry, Be Happy"

-The children of 5th and 6th grade made smiley face masks for the performance!On one side, they said "Don't Worry" and on the other they said "Be Happy!"


So then we danced, with our posters and our smiley-face masks!

Our message: Don't Worry, Be happy!
Happy Peace Day everyone!

JANUARY, 5th

The Three Wise Men are coming tonight. This is the Christmas Star that led them to Bethlehem.
We wish you a lot of presents.

SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN FOR SECOND CYCLE (3º and 4º)

Now you can prepare your christmas song at home,

ready, steady, gooo!!! MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Ahora podéis preparar en casa vuestro villancico,

preparados, listos, yaaa. ¡FELIZ NAVIDAD!

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star for 1º and 2º

The song and the video of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, for the first and second graders to practice at home.

La canción y el video de Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, para el primero y segundo grado para practicar en casa.

The Happy Christmas Song

The Happy Christmas Song

Esta canción y vídeo en inglés os puede resultar bastante simpático os animo a que lo veáis.

Christmas Decorations

Our Door Decorations!


We have just begun to decorate the classroom for Christmas! Here are some important vocabulary words we will study that are Christmas-related

Santa Claus
Chrismas tree
Ornaments
Stockings
Reindeer
Star
Angel
Candy canes
Presents

Can you guess their meanings?


Aqui tiene los adornos navideños que estan por la puerta de la clase inglés

CHRISTMAS CAROL FOR 5º Y 6º

Let´s learn this christmas carol and let´s sing it together!

Chritmas Contest...Concurso de Navidad

El CEIP MAESTRO ANTONIO

RODRÍGUEZ JIMÉNEZ, convoca y organiza la realización del Concurso de Tarjetas de Felicitación de Navidad para el área de inglés con el objetivo de que los niños y niñas participen en la vida del Centro

BASES DE LA CONVOCATORIA

1.- Participantes: El ámbito del concurso será todos los niños y niñas de Educación Primaria.

2.- Tema: El tema a tratar será un Mensaje de Felicitación de Navidad en Inglés, si puede ser, mensaje solidario y distinto al tradicional, aportando y plasmando cada autor su particular visión sobre ella.

3.- Técnica: La técnica utilizada (cera, rotulador, lápiz, acuarela, internet, etc.) será de exclusiva elección del participante, pero obligatoriamente deberá utilizar como soporte una cartulina tamaño A4.

4.- Tamaño de las tarjetas: las tarjetas deberán presentarse en un tamaño de 210 x 150 mm.

5.- Identificación: Cada Tarjeta de Felicitación deberá, en su parte posterior, aparecer los datos personales del autor de la misma ( nombre, apellidos, curso,).

6.- Presentación: para participar en el concurso, las tarjetas deberán entregarse a las maestras de Inglés: Ángela Piedras y María José Fariña.

7.- Plazo de presentación: Hasta el 14 de diciembre de 2010.

8.– Modalidad de premio: En cada nivel habrá un ganador/a. Los mejores recibirán un premio.

9.- Jurado: Estará compuesto por personal del centro. Se valorará:

- La creatividad.

- La originalidad y decoración.

- El contenido del mensaje: letra clara, inglés correcto y que sea original.

10.- Las obras premiadas: se expondrán en el tablón de anuncios del Centro.

Now, in English!

CEIP MAR is hosting and organizing the Christmas Card Contest for all English classes with the objective being that all students will participate in the school community.

CONTEST RULES AND REGULATIONS:

1) Participants: All boys and girls at the primary level

2) Theme: The theme will be to communicate “Wishing a Merry Christmas in English” It can be a message conveyed traditionally, and should reflect on the student’s own vision.
3) Technique: The techniques can include (pencil, internet…) will be exclusively the choice of the participant but must be presented on an A4-sized poster board
4) Size of the Cards: The cards must be presented on paper 210 x 150 mm
5) Identification: Each Christmas Card should include the authors personal information including: first and last name, plus class.
6) Presentation: To participate in the contest, Cards must be turned into either Angela Piedras or Maria José Fariña.
7) Deadline: Students can turn in Cards up until the 14th of December.
8) Prize Information: Each level will have one winner and each winner will receive a prize.
9) The Judges: Will comprise staff from CEIP MAR. They will be judging based on:
- Creativity
-Originality and Decoration
-Content of the card, written in legible, correct English
10) Winner’s cards will be displayed in the school’s announcement board

TURKEY HANDS!

Last week we celebrated Thanksgiving on Thursday, November 25th. In classes we talked about the celebration and then we made Turkeys by tracing our hands. It was really fun!

La semana pasada celebramos Thanksgiving por el jueves, 25 de noviembre. En las aulas hablamos de las festividades y después hicimos pavos con nuestros huellas de manos. !Que divertido!

Here are some pictures:

CELEBRAMOS EL DIA DE ACCION DE GRACIAS CON CHELSEA

Cada vez está más claro que el aprendizaje de una segunda lengua, en nuestro caso el inglés, im plica no solamente el aprendizaje de su vocabulario, gramática, etc...: También implica el estar más cercanos a las personas de esos países que hablan en esa lengua, saber cómo piensan, conocer su cultura, historia, etc. Esto fue lo que vivimos el pasado Jueves, 25 de Noviembre, cuando Chelsea nos contó cómo celebran en su país esta fiesta, su origen y su significado. Los niños y niñas hicieron un trabajo muy bonito. Aprendimos mucho y así casi conseguimos, que Chelsea se sintiera verdaderamente como en casa.