A Book for Kids - HALLOWEEN

Halloween by Gail Gibbons

Halloween Reader

The Nightmare Before Christmas (Penguin Active Reading Level 2)

Spooky Stories...

Some stories to read, listen and see today. Don't get too scared!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Here is a very nice web site qhere you can learn about the history of this ancient celebration, its most common traditions, take a quiz to test your knowledge and get information about some good horror movies. http://web.tiscali.it/smssm/english/halloween/index.html

English Zone

Good to practice: Games, Interactive activities and much more!!!

Docentes Innovadores

A page to share technological experiences with other teachers from all over Latin America. Very nice for teachers to check out.

Interesting Article on the Education in Uruguay

Very interestingg article from La Nación, Argentina. Good for teachers to take a look. Is that so?

One Laptop Per Child

Here I put some links to sites that contain material about XOs and can therefore be used in class... Liceo 2 de Colonia: http://liceoweblog.wordpress.com/material-xo/ One Laptop Per Child: http://laptop.org/en/laptop/software/activities.shtml

Bulimia and Anorexia

Great website with interesting activities to get informed and take some quizes after reading. Support through translation.

Eating Disorders Information

An Interesting Site for 5th latest topic. Important info Eating Disorders Information Shared via AddThis

Some Material About Health

This is a nice site for teachers to take material about health for ESL spakers. Lessons already made that you can adapt to your students!

Eating Properly

Specially for 5th (Thematic Unit: Health and Personal Care), but good for everybody! Take a look! Also for teachers, you may find Lesson Plans and materials. Updated and interesting.

Learning Vocabulary Fun (Test Preparation & Vocabulary Building for K-12 & ESL Students)

Learning Vocabulary Fun (Test Preparation & Vocabulary Building for K-12 & ESL Students) Shared via AddThis

A Great Movie

Just fun for anyone, interesting, thrilling and intriguing! Just watch it ;) It passed teens' proof, a difficult one. Engaged during the whole movie. I leave here the address for the Official Website, where you can find some interesting facts by "Following the Numbers", videos and downloads. Recommended http://knowing-themovie.com/

Reported Speech

Two videos and exercises to practice reporting http://theenglishyouneedblog.blogspot.com/search/label/Reported%20Speech

One More Webquest

This webquest was created by me... It's about inventions and technology. We will be using it in class as soon as possible. Hope you like it. Click on the title to enter! http://questgarden.com/q/inventionsrossa

A Webquest for 5th

This is a webquest about Inventors and Inventions that I created for 2BD. Let's try it out! http://questgarden.com/86/00/1/090808115337/

Cell Phones

To continue with the topic of technology in 5th... here you have a nice worksheet to practice reading comprehension and vocabulary. Practicing for test...

JEOPARDY- Game to Review Thematic Unit 2

For students in 5th. Take a look at this presentation to work on Unit 2 ART, play a game and review vocabulary and grammar.

Opinion Essays

To work more on writing. Rubric and multimedia to generate activities included.

Friends' Day

Just to learn some vocabulary with reference to yesterday's celebration.

Inventors' Webquest

For students in 5th, try out this webquest to learn more on inventions in the thematic unit we are working with: Technology. Click on the title of this post "Inventors' ..." and you'll get to the site.

New Journalists!

Bruno, Giannina, Valentina, Felicia, Silvina, Fernando, Giuliana,Romina and Alejandra put themselves in the shoes of radio and TV news presenters and recoreded today's news (generated by them based on some headlines). If you want to listen to them, just go into these podcasts.

Influenza: The Topic of These Days

Now that influenza H1N1 (also called "gripe A" in Spanish) has become a very much discussed topic, I invite you to take a look at these links, get information and practice your English at the same time. http://www.slideshare.net/kidsinco/what-is-swine-flu-or-swine-influenza-for-kids http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/0504/050414-fluvirus-e.html http://www.cdc.gov/H1N1flu/qa.htm

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Simple Present Practice

Follow these links if you want to improve your grammar. http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=1069 http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=1028 http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=1904 http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=933

The House

This is for reviewing the parts og the house and furniture. Go in and practice! CIO 1 http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=20 http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=1584

Future

This is a link to work on will and going to. CIO 2 http://www.better-english.com/grammar/willgo.htm

What's the weather like today?

A few links to online exercises to practice vocabulary and expressions. PAY ATTENTION UNIT 4 CIO2 http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=85 http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=1526

Art for Art's Sake

A BBC program to work on listening and vocabulary related to Art. Good for students in 5th. Adjusted to the Thematic Unit we are finishing. http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/webcast/070816_public_art/

Go Green!

Today is our planet's day. Watch out this great song and start doing something for the Earth. It's no that much...

Technology

News: New Search Engine. Listen to the latest information on technology in this link. Vocabulary explained : ) http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2009/06/090603_witn_bing.shtml

Let's Sing!

A nice song to start the week! Can't you see that it's just rainin' There ain't no need to go outside But baby, you hardly even notice When I try to show you this song It's meant to keep you From doin' what you're supposed to Like wakin' up too early Maybe we could sleep in I'll make you banana pancakes Pretend like it's the weekend now And we could pretend it all the time Can't you see that it's just rainin' There ain't no need to go outside But just maybe, like an ukulele Mama made a baby I really don't mind to practice Because you're my little lady Lady, lady love me Because I love to lay here lazy We could close the curtains Pretend like there's no world outside And we could pretend that all the time Can't you see that it's just raining There ain't no need to go outside Ain't no need, ain't no need Can't you see, can't you see Rain all day and I don't mind The telephone singing, ringing, it's too early Don't pick it up We don't need to We got everything we need right here And everything we need is enough It's just so easy When the whole world fits inside of your arms Do we really need to pay attention to the alarm Wake up slow, wake up slow But baby, you hardly even notice When I try to show you this song It's meant to keep you From doin' what your supposed to Like wakin' up too early Maybe we could sleep in I'll make you banana pancakes Pretend like it's the weekend now And we could pretend it all the time Can't you see that it's just rainin' There ain't no need to go outside Ain't no need, ain't no need Rain all day and I really, really, really don't mind Can't you see, can't you see We've got to wake up slow

INVENTORS

Watch the video and practice your listening skills. Good for Check It Out 2 http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=1370

Practice on Comparatives and Superlatives- 5th, INTERMEDIATE 3

Enter here and do these exercises and activities. Useful and not boring. http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=1140 http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=1205 http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=316

Fun Games

This webpage offers several games to find entertainment and work on your language as well. "Alphabet Writer, The Angry Teacher, Spelling Bee, Memory", and more...

http://www.eslgame.com/

Romeo and Juliet: Theater in the Class

Here I show you some of the pictures we took throughout the Project I developed together with my colleague Carolain Benitez last year, with students in 1st year at Highschool Nº3, Fray Bentos. We started by working on Shakespeare and the novel. Then the students adapted some scenes to our era and included dance and clothing from these days. We rehearsed, recorded, investigated, created the setting and materials (with the help of ECA teacher Marco Russo), edited music and voices and were finally able to present it to the school' s community several times. Of course, using English! It was a great experience for the students and of course for us.

Great Site to Practice the Tenses

This is great for Students on Check It Out 2, who can choose Past Continuous and Simple Past to improve their use. It has funny cartoons that show examples. Take a look!

http://www.englishtenseswithcartoons.com/

An Online Set of Activities for the topic ART

This is specially for students of 5th at Highschool, for the Thematic Unit "Art". Take a look at the paintings and do the activities to learn about another painter! Enter this site: http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=1785 and work in pairs. I thank Ms. Patricia Terzaghi, creator of this online activity, which I took from Eslprintables.