Mr Carey’s January/February review for G.S.

Dear Parents,

Themes: Opposites/ Valentine’s Day

We focused on the theme of ‘opposites’ for the Jan/ Feb period. Our vocabulary included:

dark/light/near/far/in/out/over/under/front/back/loud/quiet/push/pull/young/old/hot/cold/soft/hard/tall/short/up/down/big/small/heavy/light/left/right/stop/go/empty/full/day/night/wet/dry/slow/fast/dirty/clean/

For St. Valentine’s day we learnt the charming love song ‘Skidamarink’ and ‘How Much Is that Doggy?’ and how to say:

Happy Valentine’s Day/ I Love You/ You are my best friend/

Activities:

Crocs and Alligators: We divided the class into two groups, crocs and alligators, and one side sang the croc part, the other the alligator part of our song ‘See you later, Alligator’. then we swapped roles.

Question Time: One student takes the microphone at the start of each class and asks other students some questions that we learn together such as ‘Who is your best friend and why?’/’Who is your favorite singer/ What is your favorite animal?/ What did you do at the weekend?’ etc.

Vocab Actions: We leant actions for our  new vocabulary in the ‘How much is that Doggie…?’ song and chose different students to play the part of the dog.

Quizzes: We chose captains, team names and divided up for quizzes on our themes of opposites and other vocabulary. I also used the whiteboard to draw images which the teams had to guess the answer to.

TV Time: I interviewed each of the students individually for our ‘TV’ show (with willing audience participation) where we discussed our favorite songs, our favorite books, our best friends, our families, and showed our talents to the others such as dancing and singing in english. The children are encouraged to converse in english and to ask questions to the ‘guest’ also.

Revision: We revised Clothes/Zoo Animals/The Weather

Songs:

Skidamarink/’Opposites’ song/ See you later, Alligator/ How Much is that doggy in the window?

 

Thanks and see you soon,

Mr Carey

Mrs T’s GS – January/February Review

JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2020

OPPOSITES

Dear Parents,

We were having so much fun with opposites in January that we decided to continue for the short school month of February. We not only learned many new words during this time but also developed our comprehension skills.

Attached is a short summary of what we have learned these past weeks. The children have participated well and learned many new things.  It’s been very exciting for them!

GS January and February 2020.docx

I wish you and your familes a safe and wonderful upcoming spring season.

Kind regards,

Mrs T

Mr Carey’s GS review – for December 2019

Dear Parents,

Happy New Year! The theme of December was:

Winter Wonderland

Key Vocabulary: Happy Christmas/ Merry Christmas/ I would like…/Christmas tree/ star/ angel/ present/ garland/ fairy lights/ bauble/ it’s winter/ it’s snowing/ snowman/ snow/ snowflake/ Santa Claus/ chimney/ roof/ sleigh/ reindeer/ bells/ Christmas stocking/ stuck/ sack/ toys/ robin/ wing/ barn/ cold/ freezing/ ice/ north wind/

Key activities:

‘What’s missing?’ game: We lined up Christmas objects on the table such as a garland, a bauble, a snowman, fairy lights etc and worked in two teams, figuring out what objects had been removed by the other team. They love this game and practise game related vocabulary such as: captain/ teams/ We’re equal/ points/ score/ what’s missing?/ are you ready yet?/ work as a team etc.

Drawing activities: We drew a Christmas tree on the whiteboard together and added the important elements such as the star, the bauble, the presents etc. We drew Santa Claus on the whiteboard, getting stuck as he comes down the chimney. We used our vocabulary to discuss what we saw and the clothes he wears.

Question Time/ Photos: We discussed photographs of the ‘Robin’ bird and passed around a robin toy in class describing it using vocabulary such as: soft/hard/beak/wings. Then we hung the toy robin to the ceiling together!

Poetry and songs: We learnt the poem ‘The North Wind Doth Blow’ by heart. We learnt actions for the key words such as: ‘North Wind’, ‘snow’, ‘barn’, ‘wings’ etc. Then we learnt the poem as a song (the video link is included below).Ask your child to sing along to this video and I am sure they will be glad to show you what they have learnt!

Key Songs:

We sang songs everyday including:

-We Wish You A Merry Christmas…

-Jingle Bells

-Snowflake, Snowflake

-On the hill there’s a palace…

-Santa Claus got stuck coming down the chimney!

-The North Wind Doth Blow

Thank you,

Mr Carey

Mrs T’s GS – December 2019 Review

 

DECEMBER

WINTER WONDERLAND

Dear Parents,

December has been a short but very exciting and productive month. The children learned not only new vocabulary but also many songs.

The Christmas tree is a wonderful object to practice prepositions of place. For example:  Where is the star? The star is on the tree. Where is the snowman? The snowman is beside the tree. Where is the present? The present is under the tree. Where are the presents? The presents are under the tree.

We also enjoyed the Hollywood Folly sing-a-long this month. It was a delight to gather around the piano and sing Mary had a Little Lamb, Baa Baa Black Sheep and many beloved Christmas carols.

Attached is a short summary of what we have learned this month. The children have participated well and learned many new things.  It’s been an especially fun and exciting month!

GS December 2019

I wish you ALL a wonderful holiday season and the best of wishes for the new year.

Mrs T

 

 

Mr Carey’s GS November Review

Dear Parents

This month we focused on the theme of:

TRANSPORTATION

Key Vocabulary

car/bus/bicycle/boat/ship/scooter/motorbike/skateboard/plane/horse/train/metro/taxi/submarine/rocket/helicopter/roller skates/unicorn/sheep/running/walking/hopping/flying

Key Dialogue:

How do you come to school in the morning?

What is your favorite way of traveling?

Which is a faster way to travel, a horse or a ship? a bus or a scooter? etc

Which is a slower way to travel, a rocket or a bus?

Games and activities:

We invented actions to represent each mode of transport and took turns using our ‘magic finger’ to ask our neighbor to act out ‘cycling a bike’ or ‘rowing a boat’.

We completed worksheets related to modes of transportation.

We spent time talking about imaginary modes of transport and the children drew and colored their transportation ‘hybrids’ such as a submarine rocket, a ship on a skateboard etc.

Key Songs:

1) We Wish You a Merry Christmas

2) Santa Claus, He Got Stuck!

3) Baa, baa, black sheep

4) Row, row your boat

5) Mary had a little lamb!

Your child will enjoy these videos:

 

 

Thanks for your support and see you soon,

Mr Carey

Mrs T’s GS – November Review

NOVEMBER

TRANSPORTATION

Dear Parents,

We have had another wonderful month based around the theme:

TRANSPORTATION!

Attached is a short summary of the different things we have learned this November! The children have participated well and learned many new things!

GS November 2019

We also enjoyed two special afternoons learning about birds. We looked at several bird nests and different kinds of feathers. We each coloured a feather and made a beautiful peacock. If you look in the front entrance to the left, you will see it!

Kind regards,

Mrs T

White Winter Wonderland – Monday, 2 December 2019

WHITE WINTER WONDERLAND

 SING-A-LONG

Dear Students and Parents!

On Monday, 2 December we are having a SING-A-LONG! Songs are from the production of SNOW WHITE’S HOLLYWOOD FOLLIES as well as Christmas favourites.

Please WEAR WHITE!

We look forward to a wonderful day of joyful children’s voices!

THE ENGLISH TEAM   

PLEASE NOTE:  Our weekly test will be on Tuesday, 3 December instead of Monday, 2 December.

Mr Carey’s GS group-October Review

Dear Parents,

This month was a short month due to the holidays, and we had a lot of fun! The children are confident in speaking English together and are full of suggestions for our classes. We focused on our theme:

Back to School!

We learnt lots of new classroom vocabulary including: pen, pencil, coloring pencil, ruler, glue-stick, pencil-case, chalk, paint, whiteboard, scissors, chair, table, class-room, pupils, teacher, book, copy-book, school bus, school.

Drawing Game: To reinforce our learning, we played a drawing game on the whiteboard. The children would ask me to draw a particular classroom item in the classroom.

E.g. « Draw a coloring pencil! »/ »Draw a school bus. »

Team Play: We chose a line of classroom objects to put on the table. I chose two captains who picked and named their teams. The children learnt to follow the rules of the game and worked together using english only. Each group removed 2 objects and the other team had to guess what was missing.

E.g. « Ready? »/ »What’s missing? »/ »The ruler is missing! »/ »How many points have we got? »

TV Interview: We played our interview game, whereby the students came one by one to be interviewed by me about their school and friends. They talked freely with less emphasis on ‘complete accuracy’ and more emphasis on ‘flow of English speaking and enjoyment of speaking English together’.

Halloween: We talked about Halloween. The children chose their favorite costume ideas and we created a poster together using their art work. They chose to be:

Princesses/Dragons/Ghosts/Witches/Superheroes/Pumpkins/Peter Pan/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

See you soon,

Mr Carey

Mrs T’s GS Group – October Review

 

                   OCTOBER

Dear Parents,

We have had another wonderful month based around the theme:

All about SCHOOL!

Attached is a short overview of the different things we have learned this October! Although it has been a short month, the children have participated well and learned many new things!

GS October 2019

I wish you and your families a wonderful autumn vacation!

Kind regards,

Mrs T

 

Mrs T’s GS Group – September Review

 

Dear Parents,

We had a wonderful month based around the theme:  All about ME!

Attached is a short overview of the different things we have learned this September! The children have participated well and learned many new things!

GS September 2019

Well done everyone!

Mrs T

Mr Carey’s GS English:September Review

Dear Parents,

We had a wonderful month based around the theme: All about me!

We focused on: Introductions:

« How are you? » and « How do you do today? » and various replies such as « I am fine thank you, and you? », « I am so-so today », « I am angry and sleepy today » etc.

Eyes and Hair:

« What color is your hair? », « My hair is blond/brown/black », « What color are your eyes? », « My eyes are blue » etc, « What color are HIS/HER eyes? » « His/ Her eyes are… »

Favourite:

« What is your favourite food? » « My favourite food is…. », « What is your favourite toy? », « What is your favourite colour? »

Friends:

« Who is your best friend? » « My best friend is… », « Who is your favourite teacher? », « My favourite teacher is… », « What color is your best friend’s hair…? »

We completed various worksheets/coloring sheets based on the topic and read several book titles whilst using the pictures to describe the characters we see. We used our microphone to encourage the children to ask each other the questions and we played a ‘TV’ game whereby the children come to take the a seat (one-by-one or in pairs) to be interviewed by their teacher on ‘TV’. We start by talking about ourselves and then I allow the children  to lead the directions, which leads to very interesting conversations and fun, all in English. Well done to your children on an excellent first month!

Best,

Mr Carey