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It's amazing!!!!!!!FIVE YEAR OLDS

The five year olds are actually writing in English!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nothing to do with me

We read a story about a little boy who lost his bear on a bus.They were transfixed!!!!!!!!!All of them could identify with losing a special toy.Then I gave them the pictures to put in order and wait for it......................................They wrote the story themselves in English  with the few letters that they know.

Don't you think that's incredible????????I do.  

It's the first time in twenty years it's happened to me.

So make sure you make a huge fuss about those green books that are arriving  home this week because your kids invented them.

By the way,  thanks for helping them with the high frequency words half the class  already know the

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The best business cards

We chose the best cards according to design, correct spelling and size of the cards.
Here are two pictures of the winners.

Hope you like your prizes.  Well done!!!!!!!!1

Clever Kids in infant 5's

In the five year old class there are two children who have

already learnt their first twelve  high frequency words.  I'm amazed!!!!  Keep up the good work.

When they have learnt them,  send the sheet back then

they get a super sticker and a big clap from everyone.

 

We're playing bingo this week with three letter words working on the story The lost teddy from Oxford Reading Tree..

Don't forget to send the blue folders back.  Half of the class have left them at home so we have nowhere to put their English work.  If you can't find them don't worry any old folder will do.  Thank you so much:

The Greek God business cards in year five

Hi year five hope you're having a good weekend.
 I'm finally getting my voice back.

I've been looking at your wonderful business cards for the greek gods.
 I'm going to put some photos of your work  and I have made some of my own because as I told
you in class, I was so impressed by the results

I found a great website called  http://businesscardstar.com which is very easy to use too.
 Your cards were amazing and I think this was a really useful activity.
I'm looking forward to seeing your personal business cards.
I particularly liked Aphrodites beauty parlour, Haephastus's  heating company, Poseidon's water services
( I wonder if he's cheaper than The Canal of Isabel the second?)
Athena's wisdom classes and of course Dionysus's winebar.
Thanks to all the helpers in the shade that made this activity so successful.
The prizes for the best will be given out on Monday.

I have shown your cards to all the teachers and my family.  They think they are great too!!!!

A Language school

I'm thinking of setting up a language school here in Boadila Del Monte.  It's something I've been thinking about for years.
I'm going to start looking for a good place to set it up.  If anyone has any ideas please let me know.
I was thinking about the new part of Boadilla Infante Luis or nearby, since their are lots of young families and it's easier to park.
The focus would be on helping children with science, preschoolers and official exams for adults.

Online Ket for Year Five

online KET

YEAR FIVE

This website is an online test for KETso you have a clear idea about where you stand for next year
I would like you to have a go at it.
Bring me the results on Monday.

Reading with five year olds

 

 

Hola Padres y Madres de cinco años.

Aquí tienes las 45 palabras más comunes en inglés que vamos a estar

trabajando hasta al final de curso.

http://www.familylearning.org.uk/images/hfwordsrec.pdf

http://www.familylearning.org.uk/reading_printables.html

 

 

Cada semana tienen que aprender 6.

Como se hace?

Jugando es mucho mas motivadora que solo aprender palabras aislados
sin sentido para ellos. Hacer que encuentran  parejas, o puedes jugar memoria
 con las tarjetas bocabajo o snap.  Acordar siempre decir la palabra tu primero 
 y que ellos luego lo repiten.

 

Pronunciación de los más complicados

En Ingles                                                        Español

                                     

I                                                                        ai

Go                                                                    gou

Come                                                                cam                                                              

You                                                                    iu

Up                                                                      ap

Day                                                                    dei

Was                                                                    wos

Look                                                                  luk

The                                                                     De

Are                                                                     ar

Of                                                                       ov

He                                                                       hi

All                                                                       ol

Said                                                                      set

To                                                                        tu

Away                                                                   awei

Mum                                                                    mam

Play                                                                      plei

This                                                                      dis

Like                                                                     laik

She                                                                       shi

They                                                                     dei

My                                                                        mai

See                                                                         si

Going                                                                    goin
Get                                                                         guet

 

http://www.kenttrustweb.org.uk/kentict/content/games/soundsea_v3.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/literacy/phonics/play/popup.shtml
 

http://www.letters-and-sounds.com/phase-2-games.html

 Creo que más o menos son así.

 

Arriba hay unas paginas para practicar fonética

Help with reading

Hi mums and dads of five year olds
We have just finished the EE sound and students will be bring their minibooks home this week so please read them aloud with your children.  (Don't forget the sound is like Spanish i)

We are starting with level 1 of the Oxford reading tree which is the reading scheme your children will be using in year one so we will be focusing on the main characters from the stories and high frequency words.

I will be sending lists of words home and I need your help to practise reading them at home

http://www.oup.com/oxed/pdf/ORTGuideForParents.pdf



Thanks see you on Wednesday   

Preparing teachers

Hi again,
this week I'm  working for the trade unions and doing teacher training.

Isn't it amazing that this so important task often falls on these organizations here in Spain?

In Finland teacher training is taken seriously and millions of euros is invested every year for in-house teacher development.
The Madrid Community suspended training sessions during class time three years ago and since then training has reached an all time low.

You can travel to an English speaking country during the summer holidays with some financial help but then in one month you're supposed to come back and face teaching science or art in English with a B2 level or often less.
Our students at Jose Bergamin often reach B1 in year 6 so teachers really need to be much more proficient.

But what happens in secondary?  We have now reached the point when our primary students reach ESO and their teachers of social science,  history, geography or technology have a lower level than they do.
All these tests (habilitacion linguistica) are great but when you actually hear the level of the teachers being interviewed it is frightening.
If a biology teacher or a P:E teacher wants to keep his or her job, they know that the only way is to learn English if not in a very short space of time,  a newly qualified student teacher is going to come along and take their place.
Not an easy task if you have a family and are not able to disappear for a couple of months to England or Ireland.

The language academies are booming and a lot of the clients are teachers but not of English.
These professionals are doing their best to update but surly this responsibility should be insitutionalized and the Ministry of Education should be involved in the process. 
Results take time to show their fruits and goverments want immediate improvement to win votes for the next elections.

Jose ignacio Wert is just as short sighted as his predecessors and unlike Finland, Spain does not consult classroom teachers when modifying education laws the results of course being the chaos we find at present time.