viernes, 5 de junio de 2020

Fin de semana 6-7 de junio de 2020

Hola, amigos: 

Ya van quedando pocos días para que acabe el curso y pronto lo escolar irá quedando en un segundo plano. Este año os habéis ganado las vacaciones más que nunca. Algunas de las entradas que he ido poniendo en el blog los fines de semana pretenden ser sugerencias de actividades para que aprendáis algo diferente y descubráis cosas nuevas. Estas entradas seguirán estando en el blog todo el verano por si algún día os apetece curiosear. 

Hoy me gustaría animaros a recrear objetos antiguos. ¿Os apetece?

1. La carta.
Seguramente recordéis que en el mural que hicimos de la vuelta al mundo, había algunas piezas de papel que parecían muy antiguas (quinientos años es mucho tiempo). 
Esto es lo que os propongo: 
- coge un folio (si tienes un sobre, haz lo mismo con él).
- escribe con boli una carta (puedes poner lo que quieras, pero tal vez podrías darle un toque misterioso: habla de un robo, un valioso objeto que desaparece...).
- cuando la tengas escrita, llama a un adulto y ved juntos el siguiente vídeo.


2. Las monedas.
Imagina que encuentras esa carta antigua y junto a la carta unas monedas. Seguramente esas monedas tengan un aspecto un tanto sucio, con un color verdoso... Tal vez podamos envejecer algunos de esos céntimos que tenemos por casa. En el siguiente vídeo te enseño cómo hacerlo.



3. La flor.
Ahora que estamos comenzando a salir más y, aprovechando que estamos en primavera, seguro que os encontráis con muchas flores en vuestros paseos. No os voy a pedir que arranquéis una flor, pero muchas veces algunas caen al suelo, y seguro que más de un pétalo ya está medio suelto... Pues eso. Coge una flor o un pétalo, con delicadeza colócalo entre dos hojas de papel y mete ese papel dentro de un diccionario o libro gordote que tengáis en casa. Dentro de una días, el pétalo se habrá secado y, si esperas unas semanas, su color será diferente.




¿Y ahora qué hacemos con todo esto? Pues no sé tú, pero yo veo el comienzo de una historia de misterio: unas monedas viejas, una carta antigua dentro de un sobre y unas flores secas... Y si no se te ocurre una historia, no pasa nada: al menos has aprendido a hacer algo que no sabías hace unas horas. Estaré encantado de ver algunas de tus creaciones :)

Un fuerte abrazo y feliz fin de semana.

Ramón C. 

English 5th June 2020

Good morning, little gastropods:

How are you today? It's Friday again! I can't believe how fast these days are happening. The thing is we have to do some English and, since it's Friday, we have to start with our little tradition. I have chosen a different song today. I hope you like it :)


1. Complete the lyrics (es muy larga, pero no tenemos ninguna prisa y además es divertidísima).

Be our guest
Be our guest
Put our service to the (1)_________________
Tie your napkin 'round your (2)_________________, cherie
And we provide the rest

Soup du jour
Hot hors d'oeuvres
Why, we only (3)________________to serve
Try the grey stuff, it's delicious
Don't (4)____________________me? Ask the dishes

They can sing
They can dance
After all, Miss, this is (5)___________________
And a (6)__________________here is never second best

Go on, unfold your menu
Take a glance and then you'll
Be our guest
Oui, our guest
Be our guest

Beef ragout
(7)__________________souffle
Pie and pudding "en flambe"
We'll prepare and serve with flair
A culinary cabaret
You're alone
And you're (8)______________________
But the banquet's all prepared
No one's gloomy or complaining
While the flatware's entertaining

We (9)____________jokes
I do tricks
With my fellow candlesticks
And it's all in (10)________________taste that you can bet

Come on and lift your glass
You've won your own free pass
To be out guest
If you're stressed
It's fine dining we suggest
Be our guest
Be our guest
Be our guest

(11)________________is so unnerving
For a servant who's not serving
He's not whole without a soul to wait upon
Ah, those good old (12)__________________when we were useful
Suddenly those good old days are gone
Ten (13)_______________we've been rusting
Needing so much more than dusting
Needing (14)_________________, a chance to use our skills
Most days we just lay around the castle
Flabby, fat and lazy
You walked in and oops-a-daisy!

It's a guest
It's a guest
Sakes alive, well I'll be blessed
Wine's been poured and thank the Lord
I've had the napkins freshly pressed
With dessert
She'll want (15)_______________________
And my dear that's fine with me
While the cups do their soft shoeing
I'll be bubbling, I'll be brewing

I'll get warm
Piping (16)_____________________
Heaven's sakes! Is that a spot?
Clean it up! We want the company impressed
We've got a lot to do
Is it one lump or two
For you, our guest
She's our guest
She's our guest
She's our guest

Be our guest
Be our guest
Our command is your request
It's ten years since we had anybody here
And we're obsessed

With your meal
With your ease
Yes, indeed, we aim to please
While the candlelight's still glowing
Let us help you
We'll keep going
Course by course
One by one
'Til you shout, enough, I'm done
Then we'll sing you off to sleep as you digest
Tonight you'll prop your feet up
But for now, let's (17)__________________up
Be our guest
Be our guest
Be our guest
Please, be our guest

2. In the link below we have a worksheet you can do to practise a bit more with the new structure we are learning (present perfect to talk about experiences we have had). 


3. The song was long and the worksheet was double, so I think you could use a break. Try the next game prepared by our friends from "Los Batanes" (los invertebrados de la Sierra de Guadarrama). 


Have a nice weekend ;)

Ramón C. 

miércoles, 3 de junio de 2020

English 3rd June 2020

Good morning, little mammals: 

How did you sleep last night? Any nightmares? No? That's great. Let's do some English today :)

As you know, in this unit we are learning how to talk about things you have done in the past. 

Let's start with a listening activity. On the link below you can listen to some kids talking about things they have done. Listen and choose the right options (aunque escuchéis que hablan de una tabla y de unas diferencias, vosotros limitaos a elegir las respuestas correctas).

1. Listen and choose the right option: a) or b).


KATHY

Has Kathy ever taken a photo?
a) Yes, she has. b) No, she hasn't.

Has Kathy ever bought a souvenir?
a) Yes, she has. b) No, she hasn't.

HELEN AND FRANK

Have Helen and Frank ever seen a whale?
a) Yes, they have. b) No, they haven't.

Have they ever seen dolphins?
a) Yes, they have. b) No, they haven't.

SOPHIA

Has Sophia ever played cricket?
a) Yes, she has. b) No, she hasn't.

OLIVER AND SARAH

Have Oliver and Sarah ever visited a monument?
a) Yes, they have. b) No, they haven't.

HOLLY

Has Holly ever eaten sushi?
a) Yes, she has. b) No, she hasn't.


2. Now try to complete the next sentences from the listening (you can listen to it again). 

a) Kathy hasn't______________a photo.
b) Sophia _________________ played cricket.
c) Oliver and Sarah_____________ played cricket.
d) Has Holly ever eaten sushi? Yes, she________________.
e) Have Oliver and Sarah ever eaten sushi? Yes, they______.

3. In this unit we are talking a lot about verbs. In the link below there is an easy worksheet where you have to identifiy the verbs (sometimes it's not that easy). 


4. After this hard work I think you desserve a nice quiz.


See you tomorrow :)

Ramón C. 


martes, 2 de junio de 2020

Social Science 2nd June 2020

Hello, little geologists!

(No olvidéis que hoy es martes poético: click).

I want to share today some pictures I received some days ago. A lovely cactus by David Me. and a cute kitten by Hugo R. 



We have to continue with our rocks and minerals, but first let's see if you can identify the next rock (a lovely photo sent by Daniela). Igneous, sedimentary or metamorphic?


Some days ago we talked about minerals and rocks. These are some of the things we learned: 

- Minerals are solid, natural and inorganic substances.
- Rocks are formed from minerals.
- There are three big groups of rocks: igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic.

1. To go over those contents, try the next exercise

a) This type of rock comes from lava____________________
b) Sometimes these rocks contain fossils_________________
c) These rocks change with extreme heat and pressure_____
d) Granite belongs to this group________________________
e) Clay belongs to this type of rocks_____________________
f) This is the external layer of our planet________________
g) A change in rocks produced by heat and pressure_______

2. Use your book to tell me where the different types of rocks can be found. Label the picture.



3. Do you know the difference between lava and magma? Is it the same?
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________


I'd like to introduce the new section: properties of minerals (PB 62). When we talk about the properties of minerals we are describing them. We talk about their colour, shape and hardness.

Have a look at the next word map. Next week we will do some activities about it. 



Hardness is one the properties: how hard a mineral is. In the next video you can see ten examples of minerals on the Mohs Scale, from the softest (talc) to the hardest (diamond). 


See you tomorrow ;)

Ramón C.






domingo, 31 de mayo de 2020

English 1st June 2020

Hello, everyone!

New month and new week. I love when that happens :)

Yesterday I took a plane and visited Paris. I love Paris. Have a look at one of the monuments I visited.


Just kidding! That is an amazing model of the Eiffel Tower made by Araceli. It's awesome, Araceli! Great work :)

Let's do a bit of English today. Are you ready?

First let's practise that new structure again (present perfect) with the next quiz.

1. QUIZ.

2. Complete the next chart of regular and irregular verbs.

INFINITIVE
PAST
PAST PARTICIPLE
PLAY



WENT

DRAW




DRUNK


VISITED

GREW

LIVE



LEFT



PUT
HAVE



BOUGHT

SEE



TOOK

READ



3. With the next photographs I want you to write three things: the action, a sentence and a question. Have a look at my examples with the first photo (PB 96).


FIRST PHOTO
Action: eat sushi
Sentence: I've eaten sushi.
Question: Have you ever eaten sushi?

You have to do the same with the rest of the photographs.

4. Habéis trabajado como unos campeones hoy, así que creo que os merecéis un poco de juego. En el siguiente enlace os propongo una combinación de past participle, topos y lejano oeste (yo he conseguido más de mil puntos...).


See you tomorrow ;)

Ramón C. 





sábado, 30 de mayo de 2020

Fin de semana 30-31 de mayo de 2020

Buenos días, amigos:

Espero que estéis bien y comencéis el fin de semana con ilusión y algún plan interesante. En un par de días comenzamos junio y parece que este mes podrá traernos cosas buenas y una situación cada vez más positiva. 

Antes de nada, ¿habéis visto la última entrada del blog de la Biblioteca? Yo os la recomiendo encarecidamente.

LA BIBLIOTECA DEL PASAMONTE

Por si alguien aun no tiene plan para esta mañana de sábado, me gustaría compartir con vosotros una página web maravillosa. La encontró nuestra profe Mercedes y os confieso que he pasado varios ratos curioseando por aquí y por allá. 

En el siguiente enlace accedéis a una colección de obras de arte clasificadas por colores. Elegís un color de la paleta que está arriba y podéis ver cuadros en los que ese es el color predominante. Al entrar podéis ver el nombre de la obra, el artista y el año en que fue realizada, así como algo de información acerca de la obra.


Ya me contaréis qué os parece y si os ha gustado alguna especialmente. 

Un abrazo y buen fin de semana. 

Ramón C. 

viernes, 29 de mayo de 2020

Natural Science 29th May 2020

Good morning, centipedes:

How are you today? It's Friday again and you know what that means. Yes, I know. But there's a problem. I usually share a song when we do English, but today we have Natural Science. So I thought: maybe I can choose a song about invertebrates. Not an easy thing! But I found one :)


Complete the lyrics below.

I'd like to be (1)___________the sea
In an octopus's garden in the shade
He'd let us in, knows (2)_____________we've been
In his octopus's garden in the shade

I'd ask my friends to (3)___________and see
An octopus's garden with me
I'd like to be under the sea
In an octopus's garden in the shade

We would be warm below the (4)_________________
In our little hideaway beneath the (5)______________
Resting our (6)______________on the sea bed
In an octopus's garden near a cave

We would (7)________________and dance around
Because we (8)____________we can't be found
I'd like to be under the sea
In an octopus's garden in the shade

We would shout and (9)_____________about
The (10)_____________that lies beneath the waves
(Lies beneath the ocean waves)
Oh what joy for every (11)___________and (12)_______________
Knowing they're happy and they're safe
(Happy and they're safe)

We would be so happy you and me
No one there to tell us what to do
I'd like to be under the sea
In an octopus's garden with you
In an octopus's garden with you
In an octopus's garden with you

And now let's continue with our invertebrates.

Some days ago we talked about the first group: Arthropods. It is the biggest group and it has four subgroups: insects, crustaceans, arachnids, cnidarians). 

Today we are going to see two new groups: molluscs and echinoderms. Have a look at the next word maps:




As you can see, it is a lot of information, but you don't have to learn everything. Read it carefully and try to do the next activities: 

1. How do cephalopods escape predators?

2. Identify the next molluscs and echinoderms:

a) I have a long, soft and elastic body___________________
b) I use my strong arms to open shells___________________
c) My soft body is protected by a shell___________________
d) I am a cephalopod but I am not an octopus____________
e) I have a spiky body_________________________________
f) I am a gastropod but I am not a snail__________________
g) I can use ink to escape predators_____________________


3. Let's finish with some AB exercises (AB 17).


I have found two videos about molluscs and echinoderms. I hope you like them. 

MOLLUSCS



ECHINODERMS (starfish)



Have a nice weekend!

Ramón C.