International Teddy Bear Day

On 26^th November 2018 our school celebrated International Teddy Bear Day. Each child came to school with their favourite plush toy. There were different activities related to that day. The youngest pupils had teddy bear gymnastics and games. There were also teddy bear jigsaw puzzles, memo games and mathematics. Everybody enjoyed poems and  rhymes about teddies. Kids learnt how teddy bears came to be named after president Theodore Roosevelt. They also described the appearance of different teddy bears, tasted gingerbread bears and painted beautiful portraits of their favourite plush toys. Our pupils’ parents celebrated Teddy Bear Day with us. It was so much fun.

Let's go shopping - lesson plan with interactive board.

Subject: Let’s go shopping – interactive exercises.

STUDENTS’ AGE:

- 6-10 years-olds

TEACHING AIMS:

- revision of shopping vocabulary,

- improving listening skills,

- developing perceptivity,

- practicing asking and answering the questions,

- mastering the ability of using an interactive board.

WORKING METHODS:

- interactive games.

TOOLS:

- interactive board

TIME:

- 45 minutes.

                                                     PROCEDURE:

INTRODUCTION:

Ex.1.

The teacher shows the students pictures of different shops. They name the products one can buy there.

PRACTICE:

Ex. 2.

http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/fun-games/trolley-dash

Pupils play an interactive game "trolley dash". Each students has to memorize the shopping list and goes shopping in a virtual shop.

Ex. 3.    

http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/short-stories/monster-shopping-trip

Pupils watch the story „The monster shopping trip”.

PRODUCTION:

Ex.4.

After watching the movie students answer the following questions:

Tell us about a special birthday present somebody gave you.

- What was the present?

- How old were you when you got it?

- Who gave it to you?

- Do you still have it?

Ex. 5.

http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/word-games/paint-the-words/shops

Students colour the products the same colour as the shops they come from.

SUMMING UP:

Ex. 6.

One student finishes the sentence: "Yesterday, I went to the shop and bought ….(e.g.biscuits)". The next person has to add his product and repeat the previous ones mentioned.

EXTRA ACTIVITY:

Ex.7.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSC9Etw0ZHQ

„The shopping song”. Students listen and sing the song.

Lesson plan - Kazoo - how a simple instrument works

Specific objectives:

Student:

is able to build a simple musical instrument on their own

is familiar with the principle of kazoo operation

gets to know the vocabulary of the experiment in English

General objectives:

developing  scientific thinking - the ability to draw conclusions based on empirical observations

improving  teamwork skills

stimulating the need to learn science in English

Working methods:

assimilation of knowledge – a talk, lecture

independent investigation into knowledge

experimental

Materials:

toilet roll tube

tissue paper

elastic band

instruction  in English from The Mad Scientist Teaches: Physics

Lesson phases:

Preparation:

1.Class division into experimental groups

2. Subject and goals specification

Development:

1. Video presentation        

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pF0elA6mzmg

2. Video content  discussion

3. Presentation of the Kazoo instruction

4. Doing the experiment

5. Testing how the instrument works

Recapitulation:

1. a discussion of how the instrument works.

2. doing tasks on an e-learning platform:

https://learningapps.org/watch?v=p1t33kxm517

by Agnieszka Drowanowska

and Anna Dołżyńska

Colour a flower

During our last classes the 4th graders decided to color white flowers. For our experiment, we needed a few white flowers, several packages of food dyes and some jars with water. We didn’t have to wait long for the final effect. White flower petals started changing color after just a few hours. We like  exploring the world through experiments.

by Agnieszka Drowanowska

and Anna Dołżyńska