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Rebecca Bennett phone:  +420 608 349 536 email:  rebeccabennett96@gmail.com

 

 

June

2.6

Intro:  We watched a video about the Loch Ness monster and discussed if we thought it was real or not.

• We talked about some other fictional sea creatures and did a listening activity. Then we wrote in our portfolios which sea creature we thought would win in a fight and why. We made up stories about the fight.
• We played a food Kahoot game.
• We read the last story about time travelers and practised scanning for a few questions. After listening to the story, we matched sentences to make a summary. Then we watched a video about the Mary Celeste.
• We played a game of werewolf.

Bookwork: page 110, 111, 113

Homework: none :)

MAY

29.5

Intro: We reviewed some third form verbs.

• We learned about the present perfect with already and yet. We practised this in our books and with a game of Kahoot.
• We played a game of food Kahoot.
• We played hidden picture and Lava.
• We reviewed some flags and read a webpage. We also practised a dialogue.

Bookwork: page 107, 109, 127

Homework: none :)

26.5

Intro: We started a new unit today about the mystery of the sea.

• We made up our own unusal jobs that we thought could exist. We wrote what you do in the job and how much money you would earn and we shared our projects with the class.
• We learned our new words and did a listening activity.
• We played hidden picture.
• We played a game of fishbowl outside.

Bookwork: page 106

Homework: none :)

22.5

Test: We had the unit 8 test today. 

Bookwork: none

Homework: none :)

19.5

Intro: We played the "what if" game where we kept the questions and answer going as long as possible while passing the ball around. 

• We reviewed the first conditional if sentences with "will" in some games of Baamboozle.
• We practised spelling our vocabulary words aloud while passing the ball.
• We played a game of fishbowl

Homework: none :)

Test: The unit 8 test will be on Monday, 22 May.

15.5

Intro: We played a game of hidden picture.

• We listened to the story for this unit and answered some questions about it. Then we highlighted the dialogue parts and acted it out in groups.
• We played a few games of Kahoot about guessing the food. We also played a guess the flag game.
• We did a listening activity to a song.

Bookwork: page 100

Homework: page 97 (1-3), page 104 (1-2)

due Friday, 19 May

Test: The unit 8 test will be on Monday, 22 May.

12.5

Intro: We played a game of hidden picture.

• We played the "what if" game where we kept the questions and answer going as long as possible while passing the ball around. 
• We listening about some more unusual jobs and answered some questions.
• We played a game of fishbowl.

Bookwork: page 100

Homework: page 97 (1-3), page 104 (1-2)

due Friday, 19 May

5.4

Intro: We watched a video about unusual jobs and wrote about which one we would like to have and why.

• We reviewed "if" sentences in our books.
• We read a dialogue in pairs and then wrote our own dialogues about jobs we would like in the future. We read these to the class.
• We listened to some riddles and tried to figure out the answer.
• We played a game of fish bowl with the category as people. We had to describe them and then pantomime.

​Bookwork: page 96, 126

Homework: none

APRIL

28.4

Intro: We started unit 8 "Museum of the Future" and talked about some different jobs we knew.

• We played a game of headbandz to learn about the jobs words for this unit.
• We learned about "if" sentences and how to use them in the first conditional. We made our own robots as a project and practised the grammer point.
• We listened to some riddles and tried to figure out the answer.
• We played a game of fish bowl with the category as people. We had to describe them and then pantomime.

​Bookwork: page 94, 95, 126

Homework: none

24.4

Intro: We reviewed some third form verbs and the past perfect for the test.

• We did a graph project as well as a listening exercise in our books.
• We listened to some riddles and tried to figure out the answer.
• We played a game of fish bowl with the category as people. We had to describe them and then pantomime.

​Bookwork: page 92

Homework: none

Test: We had the unit 7 test today.

17.4

Intro: We started with a game of headbands where we described a word to a team who had to guess. We played in the categories, countries, careers, and brands.

• We played guess the drink and food by the emoji.
• We played hidden picture.
• We went outside and played guess the celebrity card where each student was given someone famous and had to ask questions to figure out who it was.

​Bookwork: none

Homework: page 85

due on Monday, 24 April

Test: The unit 7 test will be Monday, 24 April.

14.4

Intro: We started with a new game called Sushi Spell where we spelled words with the letters given to us.

• We played rose, bud, and thorn about our past week.
• We did a listening exercise and reading exercise about an interview. Then we came up with our own interview questions we could ask a famous person. Everyone was assigned a famous person an we intrviewed each other and acted like the celebrity.
• We played pantomime and finished with some riddles.

​Bookwork: 90, 91

Homework: page 85

due on Monday, 24 April

3.4

A few classes ago, we talked about the LEAP Summer Camp, which will take place on 14-18 Agusut 2023.

You can find more information and an application about our suburban camp here.

Intro: We started with a review of present perfect with just.

• We read the story from this unit and put the events of the story in order.
• We learned a new game called King's Cup and played a few rounds of this with different challenges.
• We played a game of wordshake to try to beat our high score.

​Bookwork: 86, 87

Homework: page 85

due on Monday, 17 April

MARCH

31.3

Intro: We started with a review of will in the future tense..

• We listened to the song and corrected the wrong lyrics for this unit. It was a romantic duet.
• We learned about using the present perfect with just for things that happened in the very recent past.
• We played a game of Stop the bus and Kahoot to guess the movie title out of emojis.

Bookwork: 84, 85, 125

Homework: page 82, 83

due on Monday, 3 April

27.3

Intro: We started by watching a video about Shakespeare.

• We made some fortune tellers and had to come up with eight questions to ask our classmates.
• We learned about offers and promises using will and practised a dialogue.
• We played a flags quiz game and an emoji Baamboozle game.

Bookwork: 83

Homework: page 82, 83

due on Monday, 3 April

Test: The tests were already graded and sent home.

24.3

• We had our Unit 6 test.
• We learned our new words and played hot seat and pictionary.
• We did a listening activity. 
• We played a game of Stop the bus and find the differences.

Bookwork: 82

Homework: none :)

20.3

Intro: We passed the ball and talked about some things we did on the holiday break.

• We reviewed for the test.
• We played monkey in the middle and had to answer a review question if we got out.
• We played Snatch with the vocabulary words.

Bookwork: none

Homework: none :)

Test: We will have the unit 6 test on Wednesday, 22 March.

10.3

Intro: We started by playing find five differences.

• We read the story about in Istanbul and made predictions about what would happen to Pheobe.
• We played a game of Kahoot about St. Patrick's day and world monuments.
• We created our own countries complete with a new name, flag, and laws using should and shouldn't.
• We played the Island game where we tried to figure out the rule of what you can/cannot bring to the Island.

Bookwork: 74, 75

Homework: page 80

due on Monday, 20 March

Test: We will have the unit 6 test on Friday, 25 March.

6.3

Intro: We started by playing the Island game again.

• We learned about some traditional arts from countries around the world focusing on marbling art in Turkey and Japan. We watched a video and completed some reading and listening exercises. We compared and contrasted the two different kinds of marbling.
• We had a class Spelling bee.
• We finished with a game of Jeopardy about food and cooking utensils.

Bookwork: 76, 77

Homework: page 80

due on Monday, 20 March

3.3

Intro: We started with a game of wordshake and beat our class score by a lot!

• We labeled countries on a European map and colored which ones we have visited and which ones we would like to visit.
• We played a game of guessing countries' flags in teams. 
• We talked about what countries different food comes from. We made some guesses and then listened for the answers. We talked about how far these foods travel too. Then we played a game where we had to guess the food and the country it is from based on a picture.
• We played a large class game of Werewolf.

Bookwork: 77

Homework: page 70, 71

due on Monday, 6 March

FEBRUARY

27.2

Intro: We started with the island game and discovered some fun rules for traveling to the island.

• We wrote some silly classroom rules in our portfolios using should and shouldn't. We learned how to make requests using could and do you mind if..?
• We played a game about monuments of different countries. We reviewed some different countries' flags and learned about what things are made in those countries. Then we looked at our own clothing and school supplies to see where things were made.
• We played Find the Difference in the picture.
• We played a large class game of Werewolf.

Bookwork: 70, 71, 124

Homework: page 70, 71

due on Monday, 6 March

24.2

Intro: We started playing the Island game we we talk about things we can and cannot bring to the island to figure out the rules.

• We started with a video about Istanbul and Turkey which will be the theme of unit 6. We talked about some facts we learned about Turkey from the video and where we have visited.
• We learned our new words and practised saying them with the flashcards. They are all souvenirs you can get in Istanbul. We completed a listening activity about the kids' adventures in Istanbul.
• Then we learned how to give advide using should and shouldn't. We practised in the books and with a game of Kahoot.
• We finished with a game of werewolf and 20 questions.

Bookwork: 70, 71, 124

Homework: page 70, 71

due on Monday, 27 February

20.2

Test: We had the unit 5 test today.

• We created 'Wanted' posters about a pretend criminal and wrote a description of them, drew a picture, and offered a reward for bringing he/she to the sheriff. We presented some of them to the class.
• We played a game of Jeopardy in teams.
• We finished with a game of werewolf.

Bookwork: none

Homework: page 70, 71

due on Monday, 27 February

17.2

Intro: We started with a challenge to write as many words as we could think of using the letters in "Happy Valentine's Day" our portfolios.

• We reviewed  the possessive apostrophe for singular and plural instances and reviewed "made of" and "used for". We practised with a game of Kahoot and Baamboozle.
• We reviewed our words for this unit with a spelling race in two teams.
• We finished with a game of werewolf.

Bookwork: none

Homework: page 61, page 62 (ex. 4) page 63 (ex. 5)

due on Monday, 20 February

Test: We will have the unit 5 test on Monday, 20 February.

13.2

Intro: We started with a game of asking questions to all of our classmates and recording it in our portfolios.

• We reviewed  the possessive apostrophe for singular and plural instances. We practised with a game of Kahoot.
• We reviewed "made of" and "used for".
• We made Valentine's day poems
• We finished with a game of werewolf.

Bookwork: page 123

Homework: page 61, page 62 (ex. 4) page 63 (ex. 5)

due on Monday, 20 February

Test: We will have the unit 5 test on Monday, 20 February.

10.2

Intro: We started with a game of wordshake to try and beat our class high score.

• We learned about the possessive apostrophe for singular and plural instances. We practised with a game of Kahoot.
• We read the story in the Wild West. Before reading, we scanned the text to answer some questions. After reading, we did some comprehension questions.
• We finsihed with a game of werewolf.

Bookwork: page 61, 62, 63

Homework: page 58 (ex. 1, 2, 3) page 59 (1, 2)

due on Monday, 13 February

6.2

Intro: We started with a game of snatch with the Wild West words.

• We learned about how to talk about materials and the purpose of objects using "made of" and "used for". We practised with a game and worksheet.
• We listened to a country song about the Wild West and had to fill in missing lyrics.
• We finished with a game of werewolf.

Bookwork: page 59, 60, 123

Homework: page 58 (ex. 1, 2, 3) page 59 (1, 2)

due on Monday, 13 February

JANUARY

30.1

Test: We had the unit 4 test today.

• After the test we could worked on a crossword puzzle and a project about an animal..
• Then we started unit 5 in the Wild West. We practised our new vocabulary words with spelling and playing pantomime. Then we did a listening activity.
• We finished with a game of werewolf.

Bookwork: page 58

Homework: none

27.1

Intro: We reviewed the vocabulary words for the Space restaurant and their spelling.

• We reviewed the zero conditional. We completed some exercises and then finished some sentences in our portfolios. We also played a game of Baamboozle in teams to practise.
• We reviewed ordinal numbers and words for saying days and dates. We played pass the ball and a game in our student books. 
• We finished with a game of Jeopardy trivia.

Bookwork: page 122, 47,

Homework: page 49, page 56 (ex. 2, 3)

due Monday, 30 January

Test: We will have the unit 4 test on Monday, 30 January.

23.1

Intro: We played the conversation game to start class.

• We learned about the zero conditional. We used "if" to talk about something that always happens when you do one thing. We practised with a reading and correcting some sentences.
• Then we played the "color" game where you choose a pill color and say what kind of food you will get if you pour water on it. This is how food works in the future from our reading.
• We learned all about chocolate and the process of making it.
• We finished with a game of werewolf.

Bookwork: page 49, 54, 55

Homework: page 49, page 56 (ex. 2, 3)

due Monday, 30 January

Test: We will have the unit 4 test on Monday, 30 January.

20.1

Intro: We played a game of wordshake to start class and we beat our high score.

• We read the story about the Space restaurant. We began with looking at the pictures and reviewing some words about the story. We made predictions about the story and did a scanning exercise. Then we read the story aloud. After we answered some questions to check our comprehension.
• We listened to a recipe about weird dessert drink. Then we answered questions about the ingredients and steps to make it. Then we created a menu with three courses of weird food combinations and shared these with the class.
• We finished with a game of werewolf.

Bookwork: page 50, 51, 53

Homework: page 47 (ex. 1, 2, 3) page 48 (ex. 1, 2)

due Monday, 23 January

16.1

Portfolio: We unscrambled letters to make our vocabulary words from this unit and talked about our favorite meals and restaurants.

• We played a game of Taboo in teams of two.
• We played a game where you pick two choices from a category and then vote which one is better.
• We learned how to say dates with ordinal numbers such as sixteenth of January.
• We read and email and answered questions. Then we practised ordinal numbers more.
• We finished with a game of werewolf.

Bookwork: page 47, 122

Homework: page 47 (ex. 1, 2, 3) page 48 (ex. 1, 2)

due Monday, 23 January

13.1

Test: We had our unit 3 test today. 

• Aftert the test we read library books or worked on a wordsearch puzzle.
• We also introduced the new vocabulary words in the new unit. The time travelers are in the Space Restaurant now and we talked about the who, where, and when predictions of this unit.
• We did a listening exercise about the Space Restaurant.
• We played a game of Werewolf.

Bookwork: 46

Homework: page 46

due Monday, 16 January

9.1

Portfolio: We reviewed using "going to" by writing some of our plans for 2023.

• We reviewed telling time and "going to" with a game of Kahoot.
• We also played a game of pictionary in teams with our vocabulary words from the Rock n' Roll unit as well as some harder ones.
• We played a game of guess the country on the map.
• We finished with a game of Werewolf.

Bookwork: none

Homework: page 46

Test: We will have our unit 3 test on Friday, 13 January.

6.1

Intro: We remembered some things we did over Christmas break and shared with the class while passing a ball around.

Portfolio: We did a review of clocks and telling time using "past" and "to".

• We talked about different music genres and watched a video about genres. Then we listened to some music samples and matched it with the genre of music. We also did a true/false activity based on information from a table.
• We talked about different items from the 1950's including a Cadillac, swing skirt, and jukebox. Then we brainstormed in groups what items are unique to the current decade. We wrote our ideas on the board as a class.
• We finished with a game of Werewolf.

Bookwork: page 39, 42

Homework: none :)

Test: We will have our unit 3 test on Friday, 13 January.

DECEMBER

21.12

Today we celebrated with a Christmas party!

• We had snacks and did a few games of Kahoot about unusual Christmas traditions aroudn the world, food from around the world, and flags of different countries.
• Then we played a few games of werewolf.

Have a nice holiday break :)

16.12

Portfolio: We wrote down what we are going to do in the future at certain times. "At half past four, I'm going to..." 

• We reviewed how to tell time use "past" and "to" the hour. We practised with a few games of bingo. We also drew our own clock in our portfolios to help us remember the way we tell time with "past" and "to". This is a good reference for when we need to look at clocks.
• We played a game of Kahot about car logos
• We read the story of Elvis and the time travelers. We scanned the text first and answered some questions. We also corrected some sentences that had mistakes about the story.

Bookwork: page 121, 38, 39

Homework: page 37 & 44 (ex. 2, 3)

due Monday, 19 December

12.12

Intro: We started with a game of hot seat Taboo to review our rock n' roll show words.

• We learned how to tell time use "past" and "to" the hour. We practised with moving some clocks to show the time and saying aloud the times we saw.
• We read the daily schedule of a rockstar and matched a time to the picture of the acitvity ton the schedule.
• Then we pretended we were a celebrity and wrote out our daily schedules with what we do at certain times.
• We played a geography games to guess the country. We also play Kahoot about the World Cup.

Bookwork: page 37

Homework: page 37 & 44 (ex. 2, 3)

due Monday, 19 December

9.12

Intro: We started with a game of Kahoot to guess logos.

• We learned how to talk about future plans using "going to". 
• We played a game passing the ball and talking about what we are going to do this weekend.
• We played a guessing game with different country's national food dishes and flags 
• We listened to the rock song for this unit and learned more about rock n' roll and the 1950's. We had to fill in the missing lyrics.

Bookwork: page 35, 36

Homework: page 34 (ex. 1, 2) & 35 (ex. 2, 3, 4)

due Monday, 12 December

5.12

Test: We had our Unit 2 test today and students already received their grade and test back. After the test, there was the option to complete a wordsearch. 

• We played a game of guess the country's national food dish and guess which country the famous monument is in.
• Unit 3 was introduced. It is about the Rock n' Roll show in the 1950s and Elvis.
• We played a guess the music genre game and talked about which music genres we like.
• We learned our new vocabulary words and practised saying them with the flashcards.
• We played a game of hotseat with pantomim to practise our new words.
• We fnished with reading a few more pages of our story about Pompeii.

Bookwork: page 34

Homework: page 34 (ex. 1, 2) & 35 (ex. 2, 3, 4)

due Monday, 12 December

2.12

Intro: We played a game of Christmas pick one, kick one. We also practised some new tongue twisters.

Portfolio: We reviewed have to, had to, and didn't have to with a fill in the blank exercise about a trip in the past.

• We reviewed large numbers by writing them in our portfolios, both by listening to the numbers and reading them on the board. 
• We reviewed our vocabulary words by playing pictonary as a class.
• We played a game of Kahoot about logos.
• We played a game of wordshake to beat our class high score.

Bookwork: workbook page 30, 31

Homework: none :)

**Unit 2 Test will be on Monday, 5 December

NOVEMBER

28.11

Intro: Today, we began our lessons by talking about the Pit and Peaks of our weekends.

 

Notebooks: In our notebooks, we we wrote about and discussed

Last week, I had to...

Today, I have to...

Today, I don't have to... 

 

Homework: We checked the homework that was due for today

 

Kahoot Review: We reviewed for our test by playing a game of Kahoot.

 

Ecosystems Project: We finished and presented to the class a project about different Ecosystems (desert,rainforest,tundra,and savanna). The projects answered the questions

 

Where can you find this ecosystem?

What plants live there?

What animals live there?

What is the weather like?

25.11

Intro: Today, we began our lessons by talking about the Pit and Peaks of our weekends.

 

Notebooks: In our notebooks, we unscrambled sentences that include our grammar points. 

 

  “we do to have a lot homework of?” 

 

Students Book: We worked through pages 26 and 27 in our Students Books and discussed our story. 

 

Ecosystems Project: We began a project about different Ecosystems (desert,rainforest,tundra,and savanna). The projects answered the questions

 

Where can you find this ecosystem?

What plants live there?

What animals live there?

What is the weather like?

 

TEST, Our test will take place on Friday 02.12

22.11

• We reviewed large numbers with a game of bingo.
• We reviewed has to/have to/had to.
• We played a game with the ball where we started a chain about what "I have to do and what she/he has to do" from whoever passed the ball. 
• We read the story about the rainforest that takes place in the present. We also answered some comprehension questions.
• We finished with a game of Kahoot.

Bookwork: 26, 27

Homework: page 24 (ex. 1), 25, 29

due on Monday, 28 November

19.11

Portfolio: We wrote down the vocabulary words we could remember given just the first and last letter of the word.

• We learned about how to say and write out large numbers and completed a reading activity.
• We read some dialogues and had to answer questions about them.
• We reviewed has to/have to/had to
• We played a game with the ball where we started a chain about what "I have to do and what she/he has to do" from whoever passed the ball. 
• We learned our new words and played pictionary on the board.
• We finished with a game of Christmas Kahoot.

Bookwork: 23, 24, 25, 120

Homework: page 22, 23

due on Monday, 21 November

14.11

Portfolio: We wrote down as many animals as we could think of that started with each letter of the alphabet such as Giraffe, Zebra, Monkay.

• We started a new unit where the time travelers come the Amazon rainforest in the present. We watched a video about different ecosystems and focused on the rainforest.
• We discussed other facts we knew about the rain forest as well as some animals that have spots and that are poisonous.
• We learned our new words and played pictionary a few different ways.
• We completed a listening activity.
• We finished with a game of Christmas Kahoot.

Bookwork: 22

Homework: page 22, 23

due on Monday, 21 November

11.11

We completed the unit 1 test today.

• We also played a game of would you rather? and categories
• We comleted a project about different natural disasters using facts we learned from our student books and workbooks.

Bookwork: none

Homework: no homework this week :)

7.11

Intro: We learned some English tongue twisters and practised saying them with each other. We also played a game of Wordshake to try and beat our record.

• We checked our homework from last week.
• We reviewed for the test with some past continuous and past simple practice in our portfolios.
• Then we reviewed the vocabulary words by playing "What's Missing" and the spelling race game.
• We finished with a game of "Would you rather?"

Bookwork: none

Homework: no homework this week :)

*The unit 1 test will be on Friday, 11 November.

4.11

Intro: We watched our Halloween video!

• We played a game of Kahoot to review some of the natural disasters we have learned about in this unit.
• We played a few vocabulary games to review the words from this unit and the last unit. We played hot seat, Pictionary, and pantomime.
• We did a reading activity and a listening activity from the book about natural disasters.

Bookwork: page 16, 17

Homework: workbook page 16 (ex. 1), 17 (ex. 1), 20 (ex. 3)

Due on Monday, 7 November 

*The unit 1 test will be on Friday, 11 November.

OCTOBER

31.10

Happy Halloween!

• We checked our homework from last week.
• We finished making our costumes and reviewed the script for our Halloween play.
• After practicing a few times, we filmed the Halloween play we created as a class. It will be fun to watch the final video!

Bookwork: none

Homework: workbook page 16 (ex. 1), 17 (ex. 1), 20 (ex. 3)

24.10

Portfolios: We reviewed past continuous by writing what we were doing when an earthquake happened and playing a game with action dice.

• We read the story and tried to remember the order of events.
• We performed the story as a drama for the rest of the class and changed one thing that happened in the story.
• we learned how to use past continuous for two simultaneous actions using "while".

Bookwork: page 13, 14, 15, 119 ex 2

Homework: workbook page 12 ex. 1, 13 ex. 1, 2, 3

21.10

Portfolios: We played a game of wordshake.

Game: Past simple and past continuous Kahoot

• We talked about earthquakes today. We watched a video during break and learned about what happens during an earthquake. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=e7ho6z32yyo
• We learned about the past continuous and how it is different from the past simple. We practised reading, writing, listening, and speaking sentences using the past continuous.
• We listened to a punk rock song and had to correct the errors in the lyrics while listening. We talked about other types of music we like.
• We finalized the script for our Halloween play

Bookwork: page 11, 119 ex 1, 12

Homework: workbook page 10, 11 (ex. 1, 2, 3)

17.10

Portfolios: We wrote about the worst day ever to review using the past simple.

Intro: We watched a video where we learned about different natural disasters. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VBZsXvmBMs

• We wrote our individual parts in the Halloween play.
• We started a new Unit about a disaster in the past. The kids time traveled to Pompeii, Italy.
• We learend our new vocabulary words and practised saying them. Then we played a game of Snatch.
• We did a short listening activity to learn about what happened to the kids as they traveled to the past.
• We played a spelling race game with our vocabulary words and letters on our desks.
• We played a few games of hangman as a class.

Test: Studetns got their graded unit 0 test today.

Bookwork: page 10

Homework: workbook page 10, 11 (ex. 1, 2, 3)

14.10

Intro: We played a game of matching vocabulary words to the picture. Then with the cards, we play a game of Pexeso in small groups.

Test: We had out Unit 0 test today about the Science Lesson.

• After the test, we did a Halloween mad libs to create a spooky story.
• We continued writing our Halloween play which we will perform on Halloween.  
• We finished with a spooky Halloween video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZvtc1PqECs

Homework: none :)

10.10

Intro: We play pictionary in small teams with this unit's vocabulary words and some spooky Halloween words.

Portfolios: We wrote down a past simple question starting with the words did, when, why, what.

• We checked our answers with a partner from this week's homework.
• We reviewed for the Unit 0 test, starting with revision of some past simple verbs. We played a game where one person has the present verb and another has the past verb and you have to find your match in the classroom.
• Then we did a crossword puzzle. Each clue was a past sentence that had a mistake. The answer was the correct verb to make the sentence in the past. 
• We started writing a Halloween play which we will perform on Halloween. We thought about a character for each person in the class and where the play could take place. We came up with some ideas of what could happen.

 *We will have the Unit 0 test on Friday, 14 October.

Homework: none :)

7.10

Intro: We played a game of matching vocabulary words to the picture. Then with the cards, we play a game of Pexeso in small groups.

Portfolios: We wrote down our predictions for the story after looking a the pictures on page 8 and 9.

• We learned about how to make questions in the past simple form. We did exercise 1 and 2 on page 7. We watched a video about Leo the Leopard's bad day and then completed the grammar focus on page 118. We played an online game to build past questions and remember what happened to Leo in the video.
• We listened to the story about experiments in the science lab on page 8 and 9. We then read it silently to ourselves. We reviewed what happened in each of the three experiments and answered the questions on page 9.
• We finished by playing a fun Halloween Kahoot.

 *We will have the Unit 0 test on Friday, 14 October.

Homework: workbook page 7, (ex. 1, 2, 3)

Due on Monday, 10 October

SEPTEMBER

30.09

Intro: We shared about what we did this week using the past tense and what our favourite subject in school is.

Portfolios: We wrote the past tense of some verbs including get, have, eat, sleep. 

• We in the Science Lesson lesson unit and watched the video about Leo the Leopard's best day ever. Then we completed exercise 1 on page 118 making past simple verbs to fill in sentences.
• We reviewed what happened to the characters last lesson in the science lab and then listened to the song on page 6. While we listened, we answered the questions about Alex, Pheobe, and Patrick.
• Then we talked about what a rhyme and listened to the dialogue on page 6. We practised saying words that rhyme and thought of our some on our own by playing a game passing the ball around.
• We imagined yesterday was the best day ever and wrote in our portfolios what happened on the best day using past simple. We shared this with a partner.
• We finished by playing human knot.

Homework: workbook page 4, 5, (ex. 1 & 2), 6 (ex. 1 & 3)

Due on Friday, 7 October

26.09

Portfolios: We reviewed some of the classroom rules by watching a video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddvTFgzkS5M. The students wrote down two rules from the video.

• We began the first unit The Science Lesson. We talk about the characters  student books.
• We learned the vocabulary words on page 4, both the meaning and pronounciation. We played a game of Snatch and word scrambles to help remember the vocabulary.
• We did the listening exercise on page 4 and answered the questions about the science experiment in the lab.
• On page 5 we completed the table using the reading clues.
• We finished with a game of hangman.

Homework: workbook page 4, 5, (ex. 1 & 2), 6 (ex. 1 & 3)

Due on Friday, 7 October

23.09

Portfolios: We reviewed some grammar from last year such as must/mustn't as well as the past simple/past continuous

• We explored our student books by playing a scavenger hunt game. We listened and had to find something on one of the pages in our book. For example, "find two story titles", and "tell me one thing you see on page 70".
• We played the headbands game with food. Each student had a card on their forehead and had to ask other students yes or no questions to guess which food it was. We used questions like "Am I a fruit?"

Class poster: We almost finished our class poster, which will be hung in the hallway outside our LEAP classroom.

19.09

Portfolios: We reviewed when to use "much" and "many" to describe nouns and finished colouring the covers.

• We played the headbands game with animals. Each student had a card on their forehead and had to ask other students yes or no questions to guess which animal it was. We used questions like "do I have four legs?"
• We did a reading exercise about Cheetahs to learn more about them.
• We played a Kahoot game about Cheetahs and moved to a different corner of the room to show our answers.
• We finished with a Rock, Paper, Scissors tournament.

Class poster: We started to work on our class poster, which will be hung in the hallway outside our LEAP classroom.

16.09

Portfolios: We wrote about our favourite part of summer and one goal we have for the new year. We shared about what we did during summer and then continued to decorate the covers.

• We played the human knot game to practise using words such as “over” and “under”. We had to work as a team to unscramble ourselves.

• We played a “get to know you” Bingo game. We had to ask our classmates questions, such as "Do you have curly hair?" to get a Bingo.
• We practised changing statements into questions such as “I like” to “Do you like”. 
• We learned and practised "hands on top, everybody stop" as a signal to quiet down, sit down, and listen.
• We played Would you Rather? and chose a side of the room to go to.

Class poster: Next time we will start to work on our class poster, which will be hung in the hallway outside our LEAP classroom.

12.09

Intro: Today during our first lesson we introduced ourselves by passing a ball around and saying some of our favorite things.

 

Portfolios: Students were given their new portfolios, which we will use every lesson. They wrote their names and began to decorate the covers.

 

Class Rules:  We discussed our class rules and how we should treat our friends in class: 

Be kind to each other

Listen to the teacher

Raise your hand

Mobile phones stay in bags

Speak English 

Help each other

Bring homework and Super Minds books to class everyday

 

Group mascot: We learned about our group mascot, the Cheetahs from this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J20eXhZTHEo

 

• We reviewed questions we can ask our friends , such as "What do you like?" and “What do you not like?” to learn more about each other. We colored in the things we do like, things we sometimes like, and things we don't like on a puzzle.

• We reviewed words from the previous years such as the days of the week and months of the year through a relay game where you write the word on the board in teams.

 

Class poster: Next time we will start to work on our class poster, which will be hung in the hallway outside our LEAP classroom.

It was a great first day and I look forward to a great school year!