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What are you doing?

We are learning the present continuous verb tense, or how to use

to be + verb + ing

to say what is happening right now or at the moment!

Watch this video to see lots of examples of daily activities in the present continuous verb tense.  You can also see negative sentences and questions.

Are you interested in seeing some more real examples of how often English speakers use the present continuous?  Have fun watching this video clip of TV shows using -ing!

Now, see how quickly you can identify verbs with -ing.

Click here.

 

Now play this game to see if you understand the verbs you hear!

Have fun!  We’ll see you in class.

 

Happy Easter!

CONGRATULATIONS ONE AND ALL FOR ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL «QUESTION» HUNT YESTERDAY TO CELEBRATE THE COMING VACATION!

Here are a few photos of our fun: the questions, the eggs, and the racing to find them.

Here are some videos to watch and activities to do while you are on holiday.  Have fun!

Click to watch the video quiz!

Watch and see if you can answer the questions in this video!  If you can, write them down and send them to us via Google Classroom!

We wish you all a healthy, wonderful, very deserved vacation!

We’ll see you in April!

Manolo and Lindley

 

What time is it?

It’s time for……practicing ANALOG time!  In  our digital world, it is still important to know how to read ANALOG time.

Have fun singing along with this video!

Watch this video for a reminder of how to say the times in English.

Here is a liveworksheet to practice with that we won’t put a «grade» on!  Click on the triangle clock to play! Have fun!

 

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Click on the watch to play a game about time!

 

Leave  us a comment and let us know how you do!

Have a nice weekend!

 

 

Celebrating the Mediterranean

Culture Week!!!  The glorious mid-term celebration each year at Alquería that allows the language department a unique opportunity to stop concentrating on language learning and to dig deeper into other topics using our target languages.

As you all know now, our theme this year was the Mediterranean region, and specifically learning about the geography of the area.  We covered the same general content in each grade but increased the amount and complexity of the knowledge in each year group.

We began discussing what we know about the sea, linking back to last year’s culture week in which we learned about water!  We recapped how much water is on the earth, discussed the major differences between ocean and seas, and finally we drilled down on the unique features of the Mediterranean.  We put special emphasis on being able to name, recognize and pronounce (in English) the continents the sea touches, and the countries on each continent.  We discussed the island nations, the “doors” to the sea and differentiated between the natural connections (like the Straits of Gibraltar and the Bosporus) as compared to the manmade Suez Canal.

To help consolidate this learning that began prior to Culture Week, this week brought the surprise of messages in bottles that had travelled across the Mediterranean to our classes.

While each class had different guesses to what the bottles might contain (treasure maps? Love letters?) actually each bottle had a different challenge related to the geography and trivia about the region for the teams to answer.  The challenge was made more interesting due to time limits imposed by an hourglass (sandglass)! They kids collaborated on each challenge and solved them with great enthusiasm as you can see in the photos below.

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We culminated our celebrations by visiting celebrities as Year 6 transformed into famous people, ancient and modern, from the region.  Each student wrote and learned their “autobiography”, created a poster about “their life” and recited it to all of the other students in the school!  Not only did they do a lot of work becoming living statues and teachers to all of primary, but they did it with wonderful energy and excitement!  Here are some photos so you can enjoy our living museum too!

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Congratulations Alquería on your wonderful work this week!

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¡¡¡La Semana Cultural !!! La gloriosa celebración en la mitad del segundo trimestre en Alquería que brinda al departamento de idiomas una oportunidad única para dejar de concentrarse en el aprendizaje de idiomas en sí y profundizar en otros temas utilizando, en este caso inglés como idioma de comunicación.

Como todos sabéis, nuestro tema de este año fue la región mediterránea, y concretamente aprender sobre la geografía de la zona. Trabajamos el mismo contenido general en cada curso, pero aumentamos la cantidad y complejidad del conocimiento acorde con la edad de cada grupo. Comenzamos hablando de lo que sabemos ya sobre el mar, ¡vinculándonos a la semana cultural del año pasado en la que aprendimos sobre el agua! Recapitulamos cuánta agua hay en la tierra, destacamos las diferencias principales entre los océanos y los mares y, finalmente, profundizamos en las características únicas del Mediterráneo. Ponemos especial énfasis en poder nombrar, reconocer y pronunciar (en inglés) los continentes que toca el mar y los países de cada continente. Hablamos de las naciones insulares, las «puertas» al mar y diferenciamos entre las conexiones naturales (como el Estrecho de Gibraltar y el Bósforo) en comparación con el Canal de Suez que fue hecho por los hombres. Para ayudar a consolidar este aprendizaje que comenzó antes de la Semana de la Cultural, esta semana trajó a nuestras clases la sorpresa de mensajes en botellas que habían viajado por el Mediterráneo.

Si bien cada clase tenía diferentes suposiciones sobre lo que podrían contener las botellas (¿mapas del tesoro? ¿cartas de amor?) en realidad cada botella tenía un desafío diferente relacionado con la geografía y hechos interesantes sobre la región para que los equipos respondieran. ¡El desafío se hizo más interesante debido al reloj de arena! Afrontaron cada reto de manera colaborativa y con ganas que se puede apreciar en las fotos.

Culminamos nuestras celebraciones visitando a personas celebres de la región. Los alumnos de sexto se transformaron en personajes famosos, antiguos y modernos. Cada estudiante escribió y aprendió su «autobiografía,» creó un cartel sobre «su vida» y se lo recitó a todos los demás estudiantes de la escuela. No solo hicieron mucho trabajo convirtiéndose en estatuas viva y siendo maestros para todos los de primaria, ¡sino que lo hicieron con una energía y entusiasmo maravilloso! ¡Aquí tenéis algunas fotos para que puedas disfrutar también de nuestro museo viviente! ¡Felicidades Alquería por tu maravilloso trabajo esta semana!

 

Culture Week: Maps and the Mediterranean

Hello everyone- As we prepare for and celebrate culture week, we wanted to leave you a few fun links to practice and extend your knowledge of the geography of the Mediterranean Sea.

Do you know HOW MANY people live in the Mediterranean countries?  Click this link to see how the population of the region has changed over time, and to see how it is expected to change in the future. Click on the links to watch the videos.

https://youtu.be/gQ02gur0SPA

… and once again, a video to repeat to help you become more familiar with the region and the pronunciation of the Mediterranean countries and some geographical features.

 

Test your knowledge of where the Mediterranean countries are located by challenging yourselves and playing the games. Click on the pictures to play.

Have fun practicing your knowledge of the region!  We look forward to doing more Culture week activities with you next week!

Manolo and Lindley