Tuesday, 31st March 2020

Good morning, everybody!

I hope you are all ok. Let´s enjoy this rainy day at home!


ENGLISH

First of all, the activities I told you yesterday were from page 66 (writing). I wrote page 61. I´m sorry if you were confused because of this. 

So, for today...

1. Activities 1 and 2 from page 66.

2. Send me an e-mail with your predictions about the future. You must include:
             - Affirmative (will) and negative (won´t) predictions.
         - Predictions about: travel, weather, food, technology, people, holidays,                homes, school, pets, friends and family. 

E-MAIL: angel.lahoz@educa.madrid.org

3. Read a book in Travelers. 


SCIENCE

1. Today is the last day to send your Science Project. I´m looking forward to seeing all of them. 

Have a beautiful day!

Monday, 30th March 2020

Good morning! 

How are you? I hope you had a great weekend at home and you are ready for the last week of the second term. This Thursday is the last day before the Easter holidays.

Diego will choose a song for this week. Which one do you want? 

Let´s start!

ENGLISH

1. Answers to the activity 2 on page 65.

The main characters	The setting	The reporters´ problem	The solution	The ending
David Molly Isabel	A street	They saw a monster.	The monster is actually an actor who is making a science fiction film.	The reporters interview the actor and the director of the film.

2. Do on your notebook the activities 1 and 2 from page 66.

SCIENCE

1. Today is the last day to finish or correct the activity you chose. 

Have a very nice day!

Friday, 27th March 2020

Good morning!!

How are you today? Let´s start!

ENGLISH

1. Answers to the questions to the activity 3 on page 64.

     1. Because the monster is actually an actor wearning a costume.
     2. No. I think they are film makers.
     3. She is annoyed because she had to cut the recording of the film. 
     4. Free answer.

2. Read the text on page 65 and complete activity 2 on your notebook. You can read aloud to practice intonation and pronunciation. If you don´t understand a word, use a dictionary.


SCIENCE

1. Work for a while in the activity you have chosen to explore the Prehistory.  The list of possible activities is in the post of Tuesday 24th. 

Have a nice weekend! Take a rest! Enjoy this time with your family! And... "see" you on Monday!

Thursday, 26th March 2020

Good morning, everybody!

ENGLISH

1. Read the story on page 64 and complete the activity 3 on page 64 on your notebook. If you don´t understand some words in the story, use a dictionary. 

SCIENCE

As you know, you have to continue working on the activity you chose. 

I have already received two beautiful and creative games about Prehistory.

Have you all already decided what to do?

Wednesday, 25th March 2020

Good morning, everybody!

How are you? I wish you are all great! let´s start with some music!

ENGLISH

Today, you need Travelers to do all the activities.

1. Read a book in Travelers. 

2. In Travelers. Go to the Home page. In the section "ASSIGNMENTS", you will find two activities. 

SCIENCE

1. Today, you just have to go on with the activity you chose yesterday. That activity is like a mini-project. You will need many days to finish it. Here, you can find the list of possible activities: LIST OF POSSIBLE ACTIVITIES

If you finished a whole activity yesterday, send it to my e-mail.

And, you can start with a new one if you want!

2. It´d be great if you write a comment saying which activity you chose and if you´d recommend it to your classmates. 

HAVE A VERY NICE DAY!

Tuesday, 24th March 2020

¡Buenos días, familias!

Hoy os voy a plantear una nueva dinámica para seguir trabajando la Prehistoria. El objetivo de esta nueva dinámica es que cada familia decidáis qué actividad o actividades va a ir haciendo vuestro/a hijo/a según vuestra disponibilidad, recursos digitales, situación familiar e intereses.

La idea es que cada día vuestro/a hijo/a le dedique unos 45 minutos a la actividad que hayáis elegido y que cuando esté acabada me hagáis llegar el resultado final al correo electrónico. También me podéis ir haciendo todas las consultas que necesitéis, por supuesto. angel.lahoz@educa.madrid.org

La fecha de entrega para que yo les pueda dar feedback sería el martes 31 de marzo. Si alguien se retrasa, no pasa nada. Vamos a ser comprensivos.

Si en algún caso os viene bien la siguiente propuesta de actividades para que los niños estén entretenidos en casa y queréis que hagan más de una, también es posible. ¡Claro que sí!

Recordad que el objetivo es que cada niño/a siga trabajando el tema y conseguir que no supongan los deberes un estrés añadido a estos días. ¡A ver si conseguimos este equilibrio!

Gracias a todos por vuestra colaboración.

Espero que estéis todos bien y vuestros familiares también. 

Un abrazo fuerte.

______________________________________________________________

SCIENCE

TASK: Choose one of the following activities and do it carefully. 

I WILL VALUE: 

• That you use all the things you have learnt about Prehistory.
• Creativity. 
• Effort.

TIME: Spend 45 minutes every day doing that activity. You can rest during the weekend.

DEADLINE: Around the 31st March 2020

LIST OF POSSIBLE ACTIVITIES:

1. Write a diary as if you were a child living in Ptrehistory. Add drawings.
2. Make a model of a prehistory scene using materials you´ve got at home.
3. Record a puppet show about Prehistory. Write the script, make the puppets, practice and...record it!
4. Watch one of the following movies: Early Man (2018) or The Croods (2013). Take a piece of paper and a pencil and make two lists:
1. Things that appear in the film that are from Prehistory.
2. Things that appear in the film that aren´t from Prehistory. 
5. Learn by heart the song Living in the Stone Age and record a video of yourself singing the song. You can play hand-made prehistory instruments and dress up like a caveman.
6. Invent and create a simple game about Prehistory: memory, dominoe, ...
7. Make a board game with questions about Prehistory. Write the instructions, create the cards and board!
8. Write your own encyclopedia about Prehistory. Use information from your Social Science book and notebook. Make it beautiful!

ENGLISH

1. Read a book in Travelers. 

Have a nice day!

Monday, 23rd March 2020

Good morning, everybody! Let´s start this week!

This week Hugo V. has to choose the song. Which song do you choose, Hugo V.?

ENGLISH

I can see you are working a lot. For this reason, today you only have to read 2 books in Travelers. That´s all! 

Have fun!

SCIENCE

On Friday, you had a quiz about the animals. Today, you have a quiz about Prehistory. 

Remember, you have 15 minutes from the moment you open it. Good luck!

PREHISTORY QUIZ

Have a nice day!

Friday, 20th March 2020

Good morning!

Let´s wake up with a little bit of music! Can you sing it?

ENGLISH

1. Read a book in Travelers.

2. Answers to Activity 1 on page 62. Let´s check if you are a Science genius!

     1 - b

     2 - c

     3 - a

     4 - c

     5 - c

     6 - a

3. Answers to Activity 2 on page 62.

     1 - tired

     2 - confused

     3 - late

     4 - play games

     5 - happy

     6 - snake

     7 - home

     8 - lonely

4. Play this board game with someone in your family. You can print the board or you can play seeing the board on the computer´s screen.

You need a dice and counters. If you are playing on the computer´s screen, you can stick a piece of a post-it for each counter. 

Players take it in turns to roll the dice and move their counter along the board.

When a player lands on a square, the player to his/her right asks him/her "What do you do if...?"

The first player tries to answer the question appropriately. If the player forms the sentence correctly, he/she stays on the square.

If not, the player must come back to the previous square.

This is the game board. Enjoy it!

If you can´t play with anyone in your family. You can also play alone. Then, you roll the dice and you write down on your notebook the answer to each question. :) 

SCIENCE

It´s QUIZ time! 

Today, you are going to play a quiz about vertebrates and invertebrates.

TASK 1: Read your classmates´ presentation in the SAVE THE ANIMALS NGO website to learn all about them.

SAVE THE ANIMALS NGO

TASK 2: Play this quiz when you are sure that you know all about vertebrates and invertebrates. 

INSTRUCTIONS: 

1. You have 15 minutes to complete it.
2. Write your name. (THIS IS IMPORTANT)
3. When you finish, you have to click SUBMIT. (THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. IF NOT, I WON´T RECEIVE YOUR ANSWERS)

ANIMALS QUIZ

Have a nice weekend! 

Thursday, 19th March 2020

Good morning, everybody!

Remember that today is Father´s Day. Don´t forget to prepare a nice card or beautiful present to thank your father all the things he does for you. :)

Let´s start!

ENGLSIH

1. Read a book in Travelers.

2. Answers to activity 2 on page 61.

       1 - c
       2 - a
       3 - b
       4 - d
       5 - f
       6 - e

3. Activities 1 and 2 on page 62 on your notebook.  They are listening activities, but you can do them as reading ones. 

SCIENCE

Tomorrow, you will have a QUIZ about Prehistory. Today, you have to review everything we have learnt about it. 

TASK: Copy this chart on your notebook and complete it with the missing information.

	PALEOLITHIC	NEOLITHIC	METAL AGES
When did it start?		It started when humans learnt to domesticate animals.
When did it finish?			It finished when humans invented the writing.
Where did they live?		They became sedentary. They started to build houses and villages near rivers.
What did they eat?			They ate animals and vegetables from their farms.
What tools did they use?		They made hoes to turn the soil. They made sickles to cut the wheat. They made hand mills to mill the wheat.
What did they invent or discover?	They discovered the fire and how to control it.

When you´ve got it ready, take a photo and send it to angel.lahoz@educa.madrid.org


Enjoy Father´s Day!

Wednesday, 18th March 2020

¡Buenos días a todos!

Este mensaje es para todos: familias y niños. En primer lugar, muchas gracias por el gran esfuerzo que estáis haciendo  y todo el trabajo que, a pesar de las circunstancias, estáis sacando adelante.

Con este mensaje quiero animaros a seguir y también trasmitiros unas palabras de calma. Sabemos que la situación en vuestras casas tampoco es fácil. 

Mi objetivo estos días es seguir avanzando con la programación (como nos están pidiendo) buscando el equilibrio entre que los niños no estén completamente ociosos y que el trabajo del colegio no se convierta en un agobio para la familia. Os diré que a veces calcular este equilibrio me resulta muy difícil.

Por todo esto, os animo a estar tranquilos con las tareas del colegio y usar el sentido común.

Algunos me habéis escrito comentándome que no os dejaba en ciertos momentos escribir comentarios en el blog. Lo he revisado todo y debería funcionar. No obstante, hay momentos en que las redes están sobrecargadas estos días. Si no os deja escribir un comentario, cualquier solución estará bien: que lo escriban en el cuaderno como un ejercicio más (no podré corregirlo hasta que nos volvamos a ver), que lo escriba en una hoja en sucio y pruebe en otro momento, ...

Si algún enlace no funciona y decidís hacer la actividad en el cuaderno también estará bien.

Finalmente, soy consciente de que no tenéis un ordenador a disposición de cada hijo. Por esto, organizad el trabajo de cada día como mejor os venga, seré totalmente flexible con las fechas de entrega. Lo mismo con la plataforma Travelers. Les vengo mandando leer un libro cada día. Si os viene mejor que lean dos libros cada dos días o cualquier otra organización, está perfecto. 

Mil gracias de nuevo a todos por vuestra colaboración. 

Por favor, si queréis comentarme cómo lo estáis viviendo, agradecería vuestros correos a angel.lahoz@educa.madrid.org

Un saludo 

Ángel 

_______________________________________________________________

Good morning, everybody!

Happy Wednesday to all of you! 

I hope you are all ok and you are enjoying these lessons and activities.

Let´s start!

ENGLISH

1. Marcos chose for this week Grace Kelly by Mika. Great song! Thank you, Marcos!

2. Read a book in Travelers. 

3. Answers to the reading about The Solar System:

          - What type of planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars?
          - They are rocky planets.

          - Which planets have moons?
          - All the planets except Mercury and Venus.

          - Which planets don´t have rings?
          - Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars don´t have rings.

          - Which planets are visible to the naked eye?
          - All the planets except Uranus and Neptune can be seen with the naked               eye. 

4. Activity 2 on page 61. On your notebook. It is a listening activity, but you can also doing just reading. 

5. Let´s share your ideas to stay healthy and happy during these days that we have to stay at home. Write a comment, completing these sentences:

     - When I feel tired, ...
     - If I´m hungry at home, ...
     - If I feel scared, ...
     - When my parents are working, ...
     - If I get angry with someone in my family, ...
     - When I feel like going outside, ...
     - When my family is preparing the meal, ...
     - When I get up in the morning, ... 

SCIENCE

We´ve already learnt about the three periods of Prehistory: Paleolithic, Neolithic and the Metal Ages.

First of all, let´s check the answers to the questions you had to investigate yesterday. You don´t need to have the same words. Just check if you have got the same information. 

• Where did they live in the Metal Ages?
• They lived in tribes. Most of them lived in bigger villages or towns surrounded by walls for protection.

• Which metals did they use in the Metal Ages?
• Copper was the first metal used to make tools and weapons. Then, people discovered that they could make their metal tools stronger by mixing copper with tin. This new metal is called bronze. Finally, people learned how to make tools and weapons using iron. This metal is much stronger and is more naturally abundant. 

• Which tools and weapons did they make with metals?
• They made stronger hoes, sickles and plows to dig up the ground and plant the crops. They made pots to cook. They also made swords.

• Which was a great invention from the Metal Ages?
• A great invention from the Metal Ages was the wheel. 

I´ve been receiving many comic strips about the Paleolithic and I love all of them. They are really fun and creative. I´ve got a similar task for today. 

TASK: Create a comic strip about the Neolithic or the Metal Ages. 

You have to:
- tell a short story with the comic strip. 
- include at least 4 pictures.
- show only things that were in the chosen period. 

Instructions:
1. Choose the period you want to work on: Neolithic or the Metal Ages.2. Make a list with the things from that period that you want to include in your comic.
3. Invent the story you want to tell.
4. Divide this story in different scenes or pictures.
5. Draw a draft of your comic strip.
6. Take a separate piece of paper. 
7. With a ruler, divide the paper in as many parts as you need.
8. Draw the pictures for each scene.
9. Draw speech bubbles showing what the characters say.
10. Colour the pictures.
11. Take a photo of your comic and send it to angel.lahoz@educa.madrid.org

Note: This activity will count for your final mark!

Deadline: Thursday, 19th March 2020

Have a nice day! Any questions... angel.lahoz@educa.madrid.org

Tuesday, 17th March 2020

Good morning, everybody!

How are you today? I guess you are missing your classmates and teachers. For this reason, your teachers have created a video to encourage you to stay at home. I´m sure we will see each other very soon. 

VIDEO FROM YOUR TEACHERS

These are the activities for today!

ENGLISH

1. Read a book in Travelers. 

2. Check the answers of the activity 2 on page 59.

          a - 6

          b - 5

          c - 1

          d - 7

          e - 4

          f - 3

          g - 2

3. Read the text about Our Solar System on page 60 and answer to the questions in this link: https://forms.gle/mzY92H1V4p2v1dkY6

SCIENCE

1. To start, enjoy this amazing poem by Michael Rosen called "I was born in the Stone Age". Try to understand it. You can listen to it as many times as you need.

2. Learn or remember the Stone Age Song.

3. Today, we are studying the last period of Prehistory. It´s called the Metal Ages. 

On your notebook, write today´s date and THE METAL AGES as a title. 

Then, copy these questions and answer them.

          - Where did they live in the Metal Ages?
          - Which metals did they use in the Metal Ages?
          - Which tools and weapons did they make with metals?
          - Which was a great invention from the Metal Ages?

To find the answers, you can:

- Read your Social Science book.

- Watch these videos.

- Read this book about The Iron Age, the last period of the Metal Ages. 

Please, ask me any questions to angel.lahoz@educa.madrid.org!

Have a nice day!

Monday, 16th March 2020

Good morning, everybody! How was your weekend? I hope you enjoyed it and you could make the most of this time with your family. 

WARNING: 
It´s very important that you use the comments at the end of the post. 
It´s the way I have to know if you are doing the activities and you are undestanding everything. 
You must participate with your comments. 

Let´s start with today´s activities!

ENGLISH

1. Marcos, you are in charge of choosing this week song. Which song would you like to choose? 

2. Read a book in Travelers. 

3. Answer to activity 1 on page 58:

          1. Space tourists will walk in space.
          2. They won´t sleep in beds.
          3. They won´t go to the beach.
          4. They will wear space suits.
          5. They won´t go to the park.
          6. They won´t eat traditional food. 

4. Activity 2 on page 59. On your notebook, match the answers of activity 2 with the questions in activity 1. 

5. Write comments with questions about the future. Answer to the questions of your classmates.

For example: Student A - In the future, will you travel in time?
                    Student B - Yes, we will. / No, they won´t.
                    
                    Student A - In the future, where will people live?
                    Student B - People will live in Mars.  

SCIENCE

Today, I´ve got many things to show. First, of all I want to show you the Neolithic pinch pots you have sent to me. I hope you had a lot of fun doing them!

Adrián

Eva

Jorge J.

Lucía

Marcos

Some of you also sent me the comic strip about the Paleolithic. They are really creative and beautiful! Have a look!

Eva

Gadea

Jorge J. also sent his comic strip to me, but I can´t upload it. Sorry!

I remember to all of you that the comic strip about the Paleolithic is compulsory and it will count for your final mark. 

TASK: Create a comic strip about the Paleolithic. 

You have to:
- tell a short story with the comic strip. 
- include at least 4 pictures.
- show only things that were in the Paleolithic. 

Instructions:
1. Make a list with the things from the Paleolithic that you want to include in your comic.
2. Invent the story you want to tell.
3. Divide this story in different scenes or pictures.
4. Draw a draft of your comic strip.
5. Take a separate piece of paper. 
6. With a ruler, divide the paper in as many parts as you need.
7. Draw the pictures for each scene.
8. Draw speech bubbles showing what the characters say.
9. Colour the pictures.
10. Take a photo of your comic and send it to angel.lahoz@educa.madrid.org

GOOD NEWS FOR THE NGO "SAVE THE ANIMALS"

Your website is already available!

https://savetheanimals4thg.wixsite.com/project

TASK 1: Take some time to read your classmates´ presentations and learn about the different groups of vertebrates and invertebrates. 

TASK 2: Create an inphography (a page with pictures and information) about your favourite animal.

EXPLANATION:

- You have to do it on a paper or piece of cardboard (A-4).

- It is very important that you don´t copy a lot of information. You have to read it and write it with your own words. 

- Easy and short is better than difficult and long.

- Be creative! Use different materials and ways to present the information. 

- Pay attention to spelling and grammar mistakes. 

YOU HAVE TO INCLUDE:

- Name of the animal.

- A grawing or photograph.

- Is it a vertebrate or an invertebrate?

- To which group of animals does it belong?

- How does it reproduce?

- How is its skin covered?

- How are its limbs?

- How does it breathe?

- What does it eat? Is it a carnivore, a herbivore, an omnivore, a scavenger or a descomposer?

- Where does it live?

- Some curiosities

DEADLINE: Wednesday, 18th March 2020. Send a photo to my e-mail angel.lahoz@educa.madrid.org

If you´ve got any questions, just ask me at angel.lahoz@educa.madrid.org!