Jim's decision

Hello my friend! I am here with another resource. Now it is related with tales and how to make them. On the net we have a lot webs that help us to be creative in order to imagine and invent stories. We have work about FAMILY MEMBERS and THE HOUSE, so our tale is related to that. Click here and read it. I hope you will enjoy it!!

Symbaloo

Hi guys!! Now I will show in this post something very useful, is like a list of the main resources I usually use. It is a smart way to keep on-hand everything you use in your teaching process. My symbaloo is this one, have a look and discover all the resources I consider useful and important.

The house

Hello! I am here with another post, this time I am going to introduce a new topic, THE HOUSE. This presentation is a classification of the main types of houses and it parts. If you are interested in having a look, click here and look around. I hope you will find it interesting and useful!

Goldilocks and the three bears

In this post I am going to tell you a tale, a classical one which shows the story of a little family composed by Daddy, Mummy and Baby Bear. Due to the succes that podcasting has lately, the way that I have chosen to make it as a podcast in order to can share it online with someone else who is interested in. Click here and enjoy this traditional tale!

English classroom resources

In this post I will recommend you some blogs, websites, APPs and a lot of resources to can exploit in your English lessons. I have classified them as the following: Learn English using gamification in Primary Education; how to develop the speaking skills in Primary Education and how to develop the writing skills in the Primary Education too.

Gamification

- This website belongs to the British Council. There, you can find a lot of activities which are focused on a funny way, to make learning enjoyable.On the top of the page there are many sections to choose depending on what you want to work, as long as you are browsing on the website, you can find a lot of choices that you can click on as well.

- Fun English Games is a website where you can find so many resources to work with during your English lessons. As the previous one, it has sections as games, quizzes or videos that could help you to teach in a funny way as gamification methodology claims.

- Take the pen is a blog where you can find a lot of resources and different ways to work at class. It is divided on 6 sections: speaking, listening, writing, reading, vocabulary and grammar.The teacher Belén suggests a lot of activities to make Teaching and Learning process appealing and easy.

English Speaking Skill

- This website which belongs to Oxford, it gives teachers tips and advices to improve the speaking on their students.

- On this website you can find so many ways to develop the speaking in our class. Click here and discover them!

- Now we present a blog where either teachers and parents could find instructions and activities to develop this skill. Do you want to have a look?

English Writing Skill

- This website was created to help every teacher who is interested in improving English  focusing on writing and proposing activities and resources. There are so many subjects and grades which you can select in order to fulfill student's need.

- This website is agreat source of content in four cateories: narrative, persuasive, expository, and descriptive essays. Start with the featured essays, then dig deeper to find inspiration on different topics. When your students starts writing more, encourage them to take part in the site's weekly essay contest. Winners are published in the mini essays section.

- This website provides fun resources that teach young children how to write and understand written content. The lessons are taught through short cartoons and interactive excercises. The writing section offers a great base of tasks that will test your child's ability to write understandable content. Click  here and have a look to the different tasks!

Videos

- Mayte Pelegrin has a channel on Youtube where she puts online her lessons and how she works at class. It could be very uselful to other teachers in order to know how to introduce a topic or the way she explains it or how she carries it out.

- This blog belongs to teacher Marta, there she has besides resources videos showing how she works the different contents and how her students react to them. Here you can see all the material she has.

- Super Simple Songs is a collection of original kids songs and classic nursery rhymes made easy for young learners. Combining captivating animation and puppetry with delightful music that kids love to sing along with, Super Simple Songs makes learning simple and fun!

Mind map

How to have all the words we have learnt in order and in the same page? The best way to do that is doing a mind map, you can organize your thoughts to embrace them in an  easier and effective way. Clicking here you can have a look to the FAMILY MEMBERS mind map.

Activities

In this post I will show some activities related to the main topic that I have chosen, FAMILY MEMBERS.

•  The first activity is a guessing one, through some clues you will deduce the correct answer after having reviewing the presentation. Click here and let's play!

•  The second one is a word search. You will find all the members that we have seen on the presentation, so think back and try to remember all of them, then by clicking here you can get into the play!