Vocabulary 3

Practice the words at home. Remember correct pronunciation and writing!

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1. hut (noun)
2. pot (noun)
3. slipper (noun)
4. silk (noun)
5. content (adjective)
6. overjoyed (verb)
7. wore (verb)
8. glimmering (verb)
9. task (noun)
10. served (verb)
11. concealed (verb)
12. valuable (adjective)
    

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“Yeh – Shen” – Chinese Cinderella

Last story of the trimester guys 🙂

“Once upon a time”… what a beautiful way to end up our trimester with a fairy tale! A prince, a princess, some magic creatures and, of course, a happy ending. Good overcoming evil and people living happily ever after… SO GREAT!

But also this is our chance to learn about CHINA! And how some story elements change in this version that was written a long, long time ago! An orphan girl Yeh–Shen is treated poorly by her stepmother, but she finds a new path with help from an enormous and beautiful fish. You will love this story!

 

 

 

 

Story Details – “The Dog that Dug for Dinosaurs”

Hello guys! This Thursday is our comprehension test. Keep in mind the name of the story, the characters, the setting, the genre, and the topic. You have this information on your notebook 🙂

Skill – “Fact and Opinion”

Try to do this examples at home as a practice. You can do it! 🙂

Story #2 – “The Dog that Dug for Dinosaurs”

Based on the true story of Tray, a little dog who lived in Lyme Regis, England that loved to dig for dinosaur bones with his owner, 12-year-old Mary Ann Anning. Together, they discovered many of the specimens now housed in the Natural History Museum in London.

I know you’ll love this story! 🙂

 

 

Oral Speech – SIGNS

Ok guys! Time to use your creativity! 🙂

PART 1 – CREATE YOU SIGN

The materials you can use are endless… from wood to cardboard, polyurethane (hielo seco), foamy or construction paper, markers, pencils, crayons, paint, glitter, foami letters, buttons, beans, cotton balls, aluminum foil, feathers, popsicle sticks, colored felt, ribbon, crepé paper… you name it!

Once you have your materials, the following instructions NEED to be fulfilled:

1. Choose a geometrical shape for your sign (circle, square, rectangle, heart, star, diamond, oval, hexagon, etc). If you decide to use wood, have it cut in the shape you want. THIS MUST BE DONE BEFORE BRINGING IT TO SCHOOL.
2. The sign must be  in size a minimum of 8.5 x 11. However, it can be bigger if you want.  No small signs will be accepted.
3. You need to WEAR you sign around your neck during the entire day with your Friday uniform. The idea is for the whole school to notice your sign and ask you about it. You can use ribbon or a piece of wool.
4. The sign can be a copy of the ones that already exists (you can look it up on Google), one that you like from the story “The Signmaker’s Assistant” or a completely new sign that you invented.
5. The sign can be made of only letters or only drawings or both. The teacher will understand once you have explained it.
6. If your sign is related to this year´s Science Fair Topic (Climate Change- natural disasters – safety tips, recycling, deforestation), the teacher will save it for the SCIENCE FAIR in October and it will be use among the decorations for that day. Also, on that day, you will have the opportunity to share your sign with high school students.

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PART 2 – ORAL SPEECH

The following questions must be answered in front of the class, to your classmates and your teacher. Remember you won’t be able to read your answers so practice your speech at home. In a piece of paper, copy the questions with your answers and hand it to the teacher at the moment of your presentation. The teacher will not accept papers done using a computer. THIS IS MANDATORY!

Questions:

1. What is your sign about?
2. What materials did you use?
3. Who helped you and in what way?
4. Why is your sign important / helpful?
5. Where would you put your sign?
6. Who should see your sign?

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**This are a few ideas for you! I know you’ll do GREAT!

LAST YEAR STUDENTS! 🙂

Story 1 – “The Signmaker’s Assistant”

We finished reading our first story 🙂 I think “Norman” learned his lesson… don’t you? He owned up to his mistake of making silly signs, like eat your hat or dump your garbage in front of a grocery store. It was even more crazy that people actually did all the stuff he put signs up for. What an amazing tale!

 

Vocabulary 1

Hey guys! This are the words for our first vocabulary. Remember the illustrations are important because it gives you an idea of what the word means and how to use it in a sentence. Next week, we will work more closely with each one of the words 🙂

1. assistant

2. brushes

3. polite

4. cleared

5. tearing

6. trouble

7. agreed

8. signs

9. failed

10. wisdom

 

 

Story 1 – “The Signmaker’s Assistant”

When Norman is around, be careful not to believe everything you read! Every day after school Norman works at the signmaker’s shop, helping him with simple chores. But what he’d really like to do is make his own signs. Then one day he gets his chance… and suddenly, all signs are pointing to trouble!

Get ready for this fun but really valuable story! 🙂

Welcome to the Third Trimester