"Jack and the Beanstalk" (Reader)

Teaching reading (Mice)

Create activities for reading skills.

1. Skimming:

- What is the story about? Write in one or two lines.

2. Scanning:

- Write a characteristic from each mouse (only one).

3. Reading between the lines:

- Where does the third mouse live?

4. Predicting:

- Try to guess: weight, the size, how long they life and what they eat.

5. Intensive reading:

- Answer the questions: How long dos it live?

                                                Which/what high does it reach, for each jump?

                                                Which kind of food can it eat?

                                                Where does it live?

                                                What is the biggest size that Dormous has?

6. Guessing meaning from the context:

Guess the meaning from the context of: grams, months, cables and eggs.

Art in class.

The teacher will show these paintings to the children, in which the topic is traditional games. It is a good way to show them how culture was in their country in the past. That will help the, to be aware of the changes that have happened in their country. Making a comparison between hoe the came was in the past and how is it nowadays.

Now, all the children will play to “Gallinita Ciega” and “Cinquillo”. In the first game, one child will cover his/her eyes with a blinker and all the kids have to move around in order to be catch. If the “hen” grabs on of his/her classmates, he/she would have to figure out who that person is. In the second game, the children will have to put the card number five on the table, and then they will have to follow the numbers up and down. The winner is the one that runs out of cards first.

La Gallina Ciega
Francisco Goya, 1789

Los Jugadores de Naipes
Francisco Goya, 1789

Brown bear, brown bear, what do you see? (Storytelling)

This story is called “Brown bear, brown bear, what do you see?” written by Bill Martin, Jr.

I had chosen this story because it is a simple way to teach the different types of animals that the students can see on their lives and we can use it to learn the colours.

It has simple vocabulary so this will make the kids understand the story better. And it has too, repetitive sentences that the children can learn it and help the teacher telling the story.

Before, while and after activities for "The Very Hungry Caterpillar"

- Butterflies from the world: We are going to visit Faunia, a specific place where are lots of butterflies for all over the world.

- Life-cycle of the butterfly: The teacher brings to the class some caterpillar in a box. In this way, we can se the life-cycle. We have also to feed them.

- The number song: We are going to sing some songs like, "Ten little fingers" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9KmC1-jGNc) or "Five little monkeys" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1MxtTPm-Ek)

- Maths: We are going to work shapes: circles, rectangles and triangles; for creating a caterpillar. 

- Arts & Crafts: With collage, we can create a caterpillar and a cocoon, too.

- ICT (Information and Communication Technology): Find some interactive activities about food, using the smart board, or something similar.

- For recognize different types of food, we are going to create a bingo.

Why Zog is a good storybook?

We think that this storybook is appropriate for the children because it has magic things and they would like to become a big dragon.

It’s appropriate for the children because even it has difficult words they can follow the story.

There are no long descriptive paragraphs because for children we need easier structures.

There are literacy devices in these book like “now that you’ve been shown, you can practice on your own”.

It has a good layout because the children can follow the story watching only the pictures in it.

We can teach some values like friendship, fulfilling their goals…

“Reader” Charlie And The Chocolate Factory (Chapter 1)

Hello, I’m Charlie Bucket! These are my dad parents, Joe and Josefine. And these ones are my mother parents, George and Georgina.

These are my parents Mr. and Mrs. Bucket.

I love chocolate and I’m jealous when I see my classmates eating chocolate.

Only once a year, on my birthday, I get a chocolate bar. I eat it a little bit everyday.

The most terrible thing is that I have an ¡¡¡ENORMOUS CHOCOLATE FACTORY!!! near my house. It has big iron gates and a high wall around it and the air smells like chocolate.

Oh! I wish I could get inside!