Brown Bear, brown Bear what do you see? A very well known book by Eric Carle turned into a fun speaking activity. Have a look at the video
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Second stop, Julia Donaldson's Room on the Broom A s Halloween is all around, this story seems to be the perfect occasion to discuss the customs related to this celebration. New vocabulary items are introduced (witch, broom, cauldron) based on already known words about animals. A very interesting introductory activity the pupils enjoyed was to find and match the two separate halves of pictures related to the story. What they needed to say first in order to find the other half was: " It is spooky, it is scary it is halloween night. Who are you?" After they discovered all the pictures, they put the story into a sequence. The repetition of certain sentences aroused their excitement and made the whole game even more fun. Moreover, they prepared the witch's potion in the cauldron Additionally, they played a little theatrical play: In a dark dark... Finally, as a little gift, little broomsticks/pencils were given to the pupils. In the end, they made their own first bo...
First stop of our trip is ... The Tiger who came to Tea by Judith Kerr. A marvelous book about a tiger who visited a girl's house to tea and ....all the mess it caused. Through a variety of flashcards (credits: Twinkl.com ) and realia we tried to attract the kids' interest to the story which proved to be a very successful step to introduce them to the British culture and a typical part of it ... tea-drinking. So, the pupils where invited to a tea party... and enjoyed their tea together with cookies. After that, they carefully listened to the story of the tiger, where emphasis was given to food items, rooms of the house and family members.
Welcome to our storytelling club! Here's a place where the magic trip to the world of books has just begun. This year a new club has started for the pupils of the 17th Experimental Primary School of Xanthi, Greece. It addresses to the pupils of the third and fourth classes. The aim of the present club is to inspire young pupils to explore the world of English children's books through noticing, miming, playing, crafting as well as retelling the story, with any means they have. So, the selection of books has been made according to the interests and level of the kids. Special attention has been paid to the language used and the patterns employed that would be easy for the pupils to follow and produce. So, let the magic begin...