June 11th

First Friends – Tuesday/Friday Lesson

 

Revision Lesson!

Days of the Week

Months of the Year

Numbers

Jobs – firefighter, police officer, nurse, doctor, secretary, taxi driver, builder, shop keeper.

Homework: 

This week is an opportunity to go through the Activity Book to catch up on any unfinished pages. The pages are individually marked in each child’s book. 

Family and Friends 1 – Wednesday Lesson 

Topic 15: Let’s play ball !

Vocabulary: sandcastle, beach, crab, the sea, boat, shell, sun cream, bat, ice lolly, bucket, spade

Grammar : Let’s go and play ! Let’s make a sandcastle !

Phonetics: ‘u’; rug, jug, sum

Song: It’s a wonderful day !

Homework: 108-113, or otherwise marked in each child’s book individually. 

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Prepare 1 – Unit 13 – Places

  • (Mathys vk, Eva, Theophile, Alexis, Sara, Lou, Bernard)
    • The children need to finish unit 13 in their workbook, practice the vocabulary, grammar reference on page 150 and dialogue at home.

Prepare 2 – Unit 8 – Favourite Places (Part 2)

  • (Yael)
    • He will need to finish unit 8 in his workbook, practice the vocabulary, grammar reference on page 145.  He has a paragraph writing he needs to turn in too on page 53 in his class book. He wrote everything down in his agenda.

Prepare 4 – Unit 15 – Digital Life

  • (Swadha)
    • She will need to finish unit 15 in her workbook and write an informal email to me using the examples on page 89 in the class book.

Family and Friends 4 – Unit 15 – Good News, Bad News + Review 5

  • (Ysee, Batoul, Padme.)
    • The children need to finish unit 15 in their workbook and review 5, practice the vocabulary and dialogue at home.

Family and Friends 3 – Fluency Time 5 + Review 5

  • (Shams, Lou, Thais, Laurette.)
    • The children need to finish fluency time 5 and review 5 in their workbook, practice the vocabulary and dialogue at home.

Family and Friends 2 –

  • (Julia, Louis, Naila, Leo, Mathis H, Leonard, Marcus)
    • We did not have time this afternoon to have English group. We will make it up on Monday.

June 4th

Family and Friends 1 – Wednesday Group 

This week we finished off Skills Time for topic 13 (pp.100-101)

And then…

Topic 14: Action Boy can run ! 

Vocabulary: run, fly, walk, talk, swim, climb, write, draw, sing, dance, cook

Grammar: Can he play football ? He can / He can’t.

Phonetics: ‘o’: dog, fox, log 

Song: I can do anything !

Homework: pp.102 – 105 (or otherwise noted individually in child’s book depending on level) 

First Friends 2 – Tuesday / Friday Group

Topic 10: Jobs ! 

Vocabulary: doctor, taxi driver, police officer, secretary, firefighter, builder, shop keeper, farmer

Story: Is Mum a farmer ?

Phonetics: ‘un’, sun, bun, run 

Homework: p 67, 68, 69, 71, 72 (or otherwise noted individually in child’s book depending on level) 

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Prepare 1 – Life Skills – ICT Literacy

  • (Mathys vk, Eva, Theophile, Alexis, Sara, Lou, Bernard)
    • The children need to finish their Project making a be safe online poster Page 77 in their student book.

Prepare 2 – Unit 8 – Favourite Places (Part 1)

  • (Yael)
    • He will need to start unit 8 in his workbook. He wrote everything down in his agenda.

Prepare 4 – Unit 14 – On Screen

  • (Swadha)
    • She will need to finish unit 14 in her workbook.

Family and Friends 4 – Unit 14 – We were fishing

  • (Ysee, Batoul, Padme.)
    • The children need to finish unit 14 in their workbook, practice the vocabulary and dialogue at home.

Family and Friends 3 – Unit 15 – Our Holiday!

  • (Shams, Lou, Thais, Laurette.)
    • The children need to finish unit 15 in their workbook, practice the vocabulary and dialogue at home.

Family and Friends 2 – Unit 12 – You’re sleeping!

  • (Julia, Louis, Naila, Leo, Mathis H, Leonard, Marcus)
    • Naila forgot her books at home.
    • The children need to finish unit 12 in their workbook, practice the vocabulary and dialogue at home.

May 28th

First Friends 2 – Tuesday and Friday

Numbers project ! (outside of the book)

Revision of numbers 1 – 20

Learned multiples of 10 up to 100

Numbers song

Homework: Numbers print out.

Family and Friends 1 – Wednesday

Topic 13 : Tidy Up !

Vocabulary: rug, bed, cupboard, shelf, pillow, blanket

Grammar: There’s a doll / There are three dolls.

Revision: Numbers 1 – 20

Song: There are ten in the bed

Phonetics: ‘i’ ; bin, fig, tin

Homework: pages 96 – 101, or otherwise indicated in the book. Some children have different pages depending on level.

Prepare 1 – Unit 12 – Working Life

  • (Mathys vk, Eva, Theophile, Alexis, Sara, Lou, Bernard)
    • The children need to finish unit 12 in their workbook, practice the vocabulary, grammar reference on page 149 and dialogue at home.

Prepare 2 – Unit 7 – Review Day

  • (Yael)
    • He needs to bring his workbook to school to be evaluated and corrected. Please come prepared with all your books.

Prepare 4 – Unit 13 – Mixed Feelings

  • (Swadha)
    • She will need to finish unit 13 in her workbook.

Family and Friends 4 – Unit 13 – Can you help me?

  • (Ysee, Batoul, Padme.)
    • The children need to finish unit 13 in their workbook, practice the vocabulary and dialogue at home.

Family and Friends 3 – Unit 14 – Did you have a good day?

  • (Shams, Lou, Thais, Laurette.)
    • The children need to finish unit 14 in their workbook, practice the vocabulary and dialogue at home.

Family and Friends 2 – Unit 11 – What are you wearing?

  • (Julia, Louis, Naila, Leo, Mathis H, Leonard, Marcus)
    • Julia forgot her books at home.
    • The children need to finish unit 11 in their workbook, practice the vocabulary and dialogue at home.

May 21th

First Friends 2 – Tuesday and Friday class

Topic 9: In The Wild !

Vocabulary: monkey, parrot, snake, lion, crocodile, zebra, giraffe, tiger, elephant, hippo

Grammar: He / She / It can (jump)

Phonetics: ‘op’ ; hop, top, mop

Story and Song for Into the Wild topic.

Homework: pages 60, 61, 62, 65 of Activity Book

Family and Friends 1 – Wednesday Class

This week we completed pages 90 – 95

Skills Time: reading, listening and speaking practice.

(grammar: isn’t = is not , don’t = do not, aren’t = are not)

(Vocabulary: food items)

Fluency Time: listening and speaking practice.

(Would you like tomatoes? Yes, please / No, thanks)

Review of topic 4 – review of all topic vocabulary and grammar.

Homework:

pages 90 – 95 (or otherwise marked individually in each child’s book)

Please find the following video to be used on page 93 of the homework:

May 10th

English Homework:

First Friends 2 Tuesday / Friday Group: 
– Revision of senses: I touch with my finger, I hear with my ears etc…
– Project – Parts of the Body: We started an arts and crafts project where we made a new pupil!
– Grammar: I have two arms, I have one nose
Exceptionally there is no homework this week; however, you can practice during class time and at home the sentences identifying parts of the body. I have two ears, I have one nose, this can be done with the new pupil we created !
Family Friends 1 Wednesday Group: 
– This week we did a special project on sea animals !
– Learned vocabulary: squid, jellyfish, whale, shark, crab, sea snail, rock, cave, lobster.
– Grammar: identifying animals through using adjectives; it is big, it is dangerous, it is black and white etc…
Homework: Sea animal booklet – there are some adjective exercises and some research on sea animals.

May 7th

Prepare 1 – Unit 11 – My Digital Life

  • (Mathys vk, Eva, Theophile, Alexis, Sara, Lou, Bernard)
    • Sara, Theophile, and Eva forgot their workbook.
    • Alexis, Sara, Mathys need to catch up on their homework.
    • The children need to finish unit 11 in their workbook, practice the vocabulary, grammar reference on page 148 and dialogue at home.

Prepare 2 – Unit 7 – An Exciting Trip (Part 1)

  • (Yael)
    • He needs to start unit 7 in his workbook, practice the vocabulary, grammar reference on page 144 and dialogue at home.
    • Practice Irregular verbs

Prepare 4 – Unit 12 – Incredible Wildlife / Life skills social responsibility

  • (Swadha)
    • She will need to finish unit 12 in her workbook.
    • Project – An environmental campaign

Family and Friends 4 – Review day

  • (Ysee, Batoul, Padme.)
    • Ysee forgot her book at home, please keep it at school.
    • Batoul/Padme were not prepared, unable to progress today.

Family and Friends 3 – Unit 13 – The Ancient Egyptians

  • (Shams, Lou, Thais, Laurette.)
    • The children need to finish unit 13 in their workbook, practice the vocabulary and dialogue at home.

Family and Friends 2 – Fluency Time 3 / Review 3

  • (Julia, Louis, Naila, Leo, Mathis H, Leonard, Marcus)
    • Julia forgot her books at home.
    • Please finish Fluency time and review 3 in your workbooks and practice the dialogue.

May 2nd

Family and Friends 1, Wednesday Group. 
Topic 12: Dinner Time! 
Vocabulary:
rice, meat, carrots, yogurt, fish, bread, milk, juice, water, hot chocolate, tea 
Grammar: 
Do you like yoghurt ? Yes, I do. 
Do you like carrots? No, I don’t. 
What do you like? I like yoghurt. 
don’t = do not
Phonetics: ‘e’; bed, pen, red. 
Listening / Video Watch 
Song: Drink your milk ! 
Homework: Four pages of Topic 12 Dinner Time, pp. 86 – 89, pages marked in each child’s book individually as per level and progress.
First Friends 2, Tuesday + Friday Group 
Project Lesson: Senses ! 
Vocabulary:
Touch, hearing, taste, sight, smell. I can smell with my nose, I can hear with my ears, I can see with my eyes etc …
Song : Five Senses
Homework: Senses workbook, 3 pages.

April 30th

Prepare 1 – Culture (Youth Clubs in the UK)

  • (Mathys vk, Eva, Theophile, Alexis, Sara, Lou, Bernard)
    • Project – a blog page
      • What’s the name of your youth club?
      • When is it open?
      • Who can go there?
      • What different activities can people do there?

Prepare 2 – Culture (Saturday Jobs)

  • (Yael)
    • Please turn in your other projects.
    • Project for today – A job offer
      • Think about the following:
        • What the job is
        • experience
        • morning or afternoon
        • number of hours
        • times
        • what you need to do

Prepare 4 –

  • (Swadha)
    • Absent

Family and Friends 4 – Fluency Time 4 / Project / Review4

  • (Ysee, Batoul, Padme.)
    • The children need to finish Fluency time 4 / Project / Review 4 in their workbook.

Family and Friends 3 – Fluency Time 4 / Project / Review4

  • (Shams, Lou, Thais, Laurette, Bernard.)
    • The children need to finish Fluency time 4 / Project / Review 4 in their workbook

Family and Friends 2 – Where does she work? Unit 9

  • (Julia, Louis, Naila, Benard, Laurette, Leo, Thais, Mathis H, Leonard, Marcus)
    • Julia, Leo & Naila forgot their books.
    • Please make sure you catch up with your homework.
    • The children need to finish unit 9 in their workbook, practice the vocabulary and dialogue at home.

April 2nd

First Friends 2 (Tuesday group and Friday group) 
Project Lesson: What food do you like? 
Vocabulary: eggs, meat, fish, cheese, peas, pie, pizza, chips, beans, pasta, rice
Grammar: I like / I don’t like
Song: ‘I don’t like eggs’
Homework:
– 2x worksheets with vocabulary and sentences: I like / I don’t like
Family and Friends 2 (Wednesday Group) 
Skills Time for Topic 10: Listening and Reading exercise.
– Grammar: He’s got / She’s got / I’ve got
– Vocabulary: short, tall, brown, blond, long, curly, straight
– Revision of prepositions with the song ‘My favourite photo’ 
Homework: 
– pp. 78/79 in Work Book and additional individual pages marked in book (dependant on child’s level)
– practice the chant ‘My favourite photo’ !, please see the recording below to check for pronunciation ! 

Prepare 1 – Postponed till next week because of the egg hunt.

Prepare 2 – Unable to progress

  • (Yael)
    • Forgot his book

Prepare 4 – Unit 10 – Taste this

  • (Swadha)
    • She needs to finish unit 10 in their workbook, practice the vocabulary, grammar reference on page 147 and dialogue at home.

Family and Friends 4 – Unit 11 – Have you ever been

  • (Ysee, Batoul, Padme.)
    • The children need to finish unit 11 in their workbook, practice the vocabulary and dialogue at home.

Family and Friends 3 – Unit 11 – In the museum

  • (Shams, Lou, Thais, Laurette, Bernard.)
    • The children need to finish unit 11 in their workbook, practice the vocabulary and dialogue at home.

Family and Friends 2 – Postponed till next week because of the egg hunt.

  • (Julia, Louis, Naila, Benard, Laurette, Leo, Thais, Mathis H, Leonard, Marcus)

March 29th

First Friends 2: 
Topic 8, Lunchtime !
Vocabulary: cheese, chicken, fish, juice, potato, rice, salad, soup 
Grammar : he’s got / she’s got 
Sound : ig – big, dig, fig 
Song / Listening exercise 
Homework : Individual pages circled in each child’s book, varies depending on level. 
Family Friends 1: 
Topic 10, A new friend. 
Vocabulary: long, short, blonde, brown, curly, straight, square, circle, triangle, rectangle, diamond
Grammar: He’s got / He hasn’t got ; She’s got / She hasn’t got ; It’s got / It hasn’t got 
Pronunciation: th; three, bath, teeth 
Homework: Individual pages circled in each child’s book, varies depending on level. 

March 26th

Prepare 1 – Units 7 – Feeling Good

  • (Mathys vk, Eva, Theophile, Alexis, Sara, Lou, Bernard)
    • The children need to finish unit 9 in their workbook, practice the vocabulary, grammar reference on page 146 and dialogue at home.

Prepare 2 – Unit 5 – Moments in History

  • (Yael)
    • He needs to finish unit 5 in his workbook, practice the vocabulary, grammar reference on page 142 and dialogue at home.

Prepare 4 – Unit 9 – Shop till you drop

  • (Swadha)
    • She needs to finish unit 9 in their workbook, practice the vocabulary, grammar reference on page 146 and dialogue at home.

Family and Friends 4 – Unit 10 – I’ve printed my homework

  • (Ysee, Batoul, Padme.)
    • The children need to finish unit 10 in their workbook, practice the vocabulary and dialogue at home.

Family and Friends 3 – Unit 10 – In the park!

  • (Shams, Lou, Thais, Laurette, Bernard.)
    • The children need to finish unit 10 in their workbook, practice the vocabulary and dialogue at home.

Family and Friends 2 – Unit 7 – Let’s buy presents

  • (Julia, Louis, Naila, Benard, Laurette, Leo, Thais, Mathis H, Leonard, Marcus)
    • The children need to finish unit 7 in their workbook, practice the vocabulary and dialogue at home.

March 12th

First Friends 2 – Tuesday / Friday Group: 
Project Lesson: The Weather ! 
  • New vocabulary: it’s sunny, cloudy, windy, snowy, rainy, foggy 
  • What’s the weather like today? 
  • Revised: months of the year and words beginning with c / d (Months of the Year song) 
  • Homework: Worksheet on weather words.
Family and Friends 1 – Wednesday Group : 
Fluency Time 3!
  • Speaking practice 
  • Listening 
  • Reading 
  • Grammar Practice: Where’s / Where are and He’s / She’s / They’re 
Homework: Fluency 3! Pages 70 – 73 plus craft activity (create the cube for class game) 
please see following video for Fluency 3 DVD exercise : 

March 5th

Family and Friends 1 – Wednesday Group

Unit 9: Lunchtime ! 
Vocabulary: lunchbox, sandwich, drinks, apple, banana, biscuit, tomato, pear, grapes, pineapple, cherries
Grammar: I’ve got two sandwiches / I haven’t got my lunch box / I’ve got an apple
Song: Open my lunch box !
Sound : ch – chair, teacher, chick
Skills Time – listening, reading exercise
Homework: pp. 64 – 69 (Unit 9 in Work Book) 
(exact pages are circled in each child’s book, depending on their level)
First Friends 2  – Tuesday / Friday Group 
Revision + Project Lesson: (content out with the book) 
– Revision of beach words: sandcastle, sea, umbrella, shell, crab,
– New vocab: I made, I swam, I found  
– Months of the Year – we learned the months of the year with the following song, they can practice this at home.
– Letters : c – cat, computer, cookie, car AND d – dog, doctor, duck, dish
Homework: 
– complete letter wheels for c / d 
– practice reading and pronunciation of the words 
(please see recordings at the following link:)
LETTER C:
LETTER D:

For the next 2-3 weeks, the children in Prepare 1,2,4 and Family and Friends 2,3,4 motivated and wanting to take part in a fun project will be mixing groups and working together on a fun skit or reading in English.

Space-wrecked – PDF

Athena and Arachne – How Spiders came to be – PDF

  • Chorus 1: Mathys
  • Chorus 2: Theophile
  • Customer 1: Lou
  • Customer 2: Alexis
  • Customer 3: Sara
  • Arachne: Swadha
  • Athena: Eva

One Funny Bunny – PDF

  • Reader one – Mathis H
  • Reader two – Naila
  • Reader three – Julia
  • Reader four – Louis

Audio for all 4 readers to practice – (Mathis, Naila, Julia, Louis)

Reading Family and Friends 2 – The Shoemaker and the Elves.

  • Leo and Leonard

 February 17th

First Friends 2 Group (Tuesday/Friday) :

– Listen again to The Hungry Caterpillar and complete the three pages of the booklet. (Please find recording of the story below)
– Finish pages in the book indicated in each child’s textbook.

Family and Friends 1 (Wednesday) :
–  Listen again to Three Billy Goats and complete the exercises within the booklet. (Please find recording of the story below)

February 11th

Prepare 1 – Units 5-8 Test today – Giving Literature 1 Work

  • (Mathys vk, Eva, Theophile, Alexis(Not Present), Sara)
    • They took their review 2 test today, They will need to read and understand Literature 1 (Printed Work) during the February Break and turn it in the week we come back.

Prepare 2 – Needs more time to work on Unit 5

  • (Yael)
    • He needs extra time to finish his project and finish up Unit 5 with me after the vacation.

Family and Friends 4 – Fluency Time 3 and Review 3

  • (Ysee, Batoul, Padme.)
    • The children are practicing their dialogue in Fluency time 3 in their class book. They also need to finish their review 3 in their workbooks.

Family and Friends 3 – Fluency Time 3 and Review 3

  • (Shams, Lou, Thais, Laurette, Bernard.)
    • The children are practicing their dialogue in Fluency time 3 in their class book. They also need to finish their review 3 in their workbooks.

Family and Friends 2 – Story – The Bear on the Stairs

  • (Julia, Louis, Naila, Benard, Laurette, Leo, Thais, Mathis H, Leonard, Marcus)
    • The children are working on the story “The Bear on the Stairs”. They need to learn the vocabulary and finish the worksheets included with the story.

The Bear on the Stairs – Story

Please follow along with the copy I gave you and listen to the story. Then give it a try reading it all by yourself.

February 5th

First Friends 2 (Tuesday and Friday group) 

  • Eva E, Mia, Myriam, Sofia, Paul, Raphiel, Anastasia, Gabrielle, Lea.          
  • Ayann, Josephine, Romane, Adèle, Gaëtan, Maya, Clamance, Sohan
Unit 7: On holiday 
Vocabulary: beach, sea, shell, crab, umbrella, sandcastle, sand 
Sound: ‘et’ jet, net, wet 
Listening 
Revision: alphabet sounds and colours 
Homework: Unit 7 pages 46. 47. 48 
(the exact pages are circled in each child’s book, depending on their level) 

Family and Friends 1 (Wednesday) 

  • Audren, Theo, Constant, Charlie, Carmen,Julia H, Lysange,
  • Maxime, Raphael, Lara, Minh, Gabriel, Eloi.
Unit 8: Where’s Grandma ? 
Vocabulary: kitchen, living room,  dining room, bedroom, bathroom, garden, upstairs, downstairs, house, flat, front door 
Grammar: Where’s Grandma ? She’s in the dining room. Where are Grandma and Billy? They’re in the dining room. 
Listening / Reading exercise on the vocabulary and grammar 
Sound: ‘sh’; shoes, sheep, fish 
Homework: 
Unit 8 pp. 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63 
(exact pages are circled in each child’s book, dependant on level)

Prepare 4 – Units 5-8 Test

  • (Swadha)
    • She is preparing to take her test covering unit 5-8. Study well!

Prepare 2 – Taking extra time to finish work

  • (Yael)
    • He needs extra time to finish his project and his grammar work before progressing to Unit 5.

Prepare 1 – Units 5-8 Test

  • (Mathys vk, Eva, Theophile, Alexis, Sara)
    • The children need to finish their review 2 practice on page 56 for their test next week.

Family and Friends 3 – Unit 9 (The fastest animal in the world)

  • (Shams, Lou, Thais, Laurette, Bernard.)
    • The children need to finish Unit 9 in their workbook and learn the chant on page 71 in their classbook.

Family and Friends 4 – Unit 9 (Something new to watch)

  • (Ysee, Batoul, Padme.)
    • The children need to finish Unit 9 in their workbook before starting their review of the 4 units.

Family and Friends 2 – Fluency Time 2 & Review 2

  • (Julia, Louis, Naila, Benard, Laurette, Leo, Thais, Mathis H, Leonard, Marcus)
    • Students need to work in pairs on an English dialogue that will be present to me next week or after the vacation depending when they are ready.
    • They need to finish Review 2 in their class book and workbook, reviewing everything they have cover in the last 4 units. Study well!

Workbook Page 49 (DVD Practice) #1

January 29th

Prepare 4 – Unit 7 (Getting on)

She needs to practice her grammar reference on page 144 and finish unit 7 in her workbook.

Prepare 2 – Unit 1-4 Test

He is working on a Unit test covering units 1 to 4. He is taking a mock test to see what he knows.

Prepare 1 – Unit 8 (At School)

  • (Mathys vk, Eva, Theophile, Alexis, Sara)
    • The children need to practice their grammar reference on page 145 and finish unit 8 in their workbooks.

Family and Friends 2 – Unit 6 (Let’s play after school)

The children need to work on unit 6 in their workbook, practice their vocabulary and learn both songs.

Lets Sing (Audio 62)

Sing and Chant (Audio 64)

Family and Friends 3 – Unit 8 (I’d like a melon)

The children need to work on unit 8 in their workbook, practice their vocabulary and grammar on page 63 in their class book.

First Friends 2: Tuesday / Friday Group

Project Lesson – content / homework is out with the book !
  • Revision of Vocabulary: action words (throw, catch, jump, sing, run) 
  • New Vocabulary: swim, read, eat, stand up, sit down 
  • Grammar: I CAN read, I CAN’T swim 
This week we started an Alphabet Project! 
Letter a 
Letter b 
Homework: 
Use the letter wheels to practice the words for ‘a’ and ‘b’ 
Please find attached recordings containing words for ‘a’ and ‘b’. Listen to the recording and then practice pronunciation of the following words

a – apple, ant  alligator, apron,

b – butterfly, book, bear, boat 
Family Friends 1: Wednesday Group
Unit 7: Are these his trousers? 
Vocabulary: t-shirt, dress, shorts, trousers, socks, coat, tracksuit, cardigan, shoes 
Grammar: Possessives: his / her. Question: Are these his shorts? Yes, they are. They are = They’re. They are not = They aren’t
Listening Exercise – from a short video
Reading exercise – we read a short story
Revision of alphabet with song
Homework: pages 52 – 57 of Activity Book (exact pages circled in each child’s book, varying depending on their ability)

January 18th

First Friends 1 – Tuesday/Friday Group
– Oral revision: numbers 1 – 20 
Unit 6: MY ROOM 
Vocabulary: pillow, shelf, blanket, bed, wardrobe 
Grammar: prepositions: in, on, under, behind, next to
Phonetics: at – cat, hat, mat, fat
Listening: short animated video. 
Reading: Read short story together on page 39, class book. 
Homework: corresponding Unit 6 pages, from 39 – 45.  
(the specific pages for each child to do are circled in their book, varying depending on their level). 
Family Friends 1 – Wednesday 
Fluency Time 2 and Review 2 (pp. 48 – 51 of classbook) 
Review of Unit 4 / 5/ 6 (He’s a hero, Where’s the ball?, Billy’s teddy!) 
Special practice of possessives: Billy’s boat, Mum’s bag 
Special project: a park poster (complete at home, will use for a presentation project next week) 
Homework: pages 48-51. The specific pages for each child to do are circled in their book, varying depending on their level. 
Page 49 requires a video, please find video uploaded. 

January 8th

Prepare 3 – Finish your project for next week. *Places

Prepare 1 – Finish your project for next week. *About you and your family

Family and Friends 2 – Finish your project for next week (Léonard – Please finish up the units you did not do in your workbook, thank you)

First Friends 2, Tuesday 
  • Revision of basic conversation; introductions, talked about our holidays.  
  • Revised numbers 1 – 10 
  • Vocab: Numbers 11 – 20 
  • Phonetics: th – three, thirteen 
  • Spelling: started writing the numbers 1 – 20
Homework: 
  • 2 pages focusing on writing/spelling of numbers 
  • practice saying 1 – 20, emphasis on pronunciation ! 
  • They may want to listen to the recording of me saying the numbers 1-20 to check their pronunciation. Please see recording. 
First Friends 2, Friday 
  • Revision of basic conversation; introductions, talked about our holidays. 
  • Revised numbers 1 – 10 
  • Vocab: Numbers 11 – 20 
  • Phonetics: th – three, thirteen 
Homework: 
  • 2 pages focusing on counting numbers 11 – 20 / writing them in order 
  • practice saying 1 – 20, emphasis on pronunciation ! 
  • They may want to listen to the recording of me saying the numbers 1-20 to check their pronunciation. Please see recording. 
Family and Friends 1, Wednesday 
–   Revision of prepositions; in / on / under / next to / behind 
  • Topic 6: Family
  • Vocab: Mum, Dad, sister, brother, grandma, grandpa, aunt, uncle, cousin 
  • Grammar: possessives e.g. This is Mum’s book 
  • Speaking: What’s this? This is ____’s pen. 
  • Listening / Reading exercises (Skills Time) 
Homework
– p. 42-47 (exact pages are circled in each child’s group, depending on ability).
– Go through any corrections to be made in previous pages.

January 7th

Prepare 4 – Culture (New York City)

Students learn about the history, people and famous sights of New York City.

Project – She will write a report about a visit to a famous city and present it.

Family and Friends 3 – Review 2

We are reviewing units 3,4,5,6 for next week.
(and catching up on work not finished during the break)

Family and Friends 4 – Review 2

We are reviewing units 3,4,5,6 for next week.

December 13th

First Friends – Tuesday
Topic 6: My Room 
– Vocabulary: pillow, shelf, blanket, bed, wardrobe
– Prepositions: in, on, under
– Listening
– Homework: pg 32, 33, 34, 35, 37 
First Friends – Friday 
Topic 5: My House 
– Revision of the house – bedroom, kitchen, bathroom, living room, dining room.
– Speaking practice: This is my ___. 
– Listening
– Homework: arts and crafts project – create your house + finish pages 32, 33, 34, 35, 37  for Monday if not already finished. 
Family and Friends 1 – Wednesday 
– Topic 6: Where’s the ball ? 
  • Vocabulary: seesaw, slide, net, swing, tree, pool, armbands, ice cream, frisbee, climbing frame
  • Grammar: prepositions: in / on / under and it is = it’s
  • Listening
  • Video
  • Homework: pg 36-39 

December 11th

Family and Friends 2 – Unit 5 (We’ve got English!)

Please finish unit 5 in your workbooks.

  • Vocabulary
    • art, math, English, science, PE, Music
    • playground, sports field, art room, computer room, gym
  • Listen and understand the story
    • Our Computer Room
  • Grammar
    • What have we got
    • When have we got
    • Their / Our
  • Phonics
    • dr / tr / cr
  • Writing preparation
    • Capital letters

Family and Friends 3 – Unit 6 (Jim’s Day)

Please finish unit 6 in your workbooks.

  • Vocabulary
    • have a shower, brush my teeth, get dressed, have breakfast, brush my hair, get up, catch a bus, walk to school.
  • Listen and understand the story
    • Cyber ​​School
  • Grammar
    • To identify present simple affirmative, negative, and question forms, and short answers.
    • To use third-person singular present simple forms to complete sentences.
  • Phonics
    • oy / oi
  • Writing preparation
    • Own nouns


Family and Friends 4 – Unit 6 (The best bed!)

Please finish unit 6 in your workbooks.

  • Vocabulary
    • break, repair, comfortable, hard, soft, expensive, cheap, wooden, metal, modern.
  • Listen and understand the story
    • The Ant and the Grasshopper
  • Grammar
    • Comparative and superlatives: long adjectives
    • Irregular comparatives and superlatives
  • Phonics
    • c says s / g says j
  • Writing preparation

Prepare 1: Unit 6 (Party time)

Please finish unit 6 in your workbook.

  • Topic – Organizing a party (food and invitations)
    •  Grammar:
      • Countable and uncountable nouns
        • some, any, lots of
    • Vocabulary:
      • Food and drinks
      • Telling the time
    • Reading
      • Party invitations
    • Writing
      • An invitation to a party
  • Culture
    • The students learn about national holidays in the United States.
    • Project – write about a holiday in your country and present it to the others.

Prepare 2: Unit 4 (It was awesome!)

Please finish unit 4 in your workbook and bring your book to school! Thanks 🙂

  • Topic – Feelings and emotions
    •  Grammar:
      • Past simple of be
    • Pronunciation
      • was/were
    • Vocabulary:
      • Emotions
      • Adjectives
    • Reading
      • Activity days – latest reviews
    • Writing
      • A description of a party
    • Exam Tasks
      • Listening part 1

Prepare 4: Unit 6 (City Life)

Please finish unit 6 in your workbook.

  • Topic – City life and country life
    •  Grammar:
      • some/any, much/many, a lot of, a few / a little
    • Pronunciation
      • was/were
    • Vocabulary:
      • City problems
      • Compounds: noun + noun
    • Reading
      • City problems – teenagers’ solutions
    • Exam Tasks
      • Reading Part 5

December 5th

First Friends Group 1 – Tuesday

Revision of Days of the week
Presentations:   This is my house 
Months of the Year
Song
Homework: activity sheet for months of the year
First Friends Group – Friday 
Vocabulary: My House:  bedroom, kitchen, bathroom, living room, dining room, lamp, tv, sofa, chair 
Prepare for Arts and Crafts project: My House
Homework: My House pages: 32, 33, 34, 37 (depending on level -the pages to be completed are circled in each book)
Family and Friends 1 – Wednesday 
Fluency 1 and Skills Time
– Fluency Time: 
– Watch DVD and practice introductions with puppets
– Skills Time: 
– reading and listening – all topics completed so far.
– Revise: parts of the body – with a poem
Homework: Skills Time: page 34 / 35 in Workbook 

November 27th 2020

Family and Friends 2 – Have you got a milkshake?

  • The children need to finish unit 4 in their workbooks on pages 30 through 35.
  • *Please bring your books back to school and do not leave them at home. Thank you
  • Words
    • Food & Numbers (10-100)
  • Grammar
    • Have you got…?
    • I have / haven’t …
    • Has he got…?
    • He has / hasn’t …
  • Phonics
    • gr / br / fr
  • Skills
    • Reading – a caption story
    • Listening – Identifying which food items are available
    • Speaking – Have you got apples? Yes, we have.
    • Writing – Question marks and full stops, writing about my lunch (wb)

Prepare 2: Unit 4 (It was awesome!)

Please review your work, there will be a test next week.

  • Topic – Feeling and emotions
    •  Grammar:
      • Past simple of be
    • Vocabulary:
      • Adjectives
    • Exam Tasks
      • Listening Part 2
    • Reading
      • Activity days – latest reviews
    • Writing
      • A description of a party

Prepare 4: Unit 5 (Call the police!)

  • Topic – Crime and the law
    •  Grammar:
      • Past simple and continuous
    • Vocabulary:
      • Crimes and criminals
      • Ourselves, yourselves, themselves, and each other
    • Exam Tasks
      • Writing Part 2
    • Reading
      • That isn’t allowed here
    • Writing
      • A story

Prepare 1: Unit 5 (What can you do?)

Please finish your workbook and grammar review on time. There is a review test next week. Thank you

  • Topic – The things we can and can’t do
    • Grammar:
      • Prepositions: in, on, behind, under
    • Pronunciation:
      • can / can’t
    • Listening
      • A meeting of the photo club
    • Reading
      • Rubberboy
    • Speaking
      • Asking and answering can you questions

November 20th 2020

Family and Friends 2: Review unit1-3 + Fluency Time

  • Conversation
    • What’s this in English?
    • Speak more slowly, please.
    • Can you spell it, please?
  • Review Vocabulary
    • Behind, next to, in front of, between
    • Objects in the class
    • Reviewed 1-3 vocabulary.
  • Create a word wheel
    • Learning vocabulary through crafts

Prepare 2: Unit 3 (Great Sounds)

  • Topic – Music
    • Grammar:
      • Like, don’t like, hate, love
    • Pronunciation:
      • Email addresses, phone numbers and names
    • Listening
      • A conversation about a music school
    • Speaking
      • Giving opinions about music and musical instruments.
    • Exam Tasks
      • Speaking Parts 1 and 2

Prepare 1: Unit 4 (My Things)

  • Topic – The things I’ve got
    • Grammar:
      • have got
    • Pronunciation:
      • Syllables
    • Listening
      • Descriptions of things
    • Reading
      • What have you got in your school back today?
    • Writing
      • A questionnaire asking have you got questions.

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First Friends Group (Monday): 
  • revision of movement words:  throw, catch, climb, draw, jump, kick, run, sing
  • New vocabulary: Numbers 10-20 
  • conversation practice: Are you happy / are you tired ?  – Yes I am happy / No, I am happy. 
  • Listening Practice. 
First Friends Group (Friday): 
– Revision of movement words: throw, catch, climb, draw, jump, kick, run, sing
– vocabulary: tired, cold, happy, sad, hot, hungry, scared, thirsty, scared, shy 
  • conversation practice: Are you happy / tired / cold ? Yes I am happy / No, I am sad. 
  • Listening Practice. 
Family and Friends 1 (Wednesday): 
  • Vocabulary: parts of the body – nose, face, legs, ears, fingers, hands, eyes, eyebrows, shoulders
  • Grammar: This is my / These are my 
  • Alphabet letters / sounds – I J K L
  • Listening Practice / Reading 
  • Video 

November 19th 2020

Prepare 4: Unit 1-4 review + Test

Family and Friends 4: Unit 4 (Whose Jacket is this)

Ysee needs to finish her project and turn in her review work.

  • Identify sports vocabulary
    •  Team, jacket, trainers, trophy, player, kick, score a goal, racket, rucksack, win (won)
  • Learn and complete sentences with
    • Possessive Pronouns
    • Regular/Irregular adverbs
    • Possessive adjective

November 13th 2020

First Friends 2
  • Revised greetings with a song: Hello, how are you? I’m good / I’m great.
  • Alphabet names, sounds and vocabulary for the letters: A-H, apple, bird, cat etc..
  • Revision of vocabulary: cold, happy, sad, hot, hungry ,thirsty, tired.
  • Theatre – acting exercise.
  • Grammar: are you cold ?Yes, I’m cold.
  • Homework: Alphabet worksheet, practice writing and sounds.
Family and Friends 1 
  • No English class this week.
Family and Friends 2, group 1:
  • Spoken revision of This is / That is / These are / Those are with school items.
  • Revision of the structure: Are you happy ? Yes, I am /  No I’m tired with emotions/feelings.
  • Vocabulary: hot, cold, hungry, thirsty, happy, sad, tired, angry, scared, brave, nervous.
  • Grammar: The contraction: I am – I’m  / He is – He’s.
  • Listening practice.
  • Homework: writing worksheets.

November 12th 2020

Prepare 2: Unit 2 (Catch up day)

Finished up Culture – The paralympic games

*He needs more time to finish his homework Unit 2.*

  • Project – An interview
    • Imagine you work for a radio station, write interview questions to ask a Paralympic athlete.

 

Prepare 4: Unit 4 (Champions)

  • Topic: Sports and sporting events
  • Vocabulary: Sports
  • Grammar: Past continuous
  • Reading: Meet the new BMXers
  • Speaking: Describing a past event
  • Exam tasks: Reading Part 4
  • Listening: A programme about Sports

November 12th 2020

Prepare 1: (Catch up day)

  • Late work
    • *Mathys, Alexis, Sara, Eva – Did not finish their unit 3 work for the week* (Please catch up)
    • *Mathys, Sara, Theophile – Did not finish and present their big project* (2 weeks late)

We were unable to continue to Unit 4 (My Things).

November 6th 2020

First Friends Group 2: 
– Revision of numbers 1-15
– revision of th sound: three, thumb, bath 
– Vocabulary: catch, climb, draw, jump, kick, run, sing, throw
– Homework: pp. minimum : 25,26,27 of WorkBook – or finish Unit 4 if they can manage. 
Family and Friends 1: 
– revision of this is / these are (with school items)
– Vocab: teacher, pupil, housewife, fireman, pilot, doctor, policeman, farmer, postman, zookeeper 
– question and answer form: Is he a teacher? He is a policeman / She is a doctor.
– Contraction of He is = He’s / She is = She’s
– Homework: pp. minimum: 30-32 of Workbook or finish Unit 4 pages if they can manage. 
Family and Friends 2: 
– Vocabulary: ride a bike, ride a horse, skate, skateboard, play tennis, play football
– she can / can’t ride a bike. Can he play tennis? Yes, he can / No, he can’t / Yes, they can. 
– Propositions: behind, in front of, next to, between
– Listening / Reading activity  
– Homework: minimum: pp. 20 – 25 of Workbook, finish Unit 3 if they can manage. Extra page of homework given to those who have already finished. 
Family and Friends 4: (The dinosaur museum)
  • Vocabulary – Dinosaur, museum, model, skeleton, scary, scream, roar, alive, dead, robot.
  • Past Simple: Irregular Verbs
  • Writing Preparation – Exclamation marks, Strong feelings/instructions

Family and Friends 3: (My Things)

  • Vocabulary – Computer, TV, DVD Player, CD Player, MP3 Player, Camera, Turn on, Turn off. Identifying the sound in (Car, Park, Shark, Star, Scarf)
  • Identify and understand different possessions and verbs to do with using them
    • Possessive adjectives
      • Your, our, and their

Prepare 1 (Unit 3 – My Home)

  • Vocabulary: Rooms – Things in my room.
  • Grammar: There is / There are; in / on
    • Have got …
  • Listening: A conversation about the rooms in a house and a flat.
  • Speaking: Giving a list of what you have in your bedroom.

Prepare 2 (This is my day)

  • Vocabulary: Daily Routines, Food.
  • Grammar: Present continuous and present simple.
  • Reading: Tell us about your day …
  • Listening: Interviews about getting up in the morning.
  • Writing: A paragraph about your routine.

Prepare 4 (My Way of Life)

  • Vocabulary: Life events. too, enough, not enough.
  • Grammar: Comparatives and superlatives; not as … as
  • Reading: Is a teenage life better now than in the past?
  • Writing: An informal email
  • Exam tasks: Writing Part 1

 

October 15th 2020

First Friends Group 1 (Tuesday 2.30-3.30) 

– Revision of the Seasons and Days of the Week – with songs and flashcard
– Introduced feelings: happy, sad, scared, shy, cold, hot, thirsty, tired, sleepy
– Introducing the conversation: Are you (cold)? / Yes, I am. No I’m not.
– Practicing sounds ‘sh’ and ‘ch’

October 10th 2020

First Friends 2: (Monday/Friday) 
– Revision of alphabet with song and flashcards
– Revision of days of the week with a song
– Started a year long project to learn about the seasons; we went through the vocabulary of seasons and talked about leaves falling from the trees. Started an arts/crafts book to visually represent each season that we will go back to throughout the year as the seasons change.
– Homework: As we started a project this week, there were no pages given from the Workbook but to finish writing the seasons in their Season notebook and decorate Autumn pages.
Family and Friends 1: Wednesday 
– Revision of the Alphabet with a song
– Unit 2 of Classbook, learned the vocabulary for the toys; doll, ball, teddy, puzzle, car  / kite, bike, train, game, scooter
– Learned the grammar This is my bag / This is your bag
– Homework: p. 14/15 of Workbook
Family and Friends 2: Friday 
– Revison of vocab from last week
– Unit 2 of Classbook: hot, cold, happy, sad, thirsty, hungry / tired, angry, scared, brave, nervous
– Learned the grammar We’re happy / They’re happy
– Homework: Unit 2, pages 14-19

 

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October 9th 2020

 

Prepare 4 – Unit 2 In Fashion
  • Vocabulary: Clothes: Adjectives
  • Grammar: Past Simple
  • Reading: Fashion and Music
  • Listening: Fashion and music in the past
  • Speaking: Talking about yourself
  • Writing: Write about yourself (name, age, nationality)

Prepare 2 – Unit 2

  • Vocabulary: Cooking and Ingredients
  • Listening: A boy demonstrates how to make a pancake.
  • Grammar: Present continuous and Present simple
  • Speaking: Talk about Shrove Tuesday or another festival in your country
  • Reading: Tell us what you eat

Prepare 1 – Unit 2

  • Students learn about different aspects of the United Kingdom: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
  • In the project stage, students make a poster about their own country.

Family and Friends 4 – Unit 2

  • Lesson:
    • To identify concert vocabulary
    • To understand a short story
    • To revise the past simple with have and be
    • To revise the past simple with regular verbs
  • Language:
    • Concert, drums, instruments, violin, audience, recorder, cheer, stage, program, trumpet.
    • We had a concert at our house. All our friends were there. Everyone was brilliant. Mum played the piano. The audience clapped and cheered.

 

Family and Friends 3 – Unit 2

  • Lesson:
    • To identify different hobbies
    • To understand a short story
    • To identify affirmative, negative and question forms of the present simple: like + -ing
    • To complete sentences with the third person singular and plural form of like
  • Language:
    • Read comics, skateboard, do gymnastics, play chess, fish, play basketball, take photos, play volleyball.
    • I like reading. I don’t like fishing. Do you like playing chess? Yes, I do./No, I don’t. He doesn’t like skateboarding. Does he like playing chess? Yes, he does./No, he doesn’t.
    • Happy, Play tennis, hip, hooray!, picture, have fun, all day, lots to do.

 

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Monday 28th / Tuesday 29th (First Friends 2) 
– We learned vocabulary of the classroom; classroom, friend, music room, playground, sandbox, school bus, seesaw, teacher.
– We learned ‘What’s this’ / ‘It’s…’
– Revision of Days of the Week
Wednesday 30th (Family Friends 1) 
– We learned the vocabulary of the classroom: pen, pencil, rubber, pencil, ruler, book
– We listened and read a story in English
– We had conversations in pairs: ‘What is this?’ ‘This is a…’
Friday 2nd (Family Friends 2) 
– We learned the vocabulary: classroom, table, computer, peg, pencil case, board
– We learned the grammar: This is, That is, These are, Those are 
– We listened to a story and a song
– We went over the alphabet and sounds of each letter

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Group F & F 3 – They’re from Australia – Unit 1

Please finish this chapter for next week. Thank you.

  • Shams, Lou
    • Learning:
      • To identify different countries
      • To understand a short story
      • Egypt, the UK, Russia, Spain, Thailand, Australia, the USA, Brazil
      • Language: I’m from Egypt. Where are you from? He’s from Brazil. Where is he from? They’re from Russia. Where are they from? It’s nice to meet you. How are you?
      • To write sentences with be

Listen and read page 8 (In the color pages)

Listen and sing page 10 (in the color pages)

Listen and read page 12 (in the color pages)

 

 

Group Prepare 1 – Unit 1

Please finish this chapter for next week. Thank you.

  • Mathys VK, Eva, Theophile, Alexis, Sara
    • Vocabulary: Camera, phone, photo, friend, name, teacher, Countries and Nationalities
    • Grammar: Determiners: my, your, his, her; present simple be – affirmative singular
    • Pronunciation: From
    • Speaking: Draw a picture and talk about yourself; play a game
    • Writing: Write about yourself (name, age, nationality)

Homework:

Listening page 9 (Black and White pages)

 

Group Prepare 2 

Please finish this chapter for next week. Thank you.

  • Yael
    • Speaking: Ask and answer questions in the role of a young sports star.
    • Listening: Two more descriptions of a sport and a game
    • Reading: Two young sports stars; Descriptions of unusual sports and games.
    • Vocabulary: Sports with play and go
    • Grammar: Present simple and adverbs of frequency: always, often, often, sometimes, never.
    • Writing: Write about a sport or a game

Homework:

Listening for #8 and #9 page 9 (Black and White pages)

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Friday 25th September

Group F & F 3 – My Family

Please review the family member names, comparative (grammer), months in a year and numbers 10-100. Please finish this chapter for next week. Thank you.

  • Shams, Lou
    • Learning:
      • The names of the story characters
      • To review family words
      • To revisit comparative and past simple of be
      • To Identify the months of the year
      • To review the numbers 10-100

 

Group Prepare 1 – In the classroom

Please practice writing the days of the week, writing numbers and the months. Please finish this chapter for next week. Thank you.

  • Mathys VK, Eva, Theophile, Alexis, Sara
    • Vocabulary – The alphabet; numbers 1-20; days of the week; things in the classroom; colors; months
    • Grammar – What’s your name? How old are you? How do you spell it? c / year; singular and plural nouns; this / that is …, These / Those are …; What color is …?
    • Pronunciation – The alphabet
    • Spelling – Numbers, Days of the week

Workbook # 1 – The Alphabet

Workbook # 7 – Listening

 

Group Prepare 2 – Get Started

Please finish this chapter for next week. Thank you.

  • Yael
    • Things in the classroom
    • There is / There are
    • Have got
    • The alphabet
    • Speaking: Questions in the classroom
    • Simple present
    • dates