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
Family and Friends 1 (Wednesday)
- Audren, Theo, Constant, Charlie, Carmen,Julia H, Lysange,
- Maxime, Raphael, Lara, Minh, Gabriel, Eloi.
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
- 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
a – apple, ant alligator, apron,
January 18th
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)
- 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
- 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.
- Revision of basic conversation; introductions, talked about our holidays.
- Revised numbers 1 – 10
- Vocab: Numbers 11 – 20
- Phonetics: th – three, thirteen
- 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.
- 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)
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
- 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
- Countable and uncountable nouns
- Vocabulary:
- Food and drinks
- Telling the time
- Reading
- Party invitations
- Writing
- An invitation to a party
- Grammar:
- 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
- Grammar:
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
- Grammar:
December 5th
First Friends Group 1 – Tuesday
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
- Grammar:
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
- Grammar:
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
- Grammar:
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
- Grammar:
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.
- Grammar:
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- 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.
- conversation practice: Are you happy / tired / cold ? Yes I am happy / No, I am sad.
- Listening Practice.
- 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
- 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.
- No English class this week.
- 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
- 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
- Possessive adjectives
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)
October 10th 2020
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October 9th 2020
- 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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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
- Learning:
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
- Learning:
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