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BOOK DAY ACTIVITIES 2022

This week we celebrated Book Day at school. Book Day is celebrated every year on 23 April. For that reason, we had lots of special activities:

• MONKEY PUZZLE, by Julia Donaldson
  

Our youngest students had a storytelling session with our language assistant, Chloe. She told them the story Monkey Puzzle, by Julia Donaldson:

After that, they did some fun activities to practise the vocabulary of the story. Here you have some photos:

• GIRAFFES CAN'T DANCE, by Giles Andrea

Our language assistant Chloe read the beautiful story Giraffes can't dance to the 3rd and 4th graders. They loved the story. They also watched the animated version of the book, and after that, 4th graders drew a giraffe and 3rd graders completed and coloured a picture of Gerald the giraffe.

Here you have some photos of the activities:

 

•  THE WITCHES, by Roald Dahl

5th and 6th graders learned about a fantastic writer, Roald Dahl. Here you have a video with information about him.

Our language assistant Chloe did a presentation about some of Roald Dahl's most famous books, and then they watched a film based on one of them, The Witches. It was great!

The Snail and the Whale (by Julia Donaldson)

This year, to celebrate Book Day, Ellie read a fantastic story to us. The title of the story is The Snail and the Whale. It was written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler. 

First, we learned some words from the story:

The Snail and the Whale - vocabulary from Lorena Estrada

Then, we listened to Ellie reading this wonderful book:

After the story, we did some activities to check all the things that we had learned:

The snail and the whale - worksheet 1 from Lorena Estrada

The Snail and the Whale - worksheet 2 from Lorena Estrada

Finally, we all drew a beautiful whale following these instructions:

STORY TIME: GIRAFFES CAN'T DANCE

Esta semana deixámosvos unha nova historia, Giraffes can't dance. Gerald é unha xirafa que non sabe bailar, animádeos a ver esta fermosa historia para ver o que lle sucede. Se vos gustan os animais seguro que vos encanta.

E se vos gustou a historia, aquí tedes varias actividades para practicar o vocabulario sobre animais:

Can animals do this (Can or can't), an interactive worksheet by victor
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Animals - crossword, una ficha interactiva de mada_1
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wild animals, una ficha interactiva de schumax
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Riddles, una ficha interactiva de cibercecy
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Tamén vos deixamos unhas actividades para aqueles de vós aos que lles guste debuxar e as manualidades.

• ACTIVIDADES DE DEBUXO:

• MANUALIDADES:

 

PAPER GIRAFFES (krokotak.com)

STORY TIME: THE GRUFFALO'S CHILD

Para esta semana deixámosvos aquí unha nova historia, The Gruffalo's Child de Julia Donaldson. Trátase da segunda parte de The Gruffalo, e neste conto aparece un novo personaxe, a filla do Gruffalo. Tedes tres vídeos, o primeiro narrado por Alan Mandel, o segundo narrado pola nosa auxiliar de conversa Ana María e o terceiro co texto do libro para que ademais de escoitalo poidades seguir a lectura. Esperamos que vos guste!

E se vos gustou a historia aquí tedes uns debuxos para imprimir e colorear:

"The Gruffalo's Child" - DEBUXOS PARA COLOREAR

STORY TIME: THE GRUFFALO

Aquí vos deixamos a fermosa historia The Gruffalo de Julia Donaldson narrada pola nosa estupenda auxiliar de conversa Ana María:

E aquí tedes dous vídeos máis desta historia. No primeiro a historia está narrada por Alan Mandel e no segundo ademáis de escoitar a historia tamén a podedes ler:


E por último aquí tedes unha selección de actividades baseadas nesta fantástica historia e nos seus personaxes:

• CANCIÓN:

• MANUALIDADES:

SHAPE ANIMALS INSPIRED BY THE GRUFFALO (theeducatorsspinonit.com)

GRUFFALO CORNER BOOKMARKS (themadhousemummy.com) 

• VÍDEOS DE HOW TO DRAW... (como debuxar os personaxes e animais do conto):

• ACTIVIDADES PARA IMPRIMIR (pincha no seguinte enlace):

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1GtzNWvq6rNmvddQ2phWnYBdS7dAzr7JI

• XOGOS ONLINE:

                                       

XOGOS ONLINE

THE GRUFFALO

This year, to celebrate Book Day, our Primary students in years 3 and 4 did different activities about The Gruffalo, by Julia Donaldson.

First, we practised parts of the body with this fantastic song:

Then, we did an activity to label the different parts of the body:

Label the parts of the body (Gruffalo)

We also went to the library and Heather read us this fantastic story:

After that, we watched a short film based on this book:

Finally, we made our own bookmarks to decorate the school:

Dr. Seuss

Dr. Seuss Biography

Dr. Seuss was an American writer who wrote many famous children's books such as The Cat in the Hat , Green Eggs and Ham and How the Grinch Stole Christmas. His real name was Theodore Seuss Geisel, but he wrote his books under the pen name Dr. Seuss. His books are fun to read with great rhymes and colourful illustrations. 

Dr. Seuss Books

• One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish

• The Cat in the Hat

• Green Eggs and Ham

• The Lorax

Working in class

These last weeks we were working on Dr. Seuss in the English class. First, we listened to a presentation about Dr. Seuss made by Olivia, our conversation assistant. Then, we watched some videos about some of his books. Finally, we made some bookmarks and watched a film based on one of his books, The Cat in the Hat. Here you have some pictures.

100th anniversary of Roald Dahl

Britain celebrates the 100th anniversary of Roald Dahl in 2016. Born on 13 September 1016, Roald Dahl captured the imagination of children around the world with his tales including James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, The Witches, Fantastic Mr Fox, The Twits and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

• ROALD DAHL'S BIOGRAPHY

Roald Dahl was one of the most popular children’s authors in the world. He was born in Wales in 1916.

He started to write books after a serious flying accident. He wrote his first children’s book, James and the Giant Peach, in 1961.

He wrote many more children’s books, including Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, and the Enormous Crocodile.

Children all over the world read his books, and many have been turned into films and musicals.

This year we are celebrating the 100^th anniversary of his birth. 

Roald Dahl from Lorena Estrada

• SOME ROALD DAHL BOOKS

 

• FILMS BASED ON ROALD DAHL BOOKS