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School’s Out for the Summer!

 

 

We are FINISHED!!!!  What a long, strange academic year it has been compared to most!  We are so proud of all of you for continuing on your learning journeys with the ongoing challenges of bubble groups, social distancing, open windows and the noise that can entail, all while wearing masks!

Your only homework this summer to use English in FUN WAYS, like reading books, watching favorite shows or films in English, playing online games in English and using English with every tourist you meet!

To help you with that here are some resources (there is a little something for everyone!) to help you:

reading books: 

Try these links for free English reading online, or  pdf documents that you can download with books.

https://freekidsbooks.org/english_level_esl/

Free English Story Books (Level 1) – PDF

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watching favorite shows or films in English:  

There are so many ways to watch films and show in English including Nextflix and Amazon, but here are some Youtube channels that you might enjoy watching to brush up on your English.

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Or try full movies here: (You can watch in English with or without subtitles.)

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(There are other films on this same Youtube channel.)

playing online games in English:

If playing games is your thing, just click the links here for lots of games to enjoy.

https://www.gamestolearnenglish.com/

https://www.english-online.org.uk/games/gamezone2.htm

And most importantly, WE WISH ALL OF YOU A HEALTHY WONDERFUL SUMMER!

ALL THE BEST, MANOLO AND LINDLEY

Animals!!! VOCABULARY PRACTICE!

Hello Year 3-

As we have just started talking about animals (especially pets), their body parts, and things they can do, we wanted to leave some resources for you to use at the weekend!

We’ll continue talking about this topic next week, so practice your vocabulary and you’ll be all set to participate in class!

PETS

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ZOO ANIMALS

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FARM ANIMALS

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ANIMAL BODY PARTS

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THINGS ANIMALS CAN DO

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If you really want to learn some animal names and their noises, challenge yourself to play this game!!  It’s a bit tricky!!!  Good luck!

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Don’t forget to revise the dictation from last week- we will do it Monday in class! Have a good weekend!

Manolo and Lindley

Talking about the past

What did you do yesterday?  What did you do last weekend? Last summer? Last year?

As you all know, we are learning about the past simple, beginning with regular -ed endings.  To help you remember how to write, and more importantly pronounce all the different ways to say verbs with -ed, click on the links below for some fun practice.

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… and here is a different strategy to help.

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Click below to play the game and see if you can correctly pronounce the -ed endings in these verbs!

 

Have fun!  See you back in class!

 

What are you doing?

We are learning the present continuous verb tense, or how to use

to be + verb + ing

to say what is happening right now or at the moment!

Watch this video to see lots of examples of daily activities in the present continuous verb tense.  You can also see negative sentences and questions.

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Are you interested in seeing some more real examples of how often English speakers use the present continuous?  Have fun watching this video clip of TV shows using -ing!

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Now, see how quickly you can identify verbs with -ing.

Click here.

 

Now play this game to see if you understand the verbs you hear!

Have fun!  We’ll see you in class.