{"id":1056,"date":"2015-04-08T10:29:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-08T08:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alqueria.es\/blogs\/alqueriaenglish03\/?p=1056"},"modified":"2015-04-08T10:30:10","modified_gmt":"2015-04-08T08:30:10","slug":"barnyard-dance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alqueria.es\/blogs\/alqueriaenglish03\/2015\/04\/08\/barnyard-dance\/","title":{"rendered":"Barnyard Dance!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome back from vacation!<\/p>\n<p>It was a pleasure to return to the Blue\/Light Blue class today, though there were many students missing.\u00a0 We wish a speedy recovery to them all.<\/p>\n<p>Among the many changes facing the class this term, there is an exciting change in English.\u00a0 For the first time year we have been able to make a direct link to a part of the curriculum that includes something other than the daily routine.<\/p>\n<p>While not all students are speaking yet, they demonstrated today that they certainly have not forgotten when it is time for fruit, how to share it and say thank you and more please in English.\u00a0 The practice of these good habits over time has allowed us to take a positive step to dedicating English class to an expanded vocabulary.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, we are practicing the names of farm animals in preparation for the upcoming trip to the farm.\u00a0 Today we read a story called \u201cBarnyard Dance\u201d and sang \u201cOld McDonald Had a Farm\u2026\u201d\u00a0 Everyone danced along to the tune!<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3cOSt2QVJf4\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1059\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.alqueria.es\/blogs\/alqueriaenglish03\/2015\/04\/08\/barnyard-dance\/barnyard-dance\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.alqueria.es\/blogs\/alqueriaenglish03\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/barnyard-dance.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"215,234\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"barnyard dance\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.alqueria.es\/blogs\/alqueriaenglish03\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/barnyard-dance.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1059\" src=\"https:\/\/cloud.alqueria.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/barnyard-dance-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"barnyard dance\" width=\"107\" height=\"107\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We also played with the plastic animals to practice farm animal names and noises. We will continue to reinforce this vocabulary with books, songs and play!<\/p>\n<div data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:2,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.alqueria.es\/blogs\/alqueriaenglish03\/2015\/04\/08\/barnyard-dance\/&quot;}' id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1056 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alqueria.es\/blogs\/alqueriaenglish03\/2015\/04\/08\/barnyard-dance\/animal-play-2\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alqueria.es\/blogs\/alqueriaenglish03\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/animal-play-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"1057\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.alqueria.es\/blogs\/alqueriaenglish03\/2015\/04\/08\/barnyard-dance\/animal-play-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.alqueria.es\/blogs\/alqueriaenglish03\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/animal-play-2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1024,576\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"animal play 2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.alqueria.es\/blogs\/alqueriaenglish03\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/animal-play-2-1024x576.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alqueria.es\/blogs\/alqueriaenglish03\/2015\/04\/08\/barnyard-dance\/animal-play\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alqueria.es\/blogs\/alqueriaenglish03\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/animal-play-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"1058\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.alqueria.es\/blogs\/alqueriaenglish03\/2015\/04\/08\/barnyard-dance\/animal-play\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.alqueria.es\/blogs\/alqueriaenglish03\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/animal-play.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1024,576\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"animal play\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.alqueria.es\/blogs\/alqueriaenglish03\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/animal-play-1024x576.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Bienvenidos a la vuelta de las vacaciones!\u00a0 Fue un placer volver a la clase Azul \/ Celeste hoy, aunque hab\u00eda muchos estudiantes que faltaban, por estar malitos. Les deseamos una recuperaci\u00f3n r\u00e1pida!<\/p>\n<p>Entre los muchos cambios a los que se enfrenta la clase en este trimestre, existe un cambio emocionante en nuestra clase de Ingl\u00e9s. Por primera vez en este curso hacemos un enlace directo a una parte de la programaci\u00f3n que incluye algo m\u00e1s que la rutina diaria.\u00a0 Si bien no todos los estudiantes est\u00e1n hablando a\u00fan, demostraron hoy que ciertamente no se han olvidado de cuando es el momento para tomar la fruta, c\u00f3mo compartirla y decir <em>thank you<\/em> y <em>more, please &#8211; <\/em>en Ingl\u00e9s!. La pr\u00e1ctica de estos buenos h\u00e1bitos a lo largo del curso nos ha permitido dar un paso positivo para dedicar la clase de Ingl\u00e9s a un vocabulario m\u00e1s amplio.<\/p>\n<p>En concreto, estamos practicando los nombres de los animales de granja en preparaci\u00f3n para el pr\u00f3ximo viaje a la granja. Hoy le\u00edmos un cuento llamado \u00ab<em>Barnyard Dance\u00bb<\/em> y cantamos \u00ab<em>Old McDonald had a farm<\/em> &#8230;\u00bb Todo el mundo bailaba junto a la melod\u00eda!\u00a0 Tambi\u00e9n jugamos con los animales de pl\u00e1stico para la pr\u00e1ctica de los nombres y sonidos de los diferentes animales de granja. Vamos a seguir reforzando este vocabulario con libros, canciones y juegos!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome back from vacation! It was a pleasure to return to the Blue\/Light Blue class today, though there were many students missing.\u00a0 We wish a speedy recovery to them all. Among the many changes facing the class this term, there is an exciting change in English.\u00a0 For the first time year we have been able &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alqueria.es\/blogs\/alqueriaenglish03\/2015\/04\/08\/barnyard-dance\/\" class=\"more-link\">Seguir leyendo <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Barnyard Dance!<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[118,116,67,63,117,115],"class_list":["post-1056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-light-blue-blue-class-year-0-2","tag-chicken","tag-cow","tag-duck","tag-farm-animals","tag-horse","tag-pig"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4in6s-h2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":97,"url":"https:\/\/www.alqueria.es\/blogs\/alqueriaenglish03\/2014\/01\/26\/indoor-toys\/","url_meta":{"origin":1056,"position":0},"title":"Indoor Toys!","author":"babyenglish12","date":"26 enero, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"What a wonderful start back in English class this term in the Blue\/Light Blue English classes.\u00a0 We picked up our English class routine right where we left it before the holidays\u2014eating our fruit together, talking about its name and color. 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