viernes, 22 de febrero de 2019

Preparing the Exchange

Along the last weeks the twelve students and the teachers, who are going to participate into the Exchange week to Guildford (England), were preparing the trip with different task and moments. We tried to make the exchange week an experience of life more than a trip to a foreign country. 


We have started with the "Diary of the Exchange" with this document the students prepare their trip, they know the time and the means of transport we are going to use, what we going to to, what they will pack into the suitcases, etc..... We tried to make them more autonomus in the trip. 

Also in this diary we reflex everyday about our learning during the exchange with some questions they have to answer.   If you click on the picture you can have a look to the complete document. 




We think about the expectations of that week for each one of us using the thinking routine I SEE - I THINK - I WONDER. Here you have their final conclusions. 


We also have a Skype Session in which both school introduce the students and they ask questions they have about the week, the families or the city. 



jueves, 21 de febrero de 2019

Support a monument in your town.


On this year eTwinning project we are working on Cultural Heritage, and we are focusing on our surrounded area. On this task we are working on the monuments we have around in our town and area.

To start and warm up with this task we are going to do a Thinking routine: I see - I think - Iwonder with the following video.




What questions do you want to learn about? Does any of the Wonder part ideas that you want to investigate about it?

We are going to support a monument of our town: "Aguilar de Campoo" investigating about them and inviting to visit them.

AIM of the task: Create a PowerPoint presentation about one of the monuments.

STEP 1: Let's create the learning diary of your group, remind you have an example at the beginning of the eTwinning Section in One Note. Let's copy and paste into the collaboration space, teacher have already created a section for that purpose.

STEP 2: Read the task completly with your group collegues including the given rubric, it is the moment to ask your questions or misunderstandings to your teacher. When you read the rubric remind you have to think about what things you should pay more attention because you are not very good at them.

STEP 3: It is time to choose a monument from Aguilar de Campoo or the surrounded area. We are going to create some work about it to "support" it. Let's have a look to the following website to choose one of it.


STEP 4: Create a logo for your work to display into the class working board. This logo will be created into a word document. It includes a picture of the monument, the group's name and a chart or some empty space to write down at the end of the lesson where your working process stops.

STEP 5: Look for the complete name of the monument, a picture of it and look for it in Google maps (You will need a picture of this last action to include it into the final product). Save everything into the final products section.

STEP 6:  Write seven sentences about what you CAN DO and three sentences about what you CAN'T DO in Aguilar de Campoo. Save everything into the final products section.

STEP 7: Write five sentences about the history of the monument. Let's use on, at, until and from. (Review the grammar in your class book)

STEP 8: Write five sentences describing the monument. You have to use Some, any and lots of (Review the grammar point in your class book).

STEP 9: Create a poster with a short sponsor sentences to invite people to visit that monument, this will be use to take a picture with it and the group.

STEP 10: Let's go on a route!!!! We are going to go around the selected monuments of the class members. Every group will explain something about that monument and we will take the pictures with the posters.
When we arrive back to the class students will do the following thinking routine:
  • What did we do?
  • What did I learn?
  • What did I surprised by?
  • What do I want to continue investigating?

STEP 11: Create the final product. A Sway including all the information. You have here an example to do it. If you consider you can copy and create your own one from it.






  • At the upper right corner you will have … if you click on Iniciar sesión (if it is not done yet), and then again click on …. Duplicate this SWAY, you will have a new one , please rename it (My guide of a good mycologist (Your name))
  • Follow the instructions you will find into the Sway for adding the different subproducts.
  • When you finish remind to remove all the text box and to change your personal data in the title and in the Licence.
  • It is time to create your post into Kidblog:
  • Send the link of your post through the Assigment on TEAMS.



ASSESSMENT PROCESS




Talking about Christmas Traditions


When we are talking about Christmas we could think that in every country they celebrate like us, because Christmas it is also part of our cultural heritage.  Do you know that Christmas finish on the 2nd of January in England? Or that Spain is the only country in which we have 12 grapes to celebrate the New Year.

We want you to think about what are exactly our traditions at Christmas time. For that purpose we are going to take pictures during our holidays about what your family and you consider it is a Christmas tradition:
  • Christmas' Eve.
  • Christmas Day.
  • New Year's Eve
  • New Year's Day.
  • The Three Wise Men day.

Process of working :

STEP 1 During Christmas Holiday. You have to take a picture or record a short video (always English speaking) about the different moments we purpose you previously. And take some notes about how you are celebrating this moment.
  • What did you have for lunch or dinner?
  • Who are with you?
  • What do you usually do on this moment?

 Let's complete all the information in the following chart.


Let's try to be concrete because you will write a post into your blog when we return from Christmas Holidays.




We are sure that you had a great time with your family and friend along these days. And now it is time to create a post to summarize them and check the different cultural habits.

You have to create a post into the digital portfolio with the following parts:
  • Greetings.
  • Explanation of the activity.
  • Picture for Christmas' Eve.
  • Explanation about what happen on this day.
  • Picture for Christmas' Day.
  • Explanation about what happen on this day.
  • Picture for New Year's Eve.
  • Explanation about what happen on this day.
  • Picture for New Year's Day.
  • Explanation about what happen on this day.
  • Picture for Thre Wise Men Day.
  • Explanation about what happen on this day.
  • Farewell.
  • Tags:
    • RedXXI
    • Colsangregorio
    • English
    • Year 5
    • eTwinning.

Here you have an example about what you have to do. Example for the Christmas post at Kidblog


When you finish you need to send it to your teacher for the assessment process.



Forms for the peer's assessment (20% of the final mark)

Sellos de Calidad Nacional al Colegio San Gregorio

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