Class 1 – Tuesday, November 23rd

Hi everyone and happy Tuesday! We are making a great progress and today we are starting the unit 3 – Dinner time! This unit is all about food so I can tell you right away – you will leave this class very hungry!
I hope you are thirsty for knowledge as well!

First we will watch a video about top 10 largest food records and discuss it together:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POqsNgY4ncQ

Then we will look at the picture in Student’s book on page 22 and talk about food, nutrition, healthy diet and a healthy lifestyle. We will include some new vocabulary such regular exercise, junk food, nutrition, vitamins etc.

We will then work through this unit and do the vocabulary activities 1 and 2 on page 23.

We will finish with a video of kids trying breakfast from around the world:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5kGVV8AA0I

And we will see what other students have for breakfast in different schools around the world and compare it with a breakfast in Spanish schools:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD9mk0Y_pyo


Class 2 – Thursday, November 25th

Hi everyone and happy Thursday! Did you know that most popular holidays in the United States are Christmas and Thanksgiving? This week is a thanksgiving week and we are going to do some activities to help us learn about thanksgiving vocabulary, tradition and have fun.

First we are going to learn about the history of Thanksgiving, how it all started and what it symbolizes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC1hVm1y01o

Then we will continue with some new vocabulary related to Thanksgiving day and learn about this tradition in the US and Canada:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zeHPhJOBnE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uG4XyNqUQxg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC1hVm1y01o

We are going to take a look at traditional food that people who celebrate Thanksgiving usually prepare:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUxH_AqrbvI

and we will learn about Macy’s Thanksgiving day parade, a traditional parade that goes back to 1924:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpPeeUtN5Sc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtbQaNJ7LYM

We will finish with a Thanksgiving day hangman:
https://www.primarygames.com/holidays/thanksgiving/games/thanksgivinghangman/

and a Thanksgiving day quiz to test our memory and knowledge:
https://quizizz.com/admin/quiz/61845e3da3314b001dde20d2/thanksgiving-day