I Term
ENTORNO PROBLEMICO/INQUIRY TOPIC
ADVENTURES IN THE DESERT
This trimester students will use the desert as the main scenario to learn the following skills
Information Management
Decodes stories about deserts to identify information.
Uses Present Simple and Progressive tenses and high frequency words to describe the plot.
Critical Thinking
Relates main events from the selections read to evaluate a solution.
Describes the main conflicts in the book to take a position about a story event.
Creativity
Compares the survival in a desert and the life in a city to characterize different contexts.
Creates a short story to determine a problem a character faces and offer a solution.
Metacognition
Implements the a reading plan to relate cognitive strategies with concrete actions.
Design a weekly work plan to identify metacognitive strategies that nurture his own learning process.
ADVENTURES IN THE DESERT
This trimester students will use the desert as the main scenario to learn the following skills
Information Management
Decodes stories about deserts to identify information.
Uses Present Simple and Progressive tenses and high frequency words to describe the plot.
Critical Thinking
Relates main events from the selections read to evaluate a solution.
Describes the main conflicts in the book to take a position about a story event.
Creativity
Compares the survival in a desert and the life in a city to characterize different contexts.
Creates a short story to determine a problem a character faces and offer a solution.
Metacognition
Implements the a reading plan to relate cognitive strategies with concrete actions.
Design a weekly work plan to identify metacognitive strategies that nurture his own learning process.
High Frequency WordsThese are the words students should learn and practice this trimester . The vocabulary is connected to the flyers test which they will take in fourth grade but will be practiced during all this year.
Cambridge English: Flyers (YLE Flyers) is the third of three Cambridge English: Young Learners (YLE) tests for children. This test will introduce children to everyday written and spoken English and are an excellent way for them to gain confidence and improve their English. |
Practice & DeepenUse the following websites to practice your english skills Raz-Kids https://www.raz-kids.com/ Online guided reading program with interactive ebooks, downloadable books, and reading quizzes. KidsSpell www.kidsspell.com/ A Fun Way To Improve Your Spelling. Practice Spelling Words helps to dramatically improve writing and speaking abilities |
Irregular Verb Quiz:
Every Friday we will have a verb quiz. It is important that the boys review the 10 verbs for the week in the present, past simple and past participle tense.
This trimester the boys will have to complete a table with the 3 forms of the verbs and then write sentences in the present simple and present progressive.
This trimester the boys will have to complete a table with the 3 forms of the verbs and then write sentences in the present simple and present progressive.