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They do some activities about the present simple.
They practice a lot with the 3rd person in singular.

🠉🠉Second term 2026🠉🠉

Round 2 Proposals

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HALLOWEEN TIME

They learned about the traditions and history of that celebration.

They read many information and did some activities.

Round 1 PROPOSALS.

We have started our first Round. On each round, the students have different proposals to complete during some weeks.

Working the modal CAN.

Students created a flipchart with examples in the affirmative, negative and interrogative form.

Welcome to the 2025-2026
COURSE!
We started a new school year in The Big Apple with your old notebooks.
You decorate the COVER PAGE notebook. This is an Art proposal, so you use your imagination. Then, you write on the 2nd page about the FIRST TERM.

You start to use your WORDBANK (at the end of the notebook)

Now to try to speak English, 💬💪

we need some Classroom Language to start with.
... and we put them into speech bubbles:

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12nd June 2025

Choose a summer challenge:

🌞🌞🌞🌞SUMMER TIME⛱⛱⛱

Here are the solutions to some of the challenges:

Challenge 2: France, Vanilla, Watermelon, Sunglasses, Lemonade, Mosquito, Coconut.

Challenge 4: "In the USA approx. seven million kilos of ice cream are eaten every summer".

Challenge 6: towel, beach, pool, picnic, lemonade, strawberry, pineapple, hat, swimsuit.

QUESTION WORDS:

Who are you ?

What is this ?

Where are you ?

   When is your birthday?
Why did you do that ?
Which one do you want ?

  How are you ?

How much is it ?
How many are there ?

PAST SIMPLE

22nd May 2025
PROPOSALS ROUND IX
ICT CORNER PROPOSAL:
1. Watch the video and answer the questions 👉HERE 👈

2. Now, it’s time to play searching the classic red and white striped t-shirt.
Click on 👉HERE👈

6th May 2025
PROPOSALS ROUND VIII

THE OFFICE PROPOSAL: VOCAB GAME
MATH PROPOSAL: MONEY TERMS

ART PROPOSAL: Mr Doodle Webpage 👉 https://mrdoodle.com/ 👈

Mr Doodle in ACTION 👇👇👇

Dear fifth graders,

Today we start to study the QUESTION WORDS.
Question words are words we use to make questions, as simple as that! You already (=ya) know some:

What: WHAT is your name?
Where: WHERE do you live?
How: HOW old are you?
When: WHEN is your birthday?

First we study the information. You can read or watch videos:

18th March 2025
PROPOSALS ROUND VII

ICT CORNER: HILDA
Search the web to find some information about HILDA. The Flying Eye Book webpage can give
you a lot of information. Write about the characters.

ART: STREET ART
Here are some videos about BANKSY and how to create your own TAG (firma). Have a look at them and follow the steps to create your TAG or your GRAFFITI NAME ART.

Video: WHO IS BANKSY?
Banksy is a famous street artist. He uses a pseudonym/ TAG, which means that Banksy is not his real name.

Video: How to create your TAG?
A tag is a personal street name of a graffiti writer. The tag is one of the 4 main varieties of graffiti.
1. Tags · An artist’s signature

   2. Throw ups · Bigger, filled in bubble letters.

                               3. Dubs · Big, bold, clearly defined letters – with a simple one.

                            4. Piece· Connections between letters and multicoloured fills.

Video: GRAFFITI NAME ART

25th February 2025

The Office
Maths
ART
"The great wave", Hokusai. Watch the video.

3rd February 2025
PROPOSALS ROUND V
THE ICT CORNER: Here are some videos so you can practise the verbs in the past (listen, look and repeat).

THE LIBRARY: To tell the story to the younger kids, here you are some videos (listen, look and repeat).

ART: THE LUNAR NEW YEAR or CHINESE NEW YEAR

The Lunar New Year marks the beginning of the Chinese calendar. It has a 12 year cycle and the 12 signs of the zodiac are represented by animals. This year is 2025 the year of the snake. 🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍
STEP 1: What animal are you? Describe the characteristics of
your animal in your notebook. You can start with…
I was born in … the year of the …

STEP 2: It’s time to practise the Chinese Calligraphy with a magic cloth parchment paper, clean paintbrushes 🖌️ and a small amount of water 💧.

Watch some videos to practice listening:
LUNAR NEW YEAR
CHINESE NEW YEAR TRADITIONS INTERVIEW
Chinese New Year Traditions

13th January 2025

Watch the INTERVIEW: TURNING 10

29th November 2024
Mr. Bean's daily routine (video).

11th November 2024
Listen to the listening "A DAY IN THE UK" of ICT Corner proposal Round II.

➡️➡️ ICT corner LINK

14th October 2024

We studied the verb CAN and the personal pronouns.
And this is how a student wrote
the information in her notebook.

7th October 2024

We draw our classroom map in the notebook and we see the importance of English around the world.

1st October 2024
COURSE 2024 - 2025
We started a new school year in The Big Apple with your old notebooks. You decorate the COVER PAGE notebook. This is an Art proposal, so you use your imagination. Then, you write on the 2nd page about the FIRST TERM.

You start to use your WORDBANK.

Now to try to speak English,

we need some Classroom Language to start with.

And we put them into speech bubbles.

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24th April 2024

We studied the Simple Past Tense with teacher Lucía.

9th April 2024

4th March 2024

Mr Doodle in action.

28th February 2024

We studied the Simple Present Tense.

27th February 2024
We marked all the words we already know.
And we know a lot!

22nd January 2024
A day in my life (song).

Every day! (song).

Every day (song).

Time & daily routines (video)

Mr. Bean's daily routine (video).

17th January 2024

We did some storytelling...

Wednesday, 10th January 2024

It rained a bit, so we talked about the weather...

08th January 2024

We started the new year...

December 2023

What changes when we talk about a friend...

We compared the personal pronouns in our three languages.
Personal pronouns are essential in English.

14th November 2023

Olivia told us about her family.

And we learned some more about The UK and Ireland.

24th October 2023

We studied the verb CAN and the personal pronouns.

And this is how a student wrote
the information in her notebook.

Nas - I can

Lyrics: I know I can
      Be what I wanna be
                      If I work hard at it
                      I'll be where I wanna be.

19th October 2023

14th October 2023

Let's talk about our family.
First we revise some vocabulary and then we make our family tree.

Simpsons family tree.
Watch the video.

COURSE 2023 - 2024

We started a new school year in The Big Apple.

We handed out our new notebooks.

And of course there have to be some rules.

Now to try to speak English,

we need some Classroom Language to start with.

And we put them into speech bubbles.

Course 2022 - 2023

We talked about the weather with Emerald.

We studied the Simple Present Tense

and revised the verb CAN from last year.

Wednesday, 10th March 2021

Two more interviews to watch.

Wednesday, 10th February 2021

Here are some videos you can watch:

Interview with A.   Interview with M.

Monday, 14th December 2020

A day in my life (song).

Every day! (song).

Every day (song).

Time & daily routines (video).

Mr. Bean's daily routine (video).

Monday, 30th November 2020

Tuesday, 24th November 2020

Watch the Ernie and Elmo video about parts of the face.
They are my favourites!

Practise on line.

Tuesday, 10th November 2020

Tuesday, 3rd November 2020

Dear fifth graders,

This week we are going to play games! By playing games you can learn (=aprender) lots and lots of new words (=palabras). This is proposal V already.
Every group has a different game:
5A - Montessori nouns
5B - Word searches & classification domino
5C - Montessori verbs
5D - Electron
You have to learn at least (=al menos) fifteen new words and write them in your notebook.

Enjoy,
                              Maurice

Monday, 26th October 2020

Don't forget to turn off the light before you watch the video!

HALLOWEEN 2020
(video)

Proposal IV explained.
(video)

Monday, 19th October 2020

Proposal III explained.

All about me - answers

Tuesday, 6th October 2020

Video proposal II

Monday, 28th September 2020

Welcome back!
(watch the video)

Monday, 8th June 2020

The song PERFECT on the piano. Thank you Carleto 5C!

Carleto presentation:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UJX74Oms774e1LiRDXWY8IrA1udsHdJx/view?usp=sharing

Carleto playing the piano.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/10B4u1yM_Fd6Ak8YM3D_QYBsjR8YWLGs1/view?usp=sharing

Thursday, 28th May 2020

Dear fifth graders,

Elena 5C asked me to make a proposal with a song.

She chose (=elegió) the song PERFECT from ED SHEERAN.

Thank you, Elena and here we go!

Wednesday, 27th May 2020

This time a healthy word search. Thank you, Carleto 5C!

Monday, 18th May 2020

A word search from Mireia 5B. Thank you!

Saturday, 9th May 2020

Dear fifth graders,

I prepared a new proposal for you. I hope you like it.

Click on the following link and you can listen to it.

My garden in spring...

Wednesday, 6th May 2020

Iker 5A at work...

and watching the video about

the playgrounds all over the world.

Thank you very much!

Saturday, 25th April 2020

A word search from Sergi 5B, thank you!

Thursday, 23rd April 2020

Dear fifth graders,

Here is the proposal for this week. Did you study the QUESTION WORDS and watch the videos? Then (=entonces) you can do the proposal.

Monday, 20th April 2020

Good morning fifth graders,

The following link is, in my opinion, a very good and entertaining way of doing Maths.

   Solve me puzzles

It starts easy, but becomes more difficult once you progress.

Try it out and GOOD LUCK!

Many greetings,

Maurice

Wednesday, 15th April 2020

Good morning fifth graders,

Do you miss (=echar de menos) our school playground?

Yeah, me too!

Here you can watch a video about

different playgrounds all over the world.

Have a good day!

Tuesday, 14th April 2020

Good afternoon everybody,

The other day Pau and Valeria 5C sent me this scheme to fill in when you listen to the radio stations all over the world. Thank you!

This is the link again: RADIO GARDEN (http://radio.garden/).

Saturday, 11th April

Make your own Word search. Choose a topic.

I give you permission to share it on our blog.

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Tuesday, 7th April 2020

Dear fifth graders,

Today we start to study the QUESTION WORDS.

Question words are words we use to make questions, as simple as that! You already (=ya) know some:

What: WHAT is your name?

Where: WHERE do you live?

How: HOW old are you?

When: WHEN is your birthday?

First we study the information. You can read or watch videos:

Some of them are easy, others are more difficult.

Monday, 6th April 2020

Dear fifth graders,

Good morning ladies and gentlemen, how are you?

Today we are going to finish the classroom proposals from 'The Big Apple'.

The office: finished.

Science: Biology & Art :

Draw the life cycle of a bean plant. Plant a bean. Follow the instructions.

Some of you have already done (= algun@s ya habéis hecho) this proposal. If (= si) not, then draw it in your notebook or on a paper.

Study new words: seed, give water, begin, grow, root, leaves.

Most of you (= la mayoría de vosotr@s) have already planted a seed. Maybe (= a lo mejor) they are there when we come back. If not, we will plant (= plantearemos) some new seeds next course!

Maths: we leave (= dejamos) this proposal for the moment, because (= porque) we cannot play the game.

The Library: you can always (= siempre) read a book.

Art & Culture: we can't do this proposal on line.

That is it for today. Check if you did everything. Tomorrow we start with a new proposal.

Have a nice day!

Maurice

Friday, 3rd April 2020

Dear fifth graders,

Here are some videos so you can practise the verbs in the past (listen, look and repeat).

Have a nice weekend!

Maurice

Wednesday, 1st April 2020

Dear fifth graders,

This is a word search by Iván M. 5A.

Thank you, Iván!

Tuesday, 31st March 2020

Dear fifth graders,

Today we start with the proposals from the English classroom 'The Big Apple'.

The office

1. Your daily routines in the Simple Past Tense.

Example: I often get up at seven o'clock, but yesterday I didn't get up at

seven, I got up at ten o'clock.

Now write ten more sentences using the 'daily routines' verbs.

Here you have some extra examples:

Daily routines: wake up – get up – get out of bed – go to the toilet – have breakfast – eat some toast – drink a glass of milk/a cup of tea – say 'good morning' to my mum/dad/brother/sister – brush my teeth – have a shower – comb my hair – dress myself – put on my shoes - make my bed - pack my schoolbag – watch TV – play games – walk the dog – feed my pet – go to school – meet my friends – play football – say 'hello' to the teachers – study – do proposals – play in the playground – practise sports – have lunch – do an after school activity – play in the park – help at home – chat on the computer – text my friends - go shopping – go to the supermarket – do my homework – listen to music – do nothing - have dinner – read – take off my clothes – put on my pyjama – say 'goodnight' – set my alarm clock – turn off the light – go to sleep – have sweet dreams.

2. Possessive adjectives: copy & translate.

And two proposals for these rainy (= lluviosos) days:

1. Watch the video:

The evolution of dance.

https://youtu.be/p-rSdt0aFuw?t=1

2. Read and listen to this book.

It is very good to practise the verbs in the past.

Enjoy!

Quique (5A) at work at home.

And the results: USA map and the poem.

Thank you, Quique!

Friday, 27th March

Dear families,

(below in Spanish = abajo en castellano)

Good Friday morning and I hope that everybody is still going strong!

As there might be some confusion about what your son or daughter can do for English, I will try to explain it again.

¡Buenos días viernes por la mañana y espero que todos seguís con buena salud!

Come puede haber algo de confusión sobre lo que puede hacer su hijo o hija en inglés, intentaré explicarlo de nuevo. (hay otra explicación más abajo).

1. There are three tutor class proposals (poem, word search and simple past tense). When we are at school, they rotate during three weeks from class to class. That is why not everybody has done the same proposals yet.

Hay 3 propuestas para la tutoría (poema, sopa de letras y el pasado simple). Cuando estamos en el cole, rotan durante 3 semanas de tutoría en tutoría. Por eso no todos han hecho las mismas propuestas todavía.

2. Then we have the English classroom proposals, the ones they can do in 'The Big Apple'. Below you can find a copy. I explained them on 18th February 2020. Once explained, they can start with any proposal they want to. For that same reason, not everybody has done the same proposals yet.

Luego tenemos las propuestas para el ambiente de inglés, las que se pueden hacer en 'La Gran Manzana'. Más abajo pueden encontrar una copia. Las expliqué el 18 de febrero 2020. Una vez explicadas, ellos pueden empezar con la propuesta que quieren. Por esta misma razón, no todos han hecho las mismas propuestas todavía.

3. There are some special proposals for these weeks we are not at school (radio, fish tank).

Hay algunas propuestas especiales para estas semana que no estamos en el cole (radio, pecera).

4. At school we have lots of more proposals, games and activities difficult to do online.

En el cole tenemos muchas propuestas, juegos y actividades más difíciles para poner en la red.

5. There is absolutely no problem in doing other proposals you can find from other years, other courses or you find yourselves online. The goal is to learn English anyway!

No hay problema alguna en hacer propuestas que pueden encontrar de otros años, otros cursos o que encuentran Ustedes mismos en internet. ¡El objetivo es aprender inglés de todas formas!

6. Not all proposals are digitized and that takes me some time. Besides, I have to confess that I am a 'slow' person, especially these days of mindfulness ;))

No todas las propuestas están digitalizadas y tardo un poco en eso. Además, tengo que confesar que soy una persona 'lenta', especialmente estos días de plena conciencia ;))

7. One very important item to learn a language is to understand the instructions in that language, the words in a context. I tell the students and they know. So maybe the biggest proposal of all is to read carefully everything I write. That is why I don't translate when I write to them.

Un ítem muy importante para aprender un idioma es entender las instrucciones en esa lengua, las palabras en un contexto. Se lo digo a los estudiantes y lo saben. Así que tal vez la propuesta más grande de todas es leer cuidadosamente todo lo que escribo. Por eso no traduzco cuando les escribo.

8. And last but not least, ask me please if you have any problem or doubt, but ask your daughter or son first, because they can explain you a lot!

Y por último pero no menos importante, por favor preguntenme si tienen algún problema o duda, pero pregunten primero a su hija o hijo, porque ¡ellos saben explicarles mucho!

9. Thank you for reading this and have a nice weekend!

Gracias por leerlo y ¡que tengan un buen fin de semana!

PS: I forgot! Until now I only explained the three classroom proposals (poem, word search and Simple Past Tense). Next week we start with the other proposals.

PD: ¡Se me ha olvidado! Hasta ahora solo he explicado las propuestas de las tutorías (poema, sopa de letras y el pasado simple). La semana que viene empezamos con las otras propuestas.

Maurice

Good evening fifth graders,

Today is Thursday 26th March and I hope you are doing fine.

Did you watch the short video and understand what I said? We finished the Poem proposal and now I give you two new ones:

1. Make your own word search.

Choose a topic (= tema).

Give me permission to share (=compartir) it on our blog.