Swimmingpools.

 

We all love swimming pools. Water is so funny and refreshing... Here, in Santa Amalia, the swimming pool is going to open next Friday, the 20th. The last day of school!!!

Although swimming pools are awesome, they can be also dangerous. Here I'm going to give you some advice in order to avoid possible problems:

• Put on sunblock before bathing. Sunburn is something very painful. And not only this: if you do not protect your skin, you could develop skin cancer in a future. A factor 50 is good choice. Remember to put on sunscreen every 2 hours. 

• From 14:00 to 16:00, better on the shade. During this period of time the sun is at the top of the sky, releasing a lot of UVA radiation. Even with sunblock, your skin could get burnt.

• Do not play at the edge of the swimming pool. On that place the floor is usually slippery, and you could fall and get hurt.

• Do not dive head first in shallow water. If you do so, you could bump against the bottom of the pool, hurting yourself. Many people is on wheelchair because of this (spinal cord injury)

• Do not swim in the deep if you're not a good swimmer. Many times people think they can cross the deep water, but at the middle of the pool they get tired, beeing at risk of drowning.

• Always pay attention and obey the lifeguards. Lifeguards are at the pool to protect you: so their word is gold.

Alphabetic wheel about... you.

I think this can be funny. An alphabetic wheel with deffinitions about people from the school.

Alphabetic wheel about you

Scavenger hunt. All grades.

Well, we're almost over!!! This week we're gonna play a scavenger hunt: a game in which you have to find the key of the chest. Yes: the very same chest on the teacher's desk. Inside it there's a treasure waiting for you. Here is the first challenge:

In which number is the car parked?

The solution is a number. When you know the answer, go to the class

with this number at the door.

Tourism and Vacation. 6th grades. Crossword.

 Tourism crossword.

NATURAL DISASTERS. 4th grade A. CROSSWORD.

Natural disasters crossword

Crossfit and gym. Crossword for the exam.

Gym and crossfit crossword.

End of School Year. Bank of resources. All grades.

The School Year is almost over. So these last 3 or 4 sessions are going to be focused on review. Soon I will upload more resources. Today, alphabetic wheels.

Alphabetic wheel I. Varied vocabulary.

Alphabetic wheel II. Professions.

Alphabetic wheel III. Prisons and crime.

Alphabetic wheel IV. Mythological beings.

Apart of alphabetic wheels, an couple of online trivia games:

Trivia online

Trivia online II (it seems cool!!)

Means of transports. 4th grade A. Crossword

Means of transports

Gym and crossfit. Alphabetic wheel. 5th grades.

Recently I have created this alphabetic wheel about gym, sport and crossfit. Play it to review the topic... and learn.

Gym and crossfit alphabetic wheel

The Roman Empire.

The Roman Empire was a political, territorial and cultural identity which ruled a vast extension of land around the Mediterranean sea about 2000 years ago:

Roman Empire in 210 AD.

The Roman Empire was under control of the emperor. An emperor was like a god - king. A king because he had absolut power; and a god because he was worsiped as a divine figure. There were temples advocated to the emperor all over the empire:

Imperial temple, in Mérida.

Roman Empire was organized in provinces: Dacia, Tracia, Britannia, Aegyptus, Italia... Each province was ruled by a Governor. Santa Amalia, our town, was placed in the province of Lusitania; although on that time its was not called Santa Amalia. It was "Lacipea"...

Roman provinces. Trajan period.

The language spoken all over the empire was Latin. From that old language many actual languages come, like Spanish, Portuguese, French or Italian. For this reason it is not so difficult to understand what Italian or Portuguese people are saying: we still keep many simmilar words and expressions which come directly from latin.

Latin inscription from Mérida.

The Roman Empire was also a military power. All its territories had been added or conquered. So, the Roman Army had an undeniable importance. The army was organized in Legions. A legion was a group of 5.000 professional soldiers, well trained and equipped. There were about 30 legions in the Roman Empire.

A key for the success of Roman Empire was engineering. Romans had deep and solid scientific knowledges: maths, physics, calculation, watering systems... Thanks to this knowledge they could create awesome structures, like bridges, roads, sewers, walls, theatres, temples, bath houses... All these structures were a great publicity for the empire. It was like: "Hey, barbarians. Look at what we, the Romans, can do". 

When talking about the Roman Empire, we cannot forget the importance of law; the so called Roman Law. Romans were capable of creating a very solid corpus of rules, concerning to all different fields of life: Family Law, Commercial Law, Criminal Law... Under this frame, peace and order spreaded all over the Roman world during the "PAX ROMANA": a period of about 200 years without war or conflict within the borders of the Empire.

Roman law written on a bronzce stele.

But after 300 AD. the empire started to weaken, for diverse reasons: climatic change, lack of food, barbarian invasions, economic crisis... Finally, in 476 AD, the Western Roman Empire collapsed. However, even today we can see its remains by everywhere, as remind of how bright and powerful once the empire was.

Crossfit, gym and physical activity. Online worksheet.

Physical activity, gym and crossfit worksheet

The mongoose and the rabbit.

Once upon a time there was a venomous and evil snake living close to a fountain. She lived alone, and she used to poison the water for killing the animals which drank there. One day a rabbit arrived to the fountain and drank water. Soon he felt bad, and he sat down on a rock next to the pipe. The snake said:

- Do you feel sick, little rabbit?
- Hi, snake. Yes; certainly I don't feel good. Do you know why?
- Yes. You have drunk the water I poisoned this morning. Sure you'll die in a few minutes; and later I will eat you.

- Oh, no! Don't tell me that!! My poor children are waiting for me in the warren. I have to suckle them, or they will die!!

The snake, seeing that may she could get some delicious baby rabbits, hatched a plan for getting them.

- Well, little rabbit, although you'll die, there's a solution. I can take care of your babies. Why don't you tell me where is your warren? I promise I'll protect them.

The little rabbit answered:

- I do not trust you, snake. But I have no other option. Ok. Listen. My warren is next to the river, in the waterfalls, under a willow. Go there and you'll find my babies. Please, take care of them!!

- You're stupid, little rabbit!! - said the snake - How do you think I was going to protect your babies? They're so tender, so appealing... I think they're going to be a nice dinner. Bye!!

The little rabbit died, but with a smile on her face. Of course that under the willow, next to the river, in the waterfalls, of course there was a warren. But not a rabbit warren. That night, the mongoose ate a succulent green snake which had arrived asking for some baby rabbits.

Ulysses and the Cyclops.

Ulysses was an ancient Greek hero. He was completely human (no god was his father) He wasn't very strong, he couldn't fly, he had no magic... His only weapon was his great intelligence and cunning.

Ulysses was king of Itaca (a Greek island) He was called to participate in Troy's war. He was fighting more than 20 years, far from his house. During all this time he missed his wife Penélope, his son Telémaco and his land very much.

When the war finally ended (Ulysses was the architect of that victory, thanks to the famous trick called "the horse of Troy"), all warriors returned home. But Ulysses couldn't, because a problem he had with Poseidon, the sea god. Poseidon condemned him to travel around Mediterranean sea during 20 more years. Ulysess had lot of adventures: he listened to the sirens, he travelled to the hell, he saw horrifying monsters... The adventure I'm going to tell you is about cyclops Polyphemus.

Trying to arrive at home, Ulysses found a lonely island. Because his foodstuff and water reserves were decreasing, he decided to stop there in order to get some supplies. Ulysses took a big jar of wine with him, as a present for possible island inhabitants.

In that island he found a cave in which there were many sheep. Also cheese, lambs, meat... Ulysses and his men, very pleased about their discovery, started to collect all that stuff.

But suddenly a great one - eyed giant appeared there, closing the cave with a big rock and capturing them inside. He got angry because those small "thiefs" were stealing his cattle. So, Polyphemus (this was the name of the monster, who in addition was son of Poseidon) decided that he would eat them that evening as dinner.

Fortunately, Ulysses had an idea. He offered the wine jar to Polyphemus. The cyclop completely drank it, getting drunk and asleep. Then, the hero held an spear and drove it in the giant's only eye. Polyphemus awoke. Checking he had been blinded, he opened the cave and called his brothers asking for help. Ulysses and his men sneaked out from there, fleeing away from the island.

Hot weather and Sunstroke. All grades.

Very soon we are going to face an ordinary heat wave in Extremadura. It is consequence of climatic change (every year periods of hot weather are longer and more severe because factors like CO2 or Solar activity) What can we do in order to prevent health problems related to hot weather? Here I give you some advices:

1. To drink water. When it's very hot our organism loses a great quantity of water. So, we have to drink more than usual.
2. To use cool clothing (shorts, t - shirts, sandals...)
3. If you are going to stay under the sun, use cap or hat.
4. To use solar block in order to protect your skin.
5. Eat cool meals: salads, gazpacho, fruit and vegetables, etc.
6. Don't practice sports and don't do physical efforts from 11 in the morning to 7,30 in the afternoon. Otherwise, you can suffer a heat stroke.

What to do if somebody suffers a heat stroke?

A heat stroke is when your body, as a consequence of external heat, increases its temperature. It is very dangerous, even mortal. So, the first you have to do is to lower the body temperature. How? Look at the picture:

Gym and crossfit healthy habits. 5th grades.

We all know that sport and physical training have undeniable benefits in our health: to avoid obesity, to prevent circulatory problems, to feel better and  happier... However, when training or playing sports, we have to be careful, because physical activity, bad planned, can be even worse than not physical activity at all. Here we go with some advice:

• To create a WEEKLY PLAN. If we want to improve, we need a training routine. Twice or three times a week it's a good starting point. Then you can progresively add more training days.

• To WARM UP. It is good to do gentle physical exercises and stretches before the main physical activity. Thus, our muscles get ready, avoiding lesions or cramps.

• To COOL DOWN. Once you have finished your training it's necessary to lower the body activity. Good to walk a few minutes and to stretch well.

• To have COMMON SENSE. That is: if we feel pain, we must stop the activity. Otherwise, we will get hurt.

• To EAT WELL. You have to eat before and after training. Two hours before and during the two hours after physical activity.

• To DRINK WATER. When practicing sport our body is consuming a lot of water. So, it's important to drink before, during and after training.

• To SLEEP WELL. While sleeping is when our body recovers and improves. Without a proper time of sleep we will be in risk of lesions, illness and pain.

At the gym. 5th grade A.

Hairdressing and make up. 4th grade A.

 Hairdressing and make up

At the funfair. 6th grade B.

At the funfair

Materials. 5th grade B. Crossword.

Materials

Supermarket crossword 

Illness and pain. 6th grade A.

Illness and pain

Amusement Parks. 6th grade B.

Funfair. 6th grade B.

We have just finished the topic "Fufair". So, here we go with a couple of activities.

Funfair

Funfair alphabetic wheel

Materials. 5th grade B. Vocabulary.

Because you voted it, we are learning about materials. First I let here all the vocabulary you need to know for the exam (The ones in yellow don't count)

Metals:

• Gold
• Silver
• Bronze
• Copper
• Tin
• Iron
• Steel
• Brass
• Aluminium
• Lead (Carefull with the pronunciation of this word. We talk about it tomorrow)
• Zinc

Fabric:

• Wool
• Cotton
• Silk
• Velvet
• Linen

Construction:

• Cement
• Concrete
• Tile (Floor tile, Wall tile, Roof tile)
• Clay
• Rock
• Granite
• Slate
• Limestone
• Marble
• Wood
• Plaster

Others:

• Feather
• Leather
• Rubber
• Plastic
• Coal
• Glass
• Ivory
• Crystal
• Wax
• Reeds

Materials. 5th grade B. Activities.

And here you have some online activities. These first ones are more generic:

Materials (filling the blanks)

Materials II (easy listening)

And these other two are the ones I have created. You will find some new materials. Learn them.

Materials. Teacher's worksheet I

Materials. Teacher's worksheet II

Materials alphabetic wheel

At the Supermarket. Text. 5th Grade.

Martha is at the grocery store, getting ready for a house party. She has a list of what she needs with her as she goes along. The first section she comes has produce. Martha sees apples, bananas, cherries, grapes, and strawberries. She checks her list:

- 6 apples
- 1 bag of cherries
- 1 bag of grapes
- 2 cartons of strawberries

Martha gets her items and looks the bananas. They are on sale for much cheaper than they are normally. She picks 3 bananas. Next are vegetables. She sees potatoes, carrots, tomatoes, onions, mushrooms, and salad in bags. She checks her list:

- 5 pounds of potatoes
- 6 carrots
- 4 tomatoes
- 2 onions
- 4 mushrooms

As she is putting her items into her cart, Martha checks the many bags of salad and chooses 2 of them. She pushes her cart ahead. The next section is meat and dairy. She sees meat, fish, cheese, eggs, and milk. She checks her list:

- 2 fish (salmon)
- 1 block of cheese (cheddar)
- 1 dozen eggs
- 2 gallons of milk

She looks at the meat that is on sale and chooses a 5-pound roll of hamburger. She gets the rest of the items in that section. She still needs rice, bread, salt, sugar, and flour. She gets:

- 2 bags of rice
- 4 loaves of bread
- a 2-pound bag of sugar
- a 2-pound bag of flour

Martha then realizes that she has forgotten something. She runs back and gets 1 container of salt and then rushes to the checkout. She puts her groceries into her car and leaves.

At the supermarket. 5th grade A.

We have almost finished the picture dictionary about supermarkets; so I let here the online worksheet for studying:

Supermarket worksheet.

I also let here this video. We will watch it at class, and in the exam there will be some questions about it:

Hairdressing and make up. 4th grade A.

Let's see some vocabulary about hairdressing. Here, some online worksheets:

Interview to a Hairdresser

Hairdressing drag and drop activity

Hairdressing Alphabetic wheel

And a video:

BLACKOUT!!!

Yesterday, in Spain, Portugal and some villages from the south of France, there was a massive and impressive blackout: that is, the electric power shut down to 0. On this report we are going to analyze the fact, the causes, and the consequences of this rare event.

The fact.

Yesterday, at 12:40, more or less, the power went out. We were at class, and possibly you remember that the digital board went to black. It was not only in Santa Amalia, but in all the Iberian Peninsua. The result was that about 59 million people were left without power.

Cause.

Red Eléctrica de España points that on Monday the 28th, at 12:34, there was a very strong oscilation in the power flow of networks. In other words: a lot of electricity suddenly "dissapeared". Concretely, about a 60% of the total. Why? There is no answer yet. Some people point that could be a cyber attack from Russia. Other people say that it was a "rare atmospheric phenomenon" (rare of what? A solar storm? An UFO event?

Consequences.

In small towns like ours, there were not big problems. We had to eat cold; no internet, no phone, and little more. But in big cities like Madrid, Barcelona or Valencia there was a lot of trouble. Traffic lights failed; so there were a lot of traffic jams. Also trains stopped in the middle of nowhere, with more than 35.000 passangers trapped. Other people were also trapped inside elevators, cable cars, metro lines... Parents could not pick their children from school on time; etc.

Fortunately...

Spanish electric system recovered in a record time. World is astonished about how in a few hours our country has solved a so big and so massive problem. Behind this recovery there has been a lot of work and prevention, blackout drills, coordination between authorities and security forces... Summarizing: today, we can be proud of our country.

The bloody tower. Jerez de los Caballeros. 4th grade A.

The Bloody Tower.

In Jerez de los Caballeros, a town placed in the south west of Extremadura, there is a legend about some ghosts of templar knights which are living in the "bloody tower": the keep of the Templar castle in the village.

In accordance with this legend, some templar knights were living in this fortress. But the Pope and the king decided that they must be executed (beacuse issues of faith and gold) During several days Templars were besiege in Jerez de los Caballeros, and finally cornered in the keep. The massacre was terrible: more than 30 templar knights were killed or beheaded. Old chronicles point that the blood flowed downstairs to the courtyard. A tragedy which is still remembered at the village, and which gave to the keep its actual name: "Bloody Tower".

But the knights didn't go. At least completely. Many witnesses affirm that in the new moon nights, if you go to the castle, you'll probably listen human whistles. Also far metallic noises, as if someone was walking by the ramparts. People explain that noises and whistles are produced by the souls of Templars, which are calling their horses. Before die, they swore to return to holy land on their steeds for fighting in the Crusades. They whistle and whistle with the new moon; but no horse comes to the call. For this reason, they can't abandon the caslte, and they are condemned to dwell the tower... Forever.

Pirates. Crossword. 5th grade B.

 Pirates crossword

Pirates picture. 5th grade B.

A task of your next exam will be based on this picture. For if you want... I don't know... To prepare a description, or something like that.

Countries and nationalities. Crossword for the exam. 4th grade B.

Countries crossword

4th grade A. Funfair. Crossword.

 Funfair

Things at school. Crossword for the exam.

Things at school

Sunburn.

 

Countries and Nationalities. 4th grade B.

4th Grade B voted that we are going to learn about countries and nationalities. So, here we go.

Countries and Nationalities I

Countries and nationalities II

Countries and nationalities III

And one very advanced, for if you want to learn a bit more:

All European countries

I also let here the countries and nationalities we have learnt in this topic:

SPAIN - SPANISH

PORTUGAL - PORTUGUESE

MOROCCO - MOROCCAN

ITALY - ITALIAN

FRANCE - FRENCH

GERMANY - GERMAN

AUSTRALIA - AUSTRALIAN

RUSSIA - RUSSIAN.

JAPAN - JAPANESSE

CHINA - CHINESSE

MEXICO - MEXICAN

NETHERLANDS - DUTCH

EGYPT - EGYPTIAN

INDIA - HINDI

UNITED KINGDOM (UK) Composed by England, Scotland, Wales and Northerm Ireland.

USA - AMERICAN.

This video will be also important:

Tourism and Holidays (Vacation) 5th grade A. Listening

Class stuff. 6th grade A.

This one is for refreshing concepts you already know:

Class stuff

These are two drag and drop activities:

Things at class I

Things at class II

And also an Alphabetic wheel:

School stuff Alphabetic wheel: there are some words you don't know yet. Tomorrow I'll explain them to you.