House furniture. 6th grade A.

Here we go with some activities for studying house furniture:

Label the house

Parts of a house

Parts of the house with text

There is / there are

Bathroom and kitchen vocabulary

And a couple of drag and drop activities, based on the picture dictionary I gave you:

House and furniture I

House and furniture II

Also an alphabetical wheel

Furniture alphabetical wheel

Natural disasters which can hit us. Earthquakes, tsunamis, floods and forest fires.

When talking about natural disasters, one question springs quickcly. Could be possible THAT disaster in our town, Santa Amalia, or in a place were we go on vacations? Let's try to answer these questions.

EARTHQUAKES.

In Spain earthquakes are not so frequent. At least in our region. Earthquakes are produced when two tectonic plates collide with each other. If you look at the image on the right, all red points indicate locations where earthquakes have been produced. The worst area is the east of Andalusia and the strait of Gibraltar. However... I want you looking at the red circle, in the Atlantic ocean. On that area we have "San Vicente's tectonic fault": a place where two tectonic plates are colliding. This location is a "hot point", being able of producing catastrophic earthquakes; like the one which destroyed Lisbon in 1755. Spain was also affected by that earthquake: many towers, houses, churches and castles were damaged on that fatidic year. Experts consider that every 300 - 400 years S. Vicente's fault suffers a strong sismic event. So, do the math...

TSUNAMIS.

Because of all said before, you'll probably guess that Tsunamis can occur in our coasts. In the map of the right you can see the tsunamis we had in Spain in the last 500 years. In purple, the biggest one: the Lisbon tsunami, produced by Lisbon earthquake. That tsunami devastated Portuguese and Spanish coasts. A wave of 15 meters high stroke Huelva and Cádiz, killing 1200 people. 

The most recent tsunami (2003) affected Balearic islands. A wave of 1 meter high arrived there, destroying some boats and small ships.

FLOODS.

In Santa Amalia we know what a flood is. From time to time water spreads over the neighbourhoods of "La Mesta" and "Valdehornillos avenue". Why? Well, there is a very simple and evident explanation. This area, before, was a natural pool. Look at these two sky images. The first, from 1956, is an old one. You can see a dark stain surrounded by a red line. That was "La Mesta" pool: a shallow lake. 

Santa Amalia's aerial view. 1956

Look now at this second one. It is a satellite image. On it you can see that the old pool has been covered by houses and streets. What happened? Well, let's say that in the 60's the person in charge decided to drain the lake without studying the hidrography of the area. Nor draining system, neither proper sewers. An absolutely botch job. The consequence: when it rains a lot, the lake wants to recover its territory, raising up and flooding all the area.

Actual satellite image.

FOREST FIRES.

San Isidro's hill satellite image.

Every few years we also have a forest fire here, in Santa Amalia. Concretely in our only local natural space: San Isidro's hill. On the picture at the right you can see the area which always burns: the south east slope. The causes have been varied: imprudences, intentional fires, lightning storms... The thing is that, from time to time, some more holm oak trees die because of the fire. Climatic change does not help: every year summers are hotter and dryer; and winters usually don't bring enough water.

Natural disasters. 6th grade B. Videos.

And an alphabetical wheel:

Natural disasters alphabetical wheel

Olympic games.

As voted, here we go with our new topic: olympic games.

General olympic sports

Also the list of Olympic summer sports:

Inside athletics, we have many categories:

Olympic games text (and test)

The Olympic torch. (Text with blanks)

Quiz about Olympic Games

Olympic games vocabulary test

Crossword

Olympic games listenings

And finally, as usually, the picture dictionary in a drag and drop activity:

Olympics drag and drop activity

Olympic games Alphabetic wheel

Things at home. 4th grade B. Exam's review.

Let's go with all you need to know for the exam we will do next Monday. Things at home:

Online worksheet. Things at home

Test type activity (very important for the exam) We will do it at class tomorrow.

With these two things you can start studying.

Medieval myths I: The Pied Piper of Hammelin.

Hammelin, Germany.

Hamelin, Germany. 12th century. There is a plague of rats. Nobody knows how to repel them from town. The rodents are becoming a big problem: the eat people's food, they bite children, they transmit deseases...

One day a misterious flutist arrives to the town. He talks to the mayor and he promises he can take all the rats out of Hamelin. He demands 100 gold coins for the job. The mayor accepts, promising the flutist he will be paid after the job.

The flutist followed by rats.

The flutist goes to the town square and starts to play a beautiful melody with his flute. Magically, all the rats come to the square and stand quiet, looking at him and listenting to his music. Then, the flutist starts walking, and the rats follow him. They walk down the street, crossing the wall gate and going into the forest. People is amazed. ¡The rats are gone! There is a big party, and everybody is happy.

The flutist, followed by children.

One year later the flutist returns to the town, dirty and tired. He looks like if coming from a large, large journey. Everybody thanks him his labour. The flutist goes to the town hall and talks to the mayor, asking for his 100 gold coins. But the mayor... Refuses to pay him!! Very angry, the flutist leaves, promising revenge.

The kitchen of the devil.

That same day, at night, when everybody is sleeping, a mysterious melody sounds in the darkness. Nobody worried about it. "Some musician rehearsing with his instrument", they think. But next morning, when Hamelin awakes... All children have dissapeared!! People in town despair. They organize a big search, looking for their kids. But they do not appear. Finally, in the mountain of Ith, far far away, they find one of the children. He is crying, sitting on a rock. He has got a sprain on his ankle, so he cannot walk. When they ask him about the others, the children only says: "I want to go with him. With the flutist. I want to walk with him. Do you listen his beautiful music? Take me with him!!"

The citizens of Hamelin are horrified. The flutist had bewitched and kidnapped their children!! The poor one of the sprain is safe only because he couldn't follow the march. They explore the mountain several days looking for their kids, but they didn't find anything. Finally they give up, returning to the town. They never saw their beloved children again.

Mountain of Ith.

Nowadays people still say that if you go the mountain of Ith at night and you put your ear on the "kitchen of the devil", sometimes you can listen to a mysterious melody and the laughs and cries of many children...

Musical instruments. 6th grade A.

I have prepared this worksheet for studying the easy words related to music. Do it this weekend!

Music I. Easy worksheet.

Music II. A bit more difficult worksheet

Also Three crosswords. One of them will appear at the exam.

Crossword I

Crossword II

Crossword III

Listenings about music. 6th grade A.

Animals' exam. 5th grade B.

Here I let you all the links you need for studying tomorrow's exam:

Fast animals (text)

Animals' varied resources

Describing animals

Animals test

Tools. Alphabetic wheel. 6th grade A.

An Alphabetic wheel about tools:

Tools Alphabetic wheel