The document discusses using cross-curricular language for different artistic purposes such as writing, art, rhythm and music, and movement and dance. It provides examples of calligrams in poetry, using shapes and colors in illustrations, singing songs in different languages to learn vocabulary, and practicing types of dances from around the world. The overall purpose is to stimulate students' learning and engagement through integrating various art forms with other subject areas.
The document is the lyrics to the song "Barbie Girl" by Aqua. It describes Barbie inviting Ken to go party with her and expressing how much fun it is to live in their plastic fantasy world. The lyrics are repeated throughout and revolve around themes of living carefree lives in their imaginary barbie/ken roles and enjoying dancing and partying together.
If it rains, the speaker will not be able to go to the cinema because they will not have an umbrella to stay dry and will have to go home instead of going to the cinema.
28 Nursery Rhymes with Words and Movements for Active LearningTeach & Sing, Inc.
This contains 28 different nursery rhymes with drawings and written descriptions of suggested movements. This is the perfect way to keep young children engaged and learning actively as they increase their language skills by learning nursery rhymes! All of these nursery rhymes are also available in music form on the CD Nursery Rhymes: Music with Mother Goose from HeidiSongs.com for $15.
http://www.heidisongs.com/our-products/details.php?id=205&keywords=Nursery_Rhymes:__Music_with_Mother_Goose_CD
This document contains songs and rhymes for children. It includes 20 songs like "Happy Birthday", "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star", and "Old McDonald" summarized across 3 pages with lyrics and YouTube links. It also includes 5 rhymes like "Georgie Porgie" and "Pussy Cat" summarized on 1 page. The document is intended to entertain and educate young readers with classic children's songs and rhymes.
This document contains the lyrics to the song "I've Just Seen a Face" by The Beatles. The song is about a man who sees a woman and is instantly smitten, unable to forget their meeting. He dreams of her that night and feels that she is unlike anyone he has met before. He is falling for her and she keeps calling him back.
The document is the lyrics to the song "Barbie Girl" by Aqua. It describes Barbie inviting Ken to go party with her and expressing how much fun it is to live in their plastic fantasy world. The lyrics are repeated throughout and revolve around themes of living carefree lives in their imaginary barbie/ken roles and enjoying dancing and partying together.
If it rains, the speaker will not be able to go to the cinema because they will not have an umbrella to stay dry and will have to go home instead of going to the cinema.
28 Nursery Rhymes with Words and Movements for Active LearningTeach & Sing, Inc.
This contains 28 different nursery rhymes with drawings and written descriptions of suggested movements. This is the perfect way to keep young children engaged and learning actively as they increase their language skills by learning nursery rhymes! All of these nursery rhymes are also available in music form on the CD Nursery Rhymes: Music with Mother Goose from HeidiSongs.com for $15.
http://www.heidisongs.com/our-products/details.php?id=205&keywords=Nursery_Rhymes:__Music_with_Mother_Goose_CD
This document contains songs and rhymes for children. It includes 20 songs like "Happy Birthday", "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star", and "Old McDonald" summarized across 3 pages with lyrics and YouTube links. It also includes 5 rhymes like "Georgie Porgie" and "Pussy Cat" summarized on 1 page. The document is intended to entertain and educate young readers with classic children's songs and rhymes.
This document contains the lyrics to the song "I've Just Seen a Face" by The Beatles. The song is about a man who sees a woman and is instantly smitten, unable to forget their meeting. He dreams of her that night and feels that she is unlike anyone he has met before. He is falling for her and she keeps calling him back.
Continuing and developing KS2 pedagogy into KS3Clare Seccombe
The document discusses strategies for continuing and developing teaching pedagogy from Key Stage 2 to Key Stage 3. It recommends maintaining continuity and progression through techniques like rhythm and songs, gestures and actions, puppets, group work, stories, flashcards, and using equipment to make lessons more engaging for students transitioning between stages.
The document summarizes the establishment and growth of the NE Comenius Centre website for sharing modern foreign language teaching materials between teachers. It was established in September 2002 and by January 2011 had over 4000 resources shared between teachers. The document encourages teachers to share ideas, links, and resources through the website by explaining that sharing benefits all teachers by refreshing their work and expanding their teaching tools.
El documento contiene repeticiones de palabras sin sentido como "Anclas", "Patanclas", "Azalas" y "A blancas" agrupadas en bloques de texto. Cada bloque repite la misma estructura de palabras sin sentido.
A soldier finds it difficult to listen to or understand the complaints of civilians about minor everyday problems after experiencing the difficulties of being a soldier. The document lists examples of common complaints from friends, family and coworkers that a returning soldier may find trivial compared to their experiences at war, such as complaints about traffic, weather, jobs, or domestic responsibilities. Overall, the challenges of daily civilian life seem insignificant to someone who has served in the military.
Virtually all subjects serve more than one purpose by being valuable disciplines in their own right while also adding value to cross-curricular studies. The document lists topics from the primary languages curriculum that connect to other subjects like literacy, math, history, art, music, geography, science, and more. It suggests history as an example of how languages can join into cross-curricular learning.
El documento describe diferentes métodos para enseñar y aprender, desde los más pasivos como contar historias o mostrar imágenes, hasta los más activos que involucran al estudiante como realizar proyectos o experimentos. Explica que los métodos más efectivos son aquellos que involucran directamente al estudiante en lugar de simplemente mostrarle o contarle.
using Web2.0 tools to promote and facilitate readingClare Seccombe
This document lists various websites that can be used to support reading development and encourage cultural, emotional, spiritual, and social growth in students. It provides links to websites for creating and sharing stories, comics, voice recordings, and other digital media like Storybird, Storyjumper, Voicethread, Little Bird Tales, and Toondoo. Additional resources for digital stories and student projects are also referenced.
This document discusses various games that can be used in language classrooms to help students practice and embed the target language while having fun. It provides a list of 33 different game ideas, including well-known games like noughts and crosses, bingo, pictionary, and hangman, as well as some less common games like pelmanism, kim's game, number tennis, and trapdoor. The document suggests that games are an effective way for students to learn language unconsciously through an enjoyable competitive or interactive activity where they can practice with peers or the teacher.
The Year 3 students at the school created mosaic suns inspired by architect Antoni Gaudí's work. They learned about Gaudí's unique style that incorporated natural shapes and bright colors in his buildings. The students then worked to design and construct their own mosaic suns reflecting Gaudí's influence.
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive functioning. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms.
Starting to write in another language isn't as easy as simply picking up a pen or pencil, especially for younger learners. This presentation looks at the difficulties they may face and how we can best best support learners as they begin to write in their new language.
Resources and activities with a reading focusClare Seccombe
This document provides examples of methods and resources for teaching vocabulary, grammar, phrases, sentences, and full texts in a foreign language. It includes hands-on activities like dominoes, puzzles, and flashcards for teaching individual words, as well as games, posters, and digital tools for practicing phrases and short sentences. It also discusses using authentic children's books, stories, poems and websites to expose students to full written texts in the target language.
The document discusses flag descriptions from the year 2016. In April of that year, descriptions were provided for various flags. However, without more context around the purpose or topic of the flags, it is difficult to determine what information the document aimed to convey in only 3 sentences or less.
Continuing and developing KS2 pedagogy into KS3Clare Seccombe
The document discusses strategies for continuing and developing teaching pedagogy from Key Stage 2 to Key Stage 3. It recommends maintaining continuity and progression through techniques like rhythm and songs, gestures and actions, puppets, group work, stories, flashcards, and using equipment to make lessons more engaging for students transitioning between stages.
The document summarizes the establishment and growth of the NE Comenius Centre website for sharing modern foreign language teaching materials between teachers. It was established in September 2002 and by January 2011 had over 4000 resources shared between teachers. The document encourages teachers to share ideas, links, and resources through the website by explaining that sharing benefits all teachers by refreshing their work and expanding their teaching tools.
El documento contiene repeticiones de palabras sin sentido como "Anclas", "Patanclas", "Azalas" y "A blancas" agrupadas en bloques de texto. Cada bloque repite la misma estructura de palabras sin sentido.
A soldier finds it difficult to listen to or understand the complaints of civilians about minor everyday problems after experiencing the difficulties of being a soldier. The document lists examples of common complaints from friends, family and coworkers that a returning soldier may find trivial compared to their experiences at war, such as complaints about traffic, weather, jobs, or domestic responsibilities. Overall, the challenges of daily civilian life seem insignificant to someone who has served in the military.
Virtually all subjects serve more than one purpose by being valuable disciplines in their own right while also adding value to cross-curricular studies. The document lists topics from the primary languages curriculum that connect to other subjects like literacy, math, history, art, music, geography, science, and more. It suggests history as an example of how languages can join into cross-curricular learning.
El documento describe diferentes métodos para enseñar y aprender, desde los más pasivos como contar historias o mostrar imágenes, hasta los más activos que involucran al estudiante como realizar proyectos o experimentos. Explica que los métodos más efectivos son aquellos que involucran directamente al estudiante en lugar de simplemente mostrarle o contarle.
using Web2.0 tools to promote and facilitate readingClare Seccombe
This document lists various websites that can be used to support reading development and encourage cultural, emotional, spiritual, and social growth in students. It provides links to websites for creating and sharing stories, comics, voice recordings, and other digital media like Storybird, Storyjumper, Voicethread, Little Bird Tales, and Toondoo. Additional resources for digital stories and student projects are also referenced.
This document discusses various games that can be used in language classrooms to help students practice and embed the target language while having fun. It provides a list of 33 different game ideas, including well-known games like noughts and crosses, bingo, pictionary, and hangman, as well as some less common games like pelmanism, kim's game, number tennis, and trapdoor. The document suggests that games are an effective way for students to learn language unconsciously through an enjoyable competitive or interactive activity where they can practice with peers or the teacher.
The Year 3 students at the school created mosaic suns inspired by architect Antoni Gaudí's work. They learned about Gaudí's unique style that incorporated natural shapes and bright colors in his buildings. The students then worked to design and construct their own mosaic suns reflecting Gaudí's influence.
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive functioning. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms.
Starting to write in another language isn't as easy as simply picking up a pen or pencil, especially for younger learners. This presentation looks at the difficulties they may face and how we can best best support learners as they begin to write in their new language.
Resources and activities with a reading focusClare Seccombe
This document provides examples of methods and resources for teaching vocabulary, grammar, phrases, sentences, and full texts in a foreign language. It includes hands-on activities like dominoes, puzzles, and flashcards for teaching individual words, as well as games, posters, and digital tools for practicing phrases and short sentences. It also discusses using authentic children's books, stories, poems and websites to expose students to full written texts in the target language.
The document discusses flag descriptions from the year 2016. In April of that year, descriptions were provided for various flags. However, without more context around the purpose or topic of the flags, it is difficult to determine what information the document aimed to convey in only 3 sentences or less.
This document discusses creativity in primary language classrooms and provides examples of craft activities that can promote creativity. It defines craft as an activity involving skill in making things by hand. Some craft ideas presented include origami, bookmarks, door hangers, fortune tellers, pencil pots, dice, board games, bunting, flags, puppets, felt sewing, playdoh, greeting cards, paper dolls, paper animals, beads, masks, crowns, photo frames, shakers, jigsaws, and story sticks. The goal is to use crafts to help students be creative and inventive rather than just repeating what others have done.
This short document appears to be a positive message celebrating the start of a second year of something. It contains the Spanish phrase "¡muy bien!" which means "very good!" followed by "Year 2!" indicating the beginning of a second year.
The document discusses findings from Ofsted reports on modern language teaching in primary and secondary schools in the UK. In primary schools, pupils made most progress in speaking and listening, while examples of systematically planned reading were rare and writing even more so. In secondary schools, students' written work was often too short and lacked extended creative writing due to a lack of knowledge of grammatical rules. The document then defines a mini-book as a short piece of writing in book format that can be printed, handwritten, illustrated and decorated. It provides examples of different types of mini-book formats and links to resources on making mini-books.
1) According to Ofsted reports, achievement in primary schools was good or outstanding in around 60% of schools visited, with pupils making most progress in speaking and listening.
2) While some schools planned reading systematically, this was rare, and planning for writing was even more rare.
3) At the secondary level, students' written work was often too short and lacked creative writing because students did not know or could not apply grammatical rules. Writing did not build upon speaking skills in many classes observed.
El documento describe diferentes condiciones climáticas como calor, frío, viento, lluvia, nieve, niebla, tormenta, sol, nubes y hielo a través de varias preguntas sobre "¿Qué tiempo hace?".
El documento describe diferentes condiciones climáticas como calor, frío, viento, lluvia, nieve, niebla, tormenta, sol, nubes y hielo a través de varias preguntas sobre "¿Qué tiempo hace?".
El documento habla sobre las preferencias de comida y bebida de alguien. Menciona que tiene un padre azul que es una ballena, y contrasta cosas que le gustan como guisantes, moras y champán con cosas que no le gustan como gusanos, mocos y champú.
The document provides instructions for Brownies or Cubs to earn a Spanish badge from St. Paul's. To complete the badge, they must choose and complete one activity from each of several categories related to the Spanish language, Spanish-speaking countries, Spanish-speaking people, and Spanish food and money. Examples of activities include making a bookmark with Spanish words, drawing country flags and finding their meanings, learning about a famous Spanish author, and writing a recipe for a Spanish dish. Students should bring their completed work to Mrs. Seccombe.
Burbuja la bruja prepara un hechizo para hacer chorizo poniendo varios ingredientes extraños en un caldero, como ojos rojos, maletas violetas, tijeras, un elefante elegante, vacas, urracas, una goma con una paloma, ovejas de tres orejas, patatas fritas bonitas, estragón y un dragón. Remueve los ingredientes.
The document summarizes a presentation on primary language teaching. It discusses the benefits of learning languages at a young age, including the cognitive and social benefits. It provides examples of storytelling strategies that make language learning engaging for children, such as using actions, gestures, and songs to introduce vocabulary in a new language. The strategies are meant to scaffold children's understanding and promote literacy, thinking, and social skills development. The document advocates celebrating multilingualism and having a permanent language presence in schools.
8. Calligrams "A calligram is a poem, phrase, or word in which the typeface, calligraphy or handwriting forms an important part of the focus."
64. Dans la jungle, terrible jungle, Le lion est mort ce soir, Et les hommes tranquilles s'endorment Le lion est mort ce soir. Ahiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Ohim Bowé Tout est sage dans le village, Le lion est mort ce soir. Plus de rages, plus de carnage, Le lion est mort ce soir. Ahhiiiiiiiiiiii Ohim Bowé L'indomptable, le redoutable, Le lion est mort ce soir. Viens ma belle, viens ma gazelle, Le lion est mort ce soir. Ohim Bowé….
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Editor's Notes
Sing, as round!
Cross-curricular – unites MFL with other subjects and so gives it a “worth” Enhances and enriches SoW for ISA – something new with an international focus, because there is a wealth of intercultural information that you can bring in More interesting and more fun, for them and for you – happier children and teacher! Uses language for a real purpose, and not just some random exercises to illustrate and practise a point It’s another tool in your box – not something you can do ir have to do all the time, but something to bring a little variation to your lessons.
Language and arts are an integral part of life that we can’t ignore. The arts are a vital enrichment to life which links us to our past and which will make us remembered in our future
Using the arts in our lessons helps us to reach out to more of the students, the ones who may be hard to reach or motivate in other ways. Gives all students a chance for success.
writing probs the only art we address on a daily basis. But do we address it as an art or as a perfunctory and dull task? Could it be enlivened by, say, making a comic, or a mini-book, or a Storybird or a Storyjumper? But that’s a presentation for another time.
And here’s a Spanish example. This was something I did at Christmas time with all the year groups including KS1, with good results all round. Got some Christmas stencils and a list of Christmas words in Spanish. Then paper-clipped the stencil to the paper, and wrote the Christmas words inside the stencil. We found that the closer together you put the words, the more effective the final result. Year 3 got some brilliant results by using different coloured pens. If you google “stencils”, the first result you get has good stencils for animals, fruits etc
Intercultural understanding. Fact or stereotype?
Opps to demonstrate ICU and good for display! Use Imagechef.com
Still on an intercultural tip Google Doodles Castellers Rentrée Something that children are very familiar with
Use of pictures for months (and other resources) – think outside the box. Use the opportunity for an enhanced learning experience.
Mi bandera es roja
Mi bandera es roja y blanca
Mi bandera es roja, blanca y azul
Mi bandera es azul y blanca
Mi bandera es roja y verde
Mi bandera es roja, verde y blanca
Mi bandera es roja y amarilla
Mi bandera es roja, amarilla y negra
Mi bandera es roja, amarilla, negra y verde
Mi bandera es roja, amarilla, negra, verde, azul y blanca
Mi bandera tiene un escudo
Mi bandera tiene una estrella
Mi bandera tiene cuatro estrellas
Mi bandera tiene cinco estrellas
Mi bandera tiene seis estrellas
Mi bandera tiene una cruz
Mi bandera tiene un círculo
Mi bandera tiene tres franjas
¿ Y tu bandera ? ¿ Cómo es ?
¿ Y tu bandera ? ¿ Cómo es ?
Wales, Portugal, Belarus
I’m indebted to Jim McElwee in Redcar and Cleveland for this idea. It gave me the idea for the flags lessons. Make a picture out of shapes. On a simple level, use it for practising plurals. “Dans mon tableau, il y a deux cercles, deux triangles, six rectangles.....
But if you add colour, it’s ideal for adjectival agreement and word order. “Dans mon tableau il y a un cercle rose, un cercle vert, quatre rectangles roses.....
Adapting the shapes lesson for the scheme of work
Hall of a hundred columns
Making shapes with other shapes
My mosaic is.....and has.... Mi mosaico es azul y blanco. Tiene un cuadrado y ocho triángulos
Mi mosaico es rojo, verde y amarillo. Tiene dos tazas (rojas) y cuatro camisetas (verdes y amarillos)
Imaginative, intercultural, use for language work afterwards to describe the shapes and colours. A more fun way of doing adjectival agreement than just a sheet with lots of examples. Also you get a really good display out of it!
Took one of the repetitive sentences from Hungry Caterpillar and adapted
Used dictionaries to complete the sentence using an appropriate plural, one table did each day
Added their sentences to the template. Enlarged to A3, made mini-book, had to use dictionaries to find out what others had written and illustrate pages appropriately. On last page, Sunday, they had to find something that the monster turned into on the last day like the caterpillar became a butterfly.
Other ideas for using colours and illustrations to stimulate creativity
Use music for: Timing activities; set the pace for activities; countdown to end activities Backing track for ppt quizzes and so on; sets the scene for activity, when doing a TL task; to settle them Intercultural work – authentic sounds from another country The Mozart effect – concentrate them while they work!
Learning new vocabulary – can do just wds, wds with visual stimulus, wds with actions, or wds with actions, rhythm and tune to really fix it in their heads Repeat words with actions Lunes – hands on hips Martes – hands on shoulders Miércoles – hands on ears Jueves – touch nose Viernes – touch head Sábado – hands in air Domingo – jump! Then sing the song – triple whammy of melody, rhythm and actions to cement words
A French one to balance out the Spanish! Where can we get songs from? Authentic ones online (MFL Sunderland!)
Make your own! Songsmith – free academic download JamStudio – good for loops Or get your instrument out! **Mark’s blog
Rap is of course a combination of music and rhythm – and saves you having to come up with a tune! (months rap) Can do the low-tech version and thump a rhythm on the desk to drive in a pattern, e.g. pronouns
Numbers Tai Chi Good for calming Reinforces numbers From Take 10 en español, which has loads of really good ideas for incorporating movements into language work
Good motivator, links MFL, which they may not like, with sport, which they probably do like VAK! Using a physical response helps learners to embed new things Physical exercise and healthy living, therefore lots of curricular links, also to Every Child Matters – Be healthy. Cross-curric PE good way of getting the KS2 entitlement in Inclusive Could be useful for a transition unit Do a search for “dance” on Primarylanguages.org.uk and you’ll find useful resources Meets a number of objectives of the KS2 Framework, such as listening attentively and understanding instructions, and performing to an audience