Exchange Project 2 - The results

Our happiness is immense since the group English5-Prepa1UNAM-2012-2013 of our friends from Mexico came first place at a school competition among other classes. Let's keep our fingers crossed as they are competing against nine others schools at a national forum. Our small contribution affected the judges' decision positively, granting the girls who created the podcast Episode 2- Christmas first prize, earned most worthily with a top 100% score. 


Congratulations to the participants  and we would like to wish them all the best at the forum! Their wonderful teacher Ma. Elena Delgado is responsible for the orchestration of her students' project and the brief involvement of our school. She is a bright beacon of inspiration and I feel so lucky to have-even virtually- met her!

Congratulations Prepa 1 and keep up the good work!

Happy Halloween, until next year!

As we do every year, we celebrated Halloween and had a lot of fun! Kids were excited about it, and they waited patiently for the trick or treat moment! Even the younger students anticipated this week, though they didn't really know what was all about. Other came in disguised as vampires and witches! We talked about spooky incidents and narrate and listen to scary stories. They practiced their listening skills by watching videos from famous films. We read several versions of Jack O' Lantern's story in class. It was a fun week both for students and teachers. Let us hope for a great one also next year! :)

See some of our pictures here 

Students talking about their favourite horror film.

Trick or treaters!

Happy Halloween, until next year.......

Halloween once more!

 


My kitchen table is full of photocopies, old and new material for the classes and new crafts ready to be created! 

 Many of my colleagues feel very hesitant towards even talking about this kind of holiday, but once you start, you never stop! There are so many ideas that teachers around the world are willing to share-and we are very grateful for it!- so there is no excuse!!!

A special thanks to all the pinners at Pinterest, a huge source of interesting and useful sites for teachers -and not only!

My Halloween Board on Pinterest 
The little old lady who wasn't afraid of anything
Wicked tips/crafts
Making Ghosts
Hanging bats
Looking for Dracula (so fun to perform it in the classroom)
31 days of Halloween 
Scary stories to tell in the dark (an absolute must! The kids love it!)
Halloween with Friends  and the worksheet from Busyteacher
Busyteacher Halloween worksheets
Flashcards
Corpse Bride 1 
Corpse Bride 2
Corpse Bride 3
List of Halloween movies for teens
Top 9 Halloween Movies for School-Aged Kids
The Village worksheet
Nightmare before Christmas worksheet 1
Nightmare before Christmas worksheet 2
Ghostbusters scene 1 - Great for practicing Conditionals (What would you do if you saw a ghost in the library?)
Ghostbusters: Venkman gets Slimed
King of the pumpkins 

DIY Angry birds masks 
Bugs Bunny Halloween
Twilight Zone worksheet 1
The Twilight Zone Companion Lesson Plans for Teachers
Halloween Songs for Kids
Halloween songs
Spooky Spooky - Halloween Song

Halloween Worksheets

Halloween Printable Worksheets

Halloween Worksheets and Printables

Halloween exercises and worksheets

Printable Halloween Worksheets for Kids

                                Have a great Halloween!

You'd better watch out!

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Christmas is around the corner and although its spirit is not so alive in my country, children seem not to matter at all and decided to celebrate it simply and magically, because they're the only ones they know how to celebrate it as such... Little did I know that my students would remind me this year of a valuable lesson I try to follow in my life, the one of simplicity. Leading a simple life, cherish what you have, and particularly who you have in your life, count your blessings, even when there aren't enough money for "expensive, fancy or trendy" presents-and at times, not even for "classic" Christmas presents-and feel like a king or a queen because you finally started to appreciate and evaluate your life's elements and components.

Like every year, my students and I decided to celebrate Christmas simply and magically, by colouring festive images, watching videos, learning and singing Christmas carols, by performing a Christmas play and especially by learning or remembering old values. Children in Greece are growing up fast nowadays, but fortunately they incorporate that "early dose of wisdom" into their innocence.

My wish for next year is all the best for everyone: health and happiness, with a more optimistic approach of life. There aren't many things left. Let's try to keep our integrity, sense of pride and honesty and help each other the best way and whenever we can.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from all of us here in Greece!


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Useful links

Worksheets, flashcards, printables and more!
http://busyteacher.org/classroom_activities-vocabulary/holidays_and_celebrations/christmas-worksheets/
http://bogglesworldesl.com/christmas_worksheets.htm
http://www.michellehenry.fr/christmas2.htm
http://bogglesworldesl.com/new_year_worksheets.htm
http://www.esl-galaxy.com/holiday/christmas/xmascoloring.pdf
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YYNqvsEyaw&feature=related
http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/christmas_printables.htm
http://esolcourses.blogspot.com/2009/12/new-year-worksheets-activities-lessons.html
http://www.mes-english.com/flashcards/christmas.php
http://www.esl-galaxy.com/holiday.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rkP-R240Ys&feature=relmfu
http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/christmas_classroom_printables.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8AO6xYcYTs
http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/christmas_language_printables.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqDnT2yj3Hw
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/Xmas/facts.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXr2FZpzq-0
http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/christmas_organisers_to_print.htm
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/Xmas/jokes.html
http://ngfl.northumberland.gov.uk/christmas/
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/Xmas/xmas.html


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Games
http://bogglesworldesl.com/christmasbingo.htm
http://www.ehow.com/way_5471734_christmas-games-play-classroom.html
http://www.marks-english-school.com/games/mes-christmas_01.html
http://www.learn-ict.org.uk/resources/rudolph/rudolph.htm
http://www.akidsmath.com/flashes/mgames/tree.swf


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Videos and songs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrYIMmUTFdo&feature=g-all
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSW-CepaASI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSW-CepaASI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWv72L4wgCc&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DYtrw2mikA&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T4WB2zfmps&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQYa2epnTdo&feature=related
http://www.eslteachersboard.com/cgi-bin/free-teachers/index.pl?read=814
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2lginvudbM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fx_YhGJYx4w&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dK88Khxdao


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