Christmas shopping in the UK

Watch this video about Christmas shopping in the UK:

video

Make a snowman garland

How your nose and tongue work

How do we see? How do we hear? How does our skin work? How does our brain work?

I want to wish you a Merry Christmas!

¡Último día de Kuaderno!

Hoy es el último día de poder usar Kuaderno gratuitamente. ¡Espero que lo habéis disfrutado!  No lo hemos contratado como colegio, pero las familias que quieran podrán contratarlo de forma particular. Me imagino que en breve os llegará la información sobre los precios.

Nosotros enviaremos en breve una lista con páginas web gratis de inglés con juegos, ejercicios, listening, etc. para que todos puedan seguir practicando en el ordenador o tablet.

Have fun!

Social Science review questions

On Wednesday you have your last test of the trimestre: Social Science!  You must be able to locate and label all of the provinces of Spain (I will give you a list.)

Also you must study about how our government is organised. Here are the review questions to help you. All of the answers are in your book.

1. What is the city council formed by?

2. What are the three bodies of government within an autonomous community?

3. What is the Statute of Autonomy?

4. Name four things included in the Statute of Autonomy?

5. How does the Constitution define Spain? Where does its sovereignty reside?  How is it organized?

6. How many autonomous communities are in Spain?

7. Name the two autonomous cities.

8. What are the State Institutions established by the Constitution?

9. What is the function of the Head of State?  Who is it?

10. Which institution holds the executive power?  What is its mission? What is it formed by?

11. What is the Parliament in charge of?  What kind of power do they hold?            What are its two chambers?

12. Which institution holds the judicial power? What are they in charge of?             What are the main courts of justice in Spain?

You'd better watch out!

Review English Units 3 and 4

Here is a presentation to help you review.

English units 3 and 4 from Kathleen Marcy

Our Christmas cards for Bolton have been sent!

After we had made the cards, I sent them in the post.

 Here are just a few:

To learn more about the school in Bolton, visit their webpage here.

Andy's Question Tag presentation

Here is Andy's presentation to help you study:

Question tags from Kathleen Marcy

Why do we....

In Natural Science, we are studying about the Nervous System. The brain is such a fascinating organ!  Some questions came up in class:

Why do we yawn? 



Here's an explanation from KidsHealth

But there have been new studies that suggest that yawning helps us cool down our brains and think more clearly.  Read this article for more information! 

Line of succesion to the Spanish throne

In class today some of you were asking about the line of succession to the throne. We learned that the Head of State (executive power) is the King, in this case Felipe VI.

The line of succession is part of the Constitution. You can read it here:

Article 57 of the Spanish Constitution.

Here is a graphic:

Image credit   (you can read the article)

Some people want to change this article of the Constitution because it discriminates against women. But in order to change the Constitution, a long process must be followed, including a referendum (the people have to vote.)   Maybe it will happen someday!

Suponiendo que Felipe VI propusiera alguna de estas reformas y las fuerzas políticas atendieran su petición, primero se haría una votación en las Cortes para aprobar el inicio de la reforma de la Constitución. Posteriormente, habría que disolver las cámaras y celebrar elecciones. Se volvería a constituir el Congreso y el Senado y las Cámaras deberían decidir si se sigue adelante con la reforma y si así fuera deberían discutir y redactar el nuevo texto. Más tarde, sería imperativo la aprobación de esa nueva redacción mediante referéndum.

Ver más en: http://www.20minutos.es/noticia/2169263/0/reforma-constitucion/baza-felipe-vi-reto/regenerar-monarquia/#xtor=AD-15&xts=467263

Workbook p. 34

Exercise 1:

--The rider told the horse to jump.

--The teacher asked the children to look at the board.

--The boy asked his mother to buy a cake.

--The farmer told the dog to sit down.

Exercise 2:

--The man told the boy not to climb the ladder.

--The teacher asked the girls not to run.

--The woman told the boy not to shout.

--The woman asked the girl not to pick the flowers.

Exercise 3:

--The teacher told everyone to stand up.

--The man told the boys not to swim in the river.

--Mum asked the children to play quietly.

--Dad told John not to be late.

--Lucy asked Meg not to be angry.

--Mum asked Tom to wash the dishes. 

A real bear footprint-- and your last English test of the trimestre

Here is the picture my friend took while she was walking in the mountains over the weekend. It is from a black bear. Luckily she didn't see the bear!



Here is an article about what you should do if you meet a bear.

The last English test of the trimestre will be on Wednesday, 7th December.

It will include some things from the last exam:

--Present continuous, sentences and questions.
--Reported speech and direct speech

And some things from Units 3 and 4:

--Past perfect: had + past participle   click here
--Question tags (isn't it/he/she?  is it/he/she? aren't you/they/we?  are you/they/we?
wasn't it/he/she? was it/he/she? weren't you/they/we? were you/they/we?)
--Asked someone to/ told someone to...

--And/so/but/because   (click here)  


And a Listening exercise, a writing exercise.

Very important!  Review your irregular verbs!!!!

Wayne Thiebaud's delicious art!

Wayne Thiebaud is a pop artist who is famous for his paintings of delicious food.  He uses a lot of repetition in his work.

He also uses the Elements of Art.  For example, Form.

Form means creating an object to be or look three-dimensional. It has height, length, width, and depth. Here are some three-dimensional forms: pyramid, cylinder, sphere, cube.

Wayne thiebaud from woolridgep

Waynethiebaud2 from George Kelly Elementary

We are going to use repetition in our first project inspired by Thiebaud's art. 

You can also play this game:


National Gallery of Art Thiebaud Cake Interactive

For your art project you are going to draw something four times.  It can be an object, food, or whatever you want. Think about the colours you are going to use.

Here is an example by another Pop artist, Andy Warhol.

Giving a response

We are learning about body systems in Natural Science. First we are going to study how we receive information, process information, and give a response.

Here is a nice summary of the process.

Here is a game about the Nervous System.

Autonomous communities and provinces

We will have the last Social Science test of the trimestre on Wednesday, 14th of December. It will be on Unit 6: Spain's Organisation. 

Half of the test grade will be to locate and label on a map the Autonomous Communities and provinces in Spain.  You can practise using the activities in this link:

Interactive Maps   

(This may not work on a tablet.)




Don't forget the Autonomous cities, Ceuta and Melilla!


It can be an easy way to improve your Social Science grade, but you should start to study now!

Happy Thanksgiving!

What are you thankful for????

Our plants are growing!

Many of our plants have started to grow!  I can almost taste that lettuce now!

20th Century Spain

Here is a Power Point to help you study for your test.

20th century Spain from Kathleen Marcy

Here is a link to a page that has many activities (in Spanish) to help you understand or to get morer information.

Good luck!

English is fun, isn't it?

Watch this presentation about question tags. 

QUESTION TAGS from Diana Carolina Flores Uceda

Resources to help you study about Magnetism and Electricity

Our test is coming up on Thursday. Here are some resources to help you study!

In this presentation, look at slides 1-18:

Conductors and insulators from Mr. M



Electrical Conductors And Insulators from xnpsp5


Finally, a slideshow with everything you need to know for the test!

Electricity and magnetism from Kathleen Marcy

An extra credit project

Extra credit activity for Natural Science:

For an extra point on your exam, you can do one extra credit activity.

1)  Make your own compass

--Watch the video on the blog

http://5thgrademiguelhernandez.blogspot.com.es/2016/11/make-your-own-compass.html

--Make your own compass

--Take a digital photo or video

--Explain how it works. (video or written)

--If you don’t have a camera, you can draw a picture of the compass and label the parts. Write your explanation.

2)  Magnetic or not?

--Find 15 objects and test whether or not they are magnetic. At least 10 of them must be made of metal. You can use different coins.

--Make a video (optional—not necessary)

--Make a chart: 

Name of object	What is it made of?	Is it magnetic?
USA quarter (25 cent coin)	Mostly copper
spoon	steel

Write a conclusion: Objects made of ………………………….. are magnetic. Examples:

• You must hand in the activity on or before Thursday, 17^th November.
• Your written work must be neat and with good presentation.
• You may work individually or with a partner (three people maximum).
• If you make a video or take digital pictures, you can send your project to me by email at:

bilinguismomiguelhernandez@gmail.com

And--so--but--because

We use conjunctions (linking words) to join two sentences. Four common conjunctions are "and", "so", "but", "because".

We ran to class, but we were still late.
We ran to class because the bell was going to ring.
We ran to class, so we arrived on time.
We ran to class, and sat down quickly.

Let's practice!


Quiz
Quiz 2
Quiz 3
Quiz 4

Make your own compass!

Here is another experiment you can do. You can create your own compass!



You can also use a plastic bottle cap.

Past perfect

Yesterday we started to learn about the past perfect tense in English. We use it to talk about two events that happened at different times in the past.

The form is:

had + past participle

Here is the presentation we watched in class:

Past perfect from Kathleen Marcy

A science experiment!

We are going to do an experiment on Friday-- we are going to create electromagnets!  For the experiment you will need:

--a battery (pila de petaca):

  or   




--50-100 cm of insulated cable 

--a long iron nail

--metal paper clips

You can read about the experiment on page 76 of your book.

Here is a picture:

Gaudí and his "trencadís" style

Antoni Gaudí was a Spanish artist and architect who lived and worked in the 19th and 20th centuries (he was born in 1852 and died in 1926.)  One of the techniques he used was "trencadís"-- a mosaic form using broken ceramic tiles to add colour and shapes to a design.

Here are some examples of his work:


A lizard from Parque Guell in Barcelona




Benches in Parque Guell

We are going to take inspriration from this technique for our next art project!

Are coins magnetic?

Coins from Australia:



Canadian coins:



What about other coins?

Benjamin Franklin's lightning experiment

Leyden jars:

Image from this website

English Test

You will have your English test on November 3rd.

It will be on:

• Present continuous form to talk about future plans.   (Review here) 
• What a/ What an/ What   exclamations  (Review in your book and workbook)
• Reported speech  (See presentation below)
• Too/ too much/ very   (Review here)
• Time expressions  (See below)
• A listening exercise
• A reading comprehension exercise
• A writing exercise

Reported Speech de Miguel Dias

Time expressions with prepositions:

in the morning    in the afternoon  in the evening

at night               at 6 o’ clock        on Friday

in 2016               in July                 in the summer

in two weeks       in five minutes    in the future

 

Social Science Test Review

Here are some questions to help you study. Make sure you can answer all of them!

1. Explain these terms and say during which reign they appeared (who was king or queen at that time).

--guerillas

--political alternation

--caciques

--Salic Law

--Crisis of 98

--Carlist wars (First and Second)

2. For each part of the pyramid, write the name of the capitalist class and say who belonged to it.

                                                                                             

3. What was the quality of life like for the majority of the population in the 19^th century? Why?

4. Why was the 19^th century important for the press?

5. What changes in education did the Moyano Law bring?

6. How did the Spanish War of Independence begin?  Who fought in this war?

7. Name and describe the cultural movements of the 19^th century.

8. Why and when was the National Bank of Spain founded?

9. Name three things that slowed economic development in the 19th century.

13. What was the main economic activity in the 19^th century?

14. Which king was influenced by Cánovas del Castillo?  Which Constitution was written at that time?

15. During which period did Amadeo I reign?

16. Who was king (or queen) when the American colonies gained independence?

17. Which king allowed Napoleon to pass through Spain to conquer Portugal?  What happened instead?

18. Write everything you know about the Constitution of 1812.