Geography and Culture Around the World

The students of Jessica's 5th grade English class have done a very nice project about the geography and cultures of different countries around the world. The project gave them a great opportunity to practice their English and learn about the cultures of different countries while also practicing their research and organizational skills by researching new information and creating the presentation. 

The students researched several key aspects about their countries. They found out the capital of the country and the main lakes, rivers, parks, mountains, and woods. Learning how to research and find information is a very important skill for the children to learn as it is something they will have to do in high school, university, and many jobs as an adult. Some of the countries the children researched were the USA, New Zealand, and Australia. 

For each category, the students had to write information in the form of sentences and also find a picture to go with it. For example, under mountains, the students would write about the highest peak or the biggest mountains and also find a picture of the mountains. 

Here you can see some examples of the students' projects: 

The students did a great job with this project and really put in a lot of effort to make sure the presentation was neat and nice to look at. 

Sensitivity and the Nervous System

The 5th grade class of CEIP San Miguel has been learning all about sensitivity and the nervous system in English. They have just given their presentations about the topics in English as well.

This has been a great opportunity for them to practice communicating and speaking English. In addition to learning all about the science behind how our senses work and respond, they have learned how to present about the topic and how it would be done in English. They learned many common phrases that we use when giving a presentation such as, 'We are going to explain...', 'The functions of this are...', and 'We hope you enjoyed our presentation.' 

The students have also greatly improved their general presentation skills. They have learned to face the audience instead of reading directly from their project and also to show or point to the parts of the poster that they are referring to when speaking. Some girls also thought of a very creative game in which the students had to place each sense with the correct description on a poster. 

Here you can see some examples of their posters: 

And here you can see the game pieces that the girls created. There is one for each of the five senses (sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch):