Halloween in San Miguel School´24

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Happy Halloween!

In class this week we learned that Halloween started as a Celtic festival to mark the beginning of winter and the end of autumn. Celtic people thought spirits would visit them during Halloween. Today, we dress up in silly costumes, go trick-o-treating, and we eat lots of candy! In class, we did some small activities, like Halloween bingo, coloring our own monster and creating a Frankenstein dice!

Click here to review the Halloween Presentation!

Have a spooky Halloween!

 

Halloween Special Festivities

Hello everyone! I can't believe it is already November. The weather is starting to feel colder and the leaves are changing color.

This past week we celebrated Halloween, a tradition that originated from the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain. The children celebrated by dressing up in their scariest costumes - witches, ghosts and vampires!

I made a presentation about Halloween teaching them about how to turn a pumpkin into a jack-o-lantern by carving two eyes, one nose and a mouth. I also showed them how children dress up for Halloween in the United States and go door to door saying "trick or treat" with bags for candy.

After my presentation, I taught them about the four elements (air, water, fire and earth) through interactive storytelling. The children had to stand up and do different gestures and movements to help me tell the story. For example, when the fairy in the story had to get the element of fire from the dragon, the children acted like they were fire-breathing dragons!

After, they all drew symbols to represent the elements in their notebooks along with their own version of a fairy.

Halloween is nearly here!

Como todos los años "Halloween" muy cerca y quiero compartir con vosotros estos recursos para esas fechas. Es un tiempo para disfrutar de las cosas más insospechadas relacionadas con el miedo y el terror. Sin duda no se puede dejar pasar esta oportunidad para celebrarlo en los centros escolares.

Espero que os sea de mucha utilidad.

Un saludo grande.

En español:

• Cuentos para leer

http://halloween-halloween.webnode.es/products/cuentos%20halloween%20para%20ni%C3%B1os/

• Cuentacuentos para escuchar y disfrutar

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=cuentacuentos+halloween+para+ni%C3%B1os

• Juegos y otros recursos

http://www.orientacionandujar.es/2013/10/29/recopilatorio-de-actividades-interactivas-para-halloween/

In English:

• Worksheets

https://www.teachervision.com/holidays/halloween 

• British Council Resources

https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/es/category/topics/halloween 

• Games

https://www.thebalance.com/halloween-party-games-kids-1357658 

• Crafts

https://www.diyncrafts.com/14709/decor/31-fun-and-easy-halloween-crafts-for-kids 

https://es.pinterest.com/explore/artesan%C3%ADas-de-halloween-para-ni%C3%B1os/ 

• Songs

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=halloween+songs+for+children 

What about a MasterChef in #Halloween? Cool!

Wow! Congratulations to all the participants in our MasterChef about Halloween this year. 3rd and 4th graders did a great job preparing so horrible but tasty recipes. Thanks to all the mums for the contributions in this great event. 
We wish you Happy Halloween!

La clase de música: Halloween is here!

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La clase de música: Halloween is here!

Holidays - Halloween and Thanksgiving

Hi everyone! What a busy week it´s been! I´ve had lots of fun this week doing lots of different things; in 1st grade we learned about the parts of the face and drew some scary monsters! In 3rd grade we were learning about the Earth - we listened to a really cool song about our planet and tried to pick out the important vocabulary. Also in 5th grade we finished off the topic of the nervous system and got prepared for a test on the unit - good luck to fifth grade on their tests!



Today I´m going to talk a bit about some different holidays that will soon be celebrated in the English-speaking world. Of course we have Halloween coming up at the end of the month! I´m sure everyone is very excited! Are you all going trick-or-treating? In Scotland, we sometimes call trick-or-treating: guising. The word guising sounds a bit like ´disguise´, which is what you do when you dress up in scary costumes - you disguise yourself!



Another important holiday that is celebrated is Thanksgiving; Thanksgiving is mainly celebrated in the USA and Canada. Thanksgiving is literally a day of giving thanks - easy to remember! Traditionally it is a celebration of a successful harvest. People spend the day with their friends and family.



They also eat lots of tasty food; turkey is the traditional meal for Thanksgiving, and it is normally eaten with sweet potatoes and cranberry sauce. After eating their meal (normally eaten in the middle of the afternoon!) the whole family normally spend time together and discuss what they are thankful for.

What about you? What are you thankful for?

Some games to have fun!:

-Thanksgiving!
http://www.primarygames.com/holidays/thanksgiving/games.php
http://www.abcya.com/thanksgiving_game_for_kids.htm

-Halloween!
http://www.primarygames.com/holidays/halloween/games.php
https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/es/category/topics/halloween