CHRISTMAS SCAVENGER HUNT

CHRISTMAS WARM UP ACTIVITY

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CHRISTMAS SCAVENGER HUNT

Start by examining these question words.

QUESTION WORDS

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. You must answer thirteen questions.

2. Click on the questions to look for the answers.

3. Answer the questions in your notebook.

4. Write your answers in the following link to correct them: WRITE YOUR ANSWERS HERE
     or you can write them in your notebook.

1.  What colours are Santa's clothes?

2. What do people call Santa Claus in Britain?

3. Who was the original Santa Claus?

4. What was his job?

5. In the poem, The Night Before Christmas, how many reindeer are there?

6. What are their names?

7. When do the Twelve Days of Christmas begin?

8.  In the song"The Twelve Days of Christmas", what present does the singer receive on the fifth day?

9.  Who are the three most important people in a Nativity Scene?

10.  What are the names of the Three Wise Men?

11. Look at the picture. What colour is the angel's dress?

12.  What animals have the shepherds got?

13.  How many days does an Advent Calendar represent?

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RIP VAN WINKLE

 

PRE-READING

1. Where are the Catskills Mountains?

2. Who was the first president of the United States?

3. Who ruled North America before this president?

4. Can you think of a famous American princess?

5. Who was Henry Hudson?

6. Who was the sixteenth president of the United States?

7. Which three of the above people are in the story?  Why do you think so?

CHAPTER 1

1.  What was Rip Van Winkel like?  Use adjectives and complete sentences to describe him.

2.  How did the people in his village feel about him?

3.  Draw a family tree of Rip Van Winkel's family.

4.  Describe Rip Van Winkel's relationship with his wife.

5.  Where does Rip go with his dog Wolf?

6.  Who does Rip meet on his way home?

7.  What country might the person be from?  Explain your answer.

8.  What does the person want?

9.  What happens after Rip goes with the man?

10.  What do you think will happen in the next chapter?

We Wish You a Merry Christmas.

Hello

Vocabulary

Listen and repeat

Christmas songs

GAME: What is it?

Guess the word!

LEARN IT!

Infants

 

INFANTS: FAMILY

 

FAMILY

HALLOWEEN WEEK!

 

THE ORIGINS OF HALLOWEEN

FUTURE TENSES

Look at the above table.  

Which of these tenses are in the video?  

Which ones aren't in the video?  

Can you identify a colloquial form of one of the tenses?

Watch the video, read the explanation and do the activities.

click here

Click on the links below to practise.

1. Use the correct FUTURE TENSE

2. Use the correct FUTURE TENSE

RELATIVE CLAUSES AND THE PAST PERFECT TENSE

VIDEO, EXPLANATION, PRACTICE

EXPLANATION AND PRACTICE

RELATIVE CLAUSES 1

We can drop the relative pronoun when it is the object.

• She loves the chocolate (which / that) I bought.
• We went to the village (which / that) Lucy recommended.
• John met a woman (who / that) I had been to school with.
• The police arrested a man (who / that) Jill worked with.

RELATIVE CLAUSES 2

FORM

USE

MIXED TENSES  Do the activity and identify the tenses.

PAST PERFECT TENSE

PAST PERFECT TENSE EXERCISE

MORE PAST PERFECT PRACTICE

PAST PERFECT VS PAST SIMPLE

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CLOTHES AND SEASONS

Hello!  How are you today?

What's the weather like today?

The four seasons

A STORY ABOUT CLOTHES:

Washing Line

THE CALENDAR SONG

Steve and Maggie:  What's the weather like?

Steve and Maggie:  Clothes and the Weather

Steve and Maggie: Getting Dressed

PEPPA PIG: WINTER

PEPPA PIG: SPRING

PEPPA PIG: SUMMER

PEPPA PIG: AUTUMN

PUT ON YOUR SHOES

GAMES

1. CLOTHES GAME

2. WEATHER GAME

3. CLOTHES AND WEATHER GAME

ARTS AND CRAFTS

Colour the picture with Elmo

Colour a Superhero with Elmo

The four seasons

A FLOWER

THE PRESENT PERFECT TENSE

1. Watch and learn.  Then do the activity.

FORM AND USAGE

ACTIVITY - IRREGULAR VERBS: PAST FORM AND PAST PARTICIPLE 

2.  Watch the video on how to use ever, never, just, already and yet.  As you watch, practise how to use these adverbs correctly.

3. Read the explanation on how to use the Present Perfect Tense with EVER / NEVER.
Then do the activity below.

VIDEO WITH EXPLANATION: GRAMMAR WITH GRAN

4.  Now watch the videos and then do the activities below.

ACTIVITY 1: PRESENT PERFECT TENSE - COMPLETE THE SENTENCES

ACTIVITY 2: PRESENT PERFECT + JUST, ALREADY, STILL, YET

EXPLANATION AND ACTIVITY: PRESENT PERFECT + EVER AND NEVER

5.  Read the explanation on how to use JUST, ALREADY and YET with the Present Perfect Tense.  Then do the activity below.

ACTIVITY: EXPERIENCES

6.  Watch the videos on how to use JUST, ALREADY and STILL.  Then complete the activity below.

EXPLANATION AND ACTIVITY: JUST, YET, STILL, ALREADY

ACTIVITY: PRESENT PERFECT WITH EVER, NEVER, ALREADY, YET, SINCE

7. Watch the video on how to use the Present Perfect Tense with STILL, FOR and SINCE.  As you watch, practise speaking or writing using the ideas given.

8. Click on the links below to practise.

just, yet, still and already

for and since

ever, never, just, already, yet, still, for and since

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Explanation for Spanish speakers

INFANTS: Parts of the body

GREETINGS

THE WEATHER

THE DAYS OF THE WEEK

PARTS OF THE BODY: ACTION SONGS

MY TEDDY BEAR

HOW MANY FINGERS ON ONE HAND?

HEAD, SHOULDERS, KNEES AND TOES

PINOCCHIO

THE HOKEY POKEY

LEARN THE WORDS

MONSTER BODY PARTS

STORYTIME

STEVE AND MAGGIE: BODY PARTS

BYE BYE

ONE LITTLE FINGER SAYS GOODBYE

SEE YOU LATER ALLIGATOR

YEAR 1: READING COMPREHENSION - Monkey Puzzle

A.  Look at the picture.  Which animals can you see?

B. Watch the videos, sing the songs and do the actions.

Let's go to the zoo

The animal song

Yes, you can!

C.  Watch the video and learn the parts of the body.

D.  Watch the episode of Peppa Pig about the zoo.  What animals are in this episode?

E.  Look at the animals.  Say the words.  What's your favourite animal.

Click on  ZOO ANIMALS

F. Read the story and answer the questions.  Write the answers in your notebook.

1. Which animals are in the story?  

2. Which animal has got a problem?

3. What's the problem?

4. Which animal helps?

5. What parts of the body are in the story?

YEAR 2: READING COMPREHENSION - The Very Hungry Caterpillar

A. Look at the picture.  What food can you see?  Do you know the words in English?

B. Watch the video below and count to 30.

COUNT FROM 1 TO 30

C.  Watch the videos about food and sing the songs.

1. WHAT FOOD DO YOU LIKE?

2. WHAT FOOD DO YOU LIKE?

3. WHAT FOOD DO YOU LIKE?

D.  Learn the words for some fruits and vegetables.

THE FRUIT SONG

THE VEGETABLE SONG

E.  Watch the video about food.  Which words do you know or remember?

FOOD WITH STEVE AND MAGGIE

F.  Can you remember some words for food?  Play the games.

1. HANGMAN GAME: FOOD

2. MATCHING GAME: FOOD

3. MEMORY GAME: FOOD

G.  Review the days of the week with the video below.

A STORY

H. Watch the video about a caterpillar.

THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR

I.  Read the story and answer the questions in your notebook.

1.  What animal is in the story?

2.  What does he eat on Monday?

3.  What does he eat on Tuesday?

4.  What does he eat on Wednesday?

5.  What does he eat on Thursday?

6.  What does he eat on Friday?

7.  What doesn't he eat on Saturday: chocolate cake, an ice cream cone, a pickle, Swiss cheese, salami, a mango, a lollipop, cherry pie, one sausage, a cupcake and some watermelon?

8.  When does the caterpillar eat one, green leaf?

9.  Where is the caterpillar for two weeks (14 days)?

10. What animal is the caterpillar at the end of the story?

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