Pattern Practice Chant - Past Tense Verbs 3

This is another video to practice simple past tense and the pattern, "What did you do today?".

Vocabulary includes:

• Ride/rode a bike
• Climb/climbed a tree
• Shake/shook my bum
• Swim/swam

"Pattern Practice Chant - Past Tense Verbs 2"

This is a simple video to practice simple past tense and the pattern, "What did you do today?". It's a chant, so you will remember the vocabulary very easily!. 

Vocabulary includes:

• Read/read a book
• Write/wrote a letter
• Draw/drew a picture
• Take/took a nap

"Ordinary Love" song by U2

"Ordinary Love" is a song by rock band U2. It was written to honour Nelson Mandela and is included in the biography film Mandela: "Long Walk to Freedom". 

U2 had been friends with Nelson Mandela for several years, having played concert performances in South Africa.This song has been awarded as the best original song prize in the 71st Golden Globe Awards.

Here you can read the lyrics: 

And here you can see the another official video with the members of the famous rock band. 

"Nelson Mandela (Biography)"

• Occupation: President of South Africa and Activist
• Born: July 18, 1918 in Mvezo, South Africa
• Died: December 5, 2013 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
• Best known for: Serving 27 years in prison as a protest against apartheid.

Biography

Nelson Mandela was a civil rights leader in South Africa. He fought against apartheid, a system where non-white citizens were segregated from whites and did not have equal rights. He served a good portion of his life in prison for his protests, but became a symbol for his people. Later he would become president of South Africa. 

Nelson Mandela became a leader in the African National Congress (ANC). At first he pushed hard for the congress and the protesters to follow Mohandas Gandhi's non-violence approach. At one point he started to doubt that this approach would work and started up an armed branch of the ANC. He planned to bomb certain buildings, but only the buildings. He wanted to make sure than no one would be hurt. He was classified as a terrorist by the South African government and sent to prison. 

Mandela would spend the next 27 years in prison. His prison sentence brought international visibility to the anti-apartheid movement. He was finally released through international pressure in 1990. 

Once released from prison, Nelson continued his campaign to end apartheid. His hard work and life long effort paid off when all races were allowed to vote in the 1994 election. Nelson Mandela won the election and became president of South Africa. There were several times during the process where violence threatened to break out. Nelson was a strong force in keeping the calm and preventing a major civil war. 

How long was Nelson Mandela in prison? 

He spent 27 years in prison. He refused to bend on his principals in order to be released and stated that he would die for his ideals. He wanted all people of all races to have equal rights in South Africa. 

Fun facts about Nelson Mandela

• Nelson was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.
• July 18th is Nelson Mandela day. People are asked to devote 67 minutes to helping others. The 67 minutes represents the 67 years Mandela spent serving his country.
• Invictus was a 2009 movie about Nelson Mandela and the South African rugby team.
• He had six children and twenty grandchildren.

From:www.ducksters.com

Now, let's watch this video about Mandela's life!. 

"School Day of Non-Violence and Peace"

Every 30th January we celebrate the "School Day of Non-violence and Peace".

But why?. Because we commemorate the day when Mahatma Ghandi was killed. He believed in non-violence to fight for human rights.

And in USA they observe another day in January as a date for peace, 15th January, because Martin Luther King was born that day in 1929.

But, what do they have in common?.

They stood up against things that were unfair... but peacefully!. They had a dream and they fought for it with non-violence and peace.

Nelson Mandela has the same dream as Ghandi and Martin Luther King, so this year 2.014 we will celebrate the "School Day of Non-Violence and Peace" at Garre Alpañez school with activities related to this nice and tenacious man. 

"Nelson Mandela speaks on Tolerance" (Video)

This inspiring Tolerance message from Nelson Mandela you can watch, has run in 82 countries. It debuted on April 30, 2006 in the program 60 MINUTES on CBS.

There is no world leader with greater stature on the issue of Diversity and Tolerance than Nelson Mandela The power of his words in this message defines how Mandela has lived his life and why he was able to lead South Africa from the repression into a peaceful democracy.

"Life's an Equation (Lyric Video)" by Chenoa (Song)

María Laura Corradini Falomir, popularly known as Chenoa (born June 25, 1975 in Mar del Plata, Argentina, but raised in Majorca, Spain) is an Argentine-Spanish female music artist who became successful after appearing on the TV contest "Operación Triunfo". Her music style could be described as pop. Most of her music is in Spanish, although a few tracks on some albums were recorded in English. Her last album, "Otra Dirección", includes some versions of the main songs in English. 

This song, entitled "Life's an Aquation", tells us the necessary balance we need in our life (" You can get happiness but only with frustration"..."Life is an equation, we need pain, tears, laughter and love"). I would describe this song as optimistic and realistic!. I love it!. 

"Clothes" (Game)

Practice the clothes vocabulary on these two games!. Listen very carefully to the instructions!. 

"Learn Clothing Vocabulary!" (Phrases 2)

This video covers twelve clothing vocabulary and two basic structures, listed below:

1. I have a cap.
2. I have a jacket.
3. I have a scarf.
4. I have a sweater. (All singular)

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5. I have glasses.
6. I have pajamas.
7. I have gloves.
8. I have jeans. (All plural)

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9. Long, brown pants
10. Short, green shorts. 
11. Pretty pink dress.
12. Very colorful swimsuit...??? 

"Clothing Vocabulary (Phrases 1)"

Listen and repeat twelve articles of clothing or accessories and use them in several different patterns:

1. My coat is green.

2. My shirt is pink.

3. My t-shirt is blue.

4. My skirt is blue. (All singular)

5. My boots are brown.

6. My mittens are red.

7. My shoes are blue.

8. My socks are green. (All plurals)

9. Rain boots on my feet.

10. Earmuffs on my ears.

11. Underpants on my HEAD?!

12. A hat on my head. (location)

"Read Clothing Words!"

Here you find twenty four clothing flash cards with clear annunciation . Focus on phonemic awareness!. 

"Clothing" (Listen and Repeat)

This video contains the vocabulary in ELF Learning's "Clothing" theme. All words are introduced in a LISTEN and REPEAT pattern and followed by a blank review to allow students to practice. 

Vocabulary included:hat, boots, cap, coat, dress, earmuffs, glasses, gloves, jacket, jeans, mittens, pajamas, pants, rain boots, scarf, shirt, shoes, shorts,  skirt,  socks,  sweater,  swimsuit,  t-shirt, underpants. 

"Sounds Right. Colours" (Game)

Help Matt make his melody!. You only have to click on the word you hear!. 

Click on the picture to play the game!. 

"The Rules of the Classroom" (Song)

With this fun and new song we  review the main five rules of  the classroom. Sing along!!!

"The rules of the classroom... make us safe and happy!!!"

1. Raise your hand and wait to speak.

2. Walk in school.

3. Be nice.

4. Keep your hands and feet to yourself.

5. Clean up.

"What Number Is Missing? (Game)

Help Mr. Panda find the missing numbers and practice number counting. Click on the missing number to complete the number series!. 

"Ordinal Numbers" by Turtle Diary.com (Game)

Hi, kids!. At the end of this game you will be able to know ordinal numbers or find the ordinal position of an object in a series of 1 to 10. Let's play!. 

Click on the picture below!. 

"Pattern Practice Chant - Past Tense Verbs 1"

Past tense and learning regular and irregular verbs is a bit difficult!. But if you listen and repeat these sentences, it will be much easier!. 

"The house" (Game)

I like this game!.It's called "The House". There are three different ways to play: 

1. Listen and match: listen and identify the rooms in a house. 

2. Read and match: read and understand places in a house. 

3. Read, match and trace: read and write places in a house.

Click on the picture to play!. 

"This is my House" (Talking flashcards)

Listen and repeat these "talking flascards" from "Maple Leaf Learning". You will learn how to draw a nice house from outside and other elements,and how to say them in English!. 

"Play in my house" (Game)

Practice the vocabulary of those objects you can find in a house!. 

Click on the picture to play!. 

"School Subjects" (Game)

Hi, kids!. Play this gane to practice the school subjects!. Click and match the written word with its picture. 

Click on the picture to play!. 

"Learn School Subjects with Phrases"

What do you like learning at school?. What subjects are interesting, fun, difficult or easy?.Practice the phrase, "I think (math) is (easy)" with this short learning video from ELF Learning.I hope you like it!. 

"Learn School Vocabulary!"

Here you can watch and listen more vocabulary about school and classroom. Repeat each word!. This is very important to remember and to improve your pronunciation!. 

"Stop the Clock" (Game)

Let's practice THE TIME with another game!. 

Drag the five digital times to the correct analogue clock. Then, press STOP THE CLOCK to record your time!. 

Click on these clocks to play!. 

"Bang on Time" (Game)

This is a game to practice THE TIME. It is called "Bang on Time". Read the time in words and then stop the clock when the hands are in the matching position. 

"The Time" (Picture to study)

"What time is it?" or "What's the time?" are interrogative sentences to ask the time. 

You can study THE TIME on this picture.