Improving Our Speaking Skills

Communication skills are developed with practice, that is why in 3rd Grade we work to develop good communication skills in the students from their youth, to equip them straight away with the skills to build a successful future.

Month One as an English Language Assistant from USA

Hello!

My name is Liz Shah, and I'm one of the new English Language Assistants here at Colegio Los Olivos. It's been quite the exciting month here in Málaga, and it's hard to believe that I'm going on week six of being in Spain. Some days feel incredibly slow, and sometimes it feels as though I've hardly blinked and the day is over. Certainly, the most exciting part is being a teacher at the school. The kids made each day an exciting challenge.

One of the surprising parts of teaching here is that many of the students actually already have a decent basis for English! The students have good foundations built on a strong vocabulary. However, because many of the teachers at the school learned English at a British institution or in another European, English-speaking country, my American accent was difficult to understand at first for most of the students. I am learning to over-annunciate my words and speak more slowly. My family has already noticed and joked about how I talk to them much more clearly on the phone.

Overall, I've already been impressed with how much more the kids are talking to me in English. It's been fun to have various students run into me during the day and hug me while shouting, "hello teacher Liz!" I am so excited to see how much the students grow and learn throughout the school year.

Signed
"Teacher Liz"

Speaking class: PowerPoint in 1st of Secondary

Learning English is fun!!!

At 3rd grade students are learning how to write letters, postcards, invitations and much more.

Please have a look to our great work and do not forget to

 smile!

How to become a "Good Writer"

Writing is an important part of human communication used in everyday situations.
That is why at "Los Olivos School" we think that it is crucial to start teaching good writing since the first years of primary up to secondary grades. But... what is good writing?

- A good writer uses the language correctly, with no mistakes.

- A good writer knows how to organise ideas in the text to make them clear.

- A good writer uses effective procedures to write.

- A good writer knows hot to change the language according to the social situation.

Meeting Flash Fox (Level 2)

Hi! My name is Flash Fox. 

I'm 4 years old and I'm from England!

Are you ready to know more about England?

Let's learn together!

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See you soon!

Daily routine

Students 1st primary  practice daily routine doing as a  teacher in front of their classmates. They ask their classmates some questions about the weather, the fellings...

Bobby bear is from the USA

In 5 years we are learning about the Unated States. Here we are working their symbols.

MY MONSTER... 2nd primaria

In Primaria we are learning to read and write. Here we made up a  monster and we describe it.

 

Meet our new Language assistant in Primaria and 1º ESO

Her name is Liz, she is from California and she is our new language assistant in Primaria and 1º ESO. She is going to help us to improve our language skills through drama lessons. So good!

Daily Routine 3° and 6° Primary Education

In this post you can find the mind maps you need to prepare your DR.
Pay attention to them and be ready for your day!

PRIMARY 3rd year.

PRIMARY 6th year.

Don't forget to practise in your house and try your best!!

Welcome to a magical year!

It is almost time to come to school 
and we are so excited to see you!

We are going to have a great time together. We will sing songs and read stories, make projects and learn so many wonderful new things. Of course there will be lots of other new friends who will be waiting to play and learn with you, too.

Our classroom is all set up with exciting things to do and see, and we are very ready to get started! We know that the fun will not begin until you are here, so  we will be waiting  for you to arrive to begin a super wonderful year! 

Your teachers

2017_ Los Olivos Spelling bee competition.

Firts cicle finalist in the 2017 Los Olivos Spelling bee competition, Marina Ortiz, Fernando del Valle and Manuel Sánchez. Congratulations to all of you!!!

Nuria, Damilola and Lucy were our finalists in 3rd level.

Learning to read and write.

In 1st level we have been practicing how to write short sentences in pairs.

" Nice to meet to Dr.Seuss"

Hello dear families, great to see you back to our blog!

We have been working each Friday, with 3 and 4 years old students some stories of the famous writer Dr.Seuss.

Theodor Seuss Geise was an American writer, cartoonist, animator, book publisher, and artist best known for authoring children's books under the pen name Dr. Seuss

Some of his most famous story books are “the cat in the hat”, “Horton hears a who”, “How The Grinch Stole Christmas”,  “the lorax”, or “ONE FISH, TWO FISH, RED FISH, BLUE FISH”.  

Geisel wrote most of his books in anapestic tetrameter, a poetic meter employed by many poets of the English literary canon. This is often suggested as one of the reasons that Geisel's writing was so well received.

We have tried to work into  the “sentimental” part of each story, teaching them how to recycle ( the lorax) to take care about others (Horton) and to do all our best to be nice with others ( the cat in the hat).

Here we attach some pictures of our crafts and works in class, hope you enjoy at much as we do in class, and remember “The more that you read, the more thing you will know, the more that you learn, the more places you’ll go”.

The Verb, Unit 3 (6º E.P.)

Here you can find a mind map that can help you prepare our exam.
Remember we'll be writing sentences using different tenses.
Be ready for that!  😉

And remember: hard work makes good luck easier to get!!

Verbs tenses 3rd primary

In this unit we are practicing simple past, simple present and future (will) tenses. You can use this links if you want to practice this grammar parts.

http://www.english-4u.de/tenses_exercises.html

http://www.englishmaven.org/Pages/Pronouncing%20ED%20Endings.htm

http://www.speakmethod.com/esl_advanced_ed_pronunciation.html