Constitution Day

Constitution Day is on December 6th in Spain. Because of this, we talked about the constitution of the United States in the 5th and 6th grade classes. We read an document with information about the US constitution and after I surprised them with a short quiz consisting of 5 questions about the US constitution. The students who answered the most corrected won a pair of American-themed sun glasses! Here is a picture of Lidia and Alvaro wearing their glasses, they answered the most questions correct in their class!

Here is a copy of the information about the US constitution that we learned about:

• The Constitution is the supreme law of the land.
• It sets up the government and protects the basic rights of Americans.
• The Constitution was written after the American War of Independence.
• It was written in 1787.
• The federal government only has the powers that the Constitution says it has.
• The states have the powers that the federal government does not have.
• The Preamble is a short statement about the purpose of the Constitution. The Preamble does not prohibit actions or grant rights.
• The Preamble starts with the words "We the People." This means that the power of the government comes from the people.
• Changes to the Constitution are Amendments. There are 27 amendments to the Constitution.
• There are seven Articles in the Constitution.
• The Constitution separates the government into three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial.

Celebrating Universal Children´s Day

Today the students of the 6th year are celebrating Universal Children´s Day. They are going on an excursion to the center of Seville to complete workshops and activities about children´s rights. Yesterday they made a banner to present in Seville. Here is a photo of the students with their banner.

The banner featured a picture of Malala, an icon for children´s rights to education. Here is a link that explains more about Universal Children´s Day!

Around the World!

In Ms. Pilar´s 5th grade English classes the students are working on a special project. The students work with their classmates in groups to do a project about a country. The students are researching Morocco, Canada, Germany and Australia.

The students must find information about their country´s language, famous people, animals, land forms, climate, typical food, monuments and places. Then, the students will present the information on a poster. Here are some pictures of the students working on their projects in class.

Roman Ruins in Spain.

In the 5th year classes were are learning and talking about the Romans and Roman ruins in Spain. Here are some pictures.

Learning the basics about food!

With the 2nd year class we learned about the basic foods. Vocabulary included banana, yogurt, milk, cereal, peas, pizza, ham, rice, orange, cheese, pasta and tuna. We cut a circle from a piece of white paper to make a plate. Then, the students drew pictures of our new food vocabulary on the paper plates. Students chose their favorite foods to draw. Here are some pictures of the students with their plates and pictures!

Learning about the House

In the 3rd year English class we are learning about the house. When learning about the house we will discuss vocabulary about the different rooms in a home (living room, kitchen, bathroom, bedroom, etc...) and some common furniture that is in the house (toilet, shower, washing machine, bed, stove, refrigerator, sofa, table, etc...).
We will draw a map of our houses and compare them to our classmates' houses. What is the same and what is different?

I am from Pennsylvania. There is a very famous house in Pennsylvania called Fallingwater. It was built by one of the most famous American architects named Frank Lloyd Wright. It is a national historic landmark. It is built on top of a waterfall! Many people go to visit this house in the autumn because of the beautiful and colorful trees.

Houses are different around the world. There are many strange houses also! Here is a link to a web page that shows some of the strangest houses in the world: http://www.boredpanda.com/unusual-homes/
Would you like to live in any of these houses? Which is the strangest?

Halloween at our school!

With the first years we are making a ghost craft and going over basic Halloween vocabulary like ghost, vampire, pumpkin, scary, costume, etc.

Also, with the 5th and 6th year we are going to create origami bats. 

We will go over Halloween vocabulary as well as vocabulary that corresponds to origami-making, like the various shapes. 

Here is the link to the origami bat instructions: http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/sites/default/files/downloads/origami_bat_instructions.pdf