Dear friends,
I will use this page to show and gather all the works and activities my students will do throughout the projects. A kind of diary of our activities, a work in progress.
I will try to integrate some of the activities of the 51 challenges handbook in my everyday curriculum and I will do them in order to cover topics linked to everyday life, celebrations and our textbooks.
It is a kind of experiment for me, I hope I will do it! In the meanwhile... Enjoy our works!
Just to start.... This is our project for the EDL 2018 survey "How multilingual is your classroom?" (CLASS 3B 2018/2019).
We think that this can be an original way to introduce you our school.
https://youtu.be/d3jSWtRSimo
If you want to learn something about our town... you can read "The Town of Sant'Elpidio a Mare" (Paolo Canala 3A) - September 2019
Sant’ Elpidio a Mare.pptx
50+1 LANGUAGE CHALLENGES (Classes 1A 2A 2B 3A 3B)
CHALLENGE 1 - I greeted someone in 5 different languages within 1 minute (twinboard).
Class 1A students today discovered all the nationalities and languages in the their class (Italian, Chinese, Moroccan, Albanian and Indian) and said and how to say "hello" in Italian, English, Spanish, Moroccan, Chinese, German and French (25/09/2019)
CHALLENGE 2 - I identified 5 languages (correctly!) in the Which language is it? game on the European Day of Languages’ website.
Class 3B today did it! We went in our PC Room and we worked on the EDL website (23/09/2019)
Class 3A worked on this activity on the EDl site today, 26/09/2019
CHALLENGE 3 - I counted from 1-10 in 3 different languages within 1 minute (twinboard).
Class 3A today learnt how to write from 1 to 10 in Chinese! We used also our hands and then we counted in three different languages: Italian, English and Chinese (23/09/2019).
CHALLENGE 8 andCHALLENGE 12 ( class 1A 10/10/2019- 17/10/2019)
CHALLENGE 7 - I identified 5 words in my own language that are the same as/borrowed from other languages.
Class 1A 26/09/2019
CHALLENGE 9 - I identified and wrote down 3 words in my own language that mean very different things in other languages (false friends!).
Class 1A 26/09/2019
CHALLENGE 21. I posted a message on an online forum or social media platform in a foreign language. (Work in progress)
https://twinspace.etwinning.net/92638/forum/98334/thread/1154682
https://twinspace.etwinning.net/92638/pages/page/829532
CHALLENGE 14 (Work in progress)
CHALLENGE 16 -I switched the language of my phone or tablet to a foreign language for one day (or longer!). Class 2A 16/01/2020.
CHALLENGE 25 - I used a dictionary, or another source, to look up and learn 10 new words in a foreign language.
We learned new words about kindness and being kind during the week 11- 16 November 2019. The 13th of November we celebrated the World Kindness Day. These are our Word Maps. We also worked on The Manifesto of Non Hostile Communication and we looked for all the new words we found written there. Thanks to my R.E. collegue Fabiola Sabbatini, students used the words they learned during our English classes to work on emotions, mindfulness and wellbeing. It was a great team work!
Class 1A
Class 3B
Class 3A
CHALLENGE 27 - I went to a karaoke session and sang a song in a foreign language.
CHALLENGE 30 - I translated a song in a foreign language into
my own language .
From 20th to 27th of September 2019 the world celebrated the CLIMATE WEEK. In that week we Spoke about climate, we learned some new english words and we translated and sang a song for the earth: "Earth Song" Karaoke Version ( 2A 2B 3A 3B). We will continue working on this song and on others concerning earth and climate all year round. Have a look at the twinboard for the video.
Class 2B 01/10/2019
CHALLENGE 31! I completed a quiz in a foreign language - 28/01/2020 2B 2A
What do you know about European Union?
https://quizizz.com/join/quiz/5e2d9157ab999a001b86434f/start?referrer=5845a22f5c74a6041c47049d&startSource=link
We did many activities about Europe and EU on that day. This is a picture of the students "revising" European capitals and countries before attempting the quiz!
Class 2B - 12/02/2020 Are you a good Digital Citizen? (Level A1, an activity for the Safer Internet Day)
Class 3B - 12/02/2020, Class 3A - 13/02/2020 Are you a good Digital Citizen (Level A2, an activity for the Safer Internet Day)
CHALLENGE 34. I told a short story in a foreign language. (November 2019)
I'm running some afternoon classes with some of my students, we are studying English and trying new digital tools. We used Voki and ToonTastic 3D to do some Storytelling. Have a look!
A trip to China
http://www.voki.com/vp-editor/preview_export/bespoke.php?VpID=1355851
The Man and the Bunny
http://www.voki.com/vp-editor/preview_export/impress.php?VpID=1361161#/step-1
Giulia and Matteo
http://www.voki.com/vp-editor/preview_export/impress.php?VpID=1361194#/step-1
The Robbery
https://youtu.be/hX4BQSC8t-s
Happy End Bullying
https://youtu.be/5nyfCK5fvoo
The "wake" below collects all the works we made
https://wke.lt/w/s/S9UgNK
CHALLENGE 36. I downloaded (and used!) a free language learning app on my phone/tablet.
On the 13th of November 2019 Class3A used LyricsTraining for the 1st time! My students were really happy to listen to music and doing comprehension activities at the same time. They were on the school PCs but sooner they will download the app on their mobiles!
This is a collage of mobile phone and tablet's screenshots from class 2A who started using Lyrics Training
CHALLENGE 39. I wrote a short postcard to a friend sending a holiday greeting in a foreign language (21/11/2019)
We have been working on challenge 39 since the 10th of November. Today we sent some envelopes but next week we will have some more! This is part of our work
https://twinspace.etwinning.net/92638/pages/page/742056
Class 2B
CHALLENGE 42: I kept a journal in a foreign language for one week. These are some of our Daily Routine's Journals (Clss 1A 30/01/2020)
CHALLENGE 47 - We played a board game with my friends speaking a foreign language (English) - Class 1B - 31/10/2019 Class 2A 10/01/2020
1A
We Played the board game "All about me" , so we practised english speaking for an hour in small groups. It was fun!
2A and 2B 14/01/2020 and 16/01/2020
We are studying the past simple so to better understand "question form" and answers I let the kids play this game. I had a good result, they liked it and played all the lesson. After the game they copied the questions on their notebooks and wrote their answers at home.
20th of January 2020 and 23th of January 2020 class 3A and class 3B - Let's play Happy Onlife board game and learn abour online safety!
During the winter holiday, while surfing the net in search of material for my lessons, I found the Happy Onlife Game page description in the EU website! https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/scientific-tool/happy-onlife-game-raise-awareness-internet-risks-and-opportunities
I wrote the EU to have some hard copies to make my kids playing and I got five boxes!!! Thank you EU :-).
I studied the game at home then I decided to try it with my older students. I divided them in groups of 3 or four, I gave each group a box and then I read rules aloud. We discovered together how to play and practiced speaking skills. Then we played! When students needed help in understanding questions and answers on the game cards they asked me and I helped them with hints and examples. We had fun! Have a look at the twinboard for the videos of what we did in class 3A and 3B!
Class 2A played the game on the 7th of February 2020
Class 2B played the game on the 12th of February 2020, during an extra afternoon lesson. There were also 4 students fron class 2D and 1 student from class 2C. All the second classes now know this game and most of our students have played it and know they can play it online!
CHALLENGE 51 - What do you dare to do in a foreign language?
Class 2A and 2B today practised with some tongue twisters! Practice Makes perfect, we will soon improve our performances :-) (24/09/2019)
Class 2B while learning some tongue twisters I wrote in the blackboard. have alook at the twinboard for class 2A.
Total challenges accomplished :
16 (01/12/2019)
17 (14/12/2019)
18 (24/01/2020)
20 (30/01/2020)