Christmas QR Advent calendar

By Laura Benito

This is an example I've found on the Internet of how to enjoy a different activity each day of December until Christmas day comes.

It is and advent calendar made by QR codes. Each day we scan the QR code and we find a "surprise" on the screen of the digital board (a Christmas song, a Christmas story, a Christmas craft...).

We can use this idea for any other month of the year to teach and learn different topics.

This is made for printing in PDF format but we can make one using CANVA which allows you to create and insert QR codes and put them on the poster you design.

I think it is a great and very creative idea.

Hope you like it!

Christmas Crazy Reading

By Beatriz Santos

Today I want to share with you an activity I found on Twitter entitled: CRAZY READING by @AzaharaZayr. I have changed it, so that it can be used in the English classroom with secondary students.  However, it is very easy to adapt it to primary students. 

It is ‘crazy’ because as our students’ reading pace is different, at some point some will be singing carols, while other people will be dancing, another person will be writing his/her 

 new year resolutions, and the like.

It might be the perfect level of craziness for the last day of school, don’t you think? 

Decoration of classroom doors

By Laura Benito

I love decorating my classrooms' doors when a festivity or a special day is coming. 

My pupils always help me.

I post here some examples of my classrooms' doors.

First week of the school-year: WELCOME! DOOR

HALLOWEEN DOOR

CHRISTMAS DOOR (INSIDE)

CHRISTMAS DOOR (OUTSIDE)

BOOK DAY DOOR

Christmas advent calendar

By Laura Benito

The fist day of December I hang these advent calendar in the classroom.

Some days before December starts, I tell my students to bring papel rolls to class.

I use paper rolls (one for each day of December until 23rd) which i fill with lacasitos, gummies, small rubbers... small gifts for my students. I put inside the same number of elements than the students I have in the class. Then, I wrap each paper roll with long pieces of wool.

You can see it in this photograph.

I have a helper each day, so at the end of the English class or at the end of the morning before they go home (if I am the tutor of the class) he or she opens the paper roll of the corresponding day. Then, this super helper gives one "gift" for each classmate.

It's great to see their faces while the helper opens the paper roll of the day!

What's in the Christmas Present?

By Raquel Ortega

Taking advantage of the science lessons dealing with textures and the 5 senses, I'm going to try this activity on adjectives in my English class. It's a guessing game where students need to guess 12 presents just by giving them a descriptive adjective: light, heavy, soft, hard, ...

The idea is to have the 12 presents in realia inside 12 different boxes, so that kids can touch, feel, smell, etc beforehand. Once they get familiar with the objects, the students are given 12 different cards with a drawing of the presents. With the help of the descriptive adjectives in the cards, they need to guess what the present is. 

I think it's going to be fun!

I attatch the file I took from Teacherspayteachers, It's a free one, so you can download it if you have an account.

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Interactive-Book-for-Christmas-Descriptive-Language-WH-Questions-5075891