Friday 31 December 2021

Reading Corner: Christmas Time

Salma reads "The Night before New Year's",  by Natasha Wing, illustrated by Amy Wummer Grosset and Dunlap.

Thursday 30 December 2021

Reading Corner: Christmas Time

 Let's read "Growin' Christmas" written by Karen J Ashton and illustrated by Elspeth C Young.

Wednesday 29 December 2021

Reading Corner: Christmas Time

 Today's story is "Grumpy Cat's The First Worst Christmas", written by Christy Webster and illustrated by Steph Leveris.

Tuesday 28 December 2021

Reading Corner: Christmas Time

 Miss Linda reads "There's an Elf in Your Book", written by Tom Fletcher and illustrated by Greg Abbot.

Friday 24 December 2021

Wednesday 22 December 2021

Reading Corner: Christmas Time

Today's reading is "How the Grinch Got so Grinchy", written by Bonnie Worth and illustrated by Ray Goudy.

Monday 20 December 2021

Reading Corner: Christmas Time

 Let's watch Miss Jill reading "Bear Stays up for Christmas", by Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman.

Sunday 31 October 2021

Saturday 30 October 2021

Reading Corner: Halloween's Week

 Mr. Paulson reads the scary story of "Creepy Pair of Underwear", written by Aaron Reinolds and illustrated by Peter Brown.

Friday 22 October 2021

Monday 18 October 2021

Friday 15 October 2021

Thursday 14 October 2021

Wednesday 13 October 2021

Reading Corner

 Let's listen to Kelly reading "There Was an Old Pirate Who Swallowed a Map", written by Lucile Collandro and illustrated by Jared Lee.

Tuesday 12 October 2021

Monday 11 October 2021

Reading Corner

 Today's story is Dawn McMillan's "I Need a New Butt", illustrated by Ross Kinnaird. 

Friday 8 October 2021

Reading Corner

 Today's story is Connor Boyack's "The Miraculous Pencil", from the Turttle Twin Collection, illustrated by Elijah Stanfield.

Thursday 7 October 2021

Reading Corner

 Nora reads "Maybe", written by Kobi Yamada and illustrated by Gabriella Barouch.

Wednesday 6 October 2021

Reading Corner

 In today's story time, we dive into Brad Meltzer's "A New Day", read by himself and illustrated by Dan Santat.

Tuesday 5 October 2021

Reading Corner

 Mrs. Villarreal reads "How a Beetle Got Her Colours", based on a traditional tale from Brazil, by Joseph Bruchac and illustrated by Mercedes McDonald.

Monday 4 October 2021

Reading Corner

 Let's listen to Mr Paulson reading "The Little House", story and pictures by Virginia Lee Burton. 

Friday 1 October 2021

Thursday 30 September 2021

Reading Corner

 Here is Alan reading Mark Ruddick's "The Little Yellow Hermit Crab", illustrated by Melissa Snelling.

Wednesday 29 September 2021

Reading Corner

 Mrs Britton reads "Whistle for Willie", written and illustrated by Ezra Jack Keats. 

Tuesday 28 September 2021

Reading Corner

 Here is Mrs. Villarreal reading "The Ugly Vegetables", written and illustrated by Grace Lin.

Monday 27 September 2021

Friday 24 September 2021

Reading Corner

 Kelly reads Matthew A. Cherry's "Hair Love", illustrated by Vashti Harrison.

Thursday 23 September 2021

Reading Corner

 Today's story is "The Short Stories of Shark Fin Boy", written and designed by Andrew Goering.

Wednesday 22 September 2021

Reading Corner

Miss Jill reads "Dragons Love Tacos", written by Adam Rubin and illustrated by Daniel Salmieri.

Tuesday 21 September 2021

Reading Corner

 Let's read Kimberly and James Dean's "Pete the Cat Falling for Autumn".

 

Monday 20 September 2021

Thursday 16 September 2021

 Mrs Britton reads "The Three Billy Goats", written by Rachael Mortimer and illustrated by Liz Pichon.

Wednesday 15 September 2021

Reading Corner

 Here is Bonny reading "Leaf it to Sally Brown", by Betsy Franco and illustrated by Shari Halpern.

 

Tuesday 14 September 2021

Reading Corner

 Let's listen to Mr. Paulson reading "Those Darn Squirrels Fly South", written by Adan Rubin and illustrated by Daniel Salmieri.

Monday 13 September 2021

Reading Corner

 Listen to Miss Jill reading "Grumpy Monkey", written by Suzanne Lang and illustrated by Max Lang.

Friday 10 September 2021

Reading Corner

 Let's listen to Ryan and Craig reading Patrick McDonnell's "A Perfectly Messed Up Story".

Thursday 9 September 2021

Reading Corner

 Beth reads "Back to School Rules", written by Laurie Friedman and illustrated by Teresa Murfin. 

Wednesday 8 September 2021

Reading Corner

 Today's story is Chris Ferrie's "There Was a Black Whole That Swallowed the Universe", illustrated by Susan Batori.

Tuesday 7 September 2021

Reading Corner

 Miss Linda reads "Hey! Who Made This Mess", written and illustrated by Primo Gallanosa.

Monday 6 September 2021

Friday 3 September 2021

Reading Corner

 Teacher Charla reads "There's a Snake in my School", by David Walliams and Tony Ross.

Thursday 2 September 2021

Reading Corner

 Here is Awnie reading "Never Let a Dinosaur Scribble", written and illustrated by Diane Alber.

Wednesday 1 September 2021

Reading Corner

 Miss Jill reads "Tiny T Rex and the Impossible Hug", written by Jonathan Stutzman and illustrated by Jay Fleck.

Wednesday 30 June 2021

Reading Corner

 Fi reads "Don't Say That, Willy Nilly", by Anna Powell and David Roberts.

Tuesday 29 June 2021

Reading Corner

 Beth reads Patty Lovell's "Stand Tall Molly Lou Melon", illustrated by David Catrow.

Monday 28 June 2021

Paula's favourite book

 Paula's favourite book is "Memorias dun Neno Labrego", written by the Galician author Xosé Neira Vilas. It is a historical and social novel that narrates the childhood memories of a poor country boy.

Reading Corner

 Miss Ems reads "The Gritty Little Lamb", written by Dan Allbaugh and illustrated by Anil Yap.

Friday 25 June 2021

Thursday 24 June 2021

Reading Corner

 Miss Brighton reads "Roses Are Pink, Your Feet Really Stink" by Diane de Groat.

Wednesday 23 June 2021

Tuesday 22 June 2021

Monday 21 June 2021

Elena's favourite book

 Elena's recommendation is "The Ickabog", J K Rowling's last novel. As all her novels, this fairy tale has grown into a worldwide best-seller, available in 26 languages. In this book, you can find adventure, kindness and hope.

Reading Corner

 Today's story is Anna Kang's "Eraser", illustrated by Christopher Weyant.

Friday 18 June 2021

Reading Corner

 Grandma reads "Loud Lula", written by Katy S Duffield and illustrated by Mike Boldt.

Thursday 17 June 2021

Reading Corner

 Mr Paulson reads "Dancing Lilly", written by Cynthia Wilson and illustrated by Lintang Pandu. 

Wednesday 16 June 2021

Daily Routine

  The 4th Graders talk about their daily routine. Let's watch Antía's talking about hers.

Reading Corner

 Miss Ems reads "The Boy Who Illustrated Happiness", written by Victor D O Santos and illustrated by Eszter Miklos.

Tuesday 15 June 2021

Reading Corner

 British actress Felicity Jones reads "Spaghetti Hunters", written and illustrated by Morag Hood.

Monday 14 June 2021

Ale's favourite book

 Alejandra recommends us "Holidays in Paradise". It is the fourth volume of a series of books called "La Diversión de Martina", whose author is a famous youtuber: Martina D'Antiochia.

Reading Corner

 Let's watch Beth reading Michael Wong's "I Wish You Happiness", illustrated by Ann Baratashvili.

Friday 11 June 2021

Daily Routine

 The 4th Graders talk about their daily routine. Here is Aroa speaking about a normal weekly day.

Reading Corner

 Let's listen to Miss Linda reading "The President of the Jungle", by André Rodrigues, Larissa Ribeiro, Paula Desgualdo and Pedro Markun.

 

Thursday 10 June 2021

Reading Corner

 Let's watch Awnie reading "Not Too Big... Not Too Small... Just Right for Me", written and illustrated by Jimmy and Darlene Korpai.

Wednesday 9 June 2021

Daily Routine

  The 4th Graders talk about their daily routine. Pay attention to Adriana's day.

Reading Corner

 American actor and tap dancer Dulé Hill reads "As Fast as Words Could Fly", written by Pamela M Tuck and illustrated by Eric Velasquez. 

Tuesday 8 June 2021

Sara's favourite book

  Sara recommends us David Walliam's "The World's Worst Teachers", illustrated by Tony Ross. After three volumes of "The World's Worst Children", Walliams writes the kids' revenge with these ten tales. The book tells the stories of the world's most sinister teachers ever.

Reading Corner

 Today's story is "A Tighty-Whitie Wind", written and illustrated by Izzy B.

Monday 7 June 2021

Tongue Twisters

Tongue Twisters are phrases and sentences that use a certain sound, often very difficult to say, especially when repeated quickly. They are word games that are fantastic to practice pronunciation when speaking English, so 5th Graders have been creating some using the initial sounds of their names.

Let's watch Lucía's one!

Reading Corner

 Today, Miss Jill reads "Jamie O'Rourke and the Big Potato, an Irish Folktale", retold and illustrated by Tomie de Paola.

Saturday 5 June 2021

World Environment Day 2021

 

This poem reminds us that we only have one Earth and we must protect her. The poem ties into the United Nations' initiative Decade of Restoration which aims at prevent, halt and reverse the degradation of ecosystems worldwide. 

#generationrestoration

Friday 4 June 2021

Reading Corner

 Mr Paulson reads "I Am the Boss of this Chair", written by Carolyn Crimi and illustrated by Marisa Morea.

Thursday 3 June 2021

Reading Corner

 Miss Brighton reads "Abe Lincon's Hat", written by Martha Brenner and illustrated by Donald Cook.

Wednesday 2 June 2021

Daily Routine

 The 4th Graders talk about their daily routine. Let's listen to Telma's day!

Reading Corner

 Today's story is "Poo in the Zoo", by Steve Smallman and Ada Grey.

Tuesday 1 June 2021

Reading Corner

 American actor and producer Elijah Wood reads "Me and My Cat", written and illustrated by Satoshi Kitamura.

Monday 31 May 2021

Tongue Twisters

Tongue Twisters are phrases and sentences that use a certain sound, often very difficult to say, especially when repeated quickly. They are word games that are fantastic to practice pronunciation when speaking English, so 5th Graders have been creating some using the initial sounds of their names.

This is Naia's!  

Reading Corner

Today, Awnie reads "Chrissy doesn't Like her hair", written by Christine Williams and illustrated by Amy Summer.