Art in class

Los jugadores de naipes (Francisco de Goya)

La gallina ciega (Francisco de Goya)

The teacher will show these paintings to the children, in which the topic is traditional games. It is a good way to show them how culture was in their country in the past. That will help them to be aware of the changes that have happened in their country. Making a comparison between how the game was in the past and how is it nowadays.

After the previous activity, all the children will play “Gallinita Ciega” and “Cinquillo”. In the first game, one child will cover his/her eyes with a blinker and all the kids have to move around in order to be catch. If the “hen” grabs on of his/ her classmates, he /she would have to figure out who that person is. In the second game, the children will have to put the card number five on the table, and then they will have to follow the numbers up and down. The winner is the one that runs out of cards first.

Reading activity: Mice

Skimming

What animal is this text about?

Dogs

Birds

Mice

Scanning

Which one is the smallest one?

What do the Dormice eat?

The kind of mouse that lives with peoples is __________

If it can grab things with the tail its name is __________

Reading between the lines

Which one is the mouse that uses to live next to the farms?

Which mice hate cold places the most?

Predicting

Which one would rise the top of a chair before, the harvest mouse, that climbs very well or the jumping mouse, able to jump three meters with a single jump?

Intensive Reading

Write ten lines to resume the text

Guessing meaning from context

Rewrite the sentences changing the word that is given to you for the one with a similar meaning.

It makes its nest at the top of stalks of grass and corn.

(House) _________________________________________

They are popular pets.

(Famous) _________________________________________

They sleep for seven months every year.

(Hibernate) _________________________________________