In your arms

2nd Grade - A: Project "Sugar"


Recently we watched this video in 2ndA classe, "In Your arms", a beautiful song by Kina Grannis.

It is a stock motion made of jelly beans!

Which of the following things can you find in the video?

* Fireworks            * Rain                 * Tree                   * Cat
* Park                     * Astronaut         * Caterpillar         * Popcorn
* Snow                   * A banana          * Butterfly            * Violin


Please, answer in the comments below!

Yellow, a nice song about one colour

2nd Grade

This song is dedicated to my 2nd grade pupils, they love songs! And this is one devoted to a single colour:

YELLOW

I hope you enjoy!

What is your favourite colour? Please, Left a comment below! THANKS!

IN ON UNDER

Grade 2

Here you have the Preposition Song, "In, On, under..."

Enjoy it!

I'm a dragon!

2nd Grade

In 2nd Grade we are dealing with dragons and knights.

So here you have a fun song about them by Pancake Manor!

Enjoy it!

QUESTION: What kind of dragon are you (if you were one of them)? Describe your favourite dragon!

Lemon Tree song

4th Grade

Hi guys!

Here you can watch the video of the song "Lemon Tree".

HOW MANY ACTIONS CAN YOU FIND IN THIS SONG? (LIKE "WAITING")

Enjoy it!

PREPOSITIONS SONG

2nd Grade

Sing this song about prepositions!

Prepositions games:

JOBS SONG

Grade 2

This is the jobs song. 

How many different jobs can you get from the song? Write them in the comments! Thanks!

THE ALPHABET SONG

2nd Grade
Here is a fun song to learn the Alphabet in English.

Enjoy it!

Water song

1st grade 

Let's listen to this song: Water, water...
It from our 1st grade  project "Water", of course!

Enjoy it!

Colours of the wind

First Grade Activity.
The class of Native Americans has listened to and sang this song, Colours of the Wind, performed by Vanessa Williams, that we can find in the film "Pocahontas".

Can you say which of these words can be heard in the song?: Leave your answer in the comments. 

FOREST  - NOSE -  SUN - WIND - RIVER - WOLF

HOW'S THE WEATHER?

This song and video deals with WEATHER: How's the weather? Is it sunny, rainy, windy, cloudy, snowy...?

You can sing it while acting differently according to each word:

Sunny: Open your hands and fingers both sides of your face or body, imitating the sun.
Rainy: Fingers pretends to be drops of water falling from the clouds.
Cloudy: Cover you face with both hands.
Snowy: Fingers pretends to be quiet dropts of snow falling from the clouds, slowly.
Windy: Your arms are like a broom that goes from right to left or the other way, like the wind.

Have fun!

FOUR SEASONS

This is a song we sing in class to learn about seasons in a year.
I strongly recomend it, and also the video, because it's very fun!

THERE ARE FOUR SEASONS

THAT HAPPEN IN A YEAR: SPRING, SUMMER, AUTUMN, WINTER...

Quiz: Under the sea, Little Mermaid

How are you doing this summer?

Are you on the beach now? Maybe swimming and diving? 

Here you can find an amazing video from the Disney Movie "Little Mermaid", featuring the song "Under the sea". Try to answer the quiz and share your answers in the comments.

Enjoy your summer!

HAPPY by Pharrell Williams

In second grade we have dealt with Happy, a song by Pharrell Williams.

We have talked about emotions and what we do when we are happy.

This is the song with subtitles in English. Enjoy it!

NOTE FOR ESL TEACHERS: If you are interested in having some worksheets and teachers notes in pdf of this song, please contact me.

Please, let me know your name, city and level that you are currently teaching. 

I'll send the material to you as soon as possible.

Thank you!

THE HOKEY POKEY

Nice and fun song to review the parts of the body.
This is a traditional children's song in many English speaking countries. Some variations can be found depending on the country.

Enjoy it!

Down in the jungle

This is a fun song we sing in 2nd grade about the jungle animals.

How many animals can you listen in the song?

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THE GRUFFALO

This song is part of the work we are doing in 3rd Level with the  story "The Gruffalo".

HALLOWEEN SONGS

Hi again!

After a year I'm back! Halloween time seems a good moment to start again...

Here you'll find the songs I'm currently doing with my pupils this school year for Halloween.

1st GRADE STUDENTS: MY FAVOURITE PUMPKIN

2nd GRADE STUDENTS: WHAT ARE YOU FOR HALLOWEEN?

3rd GRADE STUDENTS: THE SKELETON DANCE

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Days of the week

Do you know the tune of the Monster's Family? This song on the Days of the Week is based on it! Lot of fun!

BEFORE THE SONG: Hand out different cards with the days of the week in different colours. Tell the children to lift their cards when you say the name.

AFTER THE SONG: The children can form different lines of "weeks", ordering the days they are holding on their hands. This activity could be noisy, so set the space, materials and details according to your group very carefully and before hand.

WE SING THE ALPHABET!

Songs keep us connected with emotions. In 2nd level we are dealing with the English Alphabet and they have being practising two versions of the traditional song for young students.

Find them below:

COMPLEMENTARY ACTIVITIES:

Finger writing on back: Try to guess a letter that your mate writes on your back with his/her finger.

A picture dictionary: I use it all along the year with my students. They complete their personal picture dictionary using words they learn in the class beginning each letter.

Guess the name of the mate: They spell the name of a mate and the rest of the class guess.