This is a controversial saying that has always been in our minds.
The article from Time Magazine is very good and may surprise you.
Read it and tell me what is your idea about the topic.
Enjoy it at http://time.com/money/2802147/does-money-buy-happiness/
Learning proverbs (or sayings) is a great way to get insight and improve your English skills.
Some proverbs are easy to understand and similar in Portuguese.
Below are twenty easy proverbs. Each one has its definition. Good studies!
Mistakes and bad events naturally happen. It’s not your fault.
It’s good you came to something.
People who pay money for something you sell deserve respect.
Nothing in life is so bad.
Be careful, don’t go to fast.
Every person will do anything for enough money.
If someone is aggressive with you, be aggressive with that person.
When you do something that mom and dad won’t like, don’t be too crazy.
Your true place is with people you love.
People with a lot of power, the boss, etc. do wrong, but are not criticized by others.
Learning will help you succeed in life.
Living teaches you lessons, take advantage of the lessons.
Living healthfully will lead to a long life.
Money is not the only important thing in life.
Life will surprise you, don’t say no to things.
No matter how old you are you should learn new things.
If you don’t hear anything from someone, it means that everything is OK.
If you don’t see or hear about something, you won’t worry about it.
Quality items are never cheap.
Each situation tells you something about the people and places involved.
Você sabe usar adequadamente as preposições in, on, at? Elas podem ser usadas para designar tempo ou lugar.
Abaixo seguem algumas dicas para estudo e aprendizado do uso de IN, ON, AT.
PREPOSTION OF PLACE
In
Use ‘in’ with spaces that you can physically walk into, or place something into:
in a room / in a building
in a garden / in a park
Use ‘in’ with bodies of water:
in the water
in the sea
in a river
Use ‘in’ with lines:
in a row / in a line
in a queue
At
Use ‘at’ with places in a town, city or other community:
at the bus-stop
at the door
at the cinema
at the end of the street
Use ‘at’ with places on a page:
at the top of the page
at the bottom of the page
Use ‘at’ in groups of people:
at the back of the class
at the front of the class
On
Use ‘on’ with vertical or horizontal surfaces that you can lay something onto, or attach something to:
on the ceiling / on the wall / on the floor
on the table
Use ‘on’ with small islands:
I stayed on Maui.
Use ‘on’ with directions:
on the left
on the right
straight on
IMPORTANT NOTES
In / at / on the corner
We say ‘in the corner of a room’, but ‘at the corner (or ‘on the corner’) of a street’
In / at / on the front
We say ‘in the front / in the back’ of a car
We say ‘at the front / at the back’ of buildings / groups of people
We say ‘on the front / on the back’ of a piece of paper
PREPOSTION OF TIME
In
Use ‘in’ with months, years and periods of time such as decades or centuries:
in January
in 1978
in the twenties
Use ‘in’ a period of time in the future to express that an action will occur after that amount of time:
in a few weeks
in a couple of days
At
Use ‘at’ with an exact time:
at six o’clock
at 10.30
at two p.m.
On
Use ‘on’ with days of the week:
on Monday
on Fridays
Use ‘on’ with specific calendar days:
on Christmas day
on October 22nd
Se quiser testar seu aprendizado, faça o teste online. A correção é automática e você já fica sabendo quanto tirou. Depois me diz qual foi a sua nota.
http://esl.about.com/library/quiz/blgrquiz_prep1.htm
Devemos sempre desenvolver nas crianças suas habilidades, múltiplas inteligências e criatividade. Brincando é que conseguimos os melhores resultados.
Veja algumas ideias em Inglês de como ensinar formas geométricas utilizando massa de modelar.
Circle “Make a circle. Pretend it’s a cookie and add some chocolate chips.” Children can pinch off some play dough and roll it into tiny chocolate chips to decorate their cookie.
Triangle: “Pretend it’s a pizza and add some pepperoni.” Children can form little pepperoni out of extra play dough to make the triangle look like a slice of pizza.
Square: “Pretend it’s a window and add some flowers or trees outside.” Children can use play dough to make either some flowers to place outside the window or some trees.
Rectangle: “Pretend it’s a table and put some food on it. Make some animals in a cage.”
Diamond/Rhombus: “Pretend it’s a kite and add a kite tail.” Children can roll out some more dough to make a kite string.
Oval: “Pretend it´s Easter. Let´s make some Easter Eggs!”
Free: “Pretend there is a racetrack and add some cars.” Cars might not be easy to make with play dough, but show children how to make a very simple representation of a car with play dough (no details).
Mais ideias: http://www.prekinders.com/shape-play-dough-mats/
Muitas outras atividades podem ser desenvolvidas utilizando-se play dough e os alunos amam. Segue uma receita caseira para fazer a massa. Mãos à massa e boa atividade!
Muitos dos meus alunos detestam fazer homework (dever de casa), alguns então nem online. Desta forma fica muito difícil fixar o conteúdo aprendido em classe de 2 horas semanais.
Portanto, aqui segue um link em Inglês que destaca 6 razões para se fazer o homework.
1. Class time isn’t enough and learners need extra practice
Homework should above all else serve to review something that has been learned in class, or to offer further practice of something that was new and particularly tricky. With this in mind, make sure that whatever homework you assign can be completed by learners independently and with relative ease. Homework that gives the student an opportunity to further practice what he or she has just learned in class to further fix the concepts in their mind can be extremely worthwhile. Ideally, it should be something that is useful but that might have been boring had it been done in class (such as a gap fill text).
2. Homework helps them to remember the things they learned in class
Homework can do a great job of reinforcing the content of lessons, and provides a valuable opportunity for extra practice… before they have a chance to forget everything! Basically, homework should always supplement and click that ‘I remember’ button, so don’t assign new material because there’s a big chance that A) they will not understand it, and B) become frustrated with the tasks as well as being less open to discussing the work in class later on. This point is particularly important with classes that you see infrequently, as they have many chances to forget what you did in the last class!
3. Homework nurtures responsibility and facilitates the development of good study habits
At its best, homework helps to create an awareness of the methods of study fundamental to success in learning a language. Homework that bears this in mind will give learners the valuable experience of working to deadlines while facilitating teacher/learner interaction: once learners have completed such homework, you have to give feedback on their performance and the process as a whole.
4. Homework is a useful tool in preparing learners for tests and getting to grips with other aspects of the curriculum
Bear in mind that not all homework has to be graded, although doing so often encourages learners to actually complete the work, especially when it is geared toward some end goal such as an exam. A good thing to do in such cases is to give homework that follows the specifications of the assessment as closely as possible. What’s more, work done at home can take advantage of the quiet and private conditions needed for committed work.
5. Homework can help students to make more rapid progress in their language acquisition
Homework can provide valuable practice of skills learned in the classroom. We know that we are pushed for time and that each lesson is valuable contact time. We don’t want to be going into too much detail or doing too many tasks on one language point, regardless of whether or not the learners need it. At some point, you need to provide ways for that practice to take place in the learners’ own time, so you can get on with new stuff next lesson!
6. It can allow students to use materials and other sources of information that are not always available in the class room
Some of us have the luxury of computers and projectors in class, others do not. Some exercises that are on the net work best as self study materials anyway. Think about the resource you want learners to use and in particular whether it is more suited to classroom use or for personal study. Furthermore, assigning research tasks that require learners to go out into the wider world and independently find resources that link to what you did in class can be a useful and motivating activity.
Se vc está cansado daqueles cursinhos de Inglês que vc já tentou diversas vezes e não sentiu resultado;
Que não entendem que cada pessoa tem um ritmo ou maneira diferente de aprender;
Que existem formas alternativas de ensinar para qualquer idade;
Fale comigo, faça uma aula experimental.
paulalyraeltschool@gmail.com
Retorno às atividades (infantis ou adultos) será no dia 13/01 nos horários habituais de cada aluno.
Interessados em maiores info, por favor entrem em contato.
Obrigada em bom 2014 a todos!
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Letter U
U can say “uh”
Or U can say “yew.”
Whatever you do,
Be careful with U!
There’s up and there’s under
And unicorn, too.
So whatever you do
Be careful with U!
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Letter V
V is quite happy
One sound does it know
There’s van and vanilla,
And yes, video!
Can’t think of V’s sound?
Don’t worry or stop…
Picture a volcano
That just blew its top!
UMBRELLA ART
Cut paper baking cups in half. Give one to each child. Help children glue their half cups onto a sheet of drawing paper. These are “umbrella” tops. Next let students glue a piece of pipe cleaner just under their “umbrellas” for handles. Encourage children to draw rainy day pictures around their umbrellas.
DRAWING UNDERNEATH
Tape a piece of drawing paper on the underside of a table top. Invite children to draw a picture with crayons while sitting or lying on the floor under the table. When pictures are complete, display them with this rhyme: We had such fun drawing Under the tabletop. It made us laugh to think That we were drawing up!
U TOSS IT!
Cut out several large letter U shapes from poster board. Insert a wooden dowel into a coffee can of dirt. Invite children to try to toss the U shapes and get them around the dowel.
VERY COOL VISORS
Purchase foam visors like these from a craft store or online. Invite children to use puffy fabric paint or other fabric paint to decorate and personalize their visors. Then you might invite them to sing this little jingle (sung to tune of “Farmer in the Dell”): A visor shields my eyes, A visor shields my eyes. I wear a visor ’cause I am very wise!
VEGGIE CUT UP
Cut a variety of vegetables into simple shapes. Children can dip the shapes into different colors of paint and create collages of prints. Then serve cut raw vegetables with dip for children to taste.
VOTING FOR VANILLA
Have a vanilla party and set out small portions of vanilla pudding, vanilla milkshake, vanilla wafers, vanilla frosting, and so on. Let children taste the samples and vote for their favorite. Create a “Vanilla Chart” and record children’s votes on it. Finally, ask more-than or less-than questions that the children can answer by using the chart.
Check out the following Web sites for additional background and activities.
Letter U Activity Sheet Use this for extra writing practice. http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/early_childhood/alphabet/u/
Unicorn Coloring Page Color a unicorn. http://www.first-school.ws/t/alpha3_unicorn_b.htm
Letter V Songs Feel like singing? You’ll find some fun songs here. http://www.everythingpreschool.com/alphabet/V/songs.htm
Alphabet Coloring V Fun coloring for all! http://akidsheart.com/threer/lvl1/vprint.htm
V Activities Try any one of these. http://www.everythingpreschool.com/alphabet/V/science.htm
Remember, too, that a little bit of kindness goes a long, long way, especially in a profession that can be fairly thankless at times. Be a great parental support—in and out of the classroom—and throughout all of this teacher talk, be sure to be a great listener.
It’s amazing what we can learn sometimes when we let someone else do the talking
by Amy Mascott.
Paula Lyra ELT School 