It's Halloween!!!

O Halloween é uma festividade que remonta ao povo celta. No dia 31 de Outubro era o dia que marcava o final do Verão e das colheitas e em que se aproximava o Inverno frio e sombrio. Acreditava-se que neste dia os mortos voltavam à terra para tirar o lugar aos vivos. Assim, o povo mascarava-se para assustar os mortos. Actualmente, já não se acredita nesta lenda, mas a tradição de mascarar-se estendeu-se às crianças que batem às portas na noite do 31 de Outubro e dizem "Trick or Treat" (doçura ou travessura).

Sugestões para o Halloween: - Make decorations; - Play apple bobbing; - Make masks and dress up; - Play Who's got the witch's hat; - Sing a songs; - See a scary movie.

Get your classroom decorated with charts

(google images)

Classroom rules

"It is obvious that there should be classroom rules. However, these should not be set forth entirely by the teacher. There's no better way to establish classroom rules than to do it with your students'collaboration." (busyteacher.org) (Take a look to classroom rules post)

First lesson

Teachers are getting ready to get started, and students wonder what their teacher's like, and the first thing is obviously to get to know each other. What a better way to start than with a fun ice-breaker.

Check out these websites: http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/ice-breaker_games.htm www.training-games.com/pdf/40FreeIceBreakers.pdf http://www.icebreakergames.org/ http://insight.typepad.co.uk/40_icebreakers_for_small_groups.pdf

Welcome back everyone!

Board Games

Board games are an excellent activity to practice speaking, listening and reading skills.

Poster Pack

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