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ADVENT

Today is the 1st of December, that means you can open the windows of the Advent calendar.
Advent is the start of the Christmas season in Britain. It begins four Sundays before Christmas. Advent calendars are a countdown to Christmas day. An Advent calendar is a poster or a card with 24 small doors, children open one each day from 1st December until Christmas Eve (24th December), to find small presents: a chocolate, a picture...
I've got for you a special Advent calendar. If you click on the link you can play an Advent calendar game. Dou you want to play? Come on, it's easy and funny!

Advent Calendar

CHRISTMAS ARRIVES SOON, GREAT!

I love Christmas! I hope you too. I think you will enjoy watching this video by Mr. Bean. It's very funny!

TODAY IS THANKSGIVING DAY

Thanksgiving Day is a family festival celebrated with lot of enthusiasm in US, Canada and several other countries. Thanksgiving Day Festival commemorates the feast held by the Pilgrim colonists at Plymouth in 1621. On this day people express gratitude to God for his blessings and give thanks for their love and support. Thanksgiving Day in the United States started as a way of giving thanks to food collected from a good harvest or problems that were fixed. In the United States, Thanksgiving Day falls on the fourth Thursday of November. In Canada it is celebrated on the second Monday in October.
Nowdays one of the most popular tradition is Macy's Thanksgiving parade. You can see a video about it in the next post.

And of course, the food is special for those days. American people eat the traditional stuffed turkey and the green bean casserole.
The day after Thanksgiving day (next Friday) is considered the first day for Christmas shopping in U.S.A.
Thanksgiving day symbols

Pumpkin

Pumpkins are a Thanksgiving favorite for about 400 years.

Turkey
Turkey is an inseparable part of Thanksgiving celebration.

Corn
Corn were a part of first thanks giving feast & are popular till date.

Cranberry
Cranberry sauce is turkey's favorite thanksgiving feast partner.

Cornucopia
Cornucopia is a horn-shaped basket filled with fruits & goodies

Beans
Beans are regarded as the third of the Indian Three Sisters.

MACY'S THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE

UNIVERSAL CHILDREN'S RIGHTS

Last Saturday, November 20th, was the Universal Children's Rights Day. This year we celebrated the 21st anniversary of this important day for you, dear kids.
I want to publish one non-verbal spot focus on the RIGHT TO EDUCATION because I consider it as one of the most important.

FOOD ACTIVITIES

Hi, 5th graders!
We are learning food in unit 2, so, I've thought you can do activities about it, and also, you can enjoy them.
Here, you have two activities, the first one is based in the tale "The Hungry Caterpillar" I love this story a lot! You can learn vocabulary of food, days of the week, numbers... And at the second activity you will enjoy the crossword and the wordsearch.
Come on guys! Are you ready? Clik on the links

The hungry caterpillar

Do you like fruit?

ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

Today is Robert Louis Stevenson's 160th birthday. Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer. His best-known books include Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and the Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.

Treasure Island is an exciting tale of pirates, buried treasure and danger.It tells the story of young Jim Hawkins and his adventures in the search for the buried treasure of the evil Captain Flint.

AUTUMN VOCABULARY

AUTUMN VOCABULARY on PhotoPeach

THINGS TO DO IN AUTUMN

THINGS TO DO IN AUTUMN on PhotoPeach

BONFIRE NIGHT

Four hundred years ago, in 1605, a man called Guy Fawkes and a group of plotters attempted to blow up the Houses of Parliament in London. They wanted to kill king James and king leaders. On the morning of 5th November, soldiers discovered Guy hidden in the cellar and arrested him.

In celebration of his survival, king James ordered that the people of England should have a great bonfire on the night on 5th November. The even is commemorated annually in England on 5th November by fireworks and burning "guys" on bonfires.

People eat food that previously have cooked in the fire as potatoes, sausages and marshmallows. They also have soup and the traditional cake named Parkin Cake.

During the days before Bonfire Night, children used to take their home-made guys out on the street and ask for "a penny for the guy" to buy fireworks.