Y qué mejor para despedir el mes que hacerlo con ritmo. Hemos empezado un pequeño grupo de alumnos entusiastas, que secundan cuantas propuestas se les lanzan, a ensayar el acompañamiento para esta canción "I'll think Of You".
Quiero dedicarla especialmente a los alumnos de 6º ya que están finalizando su etapa escolar con nosotros. Son tantas las vivencias compartidas... Es un privilegio veros crecer e ir aprendiendo unidos. ¡Va por vosotros!
Os lanzo un nuevo reto, siguiendo las instrucciones que encontraréis en los videos siguientes y con una buena dosis de paciencia, constancia y buen humor, veréis como lo conseguiréis.
Por si no os ha quedado aún claro, a ver si con este lo lográis.
Y sobre todo, ya sabéis que es la práctica la que hace maestros :-)
How are you all? My name is Marie and I am a friend of your teacher.
I am very happy to say hello and am looking forward to getting to know you all. I am American but my husband is from Spain.
We live in Huntsville, Alabama, in the southeastern part of the United States. Maybe you can look at a map to find our town.
My husband and I met many years ago when I was a student in the university and went to Valencia to study Spanish. I feel in love with Spain, and with him. We have two children who were both born in Valencia. We came to live in the United States when our children were very little because my husband got a good job here.
We return to visit Valencia often. Spain is a very beautiful country, and Valencia is a very special place. You are very lucky to live there.
I am sending some pictures so you can get to know me and my husband. I am also sending a picture of our house so you can see where we live.
I imagine you all like music; I do too. I listen to music every day. I like almost every type of music. I listen to mostly songs in English, but I also like songs in Spanish, and sometimes in other languages also.
When I am feeling happy, I usually listen to happy music. One of my favorite happy songs is called Row, Row, Row Your Boat. Do you know that song?
It is a lot of fun.
Row, row, row your boat, Gently down the stream. Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, Life is but a dream.
Sometimes I like quiet music. One of my favorite quiet songs is You've Got a Friend. The music is simple, but the words are very powerful. The song is a beautiful message about how important it is to be a good friend, especially when your friend is hurting or having troubles in life. This song reminds me of my best friend when I was in high school. We always helped each other when we had problems. I think of my friend every time I listen to that song and am very thankful to have such a wonderful person in my life.
I hope you all have a lot of music in your lives and a lot of friends too! Do you have any questions about the United States? Please let me know and I will try answer them.
One more thing, your teacher, Miss Puerto, is a very wonderful lady who loves you all very much. I hope you are all very good to her.
CATERPILLAR SHOES is a story about a caterpillar. He is very hungry, all he does all day is walk and eat and walk and eat. On every pair of feet, a pair of tiny shoes he wears!
There was a caterpillar. He had a lot of feet. All he did was eat and walk, and eat and walk, and eat. On every pair of feet, a pair of tiny shoes he wore (They stopped his little feet from getting really, really sore).
Then, one day, he didn’t want to eat, or walk, at all, And, suddenly, his shoes felt rather tight, and rather small. He had a quite surprising urge to find them all new feet, So he set off through the woods at once, wondering who he’d meet.
He found a friendly woodlouse, underneath some logs. Caterpillar asked, “Perhaps you’d like my wooden clogs?” Woodlouse said, “I love them!” and, “I think I’ll do a jig!” Caterpillar said farewell, then set off, up a twig.
He walked beneath a spider, dangling from above. Caterpillar called, “I bet my slippers you would LOVE!” Spider said, “I would! They’ll keep my feet as warm as toast!” Caterpillar thought they were the ones he’d miss the most.
He was startled by an earthworm, as it woke up from a snooze. Caterpillar said, “That worm does not need any shoes!”
He wandered past a grasshopper, doing little jumps. Caterpillar yelled, “I’ve got some bouncy new sports pumps!” Grasshopper said, “Cool, dude! These will help me get some air!” Caterpillar watched him jumping here, there - everywhere!
He bumbled by a beetle with a black and polished shell. Caterpillar said, “My party shoes would suit you well.” Beetle answered, “Thanks! They’re hard and shiny, just like me!” Caterpillar buffed them up, and said, “I quite agree!” He crawled right past a stick insect - but didn’t even see, Because it was so camouflaged, it looked just like a tree.
He spied a tiny snail, and its sliming foot was bare. Caterpillar said, “I’d love it if you took a pair!” But snails have just one foot (although they’d really quite like two); Snail said, “Wow! I’m going to RUN!” - but he only took one shoe.
And so, just one last shoe remained - just one, all on its own. Caterpillar took it off. It sat there, all alone. He felt quite sad - he didn’t want to waste the shoe, you see - Then there, upon the leaf, he spied a tiny, lonely flea.
Caterpillar asked him, “Would you like a place to live? I have one shoe left over, and I’ve got this urge to give.” Flea jumped in and looked around. “This shoe’s so BIG! Hooray!” There’s tons of room for me, and all my friends can come and stay!”
At last the shoes had found new feet - and one had made a home. Caterpillar said, “I think it’s time to stop my roam.” So, straight away, he climbed a stalk, then dangled from a leaf. He wove himself a silk cocoon, and sighed with great relief.
A few weeks later, out he popped. He said at once, “Oh MY!” For while he’d slept he’d turned into a great big BUTTERFLY! He knew that, from this moment, he’d like doing different things - Instead of walking everywhere, he’d fly about, with wings!
And as he fluttered up and up, into the sky of blue, He looked down at the woods, and saw some old friends passing through. Butterfly was full of joy, because he knew the shoes Were making more feet happy - and it didn’t matter whose.
Los que me conocen saben que hoy es un día muy importante para mí. Y es que hoy a las doce de la noche tenemos una cita con los Mayos todos aquellos por los que nos corre la jota por las venas y es que me crié a su son, en la ciudad del Turia, eso sí pero con las guitarras y bandurrias sonando cada vez que se juntaban mis padres con sus amigos y con Aragón en el corazón.
Parece imposible que un día que empieza con normalidad en las tierras valencianas que me vieron nacer, acabe de ronda por las intrincadas callejuelas de un pueblo de la sierra en el que cada rincón habla y evoca mil y una vivencias. Esta tarde en clase me habéis preguntado si encontraríais los Mayos en la Caraba y antes de partir os los dedico para que podáis disfrutarlos vosotros también. Os abro esta ventanica, esperando que os gusten y os deleitéis con ellos.
Si queréis ver como fueron los Mayos de hace un par de años podéis buscarlos en este programa de Tele Aragón: "Bien dicho", en el minuto 11:58. En esa ocasión nevó y todo. Explican de manera muy clara la celebración y el vocabulario específico que le rodea.
Estas fotos son de la recogida de los huevos, posterior a la noche del 30 de abril, con los que se hace una merienda y se continúa la celebración. En "El hechizo de Albarracín" podéis ver más imágenes de los mayos del año pasado: Los Mayos de Loles
Este año la recogida se hará el sábado 9 de mayo. Os dejo con el programa de actos por si os podéis acercar algún día, el lugar lo merece y si además lo visitáis al son de la jota, ya ni os cuento.
Y si viajamos un poco más allá podremos ver como se celebra la entrada de mayo: May Day
A disfrutar de Mayo, de sus celebraciones, de la primavera...con la familia y amigos :-)
Desde el 22 de abril hasta el 3 de mayo podemos acercarnos a visitar la Feria del libro en los jardines de Viveros en Valencia, esta vez además cumple 50 años. Una delicia poder pasearse entre las casetas y dejarse llamar por ese libro que espera que te adentres en su interior.
En la web de la Fira podréis consultar el calendario de actividades. Hay acontecimientos tan variados como: - La fiesta de celebración de los 50 años de feria, que tendrá lugar el viernes 24 de abril a las 21 hr, homenaje a todos los que la han apoyado y hecho posible, con música y sorpresas. - El taller de animación lectora a cargo de Anna Ballester el sábado 25 a las 11 a partir de los 100 títulos de la colección Calcetín.
- El cuentacuentos en inglés del domingo 26 a las 17 hr. A falta de más información os propongo este video para ir ambientándoos.
- El contacontes a partir del a colección "Des-contes" de Enric Lluch, el domingo 26 a las 18hr. Aquí podéis al escritor presentando otro de sus libros
- La actuación de Dani Miquel: "Musiqueries, de Vinaròs a Oriola, el país vola" el divendres 1 de maig a les 12.30
- Pugem amb globus, el sábado 2 de mayo a las 11.30, concierto animación de Rubén Suárez y Tinna Pla sobre la poesía de Dolors Pellicer.
- Roda de contes, el sábado 2 a les 18hr de la mano de cuatro narradores, entre ellos Carles Cano...
Aprovechemos para encontrarnos con los libros al aire libre, estos días salen al aire libre a disfrutar de la primavera :-) La imagen es de otro de los lugares donde los podemos encontrar habitualmente y que para algunos se parece al paraíso, si además llegas en bicicleta, el momento es irresistible.
"You can find magic wherever you look. Sit back and relax, all you need is a book." Dr. Seuss
"Open your mind. Open a book. "
"I will read. I will read on a boat. I will read with a goat. I will read on a train. I will read in the rain. I will read with a fox. I will read in a box. I will read with a mouse. I will read in a house. I will read here and there. I will read anywhere!!!"
"EEKK. Elbow to elbow. Knee to knee. I'll read to you and you'll read to me. Elbow to elbow. Knee to knee. Book in the middle. So we both can see!"
"A book is a gift you can open again and again." Garrison Keillor
"A book is like a garden, carried in the pocket." Chinese proverb
"Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers." Charles William Elliot
"Books are the plane and the train, and the road. They are the distination, and the journey. They are home." Anna Quindlen
"I have always imagined that paradise will be kind of a library."
