Good Sports!

🏃‍♀️ GOOD SPORTS!🏊‍♂️

🎯 1. Vocabulary: Sports and Activities

Let’s learn some fun words about sports and activities we can do indoors or outdoors!

English	Spanish
swim	nadar
run	correr
climb	escalar
dance	bailar
fish	pescar
skate	patinar
sail	navegar
skip	saltar a la comba
play football	jugar al fútbol
go cycling	montar en bici
go skateboarding	hacer skate

🎵 Example:

• I love to dance! 💃 → ¡Me encanta bailar!

• We go swimming on Saturdays. 🏊‍♀️ → Vamos a nadar los sábados.

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🛹 2. Urban Sports

Urban sports are activities that you can do in the city 🏙️, often in the street, park or skatepark.

Examples:

• Skateboarding 🛹

• Parkour 🤸‍♂️

• BMX 🚴‍♀️

• Roller skating ⛸️

• Street dance 💃

🗣️ Say it!
➡️ I like skateboarding in the park.
➡️ My brother does parkour in the city.

🎨 Activity:
👉 Draw your favourite urban sport and write:

This is me. I am ________-ing!
(e.g. This is me. I am climbing!)

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🏋️ 3. At the Sports Centre

A sports centre is a place where you can do sports. 🏊‍♂️🏀🏸

🧭 Vocabulary:

• swimming pool → piscina

• gym → gimnasio

• tennis court → pista de tenis

• football pitch → campo de fútbol

• climbing wall → muro de escalada

🗣️ Examples:

• There is a swimming pool where you can swim.
  → Hay una piscina donde puedes nadar.

• This is the gym where I learn to dance.
  → Este es el gimnasio donde aprendo a bailar.

🎲 Activity:
“Find the Place!”
Read and guess:

1. It’s a place where you can play tennis 🎾 → (Tennis court)

2. It’s a place where you can swim 🏊‍♂️ → (Swimming pool)

3. It’s a place where you can climb 🧗 → (Climbing wall)

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💡 4. Grammar: Learn to do something

We use learn to + verb to talk about things we start doing or practising.

🗣️ Examples:

• I am learning to swim. → Estoy aprendiendo a nadar.

• We learn to dance at school. → Aprendemos a bailar en el colegio.

• He is learning to ride a bike. → Está aprendiendo a montar en bici.

🎯 Mini game:
Complete with “learn to…”

1. I want to ________ (sail).

2. She is ________ (play football).

3. We ________ (dance) in the gym.

✅ Answers:

1. learn to sail

2. learning to play football

3. learn to dance

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⚡ 5. Adverbs of Manner

We use adverbs of manner to say how we do something.
They usually end in -ly.

Adverb	Meaning
quickly	rápidamente
slowly	despacio
badly	mal
carefully	con cuidado
well	bien

🗣️ Examples:

• He runs quickly. → Corre rápido.

• She dances beautifully. → Baila muy bien.

• They climb carefully. → Escalan con cuidado.

🎮 Game: Move and Say!

1. Run quickly! 🏃‍♂️

2. Walk slowly... 🐢

3. Dance badly! 😂

4. Jump carefully! 🤸‍♀️
   → Practise the adverbs while moving!

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✏️ Challenge Time!

Make 3 sentences using:

1. A sport or urban sport

2. “learn to”

3. An adverb of manner

💬 Example:

I am learning to skate carefully.
We learn to dance well at school.

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🌟 Let’s Review

✅ Sports and activities → run, swim, climb, dance...
✅ Urban sports → skateboarding, parkour...
✅ Places → sports centre, swimming pool...
✅ Grammar → learn to do something
✅ Relative clauses → a place where...
✅ Adverbs of manner → quickly, slowly, well...

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🧠 Extra Fun Activities

This is Halloween! 🎃

🎃 Halloween Time! Learn, Play and Have Fun! 👻

🕯️ What is Halloween?

Halloween is celebrated every year on October 31st. It comes from an old Celtic festival called Samhain, when people believed that ghosts could visit the world of the living. Later, it mixed with Christian traditions and became “All Hallows’ Eve”, which means the night before All Saints’ Day — that’s why we call it Halloween!

🕸️ Halloween Vocabulary

Let’s learn some spooky words! 👀

English	Spanish	Emoji
Pumpkin	Calabaza 🎃	🎃
Ghost	Fantasma 👻	👻
Witch	Bruja 🧙‍♀️	🧙‍♀️
Skeleton	Esqueleto 💀	💀
Bat	Murciélago 🦇	🦇
Spider	Araña 🕷️	🕷️
Candy	Caramelos 🍬	🍬
Costume	Disfraz 🧛	🧛
Haunted house	Casa encantada 🏚️	🏚️
Trick or treat	Truco o trato 🍭	🍭

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🧛 Fun Facts about Halloween

• The first Jack-o’-lanterns were made from turnips, not pumpkins! 🥔

• In Ireland, people light bonfires to celebrate Halloween night.

• The word “witch” comes from the Old English wicce, meaning “wise woman.”

• Americans buy over 250 million pumpkins every Halloween! 🎃

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🎶 Bonus: Halloween Song 🎵 “

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💬 Who is in the Pumpkin? Halloween story
Learn, laugh and enjoy this spooky story in English! 👻🎃

And to finish, a fun practice about Halloween! First a worksheet and then a game:

GAME:

Back to School

Back to School! 🎒📚

¡Bienvenidos de nuevo a la escuela! Hoy vamos a repasar y aprender nuevo vocabulario y estructuras en inglés para empezar el curso con energía.

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1. Vocabulary: School Objects and Classroom

En la clase usamos muchos objetos. Mira esta lista:

• School bag (mochila)

• Pencil case (estuche)

• Notebook (cuaderno)

• Ruler (regla)

• Scissors (tijeras)

• Board (pizarra)

• Computer (ordenador)

Truco: puedes dibujar el objeto y escribir la palabra en inglés debajo. ¡Es más fácil recordar así!

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2. Activities at School

¿Qué hacemos en el cole?

• Read a book

• Write a story

• Play in the playground

• Sing a song

• Do homework

• Ask and answer questions

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3. Adjectives: -ed and -ing

Los adjetivos con -ed describen cómo nos sentimos.
Los adjetivos con -ing describen la cosa o situación.

• I am bored. (Me siento aburrido).

• The lesson is boring. (La lección es aburrida).

Más ejemplos:

• excited / exciting

• interested / interesting

• tired / tiring

Truco: Piensa que -ed es para emo**tion (sentimientos) → personas.
-ing es para thing (cosas).

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4. School Subjects

En el cole estudiamos muchas asignaturas:

• Maths

• English

• Science

• Art

• Music

• History

• Physical Education (PE)

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5. Places in the School

¿Qué lugares hay en la escuela?

• Classroom (aula)

• Playground (patio)

• Library (biblioteca)

• Gym (gimnasio)

• Cafeteria (comedor)

• Office (despacho)

Truco: haz un mapa de tu cole y escribe los nombres en inglés en cada lugar.

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6. Grammar: Relative Clauses with who

Usamos who para hablar de personas.

• She is the teacher who helps us.

• They are the boys who are playing football.

• He is the friend who sits next to me.

Truco: piensa que who siempre va con una persona, nunca con una cosa.

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✅ Actividad final:
Escribe tres frases sobre tu clase usando who.
Ejemplo:

• "We are the students who like English."

DAILY ROUTINES

DAILY ROUTINES 

Let's review what we learned about daily routines last year! 📚

Let's review together so that we can talk about our daily routines.

1. Present Simple for Daily Routines ⏳

We use the Present Simple to talk about our daily routines. Remember:

• I/You/We/They use the base form of the verb: I wake up at 7 o’clock.

• He/She/It adds -s or -es: She wakes up at 7 o’clock.

✅ More examples:

• I go to school at 8 o’clock.

• She has lunch at half past one.

• They play football in the evening.

• He watches TV after dinner.

2. Daily Routines Vocabulary 🏫🚲

Some actions we do every day:

• Wake up 🛌

• Get up 🚶‍♂️

• Brush my teeth 🦷

• Take a shower 🚿

• Get dressed 👕

• Have breakfast 🍞

• Go to school 🏫

• Study 📚

• Have lunch 🍽️

• Play with friends 🎾

• Do homework 📖

• Watch TV 📺

• Have dinner 🍽️

• Read a book 📖

• Go to bed 🛏️

• Sleep 😴

3. Adverbs of Frequency 🔄

We use these words to say how often we do something:

• Always (100%) ✅ I always brush my teeth in the morning.

• Usually (80%) 🙂 He usually walks to school.

• Often (60%) 🔄 We often play in the park.

• Sometimes (50%) 🤔 She sometimes eats pizza for dinner.

• Rarely (10%) 😕 They rarely go to bed early.

• Never (0%) ❌ He never drinks coffee.

✅ More examples:

• I always wake up at 7 o’clock.

• She usually has breakfast at 8.

• They sometimes watch TV in the evening.

• We never eat sweets in the morning.

4. Telling the Time ⏰

We have learned how to tell the time:

• O’clock 🕒 → It is three o’clock.

• Half past 🕜 → It is half past one.

✅ More examples:

• I wake up at 7 o’clock.

• She has lunch at half past twelve.

• We go to bed at 9 o’clock.

5. Parts of the Day 🌞🌙

• Morning (6:00 - 12:00) 🌅 → I go to school in the morning.

• Afternoon (12:00 - 18:00) ☀️ → We play football in the afternoon.

• Evening (18:00 - 21:00) 🌇 → She watches TV in the evening.

• Night (21:00 - 6:00) 🌙 → He sleeps at night.

6. Days of the Week 📅

• Monday

• Tuesday

• Wednesday

• Thursday

• Friday

• Saturday

• Sunday

✅ More examples:

• On Mondays, I go to school.

• We play football on Saturdays.

• She does her homework on Wednesdays.

Get ready!

🌟 Welcome Back! Let’s Review Our English 🌟

Hello, everyone! 👋
We are starting a new school year in 4th grade, and before learning new things, it’s important to review what we already know from 3rd grade. This way we’ll be ready to learn faster and better. 🚀

Here are the most important topics we should remember:

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📅 Days of the Week

We must know how to say and write the seven days.
👉 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday

🔹 Question: What day is it today?
🔹 Answer: Today is Monday.

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🌦️ The Weather

Talking about the weather is fun and useful.
👉 It’s sunny / rainy / cloudy / windy / hot / cold.

🔹 Question: What’s the weather like today?
🔹 Answer: It’s sunny! ☀️

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🔢 Numbers (0–100)

We can count and use numbers for age, prices, or the time.
👉 twenty-five (25), forty (40), seventy-three (73), one hundred (100).

🔹 Question: How old are you?
🔹 Answer: I’m nine years old.

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🙋 Greetings and Introductions

Saying hello and goodbye is essential.
👉 Hello! / Hi! / Good morning! / Good afternoon! / Good evening! / Goodbye! / See you!

🔹 Question: What’s your name?
🔹 Answer: My name is Ana.

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⏰ Daily Routines

We can explain what we do every day. We use also the adverbs of frequency to say how many times per week we do them.
👉 I get up at 8 o’clock. I have breakfast. I go to school. I do my homework. I go to bed.

🔹 Question: What time do you get up?
🔹 Answer: I get up at 8 o’clock.

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🍎 Other Useful Vocabulary

• Colours 🎨 (red, blue, yellow, green, pink, purple, black, white, brown, orange, grey) 

  
  
  

• Family 👨‍👩‍👧 (mother, father, sister, brother, grandmother, grandfather) 

  
  
  

• Classroom objects 🖍️ (book, pencil, rubber, ruler, desk, chair, bag)

  
  
  

• Animals 🐶 (dog, cat, bird, fish, elephant, lion, monkey) 

  
  
  

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🎯 Challenge!

Try to write 5 sentences using today’s vocabulary:

1. A greeting.

2. A sentence with the day of the week.

3. A sentence about the weather.

4. A sentence with your daily routine.

5. A sentence with a number. 

   
   
   

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👉 This review will help us start the year with energy and confidence. Let’s keep learning and having fun with English! 💪🎉

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