Valentine’s Day

O Dia Internacional do Amor é comemorado no dia 14 de fevereiro, o “Valentine’s Day”. Os alunos do 1° e 2° anos confeccionaram cartões durante a aula de inglês, com a professora Ana Maria, depois trocaram entre si.

What does Valentine’s Day celebrate?

Valentine’s Day is a holiday that celebrates love.

When is Valentine’s Day celebrated?

February 14th.

Who celebrates this day?

The day is widely celebrated in the United States, but is not a federal holiday. It is also celebrated in other areas of the world.

Children celebrate the day with cards of friendship and candy.

What do people do to celebrate?

Traditional gifts include cards, flowers, and chocolates.
Decorations for Valentine’s Day are generally in red and pink colors and include hearts, Cupid with his arrow, and red roses. Cupid is a popular symbol of the holiday because in mythology his arrow strikes the heart of people and causes them to fall in love.

In the United States children often exchange Valentine’s Day cards with their classmates. These are usually just fun, silly cards or about friendship rather than romantic love. They often attach a piece of candy to the cards.

 

Memory Games

Para facilitar a memorização e ampliação de vocabulário em inglês, a professora Ana Maria trabalhou com a turma do 3.º ano o jogo da memória.

 

A fun-filled and worthwhile activity for both adults and children is playing memory games. Not only do these games sharpen the memory, but they also allow us to socialize and have fun time, which enhances our overall well-being.

There are many great benefits when one plays memory-enhancing games, some of which are:

Memory games exercise the brain, making it more sharp and alert. If you play memory games at least thirty minutes every day, your concentration and focusing ability will improve.
Memory games have been shown to help prevent some memory-related illnesses, such as Alzheimer’s disease.
Memory games enhance other brain functions, such as attention level, and reading and reasoning skills.

Concentration is another name for memory.
Cards are laid face down on a surface and two cards are flipped face up for each turn. The object of the game is to turn over pairs of matching cards. If a player succeeds in matching a pair, they have another turn and continue until they fail to match two cards. The object of the game is to find the most matches.

  • Concentration is played by one or with any number of people. It is an especially good game for young children. However, adults find it challenging and stimulating as well. The Concentration Game is often used in quiz shows and employed as an educational game.

Las Fiestas

A turma do 6.º ano, dividida em grupos ou individualmente mesmo, escolheram uma receita e apresentaram em inglês e em espanhol.

A melhor parte dessa atividade, sem dúvida, foi a degustação! Todas as receitas estavam deliciosas. Agradecemos aos alunos e aos pais tamanha dedicação e parceria!

“Las fiestas son para disfrutar junto a amigos, familia y también para disfrutar de la comida, pero hay ciertas recomendaciones a tener en cuenta para evitar malestares digestivos. A continuación brindamos algunas recomendacion es que nos permitirán disfrutar saludablemente de la alimentación en las fiestas evitando caer en excesos.

Evitar las comidas demasiado elaboradas y con mucho condimento, cremas y el exceso de bebidas alcohólicas. Consumir carnes con menos grasa (magras): pollo, cerdo o pescados, sobre todo los de mar: jurel, salmón, atún, caballa o trucha son los mejores aliados para reducir el colesterol malo y aumentar el bueno ya que contiene omega 3.

Para cocinar utilizar aceites de buena calidad como oliva, canola y soja. Estos contienen grasas insaturadas que aumentan el colesterol bueno y bajan el colesterol malo. Además contiene antioxidantes naturales como la vitamina E. 

Consumir frutas secas como nueces, almendras, avellanas, pistachos ya que aportan grasas monoinsaturadas y antioxidantes.

Elegir bebidas sin azúcar como agua, soda, gaseosas light y jugos de frutas naturales. Es importante mantenerse bien hidratado, sobre todo en días calurosos.
Evitar llegar con hambre a la cena y no saltearse comidas, ya que ésto generara comer en exceso.
Reemplazar la mayonesa o crema por queso blanco, leche descremada o mayonesa light.
Caminar, andar en bicicleta o concurrir más veces al gimnasio será un buen aliado para quemar las calorías que se consumen de más.
Al día siguiente, se recomienda una dieta desintoxicante a base de frutas, verduras e infusiones.

Tener en cuenta para la alimentación en las fiestas que las frutas de color rojo o azulado como las ciruelas, cerezas, frambuesas y arándanos, son ricas en antocianinas, antioxidantes naturales que evitan la acumulación de grasas en las paredes internas de las arterias. Las uvas contienen resveratrol, sustancia natural que protege al corazón de la hipercolesterolemia, los triglicéridos altos y la hipertensión arterial.

Las ensaladas hechas con verduras aportan fitoesteroles, vitaminas y minerales que ayudan a reducir el colesterol. Sus efectos es mejor si las consumimos crudas. Agrega repollo, brócoli, coliflor y ajo como condimento en reemplazo de sal, junto con la cebolla contienen compuestos azufrados que mejoran la circulación y la actividad cardiovascular.
Las fiestas llegan para disfrutarlas, elijamos hacerlo de manera saludable, sin excesos ni prohibiciones.”

Carrot cake with chocolate

Ingredients:

3 cups finely shredded carrots
2 cups sugar
1-1/4 cups canola oil
4 large eggs
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup baking cocoa
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt

Frosting:

1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup butter, softened
3-3/4 cups confectioners’ sugar
1/4 cup baking cocoa
3 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/4 cup chopped walnuts
1/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Directions:

In a large bowl, beat the carrots, sugar, oil and eggs until well blended. Combine the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; gradually beat into carrot mixture until blended.
Pour into prepared pans. Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely.
For frosting, in a large bowl, beat cream cheese and butter until fluffy. Beat in the confectioners’ sugar, cocoa and vanilla until smooth.
Place bottom layer on a serving plate; top with half of the frosting. Repeat with remaining cake layer. Sprinkle with nuts and chocolate chips.

 

Strawberry? Any flavor you like!

Milkshakes are one of the most iconic American desserts. They’re refreshingly cool, slurp-ably sweet and come in pretty much any flavor you can imagine. These recipes are making a comeback.

How to Make the Best Milkshake Ever
You’ll need:

1/3 cup milk. You can use 2%, whole milk, or a blend of milk and half-and-half.
1-1/2 cups ice cream (vanilla makes a good base for most shakes, or you can use a flavor like chocolate)
Delicious mix-ins! Think a swirl of chocolate syrup, peanut butter, a chopped banana or other fruit, a handful of chocolate or butterscotch chips (we could go on and on…)
A blender, of course. You can use a classic stand blender-or an immersion blender if you want to make it right in your glass.

Step 1: Combine the ingredients
Person scooping ice cream from a measuring cup into a blender Person pouring strawberries from a metal measuring cup into a blender.

Send your ingredients straight to the blender. For best results, put in your milk first. That will get the blender mixing quickly. Be sure to let your ice cream soften before scooping. If it’s too hard, you might end up having to add more milk, which thins the shake.
We’re going to make a strawberry shake, so we’ll add 1/2 cup frozen unsweetened strawberries and 1 tablespoon strawberry preserves.

Step 2: Blend ’til smooth.
Ice cream, milk and strawberries in a blender
It’s time to blend away. You’ll want to keep an eye on the consistency. This recipe creates a Goldilocks-style shake: not too firm and not too soft (runny). Of course, you can always customize it either way. Use less milk for a thicker, spoonable shake; more for a thinner, sippable one.

Step 3: Enjoy!
Strawberry milkshake in a glass with a green striped straw sticking out.
Pour your milkshake into a chilled glass to serve. It tastes great straight-up or topped with a tower of whipped cream.

Mapa Mental

Os alunos do 8.º ano selecionaram verbos irregulares em inglês para a criação de um mapa mental, conforme sugerido pela professora Renata.

A Birthday Party


O conteúdo “A Birthday Party”, no livro do 5º ano, trabalha festas e o vocabulário correspondente. Aproveitando esse tema, a professora Ana Maria preparou junto com a turma uma receita maravilhosa, em inglês, brigadeiro.
Ao final, foram nas demais salas do Fundamental I e conversaram em inglês com as professoras e alunos, que respondendo também em inglês, ganhavam brigadeiro. A atividade foi um sucesso, nem a diretora ficou de fora.

Shakespeare – 2º médio

A Semana de Shakespeare aconteceu no final de abril, essa data foi escolhida por estar próxima ao aniversário de nascimento e morte do famoso escritor, 23 de abril.
Todas as turmas da professora Lilian, estudaram William Shakespeare no decorrer do 1º Bimestre. Os alunos do 2º médio apresentaram a peça teatral “Henry VIII”.


Shakespeare – 1º médio

A Semana de Shakespeare aconteceu no final de abril, essa data foi escolhida por estar próxima ao aniversário de nascimento e morte do famoso escritor, 23 de abril.

Todas as turmas da professora Lilian, estudaram William Shakespeare no decorrer do 1º Bimestre. Os alunos do 1º médio apresentaram a peça teatral “Midsummer Night’s Dream”.











Shakespeare – 9º ano

A Semana de Shakespeare aconteceu no final de abril, essa data foi escolhida por estar próxima ao aniversário de nascimento e morte do famoso escritor, 23 de abril.
Todas as turmas da professora Lilian, estudaram William Shakespeare no decorrer do 1º Bimestre. Os alunos do 9º ano apresentaram a peça teatral “Romeo and Juliet”.