Hello everyone, I'm sure you already know some online tools for assessment: -  Kahoot -  Plickers are the most popular ones, but there are many others. Share with us your activities with these tools or with others. I leave here a link with a very interesting blog where you can find a lot of digital tools, videotutorials and practical activities teacher have created. Enjoy it. Laura Riesco

Hi everyone!! Last Friday we celebrated Saint Patrick's Day in our school. I'll invite you to have a look at this post from our school blog. http://el-villar-speaks-english.blogspot.com/2019/03/saint-patricks-day.html   See you!!! Virginia Olivar

Do you celebrate Saint Patrick's day at school? Share with us your activities and pictures to celebrate this festivity. Find out more about Saint Patrick's day in the following link with several resources for your lessons. https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/st-patricks-day Enjoy it. Laura Riesco

Hello everyone, Tomorrow is Shrove Wednesday or Pancake day. Don't miss this opportunity to celebrate a cultural festivities. Here is the Pancake day rhyme. And in the following web you can find lots of resources and ideas to plan a lesson about Pancake day. https://www.activityvillage.co.uk/pancake-day   Hope you like it. Laura Riesco

This is a useful poster which gives practical examples of questions that can be used at any stage of the assessment process. It connects Bloom's Taxonomy and Thinking Skills. Do you find it helpful for your classes? https://nancy-rubin.com/2012/08/18/critical-thinking-skills/

The best way to develop cognition skills with the students is creating mindmaps. Here you have a digital tool to create your own mindmaps, it's easy to use and very useful. For more information here you have some tutorials  https://www.mindmup.com/tutorials/index.html Hope you like it. Laura Riesco Here there is also this App.  POPPLET   to create your own mindmaps. Try it !!! You won't be disappointed and children will love it. Virginia Olivar

This technique is great for collaborating and generating many ideas on a topic. Find out more about this technique in the following link. http://www.readingrockets.org/strategies/think-pair-share And if you want more ideas and techniques, here is more information. https://www.weareteachers.com/5-fun-alternatives-to-think-pair-share/

Reading and telling stories is the best way to develop communication skills in your Social Sciences lessons. Here is a fantastic resource with lots of online stories to read with your students, with different topics and levels. Don't hesitate to use these ideas and resources for the course Tasks. Hope you like it. Laura Riesco

Hello everyone, One of the most important parts in this module is activating prior knowledge in our students. As the course propose, KWL charts are a good tool to activate this knowledge. Here you can read an article about KWL chart and a handout to use. https://www.facinghistory.org/resource-library/teaching-strategies/k-w-l-charts There are many other ways of eliciting previous knowledge in our students. Share with us yours. Learning together makes better learning. Hope you like it. Laura Riesco

You can't miss this web page with lots of native resources for lots of subjects, powerpoints, activities and much more. Click on Geography and History and you will find useful materials for your Social Science lessons. http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/geography/geography.htm http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/history/history.htm Hope you like it. Laura Riesco