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Friday, 17 April 2020

Penguin Census

This is a listening + reading activity about penguins!

Go to this web page and you will find that Time for Kids, a magazine made just for kids has now become free because of the pandemic and the lockdown.

Lockdown = confinamiento.

With your parents permission you can log in and get access for free. (G5-6) Once you are in you have to find this magazine and page:


Please read the story twice and do these activities.

1- The second time you read it you will also listen to it. On the top, very small, you have the "play" button.
2- Write the words you don´t know and look them up in the dictionary.
3- Write one word on the comments with the meaning.
4- Make a summary of 100 words and upload it on Google Classroom. What does the article talk about.


If you cannot log in you can read it here.

Enjoy! 馃榿馃槉

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    1. It has a very small button on the top. Do you find it?

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    2. Yo igual Sim贸n es una imagen no se puede repro ducir

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  3. hello sim贸n my word is rocky cliff and its meaning is acantilado rocoso.Bye.

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  4. one thing where we have to put the summary?

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  5. Simon,which type of time for kids have we choose?

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  6. Hi! My word is seemingly and it's aparentemente.

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  7. Sim贸n the questions are about the photo and the article that You have put of the penguins ? Or you have todo look it Up somewhere else, thanks

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    1. Yes, it's page 4 and 5. I have uploaded a copy just in case you couldn't log in. Have a nice day! 馃榾馃槉馃槑

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    2. Luc铆a I haven't seen you working on Milton Travellers. Do you have any problem? There are activities there every day. 馃槑馃榿

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  8. Sim贸n the questions are about the photo and the article that You have put of the penguins ? Or you have todo look it Up somewhere else, thanks

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  9. Hi Simon, one of the words that I didn't understand has been what it seemingly aparentemente means .

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    1. Seemeingly!! That's great!!!! Good word. It comes from to seem which is a verb that means "parecer". It seems that you found a good word = parece que has encontrado una buena palabra. Good work Natalia! 馃榾馃憤馃槑

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  10. Hi Simon Im Sarai. I can't enter in the web and I don't know why.

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    1. Hi Sarai! It happens sometimes that this web doesn't work maybe because there's too much traffic. Try again or you can read the story using the images. Have a nice day. 馃榾

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  11. Hello Simon,this is my word,krill:very small animals with a hard outer shell that live in the sea and are eaten by whale.Im Dani Roll谩n.Bye

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    1. Dani that's a great word!! Well done! Krill is a small crustacean and it looks like a little shrimp. 馃槂馃

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  12. Researchers /investigadores

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    1. Good one!!!! It comes from research = investigaci贸n and it's also a verb = investigar. Good job! 馃榾馃憤馃憦

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  13. Hi Simon, I'm Silvia
    My word is endless and the meaning is "infinito"

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  15. Seemingly means aparentemente

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    1. Seemeingly!! That's a good one!!!! It comes from to seem which is a verb that means "parecer". It seems that you found a good word = parece que has encontrado una buena palabra. Good job Rebeca! 馃憤馃槈馃榿

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  16. Hello Simon, my word is spot means mancha, bye!

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    1. In this case "Spot" means "lugar". It says: they return to the same spot each year to lay eggs. Cada a帽o vuelven al mismo lugar para poner huevos. 馃槈

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  17. Hello Simon, I'm Ra煤l
    My word is declining it means en declive, en descenso

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    1. Hi! Yes it would mean "disminuyendo". Good one!! 馃槈

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  18. Hello Simon. I´m Ivan. My word is cliff. It means acantilado. Bye!

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  19. Hello Sim贸n
    My Word is krill camar贸n ant谩rtico

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  20. Declining = en declive.I'm Javier.

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  21. Hi Simon. My word is track-seguir la pista. Bye. ☺️

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  22. Hi Simon I am Nuria. My word is cliff- acantilado: a steep rock face, especially at the edge of the sea. 馃槉

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  23. Hi simon the word is:binoculars= prism谩ticos. Thanks.

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  24. Hi Simon my word is census it means: an official enumeration of population I am Ainhoa

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  25. Hi Simon my word is stubby legs it means:piernas rechonchas.
    It was very funny because penguins have stubby legs

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  26. Sim贸n didn't can put the audio馃槷馃槷

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