STEAM DIARY WEEK ONE DAY 4 TOURISM
We kicked off the day by meeting our new teacher Jason. He tested everyone's memory with a quick warm up game and the "story of his life".
We then broke up into groups and focused on today's topic of tourism. After the free reading, the larger group worked together to compose a list of useful words and phrases related to travel and tourism, as well as a bit of role playing. The smaller group planned an around the world "cruise" and played a grammar game.
Then it was time for some homemade soft served banana ice cream which Janine magically orchestrated.
After our snack, we broke up into four groups and began to put together our Traveler's Bookmark. Each group assembled a list of 10 useful phrases that could be used while in a hotel, restaurant, airport or traveling.
That left us with just a few minutes to practice our juggling skills.
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STEAM DIARY WEEK ONE DAY 3: CODING MINE CRAFT
Today we decided to make our dreams come true.
We spent time painting ourselves achieving our goals using watercolors. For High School, this meant painting ourselves accomplishing our individual goals. For Middle School, we decided to learn how to juggle three balls by Friday so we painted that. We learned that it is important to have clear goals and to be able to break them down into manageable blocks, practice a lot and go on to the next block and, ultimately, learn how to do what we set out to learn. We imagined ourselves as WINNERS, even before mastering our new skill.
As a group we decided to participate in the HOUR OF CODE.
https://code.org/mc
Specifically, with tablets and computers, we became Coders. We chose to work on our favorite game, MINECRAFT!
We spent time painting ourselves achieving our goals using watercolors. For High School, this meant painting ourselves accomplishing our individual goals. For Middle School, we decided to learn how to juggle three balls by Friday so we painted that. We learned that it is important to have clear goals and to be able to break them down into manageable blocks, practice a lot and go on to the next block and, ultimately, learn how to do what we set out to learn. We imagined ourselves as WINNERS, even before mastering our new skill.
As a group we decided to participate in the HOUR OF CODE.
https://code.org/mc
Specifically, with tablets and computers, we became Coders. We chose to work on our favorite game, MINECRAFT!
July-August 2016 Newsletter
JULY
– AUGUST 2016 - The lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer! Summer STEAM English for Kids and
Adults. Summer Reading, Summer Cartoon
Festival, Independence Day. Come on
down! Participate in an activity, check
out a book! View the Newsletter in Calendar
Format. ADD US TO YOUR ADDRESS BOOK so
that you can keep receiving our updates.
Tuesday, July 5th , 8 pm
A la Carte menu. No reservations. An informal evening in the garden with a beer, a burger and a baseball game. All are welcome!
AMERICANS CAN VOTE. WHEREVER THEY ARE. If you are an American citizen, even if you never
lived in the US, you still have the right to vote. Go to www.FVAP.gov and fill out
the Voter Registration and Absentee Ballot Request Form. We will send a Diplomatic Envelope to the
Consulate on July 6th. To save postage, bring your completed form to the American Corner by July 5th. Remember to Sign it! You can also send it
directly to your state but put Italian postage on the envelope.
ENGLISH
for REFUGEES Thanks to a
contribution from the US Embassy to Italy / US Consulate General Milan the
American Corner is teaching English Courses for Refugees. The objectives are Beginner Basic Communication
and Intermediate Job Readiness. Coming Soon – Family English for Refugee Women
and Children.
OFFICE:
Summer
Hours : Mornings: Tues. and
Thurs. 9–12, Afternoons: Wed. 5-7
During Office Hours, you can Pay for a Course with
Cash, Pick up your receipts for IBAN Payments, Check Out Books, DVD’s
Magazines. Questions? aiafrontdesk@gmail.com
SUMMER BREAK - CLOSED from July 29th until
August 21st. You can always reach us with an email.
AIA FVG ENGLISH COURSES
Hands-on
opportunities to learn English and other things by doing! For Pre-K, Elementary, Middle School, High
School. Great for both Native and
Non-Native English Speakers. Project
Based Learning with focus on Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math –
all in English! Come just 1 week or as
many weeks as you want. The theme is
different each week. You can't come all the days? No Problem. We can work it out. You forgot to sign up? Come on down! There is still availability.
ADULT FULL IMMERSION:
NINE to FIVE – July 25 – 26 - 27
24 hours of practical English in 3 days – Monday Tuesday
Wednesday 9 am – 5 pm. Full immersion
English without leaving Trieste. Improve
your English and be a Rock Star in your office. Take your English confidence on
the road for your summer vacation. You
can’t do all three days? No problem. Contact
us.
Contact us if you need to take the TOEFL or SAT, the standardized tests that are
required for study in the US. Summer is
the best time to prepare without the stress of regular school work!
Individual
lessons are offered year-round. Together we’ll make a plan
for you to meet your objectives.
LOOKING for FALL ENGLISH CLASSES?
You can
become a member at any time of year! Here is the
Membership Form. If you are taking a Summer Course, and are
not already a member, the membership will be included in the price of your
course. Membership for 2016/17 will be available on
September 1st.
ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS and FAMILIES – FREE and OPEN to the PUBLIC
SUMMER CARTOON FESTIVAL -FREE and OPEN to the PUBLIC at American Corner
Trieste
Wednesday
Nights at 5:30 pm from June 22nd
–
July
27th in English.
July 6th:
THE MINIONS, July 13th:
FINDING NEMO, July
20th : TANGLED,
July 27th: BIG HERO 6
Summertime means reading! Every time you check out a book you get a
sticker. Keep track, challenge your
friends. Yes, Adults can participate
too. Hit the beach with a great library
book!
KIDS BOOK
CLUB meets each
Tuesday and Thursday until July 28th, 12 – 1 pm. We’re reading a chapter book together. FREE
WOMEN’S SPACE and ACTIVITIES FOR ADULTS – BACK IN SEPTEMBER
July - August 2016 Calendar
July and August in Trieste
Independence Day, STEAM, Cartoon Festival.
See you at one of our events... or at the beach!
Independence Day, STEAM, Cartoon Festival.
See you at one of our events... or at the beach!
Independence Day Celebration
INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION
Tuesday, July 5th, 8 pm
at Golden Horse - Via Scomparini 7 - Trieste
An informal evening on the terrace.
Burgers, Beer and Baseball.
All are welcome
A la carte Menu
Golden Horse - Via Scomparini 7 - near via Cumano. Bus no. 18. Parking on the street.
STEAM DIARY WEEK ONE DAY 2: GETTING READY FOR NEW SKILL FRIDAY
The High School group launched a new challenge to our class but also to the larger public. Can you learn a new skill relatively well by Friday?
We found out from this video that you can get pretty good at just about everything if you put in 20 hours of deliberate and careful practice.
Here is what we want to do by Friday.
Anastasia: Learn the basic judo falls.
Aldo: Do an elevator speech in Spanish (NB: Aldo is a native English speaker, hence the language challenge).
Lara: Get to stage 1 of solving the Rubik's cube.
We will update you tomorrow on how that goes!
Other highlights from today:
1. High School continued Fluency practice by reading the first few pages of 1985 by George Orwell out loud while Middle Schoolers continued their Chapter a day practice reading out loud of Judy Moody.
2. The role of the day was at a restaurant. We got practice using our daily English in common situations so we can help our parents on vacation. ;)
3. In the kitchen we conducted an experiment to see which would make better compote: yesterday's fruit salad, or peaches and nectarines from today. The winner was a tie. Both tasted amazing!
Have a great day and we will be back tomorrow!
STEAM DIARY WEEK ONE DAY 1: FRUIT SALAD & FRIENDS
Middle and High School STEAM got off to an EXCELLENT start!
We were at the airport today, using our English in a practical situation by brainstorming airport vocabulary and performing airport roleplays and inventing our own! Then we watched this very funny video produced by Virgin Airlines. It was a crowd pleaser!
We split up at that point and did our favorite fluency exercise, reading out loud! When we were finished with that, it was time to go in the kitchen!
It was the FRUIT SALAD CHALLENGE. Group Orange and Group White went head to head to make the BEST FRUIT SALAD EVER! Thanks to Joe and Denise, our fantastic judges.
It was a great day! Here were our favorite moments.
Janine= Making fruit salad
Alessia = Airport role play
Samuele= Making and eating fruit salad
Daniele= Making fruit salad
Michele= Fruit salad because it was fun
Lara= Watching the Virgin Airlines inflight video
Anastasia= Airport role play because it was interesting
I.= Inflight video because it was fun
Giovanni= Airport role play
Denis= Fruit salad because I love making it
Aldo= I liked the reading excercise as a fluency excercise for learning Spanish
See you tomorrow for day two!
We were at the airport today, using our English in a practical situation by brainstorming airport vocabulary and performing airport roleplays and inventing our own! Then we watched this very funny video produced by Virgin Airlines. It was a crowd pleaser!
We split up at that point and did our favorite fluency exercise, reading out loud! When we were finished with that, it was time to go in the kitchen!It was the FRUIT SALAD CHALLENGE. Group Orange and Group White went head to head to make the BEST FRUIT SALAD EVER! Thanks to Joe and Denise, our fantastic judges.
It was a great day! Here were our favorite moments.
Janine= Making fruit salad
Alessia = Airport role play
Samuele= Making and eating fruit salad
Daniele= Making fruit salad
Michele= Fruit salad because it was fun
Lara= Watching the Virgin Airlines inflight video
Anastasia= Airport role play because it was interesting
I.= Inflight video because it was fun
Giovanni= Airport role play
Denis= Fruit salad because I love making it
Aldo= I liked the reading excercise as a fluency excercise for learning Spanish
See you tomorrow for day two!
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