Unit 5 Activities: Around Town
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| Resources: | Young Learners |
| Book: | Unit 5 Activities: Around Town |
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| Date: | Thursday, 23 March 2023, 10:41 AM |
1. Unit 5 Activities
Attached are activities for Unit 4. These include vocabulary related to the Internet and e-mail as well as practice constructing basic sentences.
Note: All the activities are suggestions. We suggest you spend a few minutes at the beginning and end of each session to ease into the activities. Make any adjustments and vary the Opening and Closing, if needed, to fit the levels of your students.2. Begin Your Lesson
Opening: Write the day and date on board. We suggest you start the session with a song or video (see below). Instructor and students greet each other. Engage in a conversation with the students about some of these familiar topics.
· Instructor says: “Good morning/afternoon, students!”
o Students say: Good …!
· Instructor says: “It’s nice to see you again.”
o Students say: I'm glad to see you too. (Explain that glad means happy.)
· Instructor says: “Welcome to our lesson.”
· Instructor says: “My name is “…” “What’s your name?”
· Student says: “My name is “…” That student turns to next student and asks, “What’s your name?” The next student says… “My name is…” (Continue speaking and practicing names with each student in the group.)
· Instructor asks: “How are you? What’s new?”
- Student says: I'm good/ I'm fine/ I'm all right
· Instructor asks: “How is your day?” Student says: It is good. / My day was great/fine.
· Instructor asks: What time is it?
- Song for young kids with body movements:
· Instructor asks: “What day is today? What day was yesterday? What day will it be tomorrow?”
- Early Elementary
· Instructor asks: “What season are we in now?”
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· Instructor asks: “What is the month?” Practice saying today is “…….” with students. Elementary and Young Juniors
· Instructor asks: “How’s the weather?” Early Elementary song:
o Students practice saying: It is cloudy/ it's rainy/ it's hot/ it’s nice/ sunny/ windy / cold / foggy…
· Instructor asks: “Are you ready to start our activities today?”
- Students: “Yes!!”
Need help calming your students down? Try this: How to Calm Young Children Down in Minutes – Palming technique – Early Elementary (grades 1-4) Video:
o Click here to access: How to calm young children down in minutes
3. Match the Jobs: People in Town Worksheet
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Match between words and pictures
התאימו בין המילה לתמונה
4. Jobs Around Town Worksheet
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Match the word to the picture and draw a line between the job and the workplace. Follow the example:
התאימו בין המילים לתמונות ומיתחו קו בין המקצוע למקום העבודה כמו בדוגמה:
5. Jobs Songs and Videos
Note: some of these videos include vocabulary that does not appear in your students' Schoolbook. You may still teach these words as enrichment.
6. Watch: How to teach directions mini-lesson
7. Song: LEFT AND RIGHT SONG for Children
8. Video: Left-Right Game
Practice left-right with students
10. Finish Your Lesson
Closing: After each session before you say goodbye, ask students to reflect on the lesson.
· Instructor asks: What is one thing you liked about the lesson?
· Ask each student to tell you 3 new English words they learned today.
o Repeat the new words after the student says them. Then, repeat the new words with the student again so he/she practices and learns the correct pronunciation.
· Ask: What is one question you still have about what you learned today?
Say goodbye to the students. Tell them you are looking forward to seeing them next time… Instructor says: Have a good day/afternoon… See you next time…