Teacher’s guide and resource material Unit 2 - lesson 3

Performance indicators Materials - Identify topic, purpose and

intended audience. - Carry out actions based on

instructions.- Complete words with the parts

that integrate them and that are missing

- Recognize writing directionality of words (left to right).

- Find similarities and differences between written words (long and short words).

- Story book, audio CD, CD player

- Teacher-made flashcards of children performing the following actions: sit down, color your book, stand up, open your book. Small cards of the following words: stand up, sit, down, open your book.

- Colored chalk, two flyswatters.

*Activity book page 36-39.

Class 1

Lead in

Greet the class. Point to your ear while you say the word listen. Play the hello song and mime the actions. Play it again, and ask children to stand up and follow your lead.

Stage 1: I know

Color what you do in the classroom

Show the flashcards of children performing different actions such as: sit down, color your book, stand up, open your book.

ask some children to come to the front and point the pictures of children doing things in the classroom. Talk about what they like to do in their English class. Then ask children to open their books to page 36 and color what they do in the classroom.

StoryHold up the story at the front of the class and show the story to the children . to have children identify the topic, point to the cover and ask children what they think the story is going to be about. After read them the story, ask them what they understood about the story.

Stage 2: I build

Ask children to open their books to page 36. Ask children to point to the pictures as they listen your commands (stand up, sit down, open your book, color your book).

Class 2

Lead–in

Play the hello song, ask children to listen to the song and sing it along with you. Perform the actions.

Stage 3: I think

To have children carry out actions based on instructions, show the flashcards and read the commands and ask what they think the teacher is saying to the class.

Have the children perform every action. Finally, ask children to open their books to page 37. Ask them to circle the picture with a red colored pencil. Continue until you finish the activity.

Match the columns

Write the words sit, open, stand on the left side of the board, and the words up, down your book. Invite children to pass to the front, read the first word on the left side:(sit)and have children complete the instruction by saying (down) *you may want to mime the activity to help them remember . ask them to match the two words: sit down with red chalk. Then, ask another child, to paste the correct flashcard next to the word. Repeat activity with the rest of the words.

Count the letters in each word.

Show flashcards for numbers from 1 to 5. Ask children to say each number aloud. Write the word sit. Invite children to count the letters with you. Ask a child to come to the front and place the correct number next to the word.

Circle the short words

To find similarities and differences between long and short words, give out clay. Ask children to make a long worm with it. Show them how. Then, ask them to make a short worm. Then write the word up on the board. Point and

say up, ask them if they think the word is short or long, then write the word stand and do the same. Finally ask them to open their books on page 38 and do the activity.

Complete the table

Write the words sit and up on the board. Count the letters and write the numbers. Then, write the words: stand, down, open, book. Count the letters. Tell children that short words usually have two or three letters while long words have four or more letters. Ask children to find long words around the classroom and aount the letters they have.

Stage 4: I practice

Trace the letters

To help children recognize writing directionality of words (left to right) write the word sit on the board. Invite a child to come to the front and trace over the words with a piece of colored chalk. Invite other children to do the same.

Class 3

Lead-in

Play the hello song, ask children to listen to the song and sing it along with you. Perform the actions. Show them the flashcards and ask them to recognize the vocabulary that seen before.

Circle the correct word

Paste the instruction flashcards on the board. Divide the group into two teams and play the following game: ask one child from each team to go to the back of the class. Give each one of them a flyswatter. Say: stand up and they will have to run to the board and hit the picture that represents the instruction. The first child to do it will get a point for his team. The team with the most points may win a sticker. Ask children to open their books to page 39. Point to the to the picture and ask them what the boy is doing. Read and ask them to circle the correct word.

Stage 5: I can

Complete the instructions with words from the box

Play the memory game by mixing up the cards with words and pasting them on the board. Face one flash card down on the board, invite a child to come to the front and flip over a card. Read the word and ask children to repeat. Then, ask them to find the word missing by flipping over another card. Read it aloud and ask children to repeat it. Then ask children if the instruction is correct or not. If the child finds a pair, he may win a sticker. In not, he has to close the two cards in exactly the same place, and invite another child to play.

Ask children to open their books to page 39. Have children count the number of letters in each word in the box, and write the corresponding word in the spaces provided. Help children notice that classroom instructions star with a capital letter and end with a period.

Materials *Number flashcards:

http://abcteach.com/directory/basics/abc_activities/number_flashcards/

*Hello song:http://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=h3eRD6GNzkY

Sit down

Stand up

Color your book

Open your book

Get in line

Go to the school nurse

Pick up the trash

Sit down

Sit down

Stand up Stand up

Color your book Color your book

Open your book Open your book

Get in line Get in line

Go to the school nurse

Go to the school nurse

Pick up the trash Pick up the trash