Unit 5
A Farm Lesson 1 Language farm, mouse, chicken, duck, cow, sheep, horse (passive: dry, warm, fun, hide, inside, outside, cold, rainy, wet, barn).
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Objectives Take part in a chant Learn how to say the names of different farm animals Show a positive attitude towards animals Develop gross motor skills and oral expression
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Material puppet, Playhouse poster, CD audio, flashcards (mouse, horse, chicken, sheep, cow, duck), Activity Book (page 20) Optional: plastic farm animals
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a flashcard, for example, of the cow and ask: What colour is it? Explain that Pandy and Gina are on a farm and that they are helping the animals into the barn to stay dry. Ask the children (in L1 if necessary) if they have ever visited a farm and if they have ever seen the different animals in the picture in real life.
• Play the Hello Song (CD Track 04) and greet the children using Pandy. • Show the panda puppet to the class and have a •
conversation with the panda. Ask: What’s your name? The puppet answers: I’m Pandy. The puppet can then ask various children in the class their names. Look outside and ask the children about the weather: Is it hot? Cold? Sunny? Rainy? Cloudy? If possible, use picture clues for the weather words to help understanding.
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• Use the flashcards for horse, cow, sheep, mouse,
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chicken, duck. Show the cards and say the words to the class. Hide different cards behind the door of the playhouse. Knock on the table (as if knocking on the door of the playhouse poster) and say: What is it? A horse? A duck? Open the door and check. Repeat with other animals. When finished, hold up the flashcards one by one and ask: What’s this? and elicit vocabulary from the children. Option: Place four of the cards on different sides of the class and ask the children to point to them according to your instructions. Say, for example: Point to the (mouse). Repeat this with the other animals very slowly first then more quickly to make the activity like a game. Distribute the Class Books. Talk about the picture on page 38 with the pupils. Point to the characters and ask: Who’s this? (Pandy, Gina). Point and ask: Is this Ben? (No, it’s Pandy). Ask the children to identify what the weather is like (It’s rainy). Show
Moral and Civic Education Point out that Pandy and Gina are being very kind to the animals helping them into the barn. Explain that it’s important to take care of animals and to treat them well. Option: review the concept of inside and outside from Unit 3. Show a card, for example, of the horse and ask: Inside or outside? (inside) Repeat with other animals. Play the chant: Inside the Barn (CD Track 24) and do the actions.
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Trac k 24 Speaker: Pandy:
Listen and say the chant. Horse, horse, (point to the horse flashcard or stomp ‘hoof’ like a horse) Hide, hide. (hide behind hands) Inside the barn (make a pretend roof over your head) It’s warm and dry. (hug yourself) Cow, cow, (point to the cow flashcard or make pretend horns using fingers) Hide, hide. Inside the barn
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