| Topic |
Animals and Can/Can't |
| Developed by |
Hanna Patitif and Anne Toledo |
| Date |
March 2011 |
| Grade |
4 |
| Suggested Time |
Double lessons |
| 21st Century Skills |
- Using WORD
- Searching for images, copying and pasting in a Word document
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| Domains |
- Social Interaction
- Access to Information
- Presentation (in following lesson)
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| Purpose of Activity |
Reviewing action verbs while using can/can't (read, drink, jump, play, clean, cook, watch TV, color, wash, listen to music, sleep, fly, run, walk, learn, swim, climb, dance…)
Reviewing animals.
Introducing the question form: Can you + Verb..?
Introducing new action verbs: kick, climb, throw, smile, catch.…
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| Learning Skills |
Being actively involved in meaningful learning.
Being creative
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| Description of Activity |
- Teacher reviews action verbs learnt in previous lesson by means of a PPT.
See: Review of can can't.
- Teacher shows a slide and elicits the action from the students while
using: I can … / I can't…….
- Teacher presents students with a short online video What Can You Do?
(using Can you….?)
- Teacher elicits the action verbs from the story (run, jump, swing, throw, climb, catch, kick, hit, fight, smile, cry, walk, swim, sleep, drink and eat) and plays the game: "Prove it!"
The teacher uses a set of different flash cards downloaded from here and here.
Teacher shows the class a card and asks for example: Can you catch a ball?" / "Can you stand on one leg?" Students prove themselves by miming the action.
- Students get a worksheet and write six sentences about what they can/can't do in different places (at home, at school, in the playground, at the zoo, in the swimming pool, in the book shop, in the park, on the soccer field…). See: Task 1.
- Pair work: Students compare and contrast the sentences with a partner.
- Teacher elicits from students who else (besides human beings) can jump, run, climb, … (answer: animals).
Teacher asks:
"Which animals can climb trees?" (a cat, a monkey, a snake…)
"Which animals can swim?" ( a duck, a fish, a dolphin, a dog…) and more.
- Teacher presents students with a song - "Can an Elephant Jump?".
- Second viewing – students sing along.
- Students write a draft in class for three new verses to the song, using the question form. See: Task 2.
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| Students' Outcomes |
Students will continue writing a song at home based on a draft started in class.
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| Homework |
- Students write their song on a Word document, add pictures and upload it to the Class Forum.
See: Homework Task.
Additional activities to practice:
- Practice can/ can't.
- Listen to this song.
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| Follow-Up |
Students present, sing and act out the song.
Teacher will review
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| Teacher's Reflection |
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