LESSON 4 : Unit1 All About Me

Colours: Brown Bear, Brown Bear

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CLASS: 1

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Learning objectives(s) that this lesson is contributing to

1.UE3 use basic adjectives and colours to say what someone/something is or has

Lesson objectives

Students will:

• identify colours in English

• identify animals in English

• verbally say their colours in English

Language objective

• Listening to the story (Brown Bear, Brown Bear) which will be read aloud. Learners will listen attentively and recognize when it is appropriate for them to speak

• Reading- learners will follow along tin story through the illustrations in the book

• Speaking- learners will repeat and recall new English words after the teacher

• Writing- non-applicable for Grade 1 learners

Previous learning

Learners were introduced to colours in their English subject area class.

Cross-Curricular Link

Learners will need to identify colours in all of their subject area courses

Use of ICT

E-book: Brown Bear, Brown Bear by Eric Carle and Bill Martin

Kazakh Culture

Learners will be to identify colours in their day-to-day lives

Pastoral Care

Facilitating learning and development through teaching and guidance

Health and Safety

Learners will be safely arranged and seated in front of the monitor away from electrical outlets and cables.

Plan

Planned timings

Planned activities (replace the notes below with your planned activities)

Resources

5 minutes

30 minutes

5 minutes

Starter:

Prior Knowledge-

• Ask learners which colors they can already say in English

• Ask learners to point to various objects around the room and say colors in English, if they already know them

Main:

Introduce the Book-

• Show learners the cover of the story and introduce the title, the author and the illustrator.

Picture Walk-

• Take the learners on a picture walk through the book.

• Challenge the learners to look carefully at the pictures.

• Point out to learners that on each page a new colored animal is featured.

• Say the English names of each colored animal and have the learners repeat

• Stop at the page where the white dog is introduced

Read-Aloud-

• Read the story using story props (all of the colored animals)

• Have the children sit in a circle and give each child a colored animal to hold.

• Direct each learner with a prop to bring his prop to the middle of the circle when each colored animal is introduced in the story.

• After reading the entire book, together as a class, say all of the names of the colored animals in the book

Sing-a-long

• Take the colored circles (prearrange the colors in order they will appear in the song “I See Colors Everywhere”) and say the color of each

• Have the learners repeat each color

• Play the Youtube video song “I See Colors Everywhere” and model and sing the song for the learners

• Have learners stand up and sing “I See Colors Everywhere” with the video

Plenary

• Review and have learners identify the colored animals from the book: Brown, Bear Brown Bear

• As a class, sing “I See Colors Everywhere” while the teacher holds up each colored circle that is featured in the song

• Laptop

• Touch screen monitor

Internet: e-book: Brown, Bear Brown Bear by Eric Carle and Bill Martin

www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdHCYgO9zh8

Pre-cut colored animals featured in the book:

-brown bear

-red bird

-yellow duck

-blue horse

-green frog

-purple cat

-white dog

-black sheep

- a goldfish

https://www.google.ru/search?q=eric+carle+brown+bear+activities

Youtube: “I See Colors Everywhere” song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kkz7b32dSwA

Precut colored cicles in the following colors:

-red

-blue

-yellow

-green

-orange

-pink

-purple

-brown

-black

-white

Additional information

Differentiation – how do you plan to give more support? How do you plan to challenge the more able learners?

Formative Assessment – how are you planning to check students’ learning?

• Questions were formulated at all levels according to Bloom’s Taxonomy levels

Support:

• Questions that do not have right or wrong answers

Challenging:

• Evaluative questions which promote further discussion.

• Application questions that allow students to relate the topic to their own lives and experiences.

• Review and have learners identify the colored animals from the book: Brown, Bear Brown Bear

• As a class, sing “I See Colours Everywhere” while the teacher holds up each colored circle that is featured in the song

Reflection:

Were the lesson objectives/learning objectives realistic? What did the learners learn today? What was the learning atmosphere like? Did my planned differentiation work well? Did I stick to timings? What changes did I make from my plan and why?

Summary evaluation:

What two things went really well (consider both teaching and learning)?

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What two things would have improved the lesson (consider both teaching and learning)?

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What have I learned from this lesson about the class or individuals that will inform my next lesson?