Lesson Plan T/T Kids: February 11

Supplies: Dino pix, audio tape, markers, eraser, sticky stuff, LP, rods

Workbook objectives: simple past; -er comparisons; stress, rhythm and intonation

Add’l: Get them to know present and past of “to be”

Time	Activity	Teacher [I]	Students [Thou]	Objective(s) [It]
5:00	Testing	Helps administer test	Listen & write	Evaluation
6:00	Warmup	Write “Animals Past & Present”	Ss define; hang dino pix. Everyone draw a dinosaur on WB under photo	Activate prior knowledge
6:10		Prompt for keywords and write after kids say them. They take notes: Big, small, heavy, light, long, short, tall, short, fast, slow, huge, neat; eat, go, have, live, think, walk, be; dinosaur(s), elephant, giraffe, hen, whale, meat, plants, millions	ID: legs (1, 2. 3. 4), short, tall, big, little, long, short, fast, slow, plants, meat, huge	Set context: intro & review key vocab for unit
6:20	Cuisenaire	Work on pronunciation of -er	Get kids to demonstrate comparisons/opposites of keywords with rods	Apply understanding of –er comparisons
6:30	Dinosaur drawings	Ask comparison questions	Present drawing. Get kids to say descriptive words.	Test comprehension of vocab and –er comparisons
6:40	Comparative stretch	Use vocab words and make kids be –er than one another	Act out instructions	Take a break and reinforce –er and adjective vocabs
6:45	Listen, point & Say p 51.	Play tape & manage discussion	#1-4 in pairs. #5 as choral	Reinforce –er and vocab
6:55	Explain homework	Model one example	Questions?	Reinforce comparatives and vocab
	IF TIME: Stick & Say p 51	Put on tape	Ss discuss and agree on answers and apply stickers once answer is okayed