Level 1 Class 1-1 Topic Introductions

Time Activity Materials

10 Introductons
- Make sure everybody is here and settled in

5 Brainstorm introductions questions

- What’s your name?
- How old are you?
- T gives a sample introduction

15 Musical chairs introductions Music

- S left standing has to introduce him/herself

20 Make name cards Paper

- Ss make nice name card Crayons

Name memory game if time allows

Level 1 Class 1-2 Topic Family 1 – “This is my ~”

Time Activity Materials
10 Show Ss a photo of my family Photo of T’s
- Elicit family vocabulary family

10 Watch Sesame Street – “Five in the Family” Youtube clip

10 Review vocab with flashcards Flashcards

- Model “This is my~” and “This is your~”

- What’s missing game
Blank board

20 Make a family board game games

- In pairs, Ss draw pictures of their various family members Dice

on a blank board game Crayons

- Ss then play the board game in pairs using the target

language

Level 1 Class 1-3 Topic Phonics 1 – Letter sounds

Time Activity Materials
15 Play alphabet fling game Alphabet cards
- Throw all the alphabet cards around the room
- Say the sound of that letter
- Ss must try and find the appropriate alphabet card
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15 Watch Let’s Start Smart alphabet sounds videos Website
http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?
user=LetsStartSmart&p=r
- Practice letter sounds
15 Short text
Practice alphabet
- S1 dictates a text to S2 letter by letter
- Time limit of 5 mins
Whichever team gets the farthest wins, then repeat
5 Word flashcards
If time, show word flashcards
- Ss should guess which letter the words begin/end with

Level 1 Class 2-1 Topic Family 2 – “He has blue eyes”

Time Activity Materials
5 Review family vocabulary with board games from class 1-2 Board games

5 Introduce facial vocabulary Flashcards

- Eyes, mouth, ears, nose, hair, neck

5 Review adjectives Flashcards

- Long, short, big small, colours

10 Model how to describe a person’s face with PP presentation PP presentation

- “He/She has ~~” Guess who?
- Practice how to play Guess Who? with picture picture

10 Ss draw a picture of a family member’s face, write their name Paper

and who it is Crayons

15 T collects the pictures

- Divide the class into 2 teams
- T thinks of one of the people in the pictures
- S1 has to make a sentence – “He has black hair”
- T answers yes or no and that team can guess who it is

Level 1 Class 2-2 Topic Phonics 2 – Beginning/Ending sounds

Time Activity Materials
5 Introduce beginning sounds for consonants Word flashcards
- Show vocabulary flashcards
- Ss guess what letter the words begin with

10 Practice: Worksheets Beginning sounds

worksheets
5 Introduce ending sounds for consonants

10 Practice: Worksheets Ending sounds

worksheets
20 Student compass activity
- T draws a compass on the board with a letter at each
point
- 2 teams, 2 Ss come to the front
- T says a word, and Ss must point their arms in the
direction of the beginning letter

Level 1 Class 2-3 Topic Food 1 – “I want chicken”

Time Activity Materials
10 Tell Ss that you are very hungry and that you want some food
- Invite Ss to guess what it is that you want
- Ss brainstorm various foods

5 Model the language with a chant

- What do you want?
- Chicken Chicken I want chicken

10 Practice the chant with different vocab Flashcards

- Fish, chicken, cake, eggs, cheese, milk, juice, oranges,
potatoes, carrots, apples, lettuce, soda, onions
Mini cards
10 Play finding twins game

10 Charades
- Ss pretend to eat a type of food from the vocab

+-5 Whisper relay

- Ss whisper a sentence to the front S1 who draws it
- Front S2 has to guess what the picture is

Level 1 Class 3-1 Topic Food 2 – “I want chicken”

Time Activity Materials
 10 Review food vocabulary

20 Refrigerator cutout Refrigerator

- Ss cut out and color food items cutout activity
sheet
20 Secret desires Scissors
- Ss secretly glue 5 items that they want inside the Crayons
refrigerator and close it over Glue
- Ss have to guess what others want by asking them qns
- S that guess all 5 correctly first is the winner

+-5 Do a class survey of what most people want if time allows

Level 1 Class 3-2 Topic Phonics 3 – Short a, e, i

Time Activity Materials
10 Review beginning/ending sounds Flashcards
- Show S1 from each team a flashcard
- First S to write the letter wins a point for his/her team

10 Introduce short a and complete worksheets Worksheets

10 Introduce short e and complete worksheets Worksheets

10 Introduce short i and complete worksheets Worksheets

10 Play whisper game

Level 1 Class 3-3 Topic Time 1 - “It’s 4:30”

Time Activity Materials
 5 Review numbers 1-12
- Counting forwards and backwards

5 Review how to tell times on the hour with big clock Big clock

10 Time Bingo 3x3 bingo sheets

- Ss write times on a 3x3 grid

10 Review multiples of ten 10-60

- 2 teams compete to see how far they can count without
making a mistake

5 Model how to tell times with big clock Big clock

10 Body Clock
- T makes a big circle on the floor with masking tape
- Ss use their bodies to make whatever time the T says

+-5 Whisper relay

- Ss draw the time on a big clock on the board

Level 1 Class 4-1 Topic Time 2 – “I get up at 7:30”

Time Activity Materials
10 Review how to tell times

10 Elicit daily activities

- get up, wash my face, come to school, get home, do my
homework, go to bed, have breakfast/lunch/dinner

5 Model how to talk about daily activities

- Explain that this is for things that we do everyday
- I ~ at ~

10 Charades with big clock

15 Ss complete their personal schedule

- When finished, Ss ask their friends about their day and
write the times in the right hand column

Level 1 Class 4-2 Topic Phonics 4 – short o, u

Time Activity Materials
 10 Review short a,e,i, with short game Flashcards
- Show teams a flashcard
- Whoever writes the correct vowel first gets a point

10 Introduce short o and complete worksheets Worksheets

10 Introduce short u and complete worksheets Worksheets

10 Letter cutouts game Letter cutouts

- Team that makes the word fastest gets a point

10 Review: Matching cards game Mini flashcards

- Each team gets a set of 10 cards in which there are 5
pairs of short vowels – i.e. big-hit, dog-hot
- S1 lifts the first card, says the vowel and then lifts another
- If they are the same vowel, S1 can keep that pair
- If not, he/she must put them back and S2 repeats

Level 1 Class 4-3 Topic Awards and farewells

Time Activity Materials
10 Play a short review jeopardy game Jeopardy game

10 Give out awards for the best Ss Awards

30 Watch a video Video