Aims: To talk about location. To count.
Pupil Language: Numbers (6-10) – magic – new – (It’s) on the book.
Teacher Language: Where’s the pen? – What number is this?
Extra Materials: Poster (Module 2) – Flashcards (magic, new) – Picture cards (six, seven, eight, nine, ten, magic, new) – Sheets of paper (one per child).
Beginning the lesson
- Wait by the door and greet the children as they arrive.
- (An activity to revise the vocabulary from Unit 5.)
Take a pen and a pencil and put them in various places (e.g. in a schoolbag, on the desk, in a book, etc). Ask individual children to tell you where they are.Teacher: (putting a pen on a book) Where’s the pen, John?
John: (It ’s) on the book. etc - Song: Play the song My pencil case … from Unit 5. Invite children to sing along.
Presentation & Practice
- Poster (Module 2)
Flashcards (magic, new)
(Activities to present and practise the vocabulary of the lesson.)
Put up the poster. Point to each number, one at a time, and say the appropriate words. Children repeat, chorally and individually. Hold up a finger and ask the children to do the same. All together say: one. Do the same for all ten fingers and then children count out loud from 1 to 10, holding up their hands and counting on their fingers at the same time. Pin up the flashcards. Say the appropriate words. Children repeat, chorally and individually. Ask children to take out their picture cards (six, seven, eight, nine, ten, magic, new). Call out the items in random order. Children listen and hold up the corresponding picture card. - Draw a large 28 on the board. Point to it, mime and say: Open your books at page twenty-eight!