TEACHING ENGLISH IN INFANT EDUCATION:

TEACHING ENGLISH IN INFANT EDUCATION: TWO DIFFERENT MODELS OF LESSON PLANNING. VANESSA SANDRA CÓZAR BAUTISTA 1

LESSON PLANNING: THE ANIMALS 2

INTRODUCTION The model that I have used for this lesson planning is the model proposed by Pérez Esteve, P and Roig Estruch, V in Enseñar y aprender inglés en educación infantil y primaria (2004) vol. II. Ice Horsori, Barcelona. This lesson planning is focus on childern aged from 4 to 5 and it is centred in the story of the Lion and the Mouse, focus on animal vocabulary and friendship. At the end of the sessions, I have added some didactic materials to develop the lessons and a picture dictionary that could help the children to make the activities. 3

SYLLABUS: THE ANIMALS Theme Aims Target Language Story Language Making friends and -Identifying animals - Animals: lion, mouse -Actions: Animals -Revise numbers pig, snail, dog, cat, sleeping, running, (1 to 10) elephant, monkey, walking, etc. -Use of greetings horse, cow - jaws, teeth. -Act out the story - Numbers (1 to 10) - frienship -Associate meanings -Greetings: Hello, and words bye-bye. - Understand specific information Main Receptive Main Attitude Multi Disciplinary Cross- Curricular Language Links Concepts -What s your name? - Active involvement -Drama: Representa- -Pace -How many are in the class, songs, tion of the story. education. there? games and activities. -Maths; numbers -Count and say - Show interest in -Communication -Every body is using English strategies: greetings, here? ask their names, using -Where are they? gestures to support -They become the communication. friends - We have finished today. 4

LESSON 1: The lion and the mouse meet. MATERIALS - Animal paper finger puppets. - Flashcards - Worksheet number 1 and 2 - Posters - Pencils, colour pencil, rubber, etc 1. Greetings (5 minutes) At the beginning of the lesson we must to welcome the children: Hello children! or Good morning children!. Normally, children will answer you Hello! Then we can take register with the help of our students, saying: Everybody is here today? Carolina, are you here today? Yes, you are here. Hello Carolina! Manuel, are you here? Manuel Oh! Manuel isn t here today. 2. Introducing our new friends (10 minutes) Now, we can introduce our new friends. Children we have a new friend. Then, when they have looking to us, we can take out slowly the first finger puppet: the lion. Hello, what s your name? Children, come on! What is your name? We must encourage to our learners to ask the name to our new friend. My name is Lion. Hello Lion! We can change our voice to make it ruder. I am a lion and I have a friend. Yes I have a friend, he is the mouse. He is here with me, but he is very shy. We must call him to he come here. Everybody! Mouse, mouse We take out the mouse slowly. Hello mouse. Everybody, hello mouse! Hello children! When the mouse speaks, we can change the voice sharper. 5

The Mouse and the Lion finger puppets 6

3. Telling the story (15 minutes) Now, we are going to tell the story when the mouse and the lion met. We can make a performance of the story, use the same paper finger puppets, animal flashcards or big flashcards with the scenes of the story (I add this materials at the end) to tell it. It is important when we are telling the story to change our voices depending on the characters. As children know this character, we can start with the first scene directly. It is important too, to emphasizing and repeat the actions and perform it to children can understand what is happening. We can make sounds of the scenes like the roar of the lion. We can make a lot of gestures than can help to our children to understand the story: The lion was sleeping (we can put our hands together under our face). Please, forgive me King (we can put our hands together performing to regret) 4. Let s go to act out the story (10 minutes) Children know to the characters and their story. Now they are able to represent the scenes. We can repeat the story again. A child will be the lion and another will be the mouse. This is an interesting activity because they are listening the story while they are acting. They must know what is happening in each moment to perform 7

THE LION AND THE MOUSE THE ANIMALS WENT IN TWO BY TWO The animals went in two by two, hurrah, hurrah. One day, The King animals Lion was went sleeping, two by when two, a little Mouse began to run up and down his body. When the lion woke hurrah, up hurrah. and saw to the mouse, he opened his big jaws to eat him. The animals went in two by two, the elephant and the kangaroo, and they all went into the ark, just to get out of the rain. The little mouse said Please forgive me, King, only this time. Perhaps one day I will help you in return The animals went in two by two hurrah, hurrah. the cat, the dog and the woolly sheep The lion and likes they idea all went and into he let the the ark mouse go. just to get out of the rain. One day, the little mouse was looking for food in the forest when he hear a loud roar behind the bush. He decided to go to see what happened. He saw the lion caught in a trap. Hello my friend, Finally, the mouse and the lion become great can I help you? said the little mouse. Yes, please friends. said the lion. The mouse bit the trap with his teeth. 8

5. Let s do activities (15 minutes) In the following activities we are going to introduce some new friends to our children (a pig, a cat and a dog). Before they start to work we should introduce the new animals using flashcards, pictures, etc. We can introduce them by continuing the story: One day, the lion and the mouse were walking by the road and they find with a pig who was lost (we show the pig s flashcard and put on the blackboard). The lion and the mouse helped to the pig and they became friends. The following day, the three friends (the lion, the mouse and the pig) where wolking by the road and they find a cat and a dog. They were very bored. The lion, the mouse, the pig, the cat and the dog stared to play toguether and they become friends. At the same time, we can perform the scene. When we have introduced the new friends, we can distribute the worksheet number 1 & 2 (one per student) and ask them to colour and write in the worksheet number 1 and to match the names with the pictures in worksheet number 2. 9

Worksheet number 1 Colour and write Name: 10

Worksheet number 2. Match the animals & names Name: mouse pig cat lion dog 11

5. Saying bye-bye to our friends. To finish the lesson we can make a routine. At the same time, the children can put in order their materials and stand up to go to the mat. Bye-bye my friends Bye- bye my friends We will be here tomorrow again. Bye-bye my friends Tomorrow we will play again. Bye- bye to the mouse and the lion Bye-bye to all my friends. At the same time, when the children are in the mat, all together are saying bye-bye with their hands to the lion and the mouse. Ok children, we have finished today. Say goodbye! 12

LESSON 2: Playing with our friends MATERIALS - Animals finger puppet. - Flashcards - Worksheet number 3 and 4-1. Greetings (5 minutes) Before start the lesson we can hide the animal flashcards in different parts of the class. When the children arrive, we can ask them: Hello children! Every body is here? Ok! Very good, but... Where are our new friends? Where is the lion? Where is the mouse? Where is the pig?, etc. Carlos you know where are they? No? ok. Nobody knows where are they. So please help me to look them. When the animals start to appear we will welcome to them: Ah! The lion is there. Hello lion! Children, say hello tohe lion. And we can do the same with the others animals. 2. Continuing the story. (20 minutes) Now, we are going to put on the blackboard the animal flashcards. To introduce more new friends, we are going to continue the story. The flashcards are on the blackboard and we start to revise the story: The lion, the mouse, the cat, the dog and the pig are friends. How many friends are they? One, two, three, four, five... we point out while we count. They are five. One day, the five friends were wolking by the road and they find a 13

snail (we show a flashcard with a snail) who was trying to go to the mountain, but he wolked very slow. The lion, the mouse, the cat, the dog and the pig helped to the snail and they become friends. (at this moment we put on the blackboard the flashcard with the snail). Now, how many friends are they? One, two, three, four, five, six... they are six. In this way we will introduce to our students the elephant and the monkey and we will count the animals in the blackboar. 3. Let s do activities (15 minutes) To revise numbers 1 to 10 we are going to ask to the children to count and write in the worksheet number 3. In the worksheet number 4 they must match the animals with their names. 4. Playing with our friends (15 minutes) The flashcards are on the blackboard. We are going to divide the class in groups of eight. Each pupil will represent an animal that they know (one will be the lion, another will be the mouse, another will be the dog, another will be the cat, another will be the pig, another will be the snail, another will be the monkey and another will be the elephant). They must imitate the sounds, the gestures and the movements of the animals. We can make the selection of the animals by raffle. 5. Saying bye-bye to our friends. (5 minutes) 14

To finish the lesson we are going to repeat the routine of the last class. We can ask to the children to go to the mat, to sit down and repeat the routin. At the same time, all together are saying bye-bye with their hands to the animals. Ok children, we have finished today. Say goodbye to our friends! Bye-bye! Bye-bye my friends Bye - bye my friends We will be here tomorrow again. Bye-bye my friends Tomorrow we will play again. Bye- bye to the mouse and the lion Bye-bye to all my friends. 15

Worksheet number 3. Count and write Name: How many are there? 16

Worksheet number 4. Match the animals & names Name: mouse pig dog cat lion snail 17

LESSON 3: Animals in a farm MATERIALS - Flashcards - Worksheet number 5 - Cassete / CD player - Pencils, colour pencil, rubber, etc 1. Greetings (5 minutes) To start the lesson all the animal flashcards are in the blackboard. Hello children! How are you? Say hello to our friends: hello lion, hello mouse, hello pig hello snail, hello dog, hello cat, hello elephant, hello monkey,hello everybody! How many new friends have we got? One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight... we have eight new friends: the lion, the mouse,... 2. Continuing the story (20 minutes) We can continue the story to introduce the last two new friends: One day, the lion, the mouse, the pig, the snail, the cat, the dog, the elephant and the monke were wolking to the mountain and in the road they found a farm. (We can show to the children a picture or a flashcard with a farm).in the farm lived a horse and a cow (then, we show the flashcards and put in the blackboard with the other animals) and they become friends. How many friends are they now? Let s see... one, two... ten! Now they are ten. 18

3. Ordering the story (10 minutes) Now the students are familiar with the animal names and they know how they met. It s time to remembering the begining of the story. We can make groups of five pupils and ask them to ordering the animal flashcards based on the secuence of the story. 4. Clasifying animals (5 minutes) Which of this animals could live in a farm? We can ask to the children to draw a farm with the animals that could live there. We can make too the same activity by using the flashcards and the blackboard and asking them to put near the farm the animals that could live there. 5. Song: The animals went in two by two (5 minutes) Children can listen this song to recognizing the names of the animals that they know and point out to the animal flashcard where the animal that they listen is. To this activity they can sit on the map. 6. Saying bye-bye to our friends. (5 minutes) The children are sitting on the map. Ok children, we have finished today. Say bye-bye to our friends. Bye-bye lion, bye-bye mouse... 19

Worksheet number 5. Colour and write Name: LE SS ON 4: By e- bye frie nd! MATERIALS - Flashcards - Worksheet number 6 - A box - Pencils, colour pencil, rubber, etc 20

1. Greetings (5 minutees) To start the lesson we are going to make to the children thing that our friends are missing again: Hello children! Good morning! Where are our friends today? Hello...where are they? Do you know where are they? The children probably star to look for the pictures. We must to encourage them to call to the animals: lion..., mouse... pig...comme on! lion..., mouse... then we can star to put the flashcards in the blackboard in order to the children see them. 2. Mini-project: My favourite animal (20 minutes) The children are familiar with the names of the animals and with their appearance. It s time to let them to express their feelings and their preferances. We are going to ask them to draw their favourite animal. This is an individual work and we must let it time to think and draw. They can use a lot of different materials: colour pencils, colour paper to stick,etc. We can help them if they need. 4. Bingo game (15 minutes) Now we are going to make a game in which we can test their listening recognizion about the animal names. We are going to give them the worksheet number 6 in which there is a lot of animals. Each one has a different worksheet and they only must to circle the animals that we are saying. The animals that we say are selected by ruffle. It is everybody ready to start? 21

5. Making a farm to say googbye(20 minutes) Now, we are going to make a farm with paper and a big box. This is a group work and everybody is going to participate. Each child is going to draw something to put in the farm (trees, animals, etc). At the end everything that they have done and the material that we have used in this lesson are going to be introduce in the box. In this way all the animals is going to be together in the farm. The animals are going to be the last that we are going to introduce in the farm. We will say goodbye to each animal: goodbye lion, goodbye mouse, goodbye pig... At the end we are going to make our animal routine to end the lesson and the topic. Bye-bye my friends Bye- bye my friends We will be here tomorrow again. Bye-bye my friends Tomorrow we will play again. Bye- bye to the mouse and the lion Worksheet number 6 Circle the correct Bye-bye animal to all my friends. Name: 22

Worksheet number 6 Circle the correct animal Name: MY PICTURE DICTIONARY Dog Cow Mouse Cat Horse Pig Elephant Hippo 23

BIBLIOGRAPHY Pérez Esteve, P. & Roig Estruch, V. (2004) Enseñar y aprender inglés en educación infantil y primaria. Vol. II. Ice Horsori, Barcelona. The Teacher s Magazine nº 32 www.bestofkids.net/dibujos-para-colorear-naturaleza.shtml www.enchantedlearning.com 35

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SYLLABUS: I m hungry Theme Aims Target Language Story language - Healthy food -Use of greetings - Greeting: hello, good- - Bird -Learn the names of bye - Tree food. - Apple - Revise colours -Food: orange, lemon, - Numbers - Revise numbers pear, banana and (1 to 10) grapes - Acting out the - Numbers: (1 to 10) rhyme - Participate actively in the games and activities understanding the language Main Receptive Main Attitude Multi Disciplinary Cross- Curricular Language Links Concepts -There are - Participate actively -Maths: numbers - Health education: - I m hungry in the rhyme, activi- -Music: rhyme the importance of ties and games. - Drama: miming the eating fruits to stay - Show interest rhyme healthy using the language - Communication strategies: greet, using the gestures to support the communication 38

LESSON 1 1. Greeting time I beginning to sing the hello song that we sing everry morning. At the same time that we sing the song, the puppet (Paul) sing the song with the children. You say goodbye, and I say hello Hello, hello I don t know why you say goodbye I say hello, hello, hello I don t know why you say goodbye I say hello PAUL 2. Practice and presentation We show a real apple. Paul says I m hungry and eats the apple. We must practice with the class. We make the same with the other fruits. 3. Practice. Let`s do some activities We give to the children the worksheet with the fruits, and then they must circle the correct fruit that we said before. 39

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4. Drawing fruits. Give to the children a piece of paper and ask them to draw their favourite fruit. 5. Goodbye time. We sing the song again and say goodbye to the children. You say goodbye, and I say hello Hello, hello I don t know why you say goodbye I say hello, hello, hello I don t know why you say goodbye I say hello PAUL 41

LESSON 2. 1. Greeting time I beginning to sing the hello song that we sing everry morning. At the same time that we sing the song, the puppet (Paul) sing the song with the children. You say goodbye, and I say hello Hello, hello I don t know why you say goodbye I say hello, hello, hello I don t know why you say goodbye I say hello PAUL 2. Story time. To revise numbers we are going to tell a story. We are going to use a flashcard on the board and show to the children the story. 42

THE APPLE TREE There are ten apples on the apple tree A bird takes two Now how many do you see? There are eight apples on the apple tree A bird takes six apples Now how many do you see? There are two apples on the apple tree Go and take the apples one for you And one for me. 3. Colour time Now we give to the children some pictures with a fruit and they must colour them at the same time we are going to ask them the name of the fruit and the colour. 43

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4. Goodbye time. We sing the song again and say goodbye to the children. You say goodbye, and I say hello Hello, hello I don t know why you say goodbye I say hello, hello, hello I don t know why you say goodbye I say hello PAUL 49

LESSON 3 1. Greeting time I beginning to sing the hello song that we sing everry morning. At the same time that we sing the song, the puppet (Paul) sing the song with the children. You say goodbye, and I say hello Hello, hello I don t know why you say goodbye I say hello, hello, hello I don t know why you say goodbye I say hello PAUL 2. Creative drama: Shopping trips Display tables in the classroom as if they were different shops. Bring real fruit and empty boxes. Let the children play pretending to buy what they need to a week. 50

3. Eating vocabulary We ask to the children about what fruit we have in our hands, and if they are right, they can test the fruit. 5. Goodbye time. We sing the song again and say goodbye to the children. You say goodbye, and I say hello Hello, hello I don t know why you say goodbye I say hello, hello, hello I don t know why you say goodbye I say hello PAUL MATERIALS FRUITS: an apple, an orange, a pear, some grapes and a lemon COLOUR PENCILS: orange, yellow, green, purple WORKSEETS. FLASHCARDS BOXES 51

BIBLIOGRAPHY Pérez Esteve, P. & Roig Estruch, V. (2004) Enseñar y aprender inglés en educación infantil y primaria. Vol. II. Ice Horsori, Barcelona. The Teacher s Magazine nº 32 &37 52