Seasons of year
Intermediate, grade 2, A1 level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide clarification Seasons of the year
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide review and practice of Seasons Of The Year in the context of Summer, Winter, Autumm, Spring
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To provide clarification of Months of year in the context of January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
Procedure (91-138 minutes)
Start the class by challenging students with questions to introduce the class: -What is your favorite time of the year? -What is the weather like on that date? -What are the streets like on each of the dates that were mentioned?
Play the video as a co-instructional strategy to make it easier for students to recognize the seasons of the year. The Seasons of the Year for Children - Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter - What are the seasons? Question students: -What are the characteristics of spring? -What are the characteristics of summer? -What are the characteristics of autumn? -What are the characteristics of winter? -What is your favorite?
Go out to the playground in an orderly manner with their notebooks. Take a short tour around the school in an orderly manner and observe what is around them. Draw in the notebook characteristics of the day (weather, if there are animals, what color the plants are, etc.). Return to the classroom and present the drawings with 5 students and explain what they observed.
Show students the station cards and tell them to repeat after me. -Spring: there are lots of flowers, trees, it's starting to feel a little warm. -Summer: beach, sun, sand, heat. -Autumn: brown leaves, halloween, cool. -Winter: snowman, cold, jacket, ice.
Instruct students to draw a picture of each of the seasons with things that make them meaningful: -Spring: Flowers -Summer: Sun -Autumn: Dry leaves -Winter: Snow
Make teams and give each team a card and they will have to find out what season it is by means of different words that relate to each other.
Give the students a copy where they should write down which food is recommended to eat in each of the stations, and which is not.