Content Objective:
Students will demonstrate
their knowledge of seasons and seasonal activities.
Language Objective:
Students will draw their
favorite activity in each season and write sentences to describe the pictures.
Materials:
ü Website – Discovery Education
ü Pocket chart
ü Avenue Picture Cards (B1:
winter, B2: Spring, B3: Summer, B4: Fall, B5: sledding, B6: ice-skating, B7:
planting, B8: jumping, B9: riding a bite, B10: swimming, B11: raking, B12:
playing soccer)
ü Paper plates
Warm-up
ü Introduce the names of the seasons and types of weather from Discovery
Education, and have students answer questions.
Guided Practice
ü Display the picture cards of the 4 seasons in
order.
ü Students will match proper pictures of clothes
and activities to each season.
(from Hampton-Brown Avenues series)
Independent Practice
ü Give students paper plates divided into four
sections.
ü Ss will write the names of the seasons in each
section and draw their favorite activity in each section.
ü Ss will write a sentence to describe each
picture.
ü If time allows, Ss will write a sentence about
their favorite season.
(I modified this student friendly Writing Rubric which
I got from one of my co-workers.
Having Ss check their writing by using it helps them
remember what mistakes they have made.)
Wow, I love this paper plate idea~! I'm gonna borrow your idea. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteYes, paper plates are very easy and inexpensive to use....:):)
DeleteThis is a fantastic help! I really like the idea of using the paper plates for the four seasons! Also, matching the pictures to winter activities is a great learning activity!
ReplyDeleteThank you for your comment. Yes, students surely enjoyed the lesson.
DeleteWow, excelent works! I wish I had an ESOL teacher like you when I was in school. Keep up the good work.
ReplyDeleteJane, thank you for your compliment! Since I have experienced difficulties in learning English as a foreign language, I have so much empathy to my ESOL students and really want to help them to be successful English language learners.
DeleteThis is wonderful! I love that you have a content and language objective. I was wondering how you like the Hampton-Brown Avenues series, do you find it is good for your ELs?
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for your comment. Yes, I try to put both a content and a language objectives. Overall, I like Hampton-Brown Avenue series, especially their supplementary materials. However, I still have to modify Avenue materials and lessons. If you have further questions, let me know:):)
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