Unit 2 Numbers
3. finally, flash word cards for them to read and ask them to show their fingers to indicate the actual number.
4. say today we will learn a rhyme about numbers.
while-tusk procedure
1. put up the wallchart on the board. point to the tree in the picture. ask and answer yourself 'what's this? it's a tree'.
2. repeat step 1 but ask the class to answer 'it's a tree'.
3. invite individuals to come up, point to the tree and say 'it's a tree'.
4. point to a stick and say is this a tree? no, it's a stick. oh, many sticks. one, two, three ... pick up sticks. explain the meaning of 'pick up' by miming. let students copy you.
5. invite individuals to say and act 'pick up sticks'.
6. play the cassette tape. students listen and clap their hands.
7. play the cassette tape again. encourage the students to look at the picture, clap their hands and say the rhyme with you.
8. let the class stand up and act the rhyme.
post-tusk activities
1. divide the class into groups. have each group act the rhyme. the best group will be the winner. you can mark the score of each group on the board.
2. play a relay lace: (an enjoyable way of giving feedback to the students)
divide the class into eight groups. give the student at the back of each row a line of the rhyme. then they start to read, followed by. the student hi front until the last student at the front repeats the line and pots up his or her hand. that row wins the relay race.
consolidation
oxford english (shanghai edition) practice and assessment series 1a unit 2 presents further grammar and vocabulary exercises as well m ling and reading skills development tasks.
homework:
a listen to the tape and read after it.
b do the exercises on student’s book.
blackboard:
rhyme
one, two, three,
it’s a tree.
four, five, six,
pick up sticks
note: