Clothes

Mrs. A. Ferrante

Lesson Plan 1: Clothes we wear

Class: Year 2
Time: hr to 1 hr

Subject: English

Term: 2nd term

Methodology:
Whole class approach
Working in pairs on the computer onscreen activities.
Working in groups during the game where children have to dress up John and
Kim.
Individual work on the handouts.
Resources:
PowerPoint presentation Clothes Kim and John wear.ppt
Kid Pix on screen activities CLOTH01.bmp, CLOTH02.bmp, CLOTH03.bmp
Flash cards
Handouts CLOTH04.bmp, CLOTH05.bmp
Card games
Cut outs of clothes
Kim and John.
Objectives:
To become more familiar with and to be able to read the following words:
Hat, cap, coat, belt, boots, dress, shoes, shirt, skirt, socks, pyjama, trousers
To improve their conversation and reading skills while watching the PowerPoint
presentation by reading the presentation and discussing the pictures, etc.
To apply what they have learnt to a real life situation e.g. What am I wearing
today?
To make children aware about the importance of looking after our clothes by e.g.
keeping them clean, folding them neatly, putting them away in their proper place,
etc.
ICT objectives:
To become better users of the bucket, line, and truck tools in Kid Pix.
To improve their fine motor skills when handling the mouse.
To become better users of the drag and drop technique when using the mouse.
To become more familiar with the keyboard.
Introduction:
1. Introduce the children to John and Kim by showing them the cut outs of John and
Kim.
2. Start the PowerPoint presentation. While doing the presentation, let the children
read the words themselves. Encourage them to describe what they are seeing on
the monitor. Encourage them to use full sentences when answering a question.
E.g. What colour is the skirt? Children tend to say purple only. Insist that they
must say e.g. The skirt is purple. This enhances proper use of the English
language in their conversation.
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Development:
1. While going through the PowerPoint presentation stick flash cards on the white
board of the new words mentioned in the objectives. These words are all
highlighted in red in the presentation.
2. When the presentation is over go back to the flash cards and read through them
again.
3. Since we are dealing with a Year 2 class it may come in handy to explain the
onscreen activities on the monitor before sending the children to work on the
computer.
4. Now divide the class in 4 groups. One group will be working the onscreen
activities on the computer. Two groups will be doing a game (refer to pages 3 and
4) where they have to put clothes on Kim and John according to the instruction
cards. The last group will be working on the handout/s.
5. When the children finish the game rotate the groups. Those doing the handout can
play the game. The others can do the handout. Those on the computer can later do
the handout and if there is enough time they can also do the game.
Conclusion:
1. Ask all the children to come back in their places. Perform one final game
involving some competition.
2. Divide the white board in half. On each half, stick some clothes which have been
used in the game with blue tac.
3. Ask 2 children to come out (ideally ask those who were working on the computer
if they have not had a go at the game). Give them the flash cards.
4. When you say go the children are to stick the flash cards next to the correct
piece of clothing.
5. When they are ready ask the class to check if the clothes have been properly
labelled. If not, ask the children to come out and arrange them. This game may be
performed more than once depending on the time available.
Homework:
1. Any one of the two handouts will do. This depends on which handout has been
worked out in class.
2. The children are to bring a signed note that they have helped to fold their P.E. kit
at home and to put their clothes neatly in the wardrobe.

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The Game

John

Kim

1. Children will be shown the above cut outs as described in step 1 for the
introduction.
2. For the game the children will have cut outs of John and Kim. However these
cut outs will not have any colour for their clothes.

3. One group will be working with John and one with Kim.
4. Each group will be given one envelope. Inside they will find instructions cards,
clothes, cuts outs of John and Kim and flash cards with names of clothes on each.
5. The children must first match the clothes to their names.
6. Then they must read the instructions. As they read through the instructions they are
to put the appropriate clothes on John and Kim. (The children will stick the
clothes on the cut outs with blue tac. The blue tac must be prepared before to
avoid problems. Keep in mind that the children are still young).
7. Monitor the children while performing this task to ensure that they are actually
following the instructions and not just putting on any piece of clothing.
8. Each child will have a card. The cards are numbered. So the first child to start the
game is the one holding card number one.

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The following are the contents of the cards:

Here is a game for you:
1. Match the clothes to their correct names.
2. Take a card each and help John and Kim put on the clothes.
3. The child to have card number 1 is the first to start.
John
Kim
Card 1:
Card 1:
Help Kim put on the skirt.
Help John put on the trousers.
Now put on her pink shirt.
Now put on his shirt.
It is a sunny day so put on her cap.
Put shoes on his feet.
Card 2:
Card 2:
Help Kim take off her clothes.
Help John to take off his clothes.
Kim wants to put on her blue dress.
John wants to sleep. Put on his pyjama.
Put on her blue socks and green boots.
Take off his shoes and let John sleep.
Card 3:
Card 3:
Kim is cold. Put on her coat.
John gets up. Take off his pyjama.
She wants to play with John.
Now put on his trousers and belt.
Help her put on her cap.
Help John put on his green shirt.
Now she can play with John.
Put on his hat and off to play.

Onscreen activities
The onscreen activities are graded. The aim is to allow all children of different
abilities to feel successful in the lesson.
CLOTH01
1. This is the least demanding task from the three onscreen activities. It is ideal for
the less able children in class and a good activity to check that children do
recognise the clothe names introduced during the lesson.
2. This activity enhances the use of the line tool. This is again ideal to help the
children practice using the mouse (drag and hold technique).
3. This activity also helps to develop the childrens fine motor skills.
CLOTH02
1. This enhances the use of the keyboard. Thus children can familiarise with the
keyboard while at the same time they are learning to recognise the words
introduced during todays lesson.
2. This activity also enhances the use of the bucket for the word search. Children
practise using the mouse with the help of the bucket tool.
3. This activity is quite demanding on fine motor skills.
CLOTH03
1. This is the most demanding activity aimed at the more able children in class. In
order to perform this activity the children have to be good readers.

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2. This activity enhances the use of the truck tool. This is quite tricky for the children
to handle, especially when using the truck to cut a rectangle around the desired
word.
3. Therefore this activity also helps develop fine motor skills and proper handling of
the mouse.

Handouts
The handouts are graded. Handout CLOTH04 is simpler that handout CLOTH05.
Again the aim is to ensure that all the children feel successful in the lesson. While
working on the handouts children may refer to the flash cards which were stuck on the
board during the presentation.
CLOTH04
1. This handout is aimed for the less able children. The first task requires the
children to match the clothes with their proper names. This ensures that the
children can recognise the words.
2. The second task of this handout is a word search. Children can have fun searching
for the clothes they have just matched in the word search. Children may either
colour in the words or use a pencil and ruler. You may ask the children to use a
pencil first and when you have checked their work they can then colour in the
words in the word search.
CLOTH05
1. This handout is more demanding and aimed at the more able children. The first
task requires the children to read the sentences and see if they are correct. Then
they fill in yes or no depending on the statement.
2. In the second task the children have to write what they are wearing today. They
just have to finish off the sentence. Try and let the children spell the word
uniform alone if they intend writing it down. Children may also write the colour
of their clothes.

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