LESSON PLAN

SCHOOL Bilciureti
GRADE 3rd
LEVEL elementary
TEACHER Mdran Ramona Iuliana
UNIT: : Everyone is having fun!.
LESSON Weather and seasons
TYPE OF LESSON communication of new knowledge
DATE 24th of February 2017
TIME 50 minutes

COMPETENCES
2. Exprimarea mesajelor orale
2.2. Participarea la interaciuni n context de necessitate imediat/ pe teme familiare

AIMS
At the end of the lesson students will be able to:
1. introduce and practice new words to describe weather;
2. follow simple directions;
3. talk about their favourite season.

SKILLS
listening
speaking

TECHNIQUES
dialogues
group work
observation
explanation
individual work
brainstorming
game

RESOURCES
overhead projector
flipchart
blackboard
notebooks
handouts

ANTICIPATED PROBLEMS
- students might find difficulties in asking questions;
- might have problems when working in pairs or in group;
- T will offer Ss supplementary explanation in Romanian if it is necessary.
ACTIVITIES
WARM UP
AIM *creating a pleasant atmosphere for the English class;
*helping students feel relaxed.
INTERACTION *T Ss
*Ss T
PROCEDURE *T asks Ss How are you today? / Is anybody absent? / Are you ready to
start the English class?;
*Ss answer Ts questions;
ESTIMATED TIME *1 minute

TRANSITION TO
THE NEW TOPIC
AIDS SS homework
AIM *checking if there were any problems with their homework.
INTERACTION *Ss Ss
*Ss T
PROCEDURE *T asks Ss what their homework was;
*Ss read their homework sentences.
ESTIMATED TIME *3 minutes

PRESENTATION: A.
1. LEAD IN ( pre-
reading/pre-
speaking/pre-
writing/pre-listening)
AIDS *blackboard, cards
AIM *eliciting information about seasons and weather;
COMPETENCES 2.2. Participarea la interaciuni n context de necessitate imediat/ pe teme
familiare
INTERACTION *Ss T
*T Ss
PROCEDURE *T gives Ss a set of cards with different letters on them in order for the Ss
to find the title of the lesson.
*T announces that todays lesson is about weather and seasons;
*T writes the title of the lesson on the blackboard and tells the aims of the
lesson;(appendix 1)
ESTIMATED TIME *4 minutes
2. B.
AIDS *paper ball
AIM *talking about their favourite season;
COMPETENCES 2.3. Participarea n interaciuni pe subiecte familiare
INTERACTION *Ss T
*T Ss
PROCEDURE *T throws a paper ball and ask Ss what is their favourite season
ESTIMATED TIME *4 minutes
 Practice 1
DEVELOPMENT/
PRACTICE (while-
reading/while-
speaking/while-
writing/while-
listening)
AIDS *flipchart, envelope, cards
AIM *introducing new words
COMPETENCES 2.2. Participarea la interaciuni n context de necessitate imediat/ pe teme
familiare
INTERACTION *Ss T
*T Ss
*Ss-Ss
PROCEDURE *T divides Ss in 4 groups
*T gives each group an envelope containing a season name and a set of
cards with the names of the months on them
*T divides a flipchart paper into 4 squares
*Ss identify the corresponding months for each season and stick them into
the right square. (appendix 2)
ESTIMATED TIME *5 minutes
I Practice 2
AIDS *overhead projector, notebook
AIM * introducing new words to describe weather;
COMPETENCES 2.2. Participarea la interaciuni n context de necessitate imediat/ pe teme
familiare
INTERACTION *Ss Ss
*Ss T
PROCEDURE *Ss listen to The Weather Song
*T asks Ss to write down in their notebooks words related to weather
*T asks Ss if they know other weather- related words
ESTIMATED TIME *5 minutes
Practice 3
AIDS *flashcards
AIMS * following simple directions;
COMPETENCES 2.2. Participarea la interaciuni n context de necessitate imediat/ pe teme
familiare
INTERACTION *Ss Ss
PROCEDURE *T sticks weather flashcards on blackboard and shouts out a weather word
*Ss run over to the correct picture, touch it and do the gesture
ESTIMATED TIME * 5 minutes
Practice 4
AIDS *worksheet
AIMS *practicing the words that describe weather
COMPETENCES *2.2. Participarea la interaciuni n context de necessitate imediat/ pe teme
familiare
INTERACTION *T-Ss
PROCEDURE *T asks Ss to complete the sentences with the correct structure (appendix 3,
appendix 4)
ESTIMATED TIME *10 minutes
PRODUCTION/
FEED-BACK (post-
reading/post-
speaking/post-
writing/post-
listening)
AIDS *worksheet
AIM *following simple directions.
COMPETENCES 2.2. Participarea la interaciuni n context de necessitate imediat/ pe teme
familiare
INTERACTION *Ss- Ss
* Ss-T
PROCEDURE *Ss play Listen and draw- Ss draw according to what T says (appendix 5)
*Ss complete the sentences about them
*Ss complete the sentences with information about the weather today.
(appendix 6)
ESTIMATED TIME *10 minutes

Emotional Feedback/
Aims checklist
AIMS *getting feed-back from the Ss
INTERACTION *Ss T
PROCEDURE *T asks Ss to choose a picture which best describes their emotional state at
the end of the English class.
ESTIMATED TIME *2 minute

Assigning Homework
AIM *practicing words to describe weather
INTERACTION *T Ss
PROCEDURE *T writes the homework on the blackboard Weather diary. (appendix
7)
ESTIMATED TIME *1 minute
APPENDIX 1

S E A S

N S
O

A N D

T
W E A

H E R
APPENDIX 3
Write the sentences in the correct places.

It is hot. It is cloudy. It is stormy. It is rainy.

It is windy. It is snowy. It is cold. It is sunny.

.... ..

. .

.
 APPENDIX 4

In ________ we go to the beach. In ________ the leaves fall from the

The weather is _________. trees. The weather is ________.

In ________ it snows. The In __________ the flowers

weather is _______. grow. The weather is ________.
 APPENDIX 5

LISTEN AND DRAW:

Draw the sun
Draw a cloud
Draw a snowman
Draw a hat on top of your snowman
Draw something you eat when its hot
Draw the rain

Complete the sentences about you:

My favourite season is
My birthday is ..
My best friends favourite season is ..
I (like/dont like) autumn.
I (like/dont like) winter.
I like because its .

Bibliography:
Gray, Elizabeth; Evans, Virginia- Welcome 1, Express Publishing, United Kingdom, 1999
*** - the English Curriculum for 3rd grade, Bucureti, 2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8GeA3anPdo
http://www.kids-pages.com/folders/flashcards/Weather/page1.htm