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Unit 2 - Count On Me - English Teachers Handbook
Unit 2 - Count On Me - English Teachers Handbook
Chapter 2
COUNT ON
ME
Departamento de Segundas Lenguas y Lenguas Extranjeras
English Teacher's Handbook – Chapter 2 – COUNT ON ME
Departamento de Segundas Lenguas y Lenguas Extranjeras
English Teacher's Handbook – Chapter 2 – COUNT ON ME
Departamento de Segundas Lenguas y Lenguas Extranjeras
English Teacher's Handbook – Chapter 2 – COUNT ON ME
Departamento de Segundas Lenguas y Lenguas Extranjeras
English Teacher's Handbook – Chapter 2 – COUNT ON ME
COUNT ON ME
SUGGESTED sequences of activities: K5 to 2nd Grade
Grade
Activity
K5 1st 2nd
+Daily routine activity. +Daily routine activity. +Daily routine activity.
Teacher shows the cover of Teacher shows the cover of a Sing the song “Head and
a book (about a family). book (story of a family). shoulders”. Game: Simon
Students describe it. Students describe it. Teacher says.(Body parts).
Students listen to the story. checks comprehension. Teacher draws an empty
Teacher checks Students read sentences and face on the board.
1 comprehension. Teacher answer Yes or No according Volunteers complete it
shows flashcards with the to the story. E.g. Mother is according to the teacher´s
most important parts of the happy.______. Father is instructions and name the
story. Volunteers order the angry._____, etc. Correction parts. Students draw their
sequence according to the on the board. + faces and name the parts.
story. + +
+. Teacher elicits story of +. Elicit story of previous +. Sing “Head and
previous class. Teacher class. Introduce adjectives shoulders”. On a big
shows a video (family). (tall, short, thin, fat) by white paper students (one
Students name the family describing the characters of at a time) draw a body
members in the video. the story. Teacher writes on following the teacher´s
Students draw and name the board: Mother is tall, instructions. Complete
2 their families. + Father is fat, etc. Teacher with names of body parts.
models: I am tall. I am happy. Students draw themselves
Students talk about in their notebooks. Game:
themselves. Students write a Simon says.+
sentence and draw
themselves.+
+. Teacher introduces +. Teacher writes: happy, sad, +. Song “Head and
feelings with gestures. angry, sick, good on a big shoulders”. Teacher
Students follow commands: white paper. Above these models a short simple
“You are happy”, etc. words there are empty description of
Teacher writes feelings on a faces.Students show how they herself/himself on the
big white paper and shows feel according to the teacher´s board with some missing
faces with the different intructions. Volunteers words (name, color of
feelings that were complete the faces according hair and eyes). Volunteers
previously mentioned. to the words written below. describe themselves
3 Volunteers stick the faces Video: feelings. Students following the model.
above the correct word. draw how they feel in their Students write a short
Game. Guess how someone notebooks and write e.g. “I simple description of
feels. Some students go to am happy.” Teacher models themselves in their
the front and show how first + notebooks. Game:
they feel according to the Chinese whisperer (body
Teacher´s intructions.The parts) +
rest of the class guesses the
feeling. +
Departamento de Segundas Lenguas y Lenguas Extranjeras
English Teacher's Handbook – Chapter 2 – COUNT ON ME
+. Teacher shows a video +. Teacher shows the same +. Game: Guess who?
(feelings). Students perform poster of previous class. Sing Teacher describes a
feelings according to the “Head and Shoulders”. student of the group. The
video. Teacher provides Teacher describes the children rest of the class tries to
students with different faces including body parts (color of guess. Teacher models
(happy, sad, angry, ok, etc.) hair and eyes). Students name her/his own written
5 Students color the faces the children. Teacher description. Students
according to the teacher´s provides students with an write a description of
instructions. + image (empty faces). Students themselves. +
listen to the teacher and
complete the faces. Students
name the body parts. Teacher
models.+
+. Teacher shows students +. Teacher provides students +. Teacher reads the story
the cover of a book. with an image of friends of a moster. Check
Students describe it. including their names. comprehension. Students
Students listen to the story. Students match two columns: describe (orally) the main
Teacher checks names and physical character of the story
comprehension. Teacher characteristics. Joint (monster). Teacher writes
6 provides students with a correction on the board. + the description with the
sequence of the story. students´ help. Students
Students cut and paste the copy and draw the
sequence in the correct monster. +
order. +
+. Teacher shows videos of +. Listen and draw (child´s +. Listen and complete a
the unit. Review vocabulary description). Teacher body. (monster). Students
by playing guessing games. provides with a short complete information
T:P.R. using flashcards description. about themselves: My
(“walk to…; jump Students read and answer Yes name is....... I am
8 with…”). or No (description). Writing (tall,short,etc). I have
task: got.....hair and .......eyes.
About me: My name is ... Teacher provides Ss with
My hair is ........ and my eyes a short text. Ss read and
are........ draw.
+ Daily routine activity: Sing a song, say a poem, say and write the date and weather report.7
Sing a “Good-bye”song, play a guessing game, say “Good-bye”, say a poem or rhyme.
Departamento de Segundas Lenguas y Lenguas Extranjeras
English Teacher's Handbook – Chapter 2 – COUNT ON ME
COUNT ON ME
SUGGESTED sequences of activities: 3rd to 5th Grade
Grade
Activity
3rd 4th 5th
+Daily routine activity. + Daily routine activity. +Daily routine activity.
Teacher reads a story. Teacher introduces key Students describe the
Check comprehension. vocabulary of a video about a children in a poster.
Students describe (orally) family on holidays. Game: Teacher writes the words
the main character. Teacher Read from nothing: As on the board when
writes the description on students read the vocabulary needed. Students make
the board. Volunteers (mostly actions), the teacher comparisons. Teacher
describe the other erases the words from the introduces how to express
characters using the model board. At the end students equivalence (as...as).
on the board. Game: bingo say all the words without Students express
(adjectives used in the actually reading them. equivalence by looking at
descriptions) + Students watch the the children in the image.
1 video.Teacher provides For further practice
students with a list of students can make
activities. Students tick the comparisons with their
ones that appear in the video. partners. Students write
Teacher models a sentence examples in their
about the family. Pairwork: notebooks. +
Students write a couple of
sentences using the words
from the list.
+ Daily routines: Suggestions: Say and write the date, weather report, season. Sing a song. Say
a poem or a rhyme.
Departamento de Segundas Lenguas y Lenguas Extranjeras
English Teacher's Handbook – Chapter 2 – COUNT ON ME
COUNT ON ME
SUGGESTED sequences of activities: 6th Grade
Grade
Activity
6th
+Daily routine activity. Teacher provides
students with a text (letter: someone introduces
his/her family). Students predict from text
format. Students scan the text and circle: in red-
1 occupations, in blue- family members, in green-
adjectives. Teacher checks comprehension.
Classify adjectives (appearance and personality;
e.g.: shy, brave, smart) +
+ Daily routines: Suggestions: Say and write the date, weather report, season. Sing a song. Say
a poem or a rhyme.
K5
Activity Link or Drive
1. Flashcards about a • https://www.google.com/search?
story. q=flashcards+about+the+story+of+a+family&client=ubuntu&hs=rSq&channel=fs&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X
&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAWoVChMIqLj1w4aQyAIVS9IeCh2ZAgzX&biw=1440&bih=733
• http://beatrizteachingportfolio.weebly.com/uploads/1/4/1/3/14133404/1134302_orig.gif
2. Books about Family • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tiu5tvEv70I
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUOmkxP6R1c
3. Video about a family • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJyNoFkud6g
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dH5RTW0gh30
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiRUF7hvWuM
4. Feelings • https://img1.etsystatic.com/020/1/8272737/il_170x135.474356087_syx9.jpg
• http://pdf.mrprintables.com/images/learn/emotion-flashcards-preview.jpg
5. Song about feelings. • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUQmpJsC2FQ
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1QBY35LdfA
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYP-3q22too
6. Video about feelings. • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6ml8KW5F5Q
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEk48QQSPo4
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu-Ztd0XMUo
7. Video (story) • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pxg8u50f0RY
8.
3.
8.
4th
Activity Link or Drive
1. Video about family on holidays. • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmYz8kLryF8
2.
3. Text about a family. • https://www.visitengland.com/things-to-do/family
• http://i.ytimg.com/vi/OzZb1tthfEI/maxresdefault.jpg
4.
5. Listening about a birthday party. • http://www.5minuteenglish.com/jun11.htm
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPsdfO59akk
6. Poster of a park on Sunday. • https://confessionsofaballerunner.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/people-in-
central-park.jpg
• http://www.sfpix.com/central_park/sheep_meadow_sunday.jpg
7.
8. Listening about daily activities. Pictures • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxGP-cuvlUs
about them. • http://www.elllo.org/english/0351/388-Mike-Routine.htm
• http://www.henry4school.fr/Vocabulary/chores/chores-listen.htm
5th
Activity Link or Drive
1. Poster of children. • https://www.google.com/search?q=poster+of+children&client=browser-
ubuntu&channel=fe&hl=es&biw=1440&bih=733&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ
&sa=X&ved=0CBsQsARqFQoTCIPrrfbinsgCFQjWHgodqnEO_w#imgrc=dtilqh4E
GJTU4M%3A
• http://www.cherylpiperberg.com/GAL_posters/data/images/11.jpg
2. Listening about children's nationalities. • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6cvRmyEUKc
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZa3_J5QsqY
3. Reading text about a family. • http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=5019