Around the School

Around the School: Lesson # 4

Objectives: TLWBAT

· Discuss the different places in a school.

· Identify places by walking around the school.

· Introduce school workers and their jobs.

· Learn about the activities that take place in each area of the school by interviewing the personnel.

Activities

· Build vocabulary by practicing the words from the word bank.

· Teach the names and responsibilities of school workers.

· Take a tour of the school and discuss what is taking place in each area.

· Ask questions such as, “What do we do in the cafeteria?”; “Who works there?”; “What kind of equipment do they use?”

· Prepare for interviews by choosing a site and review who the workers at that location, the type of work they do, and the equipment they use.

· Share the information learned from the interview.

· Relate to personal experience by drawing a picture map of the places they like the best.

· Complete a map by pasting the places around the

school, pages 25 & 26, on page 27.

Extended Activities

· Invite children to make a book about people who work at school. Refer to activity sheets 10 & 11, from Into English! A, pages 28 & 29.

· Put together a Patterned Book, page 30.

Homework

· Complete a worksheet entitled “Around the School”, page 31.

· Write a sentence about someone that works at the school and his or her job.

· Use vocabulary learned to gather information from an adult about their school.

Assessment

· Draw a map of the school.

· Complete a crossword puzzle about school places and people, page 32.

· List the names of school personnel and their job responsibilities.

My School

Lesson # 4

Word Bank

boy’s bathroom

classroom

playground

secretary

nurse

principal’s office

cafeteria worker

cafeteria

gymnasium

teacher

nurse’s office

main office

principal

girl’s bathroom

bus

library

custodian

bus driver

cooks

teaches

takes temperature

answers the phone

serves food

cleans

reads books

drives

librarian

My School

Around the School

My School

Complete a map of the school by cutting the figures on pages 25 and 26, and pasting them on this paper.