University of Costa Rica/ MEP/ TCU-501

First Grade

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UNIT 5: MY INTERESTS

Contents:

Different articles of clothing.

Recognition of the names of animals and the places where they live.

Transversal theme: Sustainable human development.

Functions:

  1. Describing different articles of clothingRecognizing the names of animals
  2. Differentiating animals according to the places they live: farm animals, jungle animals, sea animals, and pets
  3. Acquiring vocabulary related to animals
  4. Using basic language to refer to animal life

Activity 1 / MY INTERESTS
Function:
  • Describing different types of items.
  • Expressing likes and dislikes on different topics
Content: My interests.
Seating arrangement: G: Groups, R: Rows, P: Pairs, W: Whole class
Skills: L/S
MI: VL: Verbal Linguistic, Inter: Interpersonal, Intra: Intrapersonal, VS: Visual Spatial
Time: 20’
Materials: handout 1, color pencils and pencil.
Procedure:
  1. Have the students in groups.
  2. Give to them the photocopy of the printed material and color pencils.
  3. Ask students to practice the name of the different articles of clothing.
Check what they say.

Activity 2 / Types of Animals
Function: Recognizing animals and their habitats
Content: Animals in: The Farm, The Sea, The Jungle, and The House.
Seating arrangement: C
Skills: L/S
MI:
Time:
Materials: cardboard, Handout 2, Handout 3, scissors, glue.
Procedure:
  1. Have students sit in a circle
  2. Show them the different habitats of animals
  3. Ask students questions: 1) what animals live in the farm/sea/jungle/house? 2) Where does the (name an animal) lives?
  4. After they have practiced enough, give them the handout and ask them to build their own farm, jungle, sea, and house

Activity 3
/ Animal lottery
Function: Identifying animals
Content: Animals
Seating arrangement: I/P
Skills: L/R
MI:
Time:
Materials: Lottery cards, box with little animal cards, checkers Handout 4
Procedure:
  1. Have students sit individually or in pairs.
  2. Explain the activity to students making sure they know how to play lottery

Activity 4 / Memory Game: Animals
Function: G
Content: Animals
Seating arrangement:
Skills:
MI:
Time:
Materials: Memory game cards Handout 5
Procedure:
  1. In advance, divide the cards in three groups making sure any card is missing its pair.
  2. Have students make 3 groups
  3. Explain the activity to students
  4. Distribute the cards
  5. Ask students to spread the cards and start playing
  6. Each student has to take a card and say out loud the name of the animal in the card, next the student has to look for its pair.
  7. When students match a pair of animals, they can keep the pair.
  8. The game ends when there are no more cards left.
  9. The student who wins is the one who has more pairs at the end.

Activity 5 / Ani-match
Function:
Content: Animals
Seating arrangement: I
Skills: R
MI:
Time:
Materials: Hand out 2
Procedure:
  1. Give the students the hand-out
  2. Explain the activity to students
  3. Have the students solve the match
  4. Check the worksheet

HANDOUT 1

HANDOUT 2

HANDOUT 3

Instructions: cut and paste the figures of the animals in their habitats.

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Handout 4: LOTTERY


ANIMALLOTTERY
Bear
/ Chicken / Frog

Octopus
/ Cat / Spider
Elephant / Cow / Kangaroo
Rabbit
/ Butterfly / Bee


ANIMALLOTTERY
Deer
/ Cat / Polar
Bear
Frog / Squirrel / Turtle
Butterfly
/ Snake / Rabbit
Pig
/ Tyger / Horse

ANIMALLOTTERY
Pinguin
/ Fish / Lion
Squirrel
/ Elephant / Bee
Fish / Worm / Sheep
Horse / Turtle / Camel

ANIMALLOTTERY
Dog / Giraffe / Zebra
Turtle / Butterfly / Deer
Cat / Cow / Elephant
Bird / Octopus / Monkey

ANIMALLOTTERY
Ant / Duck / Fish
Rooster / Dog / Snake
Zebra / Giraffe / Butterfly
Pinguin / Frog / Cat

ANIMALLOTTERY
Butterfly / Elephant / Tiger
Worm / Lion / Cow
Zebra / Deer / Bird
Monkey / Rooster / Shark

ANIMALLOTTERY
Frog / Ant / Mouse
Dog / Giraffe / Zebra
Octopus / Rabbit / Fish
Horse / Turtle / Camel

ANIMALLOTTERY
Bear
/ Chicken / Frog

Fish / Worm / Sheep
Shark
/ Rabbit / Dolphin
Elephant / Dog / Zebra

ANIMALLOTTERY
Frog / Squirrel / Turtle
Monkey
/ Cat / Bee
Pig
/ Tyger / Horse
Fish / Worm / Sheep

Handout 5 MEMORY GAME CARDS


( ) Fish
( ) Dog
( ) Bear
( ) Cow
( ) Cat
( ) Rabbit
( ) Ant
( ) Frog
( ) Pig
( ) Turtle

ANI-MATCH

Instructions: Match the imageswith the names of the animals:

I: Individual, G: Groups, R: Rows, P: Pairs, W: Whole class, C: Circle Hmwk: Homework

L: Listening, S: Speaking, R: Reading

VL: Verbal Linguistic, Inter: Interpersonal, Intra: Intrapersonal, LM: Logical Mathematical,

VS: Visual Spatial,N: Naturalistic, B: Bodily, M: Musical