UNIT: Schedules and Appointments
Sub-Topic: Read and Use a Calendar
Key vocabulary words for the sub-topic: days of the week, months of the year, birthday, weekend, week day, holiday
Content and Language ObjectivesSWBAT… / Activities and Grammar / Resources / CASAS Correlation
· Name the days of the week
· Name the months of the year
· Use a calendar to find information about holidays and events
· Put important information onto a calendar / · Fill in a calendar by adding the month, names of the days, and numbers
· Label the calendar with information such as days off school, holidays, and appointments
· Use the calendar to fill in MFIP forms, i.e. “the week of” line
· Class mingle using calendars and asking and answering questions about when events will occur
· Date dialogue
· “It’s October” story and questions
· Double Dictation Review
· Activity Cards 3B
· Activity Worksheet 3A: Monthly Calendar / · Hubbs EL Civics Curriculum
· First Words in English p. 40
· Out & About Teacher’s Resource book p. 83-85, 89-90,
· Step Forward Student Book p. 43
· Out & About Activity Worksheet 3I
· Survival English p. 47 and 238 / · 2.3.1 Interpret clock time
· 2.3.2 Identify the months of the year and the
days of the week
· 2.3.4 Interpret and write dates
· 7.1.4 Establish, maintain, and use a system of
personal organization, such as paper or
electronic files, calendars, and checklists
(see also 4.7.5)
UNIT: Schedules and Appointments
Sub-Topic: Read and Use a Bus Schedule
Key vocabulary words for the sub-topic: bus, bus number, arrive, depart, where, when,
Content and Language ObjectivesSWBAT… / Activities and Grammar / Resources / CASAS Correlation
· Identify a bus schedule
· Identify different modes of transportation
· Find pertinent information using a bus schedule
· Plan a bus trip using both a paper schedule and the Internet / · Identifying different parts of a bus schedule and where information can be found on it
· Bus Driver dialogues
· Identify which busses come to AH and at what times / · Realia Bus Schedules
· Out and About p. 178
· Taking Off p. 199 / · 2.2.5 Use maps relating to travel needs,
including Internet-based map systems
· 2.2.3 Identify or use different types of
transportation in the community, and interpret traffic information
· 2.2.4 Interpret transportation schedules, fares, and payment procedures
UNIT: Schedules and Appointments
Sub-Topic: Identify and Use Public Transportation
Key vocabulary words for the sub-topic: bus, train, car, plane, walk, bike, taxi, drive, take, ride, parking
Content and Language ObjectivesSWBAT… / Activities and Grammar / Resources / CASAS Correlation
· Identify modes of public transportation
· Discuss how they travel to places, i.e. school, the doctor, the grocery store
· Identify the meaning of exact change
· Identify ways of paying for the bus
· Identify the cost of riding the bus
· Identify signs related to public transportation and their meanings / · Speaker from MTA
· Class mingle to identify modes of transportation that students use on a regular basis
· Exact change handout and activities as they pertain to using the bus
· Exact change reading and follow-up activities
· Transportation and Signs Vocabulary match
· Real-Life Reading / · Picture Stories Chapter: Exact Change
· Out & About Teacher’s Resource book p. 238-241
· Out & About Activity cards 13A
· Step Forward p. 40
· Real-Life English p. 76 / · 2.2.2 Recognize and use signs related to public
· transportation (see also 1.9.1)
· 2.2.3 Identify or use different types of
· transportation in the community, and
· interpret traffic information
· 2.2.4 Interpret transportation schedules, fares,
· and payment procedures
UNIT: Schedules and Appointments
Sub-Topic: Tell Time
Key vocabulary words for the sub-topic: time, minute, hour, second, o’clock, morning, afternoon, evening, A.M., P.M., what time, when, how long
Content and Language ObjectivesSWBAT… / Activities and Grammar / Resources / CASAS Correlation
· Read and identify the time using both a digital and analogue clock
· Identify A.M. and P.M.
· Compute elapsed time
· Identify the times when a store/community organization is open or closed / · Fill in the numbers on a blank clock
· Count the number of minutes using different amounts of time, i.e. five minutes, ten minutes
· Identify what time daily activities occur
· Class mingle with questions about time
· “I Go to English Class” reading and questions
· Double Dictation Review 1 and 2
· Life Stories
· Open/Closed timelines and questions / · First Words in English p. 36, 44-46
· Hubbs EL Civics Curriculum
· Clocks
· Step Forward Student Book p. 37
· Out & About Activity Worksheet 3C and 3D
· Step Forward Intro p. 34-35
· Real-Life English p. 32
· Taking Off p. 73 and 75 / · 2.3.1 Interpret clock time
UNIT: Schedules and Appointments
Sub-Topic: Write and Understand Dates
Key vocabulary words for the sub-topic: abbreviation,
Content and Language ObjectivesSWBAT… / Activities and Grammar / Resources / CASAS Correlation
· Write the days of the week
· Write the months of the year
· Identify the number that corresponds to each month
· Write the date using both words and numbers
· Identify important dates
· Identify abbreviations for days and months / · Dictation using days and months
· Match months with numbers
· Match days and months with abbreviations
· Class mingle with important dates
· Days and months dialogue
· Line up by putting days and months in order / · Hubbs EL Civics Curriculum
· Teacher-made date and abbreviation cards / · 2.3.2 Identify the months of the year and the
· days of the week
· 2.3.4 Interpret and write dates
UNIT: Schedules and Appointments
Sub-Topic: Use the phone to make an appointment for a job interview
Key vocabulary words for the sub-topic: interview, available, when, what time,
Content and Language ObjectivesSWBAT… / Activities and Grammar / Resources / CASAS Correlation
· Have a basic phone conversation
· Ask and answer questions about availability for an interview
· Write the interview date and time
· Identify the interview date on a calendar / · Dialogues
· Use a calendar to block out times when unavailable
· Use a calendar to answer questions about whether available or unavailable
· Use the phone to dial a specific phone number / · Teacher-made dialogues
· Calendars / · 2.3.2 Identify the months of the year and the
days of the week
· 2.3.4 Interpret and write dates
· 2.3.1 Interpret clock time
· 2.1.8 Use a telephone or similar device to make
and receive calls and for other functions
What is your name? / What time is it?
1. Place:
What time does it open?
What time does it close?
2. Place:
What time does it open?
What time does it close?
3. Place:
What time does it open?
What time does it close?
4. Place:
What time does it open?
What time does it close?
5. Place:
What time does it open?
What time does it close?
6. Place:
What time does it open?
What time does it close?
7. Place:
What time does it open?
What time does it close?
8. Place:
What time does it open?
What time does it close?
Write the missing month.
1. January ______March
2. April ______June
3. July ______September
4. October ______December
5. February ______April
6. May ______July
7. August ______October
8. November ______January
9. March ______May
10. June ______August
11. September ______November
12. December ______February