ClothesLessonPlan

Gradelevel:Grade1(A1Englishproficiency)Topic:Clothes

Aim:Todevelopthestudent’svocabularyonbasicclothesitem,aswellastodevelopastudentsreadingawritingskills.

Integratedskillsused:ReadingandWriting

Time:30minutes

Materials

• WhiteBoard• “Inmysuitcase”Flashcards• “Inmysuitcase”activitysheet

Vocabularywords

• Pants• Shirt• Dress• Skirt

• Hat• Shoes

Introduction:Inthislessonchildrenpractiseclothesvocabularywithflashcardsandonlinegames.Theylistentoandwatchastoryaboutaboyandhisfavouriteclothes,andthenjoininwithasongaboutclothes.Theywillthenwriteabouttheirfavouriteclothingitemintheclosingactivity

Warmup(approx.10minutes):

• Drawasuitcaseontheboard.Telltheclassthatyoursuitcaseisveryheavy(andmimedraggingheavysuitcase).Cantheyguesswhat’sinit?(Clothes)Cantheyguesswhichclothes?Askforhandsuptoguessandacceptanyanswerswitha‘Maybe,yes’.

• Telltheclass‘InmysuitcaseI’vegot...’,showtheclothesflashcardsonebyoneandsaythenameoftheitem,askthemtorepeat.Sticktheitemsinsidethesuitcaseontheboard.

• Pointtoeachflashcardagainandaskstudentstosaythewordoutloudagain.Givethestudentssometimeto

• Erasethesuitcaseandtakedowntheflashcardssothattheboardisbareagain.Thisisimportantbecausethenextactivitywillbetestingthestudent’scomprehensivelevel.

Procedure\Activty(approx.15minutes):

• Handoutthe“Inmysuitcase”activitysheet.• Dividethestudentsintogroupsof2andexplaintheactivitysheet.• Theymustcorrectlymatchthevocabularywordtothepicture.• Couldbehelpfultoencouragethestudentstosoundoutthelettersofeachwordto

hearthesounds.ClosingActivity

• GoovertheappropriateanswerswiththewholeclassbyprojectingtheworksheetontheSmartBoardandaskingstudentstovolunteertocomedrawalinefromthevocabularywordtotheappropriatepicture.

ClosureoftheLesson

• Askstudentstowriteasentenceabouttheirfavouriteitemofclothingfornextclass.• Iftheyareunsureofhowtowritethesentence,theycandrawapictureandpresent

ittotheclass.***Ex:Myfavouriteitemofclothingismypinksweater,becauseitiswarm.

ClosureStatement:“Todaywelearnedaboutthenamesofbasicclothingitemsthatweweareveryday”“Rememberthesetermsandlookoutforthemnexttimeyougooutshopping”

PlanforGuidedPractice

• “Inmysuitcase”flashcards:Studentswillneedtotryanddeterminewhattheclothingshownontheflashcardiscalled.

PlanforIndependentPractice

• “Inmysuitcase”activitysheet(tobepickedupbytheteacher)• Homework:Studentswillneedtowritedownasentenceabouttheirfavouriteitem

ofclothingfornextclass.

AssessmentStrategies

• Askstudentstohandintheiractivitysheetsandlookovertoestablishpotentialtroubleareas

Ideastakenfrom:http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/clothes

“Inmysuitcase”Flashcards

“In my suitcase” – Activity Sheet

Shoes

Shirt

Hat

Pants

Skirt

Dress