My family and friends

LESSON 1: Unit3 

My family and friends 

Family and friends

School: Secondary school № 16

Date: 

Teacher name: Raybayeva Zh.T.

Grade: 1 

Number present: 

absent:

Learning objectives(s) that this lesson is contributing to

1.UE7 use personal subject pronouns to identify things

1.S 5 produce words in response to prompts

1.S 1 make basic personal statements and simple statements about objects

1.W2 form some lower case letters of regular size and shape

Lesson objectives

All learners will be able to:

• write letter Mm with support
• pronounce basic words and expressions intelligibly
• name some members of family with teacher’s support

Most learners will be able to:

• write letter Mm with limited support
• name some members of the family without teacher’s support

Some learners will be able to:

• write letter Mm without support
• name all members of their family

Previous learning

Students learned colors, the words for 10 classroom objects and alphabet letters from A to L, numbers 1-10.

Value links

Respect, Cooperation

Language objective

Learn new letters (М), learn new words (father, mother, brother, sister, grandfather, grandmother, family)

Cross-Curricular Link

Self-study, Art

Use of ICT

PPT, video

Intercultural awareness

The role of family in modern world

Kazakh culture

The role of family in Kazakhstani society

Pastoral Care

Assure you met all learners’ emotional, mental and physical needs

Plan

Planned timings

Planned activities (replace the notes below with your planned activities)

Resources

Beginning

10 min

(IPW)

Greeting, Warm Up and Letters

Greet the students.

“Hello, children!”

Warm-up

• Children sing a song “How are you?”
• Ask questions in a circle “How are?”
• Teacher: You are musicians today. Play your musical instruments.

Each three pupils play one musical instrument:

Trombone - [r]

Guitar –  [ð]

Drums - [t, d]

SPEAKING

Teacher show the doll to the children. Look this is our guest. 

Teacher: Let’s ask several questions to know about him. 

Pupils: 
1. What is your name? (My name is Marry) 
2. How are you? (I am fine, thank you.)

Objectives of the lesson

Letter Writing Practice

Teacher: Show Marry how many words and letters you know

(Letters are on the smart board)

Review old letters by calling them out and showing pictures then having students write them on the paddles.

***Differentiation: Less capable pupils work in pairs.

Demonstration of a new letter “Mm”

• Teacher shows letter “Mm”: Pronounce it!
• Teacher shows how to write it. Practice writing them with boards. 
• Give students a stamp or a sticker for successful completion. Assign new letters for homework. 

Teacher: Look the picture (of mother). Who is it? - This a mum. Marry also has a mother. Listen

The Phonics Song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq3yfQnllfQ

Overwriting

Worksheet #1

Mm song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUOc-UwTVBA

How to write the Letter M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wAUBMt-LeQ

Middle

25 min

(IPW)

Dynamic break

• Students are suggested a video about Chicken’s family to watch. They are asked to move while watching. 

Introduction of the topic “My family and friends”

Teacher: Can you guess the topic of the lesson.

The topic of the lesson is My family

• Teacher draws students’ attention to the board (PPT) and drills the vocabulary in chorus.

Focus on: She is....  He is…   

• Practice: Trace the letters in each row to write the names of family members. Then draw a line to match each family member name to its picture.

Chicken Family - funny song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-7HgBQmqOc

Finger Family (chicken family)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocnVCIUeuqs

PPT 

video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHaObkHEkHQ

Overwriting

Worksheet #2

• Students do the coloring task, and then present it to the class naming the members of the family.

***Differentiation: Less able pupils can name only one or two members of the family

Coloring worksheet #3

End

5 min

(W)

Closing Reflection/Self-Assessment & Goodbye

• Look at the picture of the family. Where do you hear the letter Mm? Yes, Mum. Game: Pupils clap their hands when they this sound in the words teacher names.

Father, brother, sister, mother, grandfather, mum, acrobat, fox, mummy

• Using the same thumbs up motions, ask students: Did you like the lesson?

• Students stand up and sing the goodbye song. 

Goodbye Song Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xcws7UWWDEs

Additional information

Differentiation – how do you plan to give more support? How do you plan to challenge the more able learners?

Assessment – how are you planning to check learners’ learning?

Health and safety check

• More support: 

These students may work with a stronger student to support them during the vocab activities.  

• More-able learners: 

Encourage very strong students to model answers

• Students will be assessed through the controlled practice activity
• Through observation
• Through speaking activity  

• Make sure power cords/outlets are not a tripping hazard
• Everyday classroom precautions

Reflection

Were the lesson objectives/learning objectives realistic? 

What did the learners learn today? 

What was the learning atmosphere like? 

Did my planned differentiation work well? 

Did I stick to timings? What changes did I make from my plan and why?

Use the space below to reflect on your lesson. Answer the most relevant questions from the box on the left about your lesson.  

Summary evaluation

What two things went really well (consider both teaching and learning)?

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2:

What two things would have improved the lesson (consider both teaching and learning)?

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2:

What have I learned from this lesson about the class or individuals that will inform my next lesson?