Unit 1

|Grade: |1st |Unit: |1 |Method: |ELITE |

Day 1 |15´ |Daily routine | | |Set the mood for the day. |Sing good morning song | | | | |45´ |Spelling |3,4 |VL
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Analyze the letter A. |Sing the alphabet song (CD Track 14).
Paste on the board or have a poster of the alphabet andreview by pointing at the letters as the group sings along or have Students (Ss) pass at random to identify letters.
Work on page 3 and page 4 by introducing the letter A’s sound (CD Track 15) and determine which picture starts with the letter A. |Letters of alphabet or alphabet poster. | | | |40´ |Grammar |3,4 |VL
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Talk about personal info. |Start the class bychanting “the family song” and using finger puppets of the family members.
Well introduce ourselves sharing personal information and our likes, our pets…
Using AMCOvisor work on page 3 so the children get used to work on the proper space. |Family finger puppets, AMCOvisor. |p. 4 | | |35´ |Memory Work |2 |K
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Ia |The Days of the week. |Have everyone stand up and mimic the poses of thekids on page 2 as you go through the days of the week with them and next play the song a couple of times (CD track 8).
Finally play “hangman” with the class by having them guess 3 of the 7 days of the week. | | | |Day 2 |15´ |Daily routine | | | |Sing good morning song | | | | |40´ |Spelling |5,6 |K
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Ie |The letters A and B. |Continue working with the letter A by recognizing differentanimals or things that start with the letter A on page 5, then continue to introduce the letter B on page 6 (CD Track 16), but first play an online “whack-a-mole” alphabet game with the Ss. |http://www.playkidsgames.com/games/wam/wam.htm | | | |45´ |Mathematics |3-5 |LM
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Ie |Review numbers |Review numbers by showing flashcards of the numbers from 1 to 10 (go to Teacher@home click on[pic] enter math and you can download or print out flashcards from 1 to 10).
Sing “The 10 little Indians” song (CD Track 10).
Say numbers; continue by working on pages 3 and 4. |Teacher@home
Numbers flashcards |P.5 | | |45´ |Reading comprehension |2 |VL
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Ia |To comprehend a story. |Before the children start to read “Max gets a pup” hand out birthday paper hats, ask the children whatwas the best gift they gotten so far in their birthdays, elicit answers and take some participations. Play the CD track to the story “Max gets a pup” (CD Track 2) and read the story with the children. Afterwards pass out blank sheets of paper and have the Ss draw a gift they would like to give to somebody special to them. |Paper birthday hats
Sheets of paper. | | |Day 3 |15´ |Daily routine | ||Greetings |We will share current news and feelings. | | | | |45´ |Spelling |7,8 |VL
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VS |The letters B and C |Continue working with the letter B by recognizing things that start with the letter B on page 7, then continue to introduce the letter C by playing charades by asking the Ss to participate by passing to the front of the class and acting out words that start with the letter C(that they will draw out of a can or box with strips of paper containing words that start with C) to the rest of the class and everybody will try to guess which words are they. Continue onto page 8 (CD Track 17) and work on the exercise. |Box or can, strips of paper with words. | | | |40´ |Grammar |5,6 |Ia
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K |Identify school objects |Before class ask the other English teachers of yourschool if your Ss can go to their classrooms and identify different school objects or supplies by asking “What do you see?” or “What is it?” and elicit the proper response; this will help your Ss get to know the school better, their classmates in other grades and get out of the classroom and help you introduce grammar class. Work on pages 5 and 6 together using AMCOvisor. |AMCOvisor. | | | |40´...