UNIT 1 Lesson 1

Objective

Recognition of the words Hello / Bye bye.

Materials

Flashcards of the unit, ball, Hello hands (Games).

Playful activities

1 | Present the different greetings through the flashcards. Stop on each of them the necessary time to make sure that the children start assimilating the new vocabulary.

2 | Ask the students to make a circle standing up, in the middle of the classroom. Then throw the ball to one of them and express a salutation. He/she will have to greet you back including this time the word teacher.

Teacher: Hello, Agustin!

Child: Hello, teacher!

3 | For the next activity you will need to use both of your Hello hands. Take advantage on the fact that they have two different colors, to tell the pupils that one represents Hello and the other Bye bye. Explain them the difference between these two greetings, and then raise one of the Hello hands, so that the children shout the word it represents. Follow the same procedure with the other element. After a while incorporate both big hands, at higher speed, or showing the same object several times, to make the activity funnier.

4 | This time and again with the Hello hands, leave the classroom for a moment: when coming back show the hand that represents Hello, and as you leave expose the other one (Bye-Bye). On each occasion the children must greet you as it corresponds. Once you notice that everybody has comprehended the activity, you can choose students at random to do the same procedure.

5 | Introduce the pet you and the children will play with throughout the year: Mr. Mouse. After having greeted everybody, the puppet will ‘request’ for flashcards to eat, so taking turns, all of the children will give Mr. Mouse the card it ‘wants’. Later on you might want to show Mr. Mouse the big hands, so that it can greet the pupils as it corresponds.

Every time you use the puppet, it is a good idea to modify your own voice, in order to give more realism to the activities you carry out with it.

Page 5 - Listen and color

Tell your students to listen carefully and to repeat the words they hear while you pick up the corresponding cards. Afterwards they will have to color the figures, respecting the order in which they heard the expressions. If you consider it better, you can keep the track on hold after each sentence.

Audio Script

Listen, repeat and pick up:

• Hi!

• Hello!

• Bye bye!

• I´m a boy!

• I´m a girl!

• I´m a teacher.

• I’m a student.

• It’s a school.

• Good Morning!

• Good Afternoon!

• Good Night!