Archive for: Kindergarten level 2

• Topic: Weather & clothes - How's the weather?
• Communication Objectives: Learn to talk about weather conditions and weather clothes in English.
• Language Objectives: To learn to ask and answer questions about weather conditions using the question form 'how'. The lesson will also focus on key phrasal verbs used when talking about dressing in up for the weather (put on vs. take off).
• Vocabulary:  weather conditions – sunny, hot, rainy, sunglasses, umbrella, sweater, shorts, hat, put on, take off   etc.
• Sentence Structures:
  • How's the weather today?
  • It's hot and sunny.
  • Put on your sunglasses.

• Grammar:
  • Phrasal verbs: This lesson makes use of two phrasal verbs - take off vs. put on. A phrasal verb is a verb that is usually accompanied by a preposition and the meaning is best understood in context. In the context of this weather and clothes lesson, the two phrasal verbs are well illustrated and easy to understand.
  • How's vs. How is:  Contractions occur regular in spoken English.

• Topic: Transportation - I come to school by car.
• Communication Objectives: Learn to talk about means of transportation.
• Language Objectives: To learn to ask and answer questions about means of transportation using the question format 'how do you?'.
• Vocabulary:  transportation  – foot, car, plane, bus, bicycle, taxi, truck, van  etc.
• Sentence Structures:
  • Do you always come to school by car?
  • Yes, I do.
  • How do you come to school?

by car / on foot:  When we use a machine (car, truck, train) we often use the preposition 'by'. We go 'by' that machine. When we walk we usually use 'on'. We go on foot.

Examples:

• I come to school by car.
• I come to school by taxi.
• I come to school on foot. (CORRECT)
• I come to school by foot. (WRONG)

• Topic: Clothes & Colors - What are you wearing?
• Communication Objectives: Learn to describe clothes by using their colors.
• Language Objectives: To learn to ask for and give descriptions of things using adjectives of color.
• Vocabulary:  clothes and colors  – T-shirt, yellow, shorts, purple, pink, red, green, etc.
• Sentence Structures:
  • What are you wearing today?
  • I'm wearing a yellow T-shirt.

• Grammar:
  • present progressive: We use the present progressive to talk about on-going or continuous actions. In this lesson we will use the present progressive form of the verb 'to wear' for describing what we 'are wearing'.
  • adjectives of color: an adjective is a word that describes a noun. Since colors are used to describe things, they are considered adjectives. Ex: a yellow T-shirt, a green apple.

• Topic: How old are you?
• Communication Objectives: To learn to ask and give information about your age in English.
• Language Objectives: To learn to ask and answer questions about age using the ‘How old’ question format.
• Vocabulary:  Numbers – one, two, three, four, five, six, years, old etc.
• Sentence Structures:
  • How old are you, Bob?
  • I'm six years old.  
  • Bob is six years old.

• Grammar:
  • How old: Practice using the question format, ‘how old’ to know about the age of someone or something.
  • I'm vs. I am:  Learn to use contractions with the verb 'to be' in the first person singular.
  • Bob is: Learn to use the verb 'to be' in the 3rd person singular.