January Schedule

January 2013

Schedule

Theme: Let’s get together!

Subject: All About Family and Friends

Target Language: I have a… I don’t have a…

Grandma, Grandpa, Aunt, Uncle, Cousin, Brother, Sister, Best Friend, Older, Younger

January 3rd	New Year’s Day (Holiday)	Thursday Class Market Day Introduce Target Language Speaking Activity
January 8th , 10th	Tuesday Class Song: The More We Get Together Storytelling: Elephants Cannot Dance! Family Tree Activity Part 1	Thursday Class BOB Readers (Beginning Readers) Sight Words Card Activity
January 15th, 17th	Tuesday Class Storytelling: Let’s go for a Drive! Family Tree Activity Part 2	Thursday Class BOB Readers (Beginning Readers) Sight Words Game
January 22nd, 24th	Tuesday Class Storytelling: Pigs Make me Sneeze! Family Tree Activity Part 3	Thursday Class BOB readers (Beginning Readers) Sight Words Card Activity Family Tree Presentation (Students show their family trees in front of the class)
January 29th, 31st	Tuesday Class Storytelling: Should I Share my Ice Cream? Family Picture Frame Activity	Thursday Class Market Day Target Language Final Review BOB Readers (Beginning Readers)

The More We Get Together

Lyrics

The more we get together
Together, together
The more we get together
The happier we'll be
Cause your friends are my friends
And my friends are your friends
The more we get together
The happier we'll be

The more we play together
Together, together
The more we play together
The happier we'll be
Cause your friends are my friends
And my friends are your friends
The more we play together
The happier we'll be

The more we dance together
Together, together
The more we dance together
The happier we'll be
Cause your friends are my friends
And my friends are your friends
The more we dance together
The happier we'll be

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year Everybody!

I hope 2013 will be a happy and wonderful year for you all.

This Week's Lesson Plan (December 18th, 20th)

Lesson Plan

Week 49

Theme: Happy Holidays

Subject: All about winter and the holidays

Book: The Snowy Day

Target Language: I like to…(action)  ex. I like to make a snowman

play in the snow, make a snowman, throw a snowball, make cookies, sing Christmas songs, give gifts, eat delicious food

Lesson 1 (Tuesday, December 18^th )

Word Wall

Teacher reviews the words and expressions that we learned last week.  Teacher asks students to say which action they like best. ex. I like to throw a snowball.

Story Time-The Snowy Day

Before the class, teacher asks students how they feel on a snowy day.  Teacher reviews all the fun activities that can be done on a snowy day (ex. make a snowman, have a snowball fight).  During the story, teacher asks students what Peter is doing in the snow and how he feels.

Activity-Finishing Bingo Sheets

Students will finish making their Christmas Bingo sheets which they started on Thursday. When they are all finished, teacher will review the Christmas words again.

Lesson 2 (Thursday, December 20^th )

Today is our Christmas Party!  MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Today is a day to celebrate Christmas by playing Christmas games, singing Christmas songs and eating delicious Christmas treats!

This Week's Lesson Plan (December 11-13th)

Lesson Plan

Week 48

Theme: Happy Holidays

Subject: All about winter and the holidays

Book: The Sweet Smell of Christmas

Target Language: I like to…(action)  ex. I like to make a snowman

play in the snow, make a snowman, throw a snowball, make cookies, sing Christmas songs, give gifts, eat delicious food

Lesson 1 (Tuesday, December 11^th )

Word Wall

Teacher reviews the words and expressions that we learned last week.  Teacher asks students to say which action they like best. ex. I like to throw a snowball.

Story Time-The Sweet Smells of Christmas

This book will engage students’ senses and get them thinking about the parts of the story.  During the story, teacher will allow students to smell the book and describe what they smell.  Teacher will explain why that object is important for Christmas.

Activity-Christmas Pipe Cleaner Ornaments

Students will make Christmas tree ornaments from pipe cleaners.  They will make candy canes, snowflakes or other Christmas related themes.

Review

Teacher will review the new words and expressions for this month.

Lesson 2 (Thursday, December 13^th )

Word Wall

Teacher does a review of the target language we learned last class.  Teacher will ask students to do the actions as they do the expressions.

Christmas Bingo Words

Since next week is our Christmas Party, students will get ready for Christmas Bingo.  Teacher will explain all of the Christmas words and students will choose words that they like to write and draw on their Bingo sheets.

Christmas Song Review

Students will review “Rudolf the read-nosed reindeer”.  Teacher will add in hand gestures to add meaning to the words in the song.

Guess Who? Game

Last week, we played the game "Guess Who?"
This is a great game for describing people and animals.  The students really showed me that they can describe things by themselves.  Thay also ahd a great time doing it!

It's Christmas Time Again!

Here are some pictures of tour Chritmas-themed activities.

We have started talking about all the fun things that we like to do for the winter holidays.  The students are really great at expressing these ideas!

Putting up our ornaments on the Christmas tree.

This Week's Lesson Plan (December 4-6th)

Lesson Plan

Week 47

Theme: Happy Holidays

Subject: All about winter and the holidays

Book: One Winter’s Day

Target Language: I like to…(action)  ex. I like to make a snowman

play in the snow, make a snowman, throw a snowball, make cookies, sing Christmas songs, give gifts, eat delicious food

Lesson 1 (Tuesday, December 4^th )

Word Wall

Teacher introduces the new target language for this month.  Teacher will explain the target language by showing students the actions.  Students will then do the actions and use the target language.

Story Time-One Winter’s Day

Teacher will show the students the story for this week and ask students about the picture on the cover and what they think the story is about.  Students may answer with words that they know.  During the story, teacher will ask students how they think Little Hedgehog feels as he walks in the cold snow.

Activity-Lovely Stockings

Students will make beautiful paper stockings.  Students will decorate them with glitter and add details that they like.

Review

Teacher reviews the new words and expressions for this month.

Lesson 2 (Thursday, December 6^th )

Word Wall

Teacher does a review of the target language we learned last class.  Teacher asks students to do the actions as they do the expressions.

Readers

As a big group, we will read “Can you see what I see?”  Students will take turns reading and finding the objects in the ‘read and seek.’  Then, teacher will review all the vocabulary that we learned from the book.

Christmas Song

Students will learn and sing “Rudolf the Red-nosed Reindeer”.  We will start practicing from today so that we can sing it during our Christmas Party.

Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer

Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer

Had a very shiny nose

and if you ever saw it 

you would even say it glows.

All of the other reindeer 

used to laugh and call him names,

they never let poor Rudolph 

join in any reindeer games.

Then one foggy Christmas Eve, 

Santa came to say 

"Rudolph with your nose so bright,

won’t you guide my sleigh tonight?"

Then how the reindeer loved him,

as they shouted out with glee,

Rudolph the red nosed reindeer, 

You’ll go down in history.