Christmas – Basic Lesson

1. Introduction

Revision

Revise the topic of the previous lesson through a song, simple game, short video, story or a joke.

Introduction

Introduce the new topic and vocabulary to your students through a song, simple game / activity, video or a story.

Lesson Starters:

Song(s)ja

Christmas Tree, Reindeer, Bell
Yksinkertainen, helppo ja hauska Song(s)leikki, joka nopeutuu. Duration: 1.44

Five Little Elves
Hauska, temmoltaan rauhallinen Song(s), jossa lasketaan Christmaspukin rekeen meneviä tonttuja. Säkeistöt toistuu melkein samanlaisina, joten on helppo laulaa mukana ja kaikki saavat sanoa: Ho, ho, ho. Five little elves went out one day. And hopped up into Santa’s sleigh. Santa Claus said “Ho ho ho ho!” And four little elves fell in the snow. Duration: 2.35

What Do You Want For Christmas?
Temmoltaan rauhallinen ja sanastoltaan yksinkertainen Song(s), jossa esitellään erilaisia Christmaslahjoja. Duration: 1.42

Books

Merry Christmas from the Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
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Kipper’s Christmas Eve by Mick Inkpen
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2. Study

Look, listen and repeat the new words together. Repeat the words many times. You can say them in different ways e.g. loudly, quietly, happily, fast, slow etc. The kids love inventing new ways!

Use the PowerPoint-presentations or Flashcards that you can find on the right hand side..

Words of the Week:

You may choose to study only 6 words or all the 12 words at once.

• present
• Santa Claus
• elf
• Christmas tree
• card
• Merry Christmas
• candle
• candy cane
• star 
• gingerbread
• snowflake
• reindeer

3. Activities

Choose and print one or two activities from the right hand side. Interactive games and activities are good at this point but you may also choose a simple worksheet.

You can also find the words onQuizlet.

Other Activity Ideas:

Christmaskorttileikki

1. Tarvitset vanhoja Christmaskortteja.
2. Jokaiselle jaetaan nurinpäin 1-3 korttia.
3. Päätetään yhdessä teema, jota kerätään, esim. santa’s helper.
4. Jokainen laittaa keskelle vuorollaan kortin, jossa on tonttu.
5. Leikkiä jatketaan eri Christmassanoilla, esim. a present jne.
6. Mikäli pelaajalla ei ole teemaan sopivaa korttia, joutuu hän ottamaan pöydällä olevat toisten laittamat kortit kerättävästä teemasta.
7. Voittaja on se, joka pääsee ensimmäisenä eroon kaikista korteista.

4. Wrap-up

Choose a topic that you want to highlight to the students from this lesson. It might be:

• something the students did extremely well. Thank and praise!
• revising the words once more using the PowerPoint presentation or flashcards (images only)
• a worksheet
• giving homework (i.e. teach 2-3 words to teach to someone in your family);
• repeat the lesson starter song / game / video / story.