Winter – 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)
Winter Hokey Pokey
Familiar Hokey Pokey as Winter edition. Students have lots of fun wiggling their mittens, scarfs and winter boots. Duration: 2.36.
Books
Kipper’s Snowy Day by Mick Inkpen
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Pete the Cat: Snow Daze by James Dean
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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.
- winter
- snow
- ice
- cold
- snowman
- snowball
- sled
- ski
- skate
- mittens
- woolly hat
- scarf
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 on Quizlet.
Other Activity Ideas:
Hot, Cold, Freezing, Brr
- Inverse version of Hot and Cold. Use winter words (cards). Instead of hunting and object an object is put to place.
- One player is send out of the classroom and taking one winter word/card with him/her.
- The rest of the players choose where the winter word should be put. (e.g. on the table, teachers desk etc. on the floor)
- Student comes back to the classroom.
- Players guide and give instructions by saying hot, cold, freezing and say brrr-stop when the right place has been found.
- Another student goes outside of the classroom.
- HOT- far
- COLD – closer
- FREEZING – close
- BRR-STOP – right spot
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.