4th Grade 1st Unit Activity Ideas
A teacher likes going to school.
A teacher likes reading a book.( These are my Ss sentences that they told me in virtual class.)
- You can bring relias to the class about the classroom objects. Tell them what they are. Using puppet, ask them give me a ruler, please. Give me a pencil, please. and want them to give these object by telling "Here you are"
- You can play a game with classroom rules. They will like it.Stand up, sit down, open,close, be quiet:)
- Use a puppet while asking "May I.......?" and tell them answer the questions by using Yes, you may or Sorry not right now.
- Teach numbers using a song. You can play bom game. If the number is 5,10,15.... they are going to tell bom instead of numbers.
- You can start your lesson a song with different ways of saying Hello in different countries.
- You can bring different flags or flashcards of the flags to the class. Introduce the countries first.
- Draw a country caterpillar that include the name of different countries and also some extra letters. Ask your Ss to circle the countries that they found.
- You can stick a map on the board. Tell them to find the city that you ask first.
- Teach directions and ask them to find the city on the map and also ask them to tell you the direction of the cities.
- After teaching necessary word, you can bring toys about the action words or cards into the class. Put them in a box. Tell your Ss to choose a card and mime them to their friends.
- Also you can ask them to make a sentences using "can" or "can't" according to your Ss ability. For instance, your student chose a guitar, he/she is going to make a sentence like I can play the guitar or I can't play the guitar.
- You can use this box before asking them questions about their abilities. Choose a card or a toy.Ask them a question and tell them to answer it like Yes, I can or No,I can't.
- You can use some different puppets to ask them What do they like doing? I have a cook, a teacher, a pilot and a footballer puppet. For example, I choose teacher and ask the question to them. Tell them A teacher likes ...................... and they are going to fill the blanks with the words they know.
A teacher likes going to school.
A teacher likes reading a book.( These are my Ss sentences that they told me in virtual class.)
- You can show some cards and ask them "Do you like........?" questions. Tell them to send you a heart emoji ıf they like doing the activity, tell them to send a sad face or tumbs upside down emoji ıf the don't like doing it. In zoom class,we uses suprised emoji because ıt has limited emojis there. For your class, tell them to draw a heart and a broken heart and tell them to show their cards to you as an answer. It will engage them with the activity even ıf they are shy by the help of this small cards.