Identifying the animals in the story Saying and acting out a chant
Listening to and understanding the story Re-telling the story
Singing and acting out the story song Making and responding to a request Following instructions
Associating pictures with meaning Listening to and identifying colours Saying what animals can do
Saying what you can do
Reviewing and reflecting on learning Recognising and writing over key words
CONTENTS
Listening
- Listen to the chant Here’s the giraffe. L1
- Listen, say the chant and point to the pictures. L1 - Listen to the story. L2
- Listen and follow the story. L2
- Listen, mime and say key parts of the story. L4 - Listen and say Annie’s rap. L4
- Listen and colour the parrot. L5 - Listen and colour. L6
- Listen and tell the story. L7
- Listen and put on the illustrated stickers. L8 - Listen and number. L8
Speaking
- Mime and name the animals. L1 - Say the Bug word rap. L1
- Guess the animal. L1 - Play What’s my word?. L1
- Say and act out the chant Here’s the giraffe. L2 - Whisper the words. L2
- Play The lion is coming. L3
- Sing the story song The lion is coming. L3 - Sing and hold up the animal cards. L3
- Play with the animal cards. L3
- Sing and act out the story song The lion is coming. L4 - Play Please tell Giraffe. L4
- Play Magic eyes. L5 - Sing The parrot song. L5 - Repeat if it’s true. L5
- Sing The Parrot song and point to the colours. L5 - Sing and act out The parrot song. L6
- Play an action game. L6 - Play An elephant can fly!. L6 - Recall the story. L7
- Sing the story song The lion is coming.. L7 - Play with the finger puppets. L7
- Play the Bugs team game. L8
- Say Well done! and put on the sticker of Colin. L8
Reading
- Find and count the caterpillars. L2 - Match the words and pictures. L3 - Match the words and pictures. L4
- Read the instructions to do the exercises of all the lessons.
- Put on the photographic stickers in the Picture Dictionary page 63. Test yourself. L8
Writing
- Number the pictures and colour the animals. L2 - Look and draw. L2
- Draw the lion’s path to the animals. L4 - Tick (✔) what students can do. L5
- Circle the animals that can fly / swim / jump. L6
- Trace the words related to animals when putting on the stickers. L8 - Number some pictures. L8
Language knowledge and use
Linguistic knowledge: Grammar - Here’s the … - The … is coming. - Please tell … - Of course.- Oh, dear, … can’t hear.
- I can …
- giraffe, elephant, mouse, zebra, parrot, lion
- stop
- fly, run, swim, sing, jump Recycled language:
- hello, goodbye, yes, no, thank you - Touch my toes
- red, yellow, green, purple, brown, orange, blue - What’s the weather like today?
- sunny, cloudy, windy, snowing, raining, hot, cold Receptive language:
- … is eating leaves from a tall tree. - Maybe he can help.
- That’s easy!
- … flies to the top of the tree. - Just in time
- penguin, ostrich, kiwi, duck Pronunciation
- Annie’s rap: /ʤ/ Gerry the jumping giraffe!
- Students pay attention to the pronunciation while singing the Here’s the giraffe chant
Learning reflexion: - Memorising a song. - Repeating words.
- Reviewing and reflecting on learning.
BASIC COMPETENCES
Basic
Competence Page Activity Evaluation Criteria
C1 Linguistic communicativ e competence. PB page 34 PB pages 30-31
All the activities of the unit use the language as an instrument of
communication: e.g.
The parrot song.
Listening to a story.
Interest in learning English
Pleasure in listening to the story about a giraffe.
C2 Mathematical
competence. PB page 34 Use a number-coloured code to complete a picture, Interest in practising numbers in English. C3 Knowledge of and interaction with the physical world. PB page
35 Animals and their actions. Curiosity in learning facts about animals and nature. C4 Competence in information and communicati on technologies CD Rom activities Pupil’s website: www.bugsworld.mac -english.com
Pleasure in using new technologies in order to extend what the have learnt in the unit. C5 Social and civil competence. PB pages 29-36 PB page 34 Environmental education: The importance of showing respect towards animals and nature in general. Health Education: The importance of doing physical exercise, such as running, jumping, swimming, etc, in order to be healthy.
Interest in taking care of the environment. Willingness to follow healthy habits C6 Cultural and artistic competence. PB pages 77-79 PB page 32
Making the animal cards
Making the finger puppets. Drawing series of animals. Pleasure in doing artistic works. C7 The
PB page
36 Self-evaluate their work by putting on the sticker of Collin and saying Well
done! once they’ve
finished.
Positive attitude
towards own ability to participate in class activities C8 The competence of personal autonomy and initiative. PB pages
30-31 Initiative to do the routines by themselves and to participate in group activities. E.g.
Acting out the story of the giraffe
Interest in learning English
Positive attitude
towards own ability to participate in class activities C9 The emotional competence. (Castilla la Mancha) PB page
29 Students learn to work in groups respecting each other and admitting both their own success and their classmates’. E.g. playing the What’s
my word? game.
Respect for others in the group.
Enjoyment in group participation
Willingness to listen to and interact with others