The New Learning Plus Teacher’s book 4

THE NEW LEARNING PLUS – FOURTH GRADE

Program objective:
 To develop all the four basic language skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing) through the language
components (linguistics, sociolinguistics and pragmatics), to interact in a simple and basic way with others in English.

Book objective:
 To develop the listening, speaking, reading and writing skills by using basic vocabulary, phrases and short readings
related to children’s life at home, school and community, to assimilate sounds, words and meanings in English.

Stream line: Listen, speak, read and write to interact and communicate in daily life situations.

Linguistic competences:
Listening
To process and understand spoken messages whose complexity increases gradually.
Speaking
To produce less complex oral messages than the ones of the book.
Reading
To process and understand written messages whose complexity increases gradually.
Writing
To produce less complex written messages than the ones of the book.

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BOOK OUTLINE

CORE UNIT GRAMMAR VOCABULARY FUNCTIONS STANDARDS OF ESSENTIAL

PERFOMANCE ASSESSMENT
INDICATORS
1. My first day at Basic oral questions and Basic vocabulary from Reviewing of prior During the whole Assessment takes place
school statements from last last year: knowledge from last process: through the language
year: - Numbers 1-100 year: LISTENING skills: speaking, writing,
 Review - Basic plurals - Nouns - Asking for Learners will: listening, and reading.
- Verbs in past: regular - Verbs: eat, buy, drive, information - Recognize actions in During the whole
and irregular work, call, dance, - Listening to a context process the students will
- Negatives: doesn’t, drink, give, play, instructions be able to:
don’t, didn’t, wasn’t, read, study - Following - Understand simple LISTENING
weren’t - Days and months instructions readings - Understand when
- Comparatives: - Even and odd - Identifying sounds someone read a short
smaller, taller numbers - Associating sounds - Understand familiar reading
- Weather: sunny, rainy and words words, sentences and
- Adjectives: small, - Asking for past tense short stories - Understand readings
tall, fat of verbs related to sports,
- Personal pronouns: I, - Asking for days and - Be familiarized with hobbies, habits,
you, he, she, it, we, months short readings and places, school
you, they dialogues subjects, popular
festivities and natural
disasters

- Follow the sequence

of a short dialogue or
reading when
provided images

- Understand when
someone speaks
English and react in a
verbal and non-verbal
way

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- Follow oral
instructions related to
living in a city

- Understand when
someone asks for
information

- Complete sentences
and dialogues

- Interact with others

- Memorize and follow

the rhythm of simple
songs
2. Sports Oral and written Oral and written basic - Developing cognitive, SPEAKING - Understand and
questions and vocabulary: perceptual and - Use prior knowledge respond simple
 Let’s play soccer! statements: - Nouns: sports; soccer, psychomotor skills of questions about
 I’m playing - Personal pronouns: I, volleyball, basketball, children - Identify the themselves, activities,
basketball! you, he, she, it, we, tennis, football, - Reading short stories vocabulary learned likes/dislikes, places,
 Volleyball you, they jumping, swimming, - Identifying rules and and community
 Olympic and - Regular and irregular biking, running, objectives of each - Use the grammatical
Paralympic Games verbs Olympic Games sport structures and - Follow number
- Simple present tense: - Verbs: - Identifying sports by patterns of the sequences
Question: To be: am, is, are, their symbols language properly
What sport do you was, were - Respecting people’s - Follow their teacher
like…? Other verbs: give, differences - Use different and classmates’
- Simple present tense: play, kick, throw, - Using basic sentences strategies for word instructions during a
verb to be and other pass to communicate ideas recognition game or an activity
verbs - Values: respect, - Talking about values
- Simple past tense: friendship, courage, in sports - Use the vocabulary - Complete sentences
verb to be and other determination, - Asking for and giving and the basic and dialogues
verbs excellence, equality, information about structures of the
- Present progressive respect, inspiration sports language in short
- Personal pronouns: I, - Using -ing in present readings
you, he, she, it, we, progressive

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you, they - Writing a short - Use intonation,

- Vocabulary in context paragraph rhythm, gestures and
- Determiners: a, an, - Filling up a survey voice pitch according
the - Identifying the tense to circumstances and
of verbs purpose of
- Associating sounds communication
and symbols
- Writing words - Manage a basic
- Listening and vocabulary naturally
recognizing sounds in
English - Share information
- Spelling words with others

- Understand physical
descriptions
3. Hobbies and Oral and written Oral and written basic - Discussing READING SPEAKING
interests questions and vocabulary: preferences - Identify different - Give basic
statements: - Personal pronouns: I, - Describing hobbies conventional symbols information to people
 I like airplanes - Basic vocabulary you, he, she, it, we, and interests around them
 I don’t like fishing - Personal pronouns you, they - Talking about likes - Identify explicit
 Do you like - Simple present tense: - Nouns: hobbies, and dislikes elements in a text: - Talk about sports,
photography? I like astronomy astronomy, bird - Identifying free time characters, objects, hobbies, habits,
I like to play cards watching, checkers, activities characteristics and places, school
- Negative sentences: chess, cooking - Asking and giving stages subjects, popular
I don’t like fishing - Verbs: play, like, opinions about festivities and natural
She doesn’t like… listen, do, have, hobbies - Recognize important disasters by using the
- Questions: choose, get, watch - Using affirmative and information new vocabulary
Do you like…? - Determiners: the, a, negative sentences
What do you do in an - Writing a short - Distinguish the main - Talk about different
your free time? - Demonstratives: this, paragraph actions or events that topics in present, past
What hobbies do you that, these, those - Associating sounds make up the text and and future
have? and symbols the order in which
- Irregular plurals: - Writing words they happen - Count from one to
man/men - Listening and appropriately one million
recognizing sounds in
English - Use proper - Use current phrases
- Spelling words intonation, rhythm to express their
and stress according activities in present,

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to the reading past and future

4. He’s brushing his Oral and written Oral and written basic - Recognizing units WRITING - Use verbal and non-
teeth! questions and vocabulary: and tens - Use prior knowledge verbal elements to
statements: - Personal pronouns: I, - Describing healthy communicate with
 Personal hygiene - Simple present tense you, he, she, it, we, habits - Label words others
 Pains, diseases and dialogues you, they - Identifying
accidents - Present continuous - Nouns: hair ,teeth, possessives - Write numbers - Identify and
 A healthy life style - Possessives: his, her body, headache, - Reading short pronounce the words
- Imperative: chills, cold, fever, paragraphs - Associate basic and simple sentences
Do not take… stomachache - Discussing about vocabulary and correctly
Eat more… - Possessives: his, her accidents pictures with written
You should… - Verbs: - Making an words and short - Talk about future
You shouldn’t… To be: am, is, are emergency phone list sentences, plans
- Questions: Other verbs: have, - Reading advices paragraphs, dialogues
What’s he doing…? comb, wash, brush, - Interacting with and short readings - Say simple sentences
Is she combing…? trim, get, pick up, others
How do you feel? turn off, - Writing a short - Identify the new - Answer simple
What should…? - Determiners: a, an, paragraph vocabulary questions
- Modals: should, the - Associating sounds
shouldn’t and symbols - Write legibly using - Pronounce words and
- Short answers: - Writing words the vocabulary and sentences correctly
Yes, he is - Listening and the grammar
No, he isn’t recognizing sounds in structures learned in a - Make short sentences
English correct way with the key
- Spelling words vocabulary
- Use the new
vocabulary in context - Answer simple
questions when
- Use the basic people speak slowly
structures of the and clearly
language correctly
- Give simple answers
- Manage a basic to basic questions
vocabulary naturally when given time to
replay

- Discuss about natural

disasters

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- Sing songs
5. I got one million! Oral and written Oral and written basic - Identifying numbers
questions and vocabulary: - Writing and reading
 Numbers statements: - Numbers: 1- amounts
 Where are you - Simple present tense: 1,000,000 - Associating numbers
from? verb to be and other - Places: countries of with real life
 Mexico City: my verbs America - Asking for prices
city’s past, present - Will in sentences - Nationalities: - Carrying out basic
and future - Questions: Ecuadorean, math operations
Where are you from? Colombian, Mexican, - Reading dialogues
Do you have a…? American - Interacting with
Where would you - Objects in a city: others
like…? library, cars, buses, - Identifying countries
Where do you live? highways, streets, and nationalities
What…? landfill, trees, bikes - Choosing a favorite
Who…? - Personal pronouns: I, place to go
What will you…? you, he, she, it, we, - Recognizing places
- Expression: I live… you, they in a city or town
- Verbs: live, have, like - Possessives: my, your - Using polite
- Nouns: countries and - Information words: expressions
cities what, where, who, - Reading information
- Adjectives: why - Asking for
nationalities information about a
place
- Detecting problems in
a city
- Designing an ideal
city
6. Excuse me, where Oral and written Oral and written basic - Talking about READING
is…? questions and vocabulary: directions in a city - Recognize sequence
statements: - Verbs: is, are, help, - Asking and giving of events
 Helping a tourist - Questions: give, see, do, go, information to
 Here’s my trolley! Can you help me? live, arrive, avoid, tourists - Draw the scenes of a
 Crossing the street May be I should…? look, wear, has - Reading maps dialogue
Where are you going? - Traffic signs: stop, - Reading advices
What do you do? yield, turn, one way - Identifying places in - Dramatize a story
- Prepositions of place: - Objects in a city: a city

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between, next to, streets, trolley - Talking with friends - Identify a main idea
behind, in front of - Personal pronouns: I, - Writing short and details
- Polite expressions: you, he, she, it, we, dialogues
Excuse me you, they - Giving advice to - Get meaningful
Thank you tourists words from context
That’s very kind of - Identifying and
you! respecting traffic - Identify key words
- Simple present tense: signs on a street
verb to be and other - Reading information - Recognize isolate
verbs - Interacting with words and numbers
- Imperatives: others
Stand up! - Associating sounds - Draw elemental
Open your book and symbols vocabulary
Come in and sit down - Writing words
Do not enter - Listening and - Identify characters in
recognizing sounds in a dialogue or short
English reading, providing
- Spelling words them some clues

- Relate picture to text

- Ask and answer

questions related to a
text

- Get specific
information

- Pronounce words and

sentences correctly

- Use proper
intonation, stress and
rhythm
7. I like Math! Oral and written Oral and written basic - Recognizing the WRITING:
questions and vocabulary: subjects in a school - Transfer information
 School subjects statements: - School subjects: schedule
- Nouns: school Mathematics, - Reading information - Write basic personal

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 How often do you? subjects English, Social - Making timetables information

 Brush and brushes - Adverbs of frequency Studies - Expressing likes and
- Simple present tense: - Days of the week: dislikes - Label words based on
I like Math Monday, Tuesday, - Asking and pictures
I don’t like Math Wednesday… answering questions
Do you like Math? - Adverbs of about real life - Write numbers
- Questions: frequency: always, - Talking about daily
How often do you…? usually, sometimes, routines - Write sentences in
How often are never - Using singular and present, past and
you…? - Verbs: like, is, are, plural in everyday future tenses
- Regular and irregular play, drive conversations
plurals of nouns - Plurals: student- - Reading short tales - Create simple
students, bus-buses, - Following sentences using the
baby-babies, knife- instructions structures and
knives, wolf-wolves, - Associating sounds vocabulary learned
potato-potatoes, man- and symbols
men - Writing words - Answer simple
- Personal pronouns: I, - Listening and questions about the
you, he, she, it, we, recognizing sounds in topics presented in
you, they English the book
- Determiners: a, an, - Spelling words
the - Put sentences into
logical order
8. Mexican Oral and written Oral and written basic - Identifying traditions - Write short
festivities! questions and vocabulary: - Reading short paragraphs about
statements: - Verbs: stay, win, do, readings familiar topics
 Day of the Dead - Simple present tense: study, cook, go - Reading dialogues
 This Day of the verb to be and other - Personal pronouns: I, - Talking about future - Write descriptions
Dead I will go to verbs you, he, she, it, we, - Talking about
Mixquic - Question: Where are you, they spontaneous - Solve progressive
you going? decisions, hopes, tests
- Future: will/won’t requests
- Following - Complete sentences
instructions based on pictures
- Associating sounds
and symbols - Write about topics of
- Writing words their own interest
- Listening and

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recognizing sounds in - Use the common

English grammatical
- Spelling words structures of the
language correctly
9. Natural disasters Oral and written Oral and written basic - Identifying natural
questions and vocabulary: disasters
 Be prepared! statements: - Nouns: earthquakes, - Preparing an
Nouns: natural, disasters floods, landslides, evacuation plan
Simple present tense: tsunamis, volcanic - Reading information
verb to be and other eruptions, wildfires - Identifying relatives
verbs - Supply list: water, in emergencies
food, medicines, - Discussing about
money, papers, pens, what to do during
radio, flashlight emergencies
- Parts of a plant: roots, - Determining the
stem, leaves, seed, importance of making
flower emergency plans
- Nouns: soil, light, - Following
water, oxygen, bees, instructions
continent, tablespoon, - Associating sounds
honey and symbols
- Verbs: put away , - Writing words
feed, water, wipe, - Listening and
put, set, clear, make recognizing sounds in
- Units of time: second, English
minute, hour, day, - Spelling words
week
- Possessive adjectives;
my, your, his, her,
our, their
- Personal pronouns: I,
you, he, she, we, you,
they

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PACING:

200 WORKING DAYS

40 WORKING WEEKS
-2 WEEKS FOR DIAGNOSTIC AND SETTING
-2 WEEKS FOR EXAMS
-2 WEEKS FOR RECOVERING
-1 UNEXPECTED EVENT WEEKS

33 TOTAL WORKING WEEKS

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CROSS-CUTTING AXES:

 Living well
 Intercultural awareness
 Democratic citizenship education
 Respecting our environment
 The health care and recreational habits of students
 Sex education in youth

METHODOLOGICAL STRATEGIES:

TPR Brainstorming Dialogues Matching

Role playing Mapping Projects Field trips
Information questions Video workshops Guessing Individual works
Group works Chain drills Bulletin boards Drawing
Picture descriptions Games Word maps Charts
Picture dictionary Painting Modeling Focused listening
Eclectical methods (PPP) (CLT) Communicative
Presentation/Practice/Production Language Teaching
(TBLL) Task-Based Language (ARC) Authentic, Restrictive
Learning use and Clarification focus

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EVALUATION:

 DIAGNOSTIC, FORMATIVE AND SUMMATIVE THROUGH:

- Oral and written test (Review)
- Communication practices
- Listening and reading practices
- Oral lessons
- Homework
- Projects
- Task-based activities
- Individual and group work
- Video workshops
- Objective test/quizzes
- Oral tests
- Written tests
- Progress tests (included)

MATERIALS AND RESOURCES:

Printed Materials:
The New Learning Plus, Student’s book 4
The New Learning Plus, Teacher’s book 4
The New Learning Plus, Flashcards
The New Learning Plus, English charts
English-Spanish Dictionary
Printed flyers, photocopies, pictures, diagrams, old magazines, newspapers
Supplies: Small pieces of cardboard, crayons, markers
Human resources: Teachers, students
Internet resources: Puzzles, crosswords
Others: puppets, toys, whiteboard

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Technology Hardware
X CD player Laser disk VCR
X Computer X Printer Video camera
Digital camera Projection system Video conferencing equipment
X DVD player X Scanner Others
X Internet connection X TV

Technology Software
Spread sheet
Desktop publisher
E-mail software
X Encyclopedia on CD-ROM
Image processor X Word processor
X Internet web browser X Others
X Multimedia
Web page developer

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

 The New Learning Plus, Student’s &Teacher’s book 4
 Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
 Actualización y Fortalecimiento Curricular de la EGB.
Área de Lengua y Literatura
 Programa Nacional de Inglés para los Años 1° a 7° de EGB
 Fundamentos Curriculares
 Syllabus Design
Flavio Muñoz Mejía, Maya Ediciones, 2012. Ecuador.
Cambridge University Press. Reino Unido.
Ministerio de Educación, 2010. Ecuador.
Ministerio de Educación, 2007. Ecuador.
Secretaría de Educación Pública, 2010. Argentina.
David Nunan, Oxford University Press, 2008. Reino Unido.

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