Learning aims:

- to identify the parts of the body in English

- to develop motor skills by dancing to the tunes of “Heald, shoulders, knees and toes”
song.
- to develop listening comprehension skills by playing “Teacher Says”
- to develop fine motor skills by making their own monster puppets

Learning focus:

-Numbers 1-10 (revision)

-Members of the family (revision)
-Parts of the body: head, shoulders, knees, toes, eyes, nose, ears, mouth
-Actions: Touch your head, touch your shoulders, etc.

Integration of skills:

Through the different activities (routine (circle time), songs, craft) children are
bound to improve their listening and speaking skills while building their confidence
and fostering creativity. Children will also develop their motor skills by dancing to
the tunes of Heald, Shoulder, Knees and Toes.

Multiple intelligences:

Linguistic Intelligence: Supported by talking to Little Monster.

Logical-Mathematical Intelligence: Supported by working with numbers in routine

activities and in circle time talking with Little Monster.

Visual-Spatial Intelligence: Supported by art craft activity (the use of playdough to

make their monsters)

Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence: Supported by dancing to the tunes and by doing the

mimics in the Heald, Shoulder, Knees and Toes. song. Also, by playing Teacher Says

Musical Intelligence: Supported by listening and singing to the different tunes.

Interpersonal Intelligence: Supported by working in group during circle time.

Intrapersonal Intelligence: Supported by asking each child how he/she feels.

Materials and resources:

Glue
Colour Pencils
1 Paper Bag Monster Puppet (To be done)

Flashcards (Body Parts) (print and laminate)

Paper Bags

Small body parts (print and cut)

Print of “The Monster Family”
https://www.slideshare.net/marcelitagomezdiosa/monster-
familybooklevel0xwj

Possible contingencies:

-Children may use too much glue (Explain proper use)

-Children may get distracted by the monster puppet while the teacher is telling
the story. (Teacher will try changing her voice pitch to catch children’s
attention)
-Children may talk at the same time as the teacher. (Teacher will ask for silence
and repeat)
-Children may not understand the instructions. (Teacher will show them)
-Children may get distracted or bored during circle time. (Teacher will make a
quick movement activity for children to release some energy) (walk, walk, jump
and then sit dow)

Classroom management strategies:

To ask for silence I will use put my finger on my lips and make the “shhh” sound.
–“It´s time to be quiet and listen to the story/song…”

If it doesn´t work out, I will say “zip it, lock it put it in your pocket” showing them
how I close my mouth, lock it and put the “key” in my pocket.
Other choice: “1,2,3 eyes on me”

To organize children for circle time I will sing “Big Big Circle” to the tune of Frere
Jacques
Big big circle
Big big circle
Round round you
Round round you

To give instructions I will get children’s visual attention first. (One, Two, Three, eyes
on me)
Then, I will use simple language and single instructions (one instruction at a time)
using an appropriate tone and making use of visual aids.

To make sure that children have understood the lesson children will be asked (in
the game) to give physical responses. They will also have to make a monster puppet
and paste its parts of the body.

Assessment: collecting information and reporting your findings

Assessment will be based on observations and questions. In this class children should
be able to identify the parts of the body in English. They will also be asked to make a
monster puppet and paste its parts of the body. I will guide them to paste them.

Lesson stages:

Routine

Purpose: To begin the day in a fun way while reinforcing vocabulary and structures
known by the group.
Timing: 25 minutes

“Welcome”

I say hello to each child as they arrive.

- Good morning, everybody! Welcome back to English Class! Let´s all make a circle
(“Circle Time”) and say hello!
(Sing Circle Time song)

(Sing “Hello Song”) (Tune: Frere Jaques)

Teacher: Hello children, hello children.

How are you? How are you?
Children: very well and thank you, very well and thank you.
Teacher: A kiss for you, a kiss for you (teacher mimes air kisses)
Children: Hello teacher, hello teacher
How are you? How are you?
Teacher: very well and thank you, very well and thank you, a kiss for you

Weather
Who can tell me what the weather´s like today? (Point to weather chart)
Song: How is the weather, how is the weather, how is the weather today?
Is it rainy? No, it isn’t. / Yes, it is.
Is it sunny? No, it isn’t. / Yes, it is.

Months of the year

How about the months of the year? Can we say them all together?
Teacher will say the months of the year and children will repeat them.
(Months of the year song)

Numbers

Crazy Finger: teacher wiggles her finger and points her finger at each child and they
will count in turns from zero to 10. There are number flashcards in the classroom.
Teacher will help children to count by one from 10 to 20 and then by tens from 10 to
100.

Lead-in

Today I brought a friend with me. Do you want to meet him?

Say hello to Little Monster!
He came today to tell us a story about his family!

Presentation
Purpose: To introduce the theme of the lesson in a playful and meaningful way.
Timing: 7 minutes

Little monster will say hello to everybody and tell the story about his family. Each
member of the family has got a different characteristic (big head, big ears, big
shoulders, big knees, etc)
Teacher will change her voice pitch and mime while telling the story while showing
children the different parts of the body.
After telling the story the teacher will show children different flashcards to review
the parts of the face vocabulary.

Development of the sequence of activities

1- Singing and dancing: “Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes”

Purpose: To reinforce body vocabulary.

Timing: 3 minutes (Singing the song takes 40 seconds. We may sing it 2 or 3 times)
Learning the song

Let’s have some fun now and sing a song!

Head, shoulders, knees and toes,

Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes,
Eyes and ears and mouth and nose,
Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes.

(sing it faster)

Head, shoulders, knees and toes,

Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes.
Eyes and ears and mouth and nose,
Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes.
(Teacher shows the different movement while singing)

2- Playing a game: Teacher Says

Purpose: To reinforce body vocabulary. To develop listening skills.
Timing: 5 minutes

Teacher will go straight into the game by saying "Teacher says ……..touch your ears".
Teacher will do and show the action and make sure everyone else follows along.
Teacher will do a few more "touch your shoulders, touch your knees", etc. Then she
will give a command without the "Teacher says" part ("Touch your nose").
Teacher will make it very clear that they shouldn’t do this when she doesn´t say
"Teacher says".

3- Art craft: Monster Puppet

Purpose: To round up the theme of parts of the body while fostering creativity.
Timing: 15 minutes

Teacher: -That was so much fun! Little Monster had a great time! Didn’t you Little
monster?
Little Monster: -Yes!!!! That was so much fun!
Teacher: -What do you think about making our own puppets?
Do you want to have a monster like mine? Look how lovely he is! You can make your
own.
I will give you these paper bags so you can paint them and put the parts of the boy.
(Teacher shows parts of the body)
Look! We have all these colours! There’s brown, yellow, orange, red….
And look at the puppet! We have to paint it and then paste the eyes, the ears, the
mouth, the nose… (showing) Be careful with the glue!

(Teacher will guide children to their tables and hand them the paper bags. They can
colour them with colour pencils and then stick on them the different parts of the
body. Teacher will show them how to do it)

Closure
Purpose: To end the activities and say goodbye to the puppet and the teacher before
going to the playground. To take care of their place by tidying up.
Timing: 5 minutes

Teacher: -These monsters look amazing! Now we can play with them any time we
want! Let’s put everything back in place.

Tidy Up Song

“Clean up Song” (Tune: “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star”)

Twinkle, twinkle little star,

Time to clean up where you are.
Put the toys back in their place.
Keep a smile upon your face.
Twinkle, twinkle little star,
Time to clean up where you are.

Let’s say goodbye to Little Monster and to the teacher. I will see you in a few days!
Good bye Little Monster, Good bye children!

Good Bye Song

(Tune: The Farmer in the Dell)

We wave goodbye like this.

We wave goodbye like this.
We clap our hands for all our friends.
We wave goodbye like this.

(Teacher puts the puppet away and waves goodbye to children)