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Week Period PB Page Grammar Vocabulary Skills Extra Activities Homework

Listening and
speaking: Play
1 audio and have
students point to
characters in pic
on p4. After
listening, check
understanding by
eliciting names
Teacher’s book
Listening and p16: The Big
speaking: Elicit Picture
Apple, ball, vocab in Activity 2. (warmer)
Welcome
cat, doll, Play audio and Workbook
Lesson 1
elephant, frog, have students Teacher’s book p4
PB p 4-5
goat, hat, point to each item. p14: Ready, set,
insect Drill pron and have draw!
students spell the
words orally with
phonetic sounds

Listening and
1 speaking: Elicit
items and pron of
words in Activity 3.
Students draw a
line from letter to
item.
Welcome Listening and Teacher’s book
Lesson 2 Jug, key, lion, speaking: Elicit the p18 – Who’s
PB p 6 monkey, nut, items in the this? (warmer)
orange, panda, pictures. Play
queen, robot audio and have Workbook p5,
2 students point to Ex 1
items in Activity 1.
Drill pron and have Teacher’s book
students spell the p18 - Play a
words orally with mime game
phonetic sounds

Speaking: Students
name items in
Activity 2. Students
complete exercise
by choosing
correct letter.
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Listening and
speaking: Elicit the
items in the
pictures. Play
audio and have
students point to
items in Activity 1.
Drill pron and have Teacher’s book
3
students spell the p19 –
words orally with Remember the
phonetic sounds mimes (warmer)
Sun, tiger,
Welcome umbrella, van, Speaking and Workbook p5,
Lesson 3 warm, fax, Writing: Elicit Ex 2
PB p 7 yoghurt, zoo items and spell
phonetically with Teacher’s book
the students. p14 –
Complete tiger as Disappearing
an example and words
then have students
complete Activity
2. Reinforce with
whole-class
activity,
completing words
on board.

Welcome Black, blue, Listening and Teacher’s book Workbook

Lesson 4 green, orange, speaking: Elicit the p20: p6
PB p 8 purple, red, colours in Activity - Physical
white, yellow 1. Play song and spelling
have students (warmer)
4 point to colours.
Teacher book
Listening and p20 – Sing the
speaking: Listen to song and point
song again,
pausing for
students to repeat
colours and drilling
pron. Play song
and sing along
again.

Reading: Draw
item on board,
with colour word
inside. Hold up
coloured pens and
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ask students to
identify the right
colour. Have
students colour in
on Activity 2.

Listening and
speaking: Refer
students to
dialogue in Activity
3. After practice
examples, students
do activity in pairs.

Week Period PB Page Grammar Vocabular Skills Extra Activities Homework

y
Listening and
Teacher’s book
speaking: Elicit
p14 - Simon
items on p9. Elicit
1 Says (warmer)
numbers 1-10 by
using fingers. Give
Workbook p7
examples of
Review:
Welcome Activity 1 and then
Numbers 1- Workbook p116
Lesson 5 have students
10 – Distribute
PB p 9 complete exercise.
stickers as
appropriate
Review answers
on audio with
Teacher’s book
some drilling of
p21 - Air
numbers and pron
numbers
Unit 1 Big, boy, Listening and Teacher’s book Workbook –
Lesson 1 friend, speaking: Play p22 – The Big p8
PB p 10-11 funny, girl, audio 1.7 and have Picture
small, tall, students point to (warmer)
teacher pics on p11. After
listening, check Teacher’s book
2 2 understanding of p23 – A
‘funny’ by miming memory test
and asking
questions.

Listening and
speaking: Play
audio 1.8 and have
students number
the words in
Activity 1. Drill
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with flashcards.

Listening and
speaking: Link pics
in Activity 1 with
colours in Activity
2, e.g. orange –
big. Elicit examples
and then students
practise in pairs by
testing each other

Listening and
speaking: Play and
sing song while
performing various
actions (teacher’s
book p23)

Listening and
speaking: Refer to
pics and elicit
children’s names.
Play audio 1.10
and have students
follow story. Teacher’s book
p24 – Sing the
Review: big,
Listening: song (warmer)
boy, friend,
Students listen
Unit 1 To be (I / he / funny, girl,
again and identify Teacher’s book Workbook
Lesson 2 she) small, tall,
3 the correct picture p14 – p9
PB p 12 teacher
by choosing the Disappearing
right word words

Listening and
speaking: Divide
class into groups
of five, assign roles
and have them act
out story.

Unit 1 To be (I / he / Reading and

Lesson 3 she) listening: Play Workbook
PB p 13 affirmative. audio 1.11 and Teacher’s book p10
have students look p 26 – Stand up
at image. Highlight for… (warmer)
4 I’m by pointing at
yourself, he’s by Teacher’s book
pointing at a boy p 27 – Enjoy
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and she’s by
pointing at a girl.

Reading: Refer to
Activity 2. Have
students match
sentences to
images.
your friends’
Speaking and
work
drawing: Refer to
Activity 3. Have
students draw a
picture of a friend
following example.
Then have them
describe the
picture to other
students.

Week Period PB Page Grammar Vocabulary Skills Extra Homework

Activities
Unit 1 Egypt, Great Vocabulary: Refer Teacher’s book Workbook
Lesson 4 Britain, to vocab on right p 28 – Finger p11
PB p 14-15 Mexico, on p15 and check stepping stones
Russia understanding. (warmer)

friend, funny, Listening and Teacher’s book

small, tall, speaking: p29 – Join in!
umbrella Refer to Activity 1
1 and elicit items in
pics. Refer to other
photos and elicit
number of girls as
example. Have
them complete
activity using
photos on p14-15.

Reading: Refer to
Activity 2. Have
3 students listen to
audio 1.12, read
and identify
countries

Reading: Refer to
Activity 3. Have
students match
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names to countries.
Listening and
speaking: Refer to
Activity 1. Elicit
what’s in the 3 pics.
2 Play audio 1.13 and
have students
listen and repeat,
Teacher’s book
with a focus on a
p14 – The shark
sound. Have them
game
complete words.
Unit 1 Teacher’s book
cat, fat, hat, Listening and Workbook
Lesson 5 p30 – Learning
mat speaking: Refer to p12
PB p 16 about language
Activity 2. Play
audio 1.14 and
Teacher’s book
have students join
p15 – Physical
in the chant.
spelling
Listening: Refer to
Activity 3. Play
audio 1.15 and
have students circle
words with a
sound.
Unit 1 Review: Listening and Teacher’s book Workbook
Lesson 6 colours, speaking: Refer to p32 – Say the p13
PB p 17 numbers Activity 1. Play chant again
3 audio 1.16 and
have students Teacher’s book
follow dialogue. p33 –
Play again and have Disappearing
students repeat, dialogue
with a focus on
intonation.

Listening and
speaking: Refer to
Activity 2. Elicit
what’s in the box.
In pairs, have
students perform
the dialogue after
seeing an example
and using the
model texts.

Listening and
speaking: Students
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draw a star on a
piece of paper and
colour purple, blue,
red or green. They
have to find their
team (Teacher’s
book p32).
Unit 1 Vocabulary: Refer Teacher’s book Workbook
4 Lesson 7-8 to Activity 1, p18. p15 – What’s p15-17
Have students look the next word?
PB p 18-19 at words and find (warmer)
examples in pics.
Teacher’s book
Listening: Refer to p35 – Values
Activity 2, p18. Play discussion
audio 1.17 and
have students Teacher’s book
number pics in p35 – Finger
order. puppets

Listening and Teacher’s book

speaking: Refer to p14 – Simon
Activity 3, p18. Play says
audio 1.18 and
have students Teacher’s book
listen and repeat. p36 – Stand up,
The have them sit down
practise the
dialogue in pairs.

Reading: Refer to
Activity 1, p19.
Have student read
sentences and
highlight use of
capital letters.

Writing: Refer to
Activity 2, p19.
Have students
complete
sentences with
capital letters.

Writing: Refer to
Activity 3, p19.
Have students
complete
sentences with
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right words.