Unit2Itsacircle.docx

Unit 2 Its a circle.Teaching aims:1. The students are expected to understand, distinguish, read and say words of shapes, such as “star”, “triangle”, “rectangle”, “square” and “circle”.2. The students are expected to learn to read and say the new sentence patterns: Whats that? Its a. Then, they could review and apply “How manys are there?” and its answer.3. The students could improve their thinking ability by counting shapes in complex pictures.4. The students could develop interest in learning English by enjoying fun video and pictures.Teaching importance:1. Distinguish, read and say words of shapes, such as “star”, “triangle”, “rectangle”, “square” and “circle”.2. Apply new words above by applying new sentence patterns: Whats that? Its a.Teaching difficulties:1. Grasp key words: rectangle, square.2. Try to improve students thinking ability.Teaching aids: PPT, cardsTeaching methods: Task based teaching methods; Situational teaching methodsTeaching procedures:Step 1 Warming up1. Greetings.T: Hello, boys and girls. Nice to meet you. How many teams are there? Lets count,OK?2. T: Good job! There are eight teams. Today we are going to play games with shapes. First, lets sing a song: Twinkle, twinkle, little star.Step 2 Presentation and drill1. T: Hmmm, sounds beautiful! Somebody wants to sing with us, too. Look! Whats that?Ss: A star.T: Yes, its a star.2. T: Look, whats that?Ss: 角。T: Yes. We can say, its an angle.T: The angle is very naughty. He likes friends. So three angles shake their hands, whats that?Ss: 三角形。T: Wow, its a triangle.3. T: Three angles make up a triangle. They played happily. Suddenly, they quarreled. The angle began to find new friends. Whats that?Ss: 长方形。T: Well, its a rectangle.4. T: Look, whats that?Ss: 正方形。T: Its a square.5. T: They are singing and dancing. However whats that?Ss: 圆。T: Its a circle.Step 3 Consolidation & presentation1. T: Boys and girls, we talked about so many shapes, do you remember?Ss: Star, triangle, circleT: Good! In our classroom, there are many shapes, too. Could you find them? Now, 2 minutes for each group to find the shapes. Then you should talk about it, OK? Start!2. Show time. Which group is the winner?3. T: Clever guys! On the blackboard, there are many shapes, too. They want to go home. Could you help them?T: How many are there?Ss: T: There is/ are .4. T: Wow, you are so clever! Is it easy? But what about these shapes? Look! How many triangles are there?(PPT)5. T: Well, shapes are too naughty. Sometimes, different shapes play together, then they become pictures.(PPT)T: Whats that?Ss: Its a triangle.T: Whats that?Ss: Its a tree.(PPT分别出示tree, cat, bird, train)T: How many are there?Ss: There is/ are .Step 4 Extension1. Group work: Draw and say.T: Its your time to draw pictures now. And after drawing, you should ask us: whats that? How many are there?2. Show time.3. PPT出示生活中的标志或物体：国旗（rectangle and stars）,世界之窗（triangle），奥迪标志（circles）T: In the world, shapes are