5-6TH of Primary Conversation Class October

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5-6TH OF PRIMARY

Breakdown of class:

First 10 minutes: CONVERSATION ABOUT A TOPIC go around the class, introductions or ask
a question and have everyone answer, or throw a ball around, whatever you need to get them
active

20 minutes: PHRASAL VERB GAMES (from list of phrasal verbs of the month)

20 minutes: vocabulary, grammar, etc. should have to do with the theme of the month ( look at
google drive)

Tell them about the idiom of the week (POSTED ON BOARD)

Last 10 minutes: have them play a game all together or in pairs, during this time they should be
trying to use colloquial english to play the games, for example: my turn, your turn, cheater, not
fair, it doesn´t count, etc.

October THEME: Ask me, School objects, School Subjects

MINITOPICS (FIRST 10.15 MINS OF EVERY CLASS)

1. Class rules: introduce, can, cant, must, mustn't


2. We can = it is ok for us to do. E.g. "We can ask our teacher questions"
3. We can't = it is not ok for us to do. E.g. "We can't talk while our teacher is
talking"
4. We must = very strong - things we have to do. E.g. "We must do our
homework"
5. We mustn't = very strong - things we never do. E.g. "We mustn't take things
without asking"

2. Numbers/: 1-20 (or more depending on every class/ level / Letters

a. How many?
b. Is there… are there
c. Play with cards
d. Play go fish
a. Put two kids against eachother, put letters flashcards on the floor,
say a word, have kids run and grab the letter, whoever gets it right
gets a sticker or can keep playing
b. Spelling bee
c. Order alphabet: two teams verse eachother trying to order the
alphabet the fastes

4. "today", "yesterday" and "tomorrow"

a. Start introducing, what did you do today, yesterday, and what will
you do tomorrow

https://www.eslkidstuff.com/lesson-plans/past-tense-regular-
verbs.html

Vocabulary:

Ask me: Use conversation cards (try to use all of them throughout the month)
Practice how to make and answer questions: Who, What, When, Where, Why

Pencil, sharpener, eraser, paper, scissors, crayons, board, glue, REFER TO


FLASHCARDS,

Subject flash cards

Grammar:

Phrasal Verbs, Action Verbs

Numbers, Point to, Give me, How many…., There is, There are, Pick up, Put
down, Color, Write, Erase, Cut, draw, School subjects, I need, I use, Can I
borrow? Can you give? Do you have..?

Introducing Vocabulary:

Teacher: What's this? It's a. Repeat "".


Students:"(repeat 3 times)

Teacher: Can you see a in the classroom? Point to the table.

Students: (Point to)

Teacher: Yes! Good job!

(Conversation cards: about me)

● Age: How old are you?


● Hometown: Where are you from?
● Pets: What pet do you have?
● Food: What is your favorite food?
● Drink: What is your favorite drink?
● Color: What is your favorite color?
● Brothers / Sisters: How many brothers and sisters do you have?
● Birthday: When is your birthday?
● Who is your favorite superhero?
● What is your favorite sport?

Subject questions:

What is your favorite subject?

Do you wear a uniform to school?

What school do you go to?

Do you like (Do you enjoy) English?

What do you use in Arts?

What day do you have Science?

How many children are in your class?

Who is your best friend?

What do you use in Maths?


How do you go to school? By car, bus, on foot?

What grade are you in?

What is your favorite thing to study at school?

What is your least favorite thing to study at school?

What time and day do you have Music?

Games:
Play "Stick the flashcards onto the classroom objects"

With bluetack and flashcards, have students run around the room sticking
flashcards onto objects, you can even break them up into two teams, and
whichever team finishes first and gets the most right wins)

Run and Touch (Vocabulary)


Have students run around and touch the items, have them grab the item
they use in a specific subject

Put different objects around the classroom and have students pick up as
many as they can.

Reinforce counting and ask questions like How many ____ do you have? I
have…)

Play grab the item:

Split into two teams, puts the objects (or flashcards) on a table and have
students grab the items.
To make it more difficult, rather than saying the item, say the action. For
example, grab the item we use to CUT…students should then grab the scissors.

Play there is there are board game:

Print board game and have students play with each other, using there is there
are

Play picture prompt:

Have students look at a picture and try to count as many objects there are, the
team that gets the number correct or the closest wins

Play go fish:

Print out flash cards (card-size). Mix cards, pass out deck of cards, each student
gets 7 cards. Students have to ask other students ¨Do you have ….¨ , if the
student thats being asked has said card, they have to give the student that asked
all the cards (for example, if student asks do you have a pencil. If the student has
a pencil, or 2 pencils, they have to respond, ¨Yes I do, I have (#) ____¨ and hand
over the cards to the student asking). If the student doesn´t have the card, they
tell the student that asked them, ¨Go fish¨, and the student that asked must grab
a card. Whoever has 4 of the same card wins.

*****Always remember to end class with a halloween game in October and a


thanksgiving game in November, please refer to the halloween google
document)

*These are just a few that I enjoy playing with kids, you can choose whatever
you'd like, just make sure they are interactive games where kids get to play
and speak :)

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