1. Lesson plan nº10
Date: 03/10
InstitutoMaríaAuxiliadora
Teacher in charge: Marisa Medrano
Trainees:Alexis Cora & Aylen Fernández
Course: 4th gradeA&B – initial
Timetable: Mondays from15:15 to 15:55 and Wednesdays from16:45 to
17:25
Objectives of the lesson: during this lesson students areexpected to:
Watch and discuss themessageof the video “Four little corners”
Continue with the comprehension of the new vocabulary “Geometric
shapes”.
Mixing contents, e.g. adjectives (short-long-small-big), colours (green-
blue-etcetera), verbal structure(havegot-has got).
Routines: Greeting and Praying (2’)
Activity 1 (3‘) as students werenot able to finish the last activity of the
class, which is number 2 in lesson plan number 9. We will use this amount of
time to correct the activity.
-Opening the Lesson:Warm-UpActivity (6‘)
Macroskills:Listening andspeaking.
Materials:Flashcards.
Interaction:Teacher-Students-Students-Teacher.
2) The trainee will presentthe video “Four little corners” with a
problem.
2. The trainee will draw three circles on the blackboard and he/she will
stick two pictures over it (two circles) but the problem will appear he/she is
not able to stick the last picture (a square)… So he/she will ask to her/his
students something like: “What can we do now?”… Introducing thesolution
with the video.
Body of the lesson(27’)
Activity n°2:(Between8 to10 minutes due to the lengthof the video)
Macroskills: Listening.
Materials: Projector, computer, video.
Type of interaction: Students- teachers and vice versa.
Students will watch the video “Four little corners” twice, after the first
play trainee will ask different questions so as to see if pupils haveunderstood
the video.
After the second play students will be given a photocopy for them to
answer somequestions.
Activity n° 3:(‘5)
Students will be given a photocopy with images fromthe video representing
the story. Students will haveto put those images in order.
Readand answer:
1. How many circles are there?
2. What is the problem with their friend little square?
3. What do little circles want to do?
4. How does little square feel?
5. Finally, what solution do they find?
4. Activity n° 4: (6’)
Materials: Photocopies, pictures of squares andcircles.
Interaction:group.
Macroskills:reading, listening.
Students will representthe shortstory “Four little corners”. Pupils will be
divided in three groups, oneof the groups will be in charge(with the help of
the trainee) of reading the shortstory (scriptadapted from the video) and
the other two groups will representthe circles and the squares. If possiblewe
will rotate the groups so that everyonehas the chanceto read.
Four little corners:
Little square is playing with his friends. (Ring ring!), It’s time to go into the house, but little square
can’t get in, he’s not round like the door.
Little square is sad, he really wants to go into the house. So he stretches, turns upside down, twists
and folds himself up. But he still can’t get through the door.
“You have to make yourself round!” little circles say. Little square tries with all his might.
“You must really concentrate!” the little circles say.
“I’m round, I’m round, I’m round” little square chants. But it’s not use!
“What can we do? Little square is different. He’ll never be round.”
“We’ll just have to cut your corners off!” the little circles say. “Oh, no” said little square “that would
hurt too much!”
The little circles all go into the living room. They talked for a long, long time. Until they finally realize
that it’s not little square who has to change his shape.
“It’s the door!”
So they cut out four little corners. So that little square can finally get into the house and join his
friends the little circles.
5. Activity n° 5: (6’)
Materials:model of a sun formedby shapes, cardboard, glue, etc.
Interaction:groupwork.
Macroskills:writing.
Students will be separated in groups of four and they will be given an
envelope which contains images of the 4 geometric shapes they’restudying.
With those images students haveto formany object they want (a house, a
robot) using ALL the shapes they have
Closing the Lesson(2’)
As usual, students will copy on their books the activities they have
done during the lesson, as date, weather and description of the activities.
Thisis a sun.
It has got eightyeloow triangles.
It has got onbig yellowcircle.
