This document provides a lesson plan for a kindergarten English class about animals. The lesson plan aims to teach students to recognize and name 4 animals - dog, cat, frog, and bird. The 50 minute lesson includes a routine, warm up, presentation, 2 activities using songs and a game, closure with a song, and homework of coloring pictures. The plan utilizes visual and auditory methods including pictures, toys, songs, and mimes to engage students and help them learn vocabulary in an enjoyable way appropriate for their age.

1. I.F.D.C. LENGUAS VIVAS
TALLER DE PRÁCTICA DOCENTE
ALUMNO RESIDENTE: Lorena Analia Campos
Período de Práctica: Nivel inicial
Institución Educativa: Jean Piaget
Dirección: Nora Yanet Leal
Sala / Grado / Año - sección: Sala roja- Jardín
Cantidad de alumnos: 12
Nivel lingüístico del curso: Principiantes
Tipo de Planificación: clase
Unidad Temática: Los animales
Clase Nº: 2
Fecha: 10/ 05/ 17
Hora: 11:00
Duración de la clase: 50’
Fecha de entrega: 05/05/17
 Aims or goals:
 During this lesson students as part of their routine in the lesson describe
how is the weather and sing a Hello and a good-bye song.
 During this lesson students will be able to recognize four different animals
(dog, cat, frog, and bird ) and learn how to name each of them applying the
correct pronunciation of the new vocabulary and they’ll also make a short
revision of the past lesson (colours).
 Learners will make use of their listening comprehension skills when they
listen to the teacher, their peers and the songs. They’ll also put into practice
their speaking skills, when they interact with their peers in a game, or when
they answer their teacher’s questions.
 Learners will put into practice their background knowledge when they
recognize the cartoon characters, which will help to create the context in
which they’ll learn the animals.
 Regarding the multiple intelligences by Spratt et al,2005. They’ll use the
kinaesthetic (with the help of songs, they learn using and moving their
bodies) the visual (they’ll learn through seeing pictures and objects) and the
auditory (they’ll learn through hearing the teacher and the songs.)

2.  Teaching points: The animals
 Language focus:
Functions Lexis Structures Pronunciation
Revision
Describe the
weather
condition of
the day.
Introducing
themselves.
Say the
colours.
Hello.
Good-bye.
Sunny, cloudy,
rainy.
I’m…
Red, green,
yellow, blue.
* /h/, /əʊ/ hello
/ʊ/, /ai/
Good-bye.
/j/ yellow
/r/ red
/i:/ green
/u:/ blue
New
Tell some
animals.
Dog, cat, frog
and bird.
/ɔ:/ dog
/ɔ:/ frog
/æ/ cat
/ɜ:/ bird

3.  Teaching approach or combination of methods / approaches: Communicative
approach- PPP method.
 Integration of skills: What skills will be integrated and how? The skills that will be
integrated during this lesson are listening and speaking skills.
I didn’t include reading or writing skills, because they’re little kids (from 2 years and
9/10 months to 4 years old). They haven’t developed their fine motor skill yet and
they don’t even know how to write their names.
 Materials and resources: pictures, a fluffy toy, a bag, a netbook, the board, papers
with students’ names.
 Pedagogical use of ICT in class or at home: I’ll use my netbook to listen to the songs.
Unfortunately the kindergarten doesn’t have a LCD , so I won’t be able to use
videos.
 Seating arrangement: They’ll be sitting in a semi-circle on their chairs.
 Possible problems / difficulties and their possible solutions during the class: Maybe
some of the children start talking about something that happened to them last
week, or they can talk about their toys, their pets or the movies they watched at the
cinema with their parents. So, the teacher can say wow, that’s great!! But now,
we’re in the English lesson…so we have to listen to the teacher and pay attention.
Then, at the end of the lesson you can tell us about it. But now … (and I would sing
the following song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEHCyoJQ_Ew )
 Potential problems students may havewith the language: Maybe, it would be
difficult for children to pronounce the sound /ɜ:/ in the word bird. So, I would
explain to them that it’s similar to a long ‘e’ from Spanish.
 Assessment: I’ll teach students using pictures and songs. I’ll check if students
understand or not by observing them and asking them Is it clear? (I’ll put my finger
up) or not? (I’ll put my finger down)
Mandatory lesson stages:
 Routine: 5’
Teacher: Hello children!
Molly: Hello children!
Students: Hello!
Well now, I’m going to sing a Hello song! You can stand up and move your hands

4. while I’m singing. (While I’m giving this instruction, I’ll do mimes so they can
understand what I’m saying)
The song : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdeB9kDT6uI
Teacher: Great job!!!
Teacher: Well, now … How is the weather today? (I’ll look through the window and
I’ll show the children different pictures and I’ll stick them on the board.)
Is it sunny?
Is it cloudy?
Is it rainy?
Students: esa! (they’ll point to the right picture)
Teacher: Very good!!! So, today is cloudy … (I’ll only leave the picture with the
clouds on the board)
Teacher: It’s cloudy! Repeat!
Students: It’s cloudy!
Teacher: Very good!!

5. Transition: Ok, now we’re going to start working…
Warm up: 3’
Teacher: Look!! Today, Molly brought something new in her bag to show you…
Teacher: What did you bring in your bag Molly?
Molly: mmm, I brought some photos…
Teacher: Some photos! Would you like to show us the photos?
Molly: Yes, of course!
Taecher: Ok! so, let me see…Wow!! Look at this!
Teacher: Look!!! Who is he?
Students: Sapo Pepe!!
Teacher: yes, great! Pepe frog.
Teacher: And what colour is it?
Students: Green!
Teacher: Very good!!
Teacher: Look!!! Who is he?

6. Students: Rio!!
Teacher: yes, great! Rio
Teacher: And what colour is it?
Students: Blue!
Teacher: Very good!!
Teacher: Look!!! Who is he?
Students: El perrito de patrulla canina, Marshall !!
Teacher: yes, great! Marshall.
Teacher: And what colour is it? (I’ll point to its jacket)
Students: Red!
Teacher: Very good!!
Teacher: Look!!! Who is he?
Students: El gato con botas!!!
Teacher: yes, great! The Puss in boots.
Teacher: And what colour is it? (I’ll point to its plume)
Students: Yellow!
Teacher: Very good!!
Transition: Well… Today we’re going to learn about some animals! That’s why Molly
brought them in her bag…
 Presentation: 15’
Teacher: These characters are different animals! (I’ll show them the cartoons again
and I tell them how to name each animal) (I’ll do this twice).
I’ll do mimes, so they can understand what I’m saying.
Teacher: Frog Pepe is a frog.
Teacher: Repeat! Frog! (I’ll imitate the sound of it)
Students: Frog! (they’ll imitate the sound of it)
Teacher: Great! Well done!
Teacher: Rio is a bird.
Teacher: Repeat! Bird! (I’ll imitate the sound of it)
Students:Bird! (they’ll imitate the sound of it)

7. Teacher: Great! Well done!
Teacher: Marshall is a dog
Teacher: Repeat! dog! (I’ll imitate the sound of it)
Students: Dog! (they’ll imitate the sound of it)
Teacher: Great! Well done!
Teacher: Puss in boots is a cat
Teacher: Repeat! cat! (I’ll imitate the sound of it)
Students: Cat! (they’ll imitate the sound of it)
Teacher: Great! Well done!
Teacher: Well, now we’re going to repeat the animals again! (I’ll show children the
picture with the correct animal as I mention each of them.)
Teacher: Frog! Repeat…
Students: Frog!
Teacher: Rio! Repeat…
Students: Rio!
Teacher: Dog! Repeat…
Students: Dog!
Teacher: Cat! Repeat…
Students: Cat!
Teacher: Very good!!
Transition: Now, we’re going to do some activities!
 Development:
Activity 1: 7’

8. (I’ll do this activity twice)
I’m going to sing a song that I translated from Spanish to English. Because I didn’t
find it in English.
*This is a part of the song from its version in Spanish
Paseando porelcampo.
Vamospaseando porelcampo,
vamoscaminando muy contentos,
y derepentealguien semueve,
detrásdeun árbol, seguro hay algo,
quédensequietosy escuchen bien...
Muuuuuu…esuna vaca y quesusto quenosdio!!!!
http://salas3sanjosev.blogspot.com.ar/
Teacher: I’m going to sing a song , you have to listen carefully to guess the animal !
If I say meow, meow…what is it?
Students: Cat!
Teacher: Very good!
Teacher: Is it clear? (I’ll put my finger up) or not? (I’ll put my finger down)
Students: Yes (They’ll put their fingers up)
Song:
Teacher: We’re walking through the farm, we’re walking so happily! Suddenly,
something is moving behind a tree. It must be somebody…You must be quiet and
listen well!! Meow, meow! What is it?
Students: cat
Teacher: It’s a cat! And how scared I felt !
*(The same with the other 3 animals)
Transition: well, now we’re going to do another activity.
Activity 2: 12’
Teacher: Molly wants to play a game with you.
Molly: Yes! I want to play with you. Here, in my bag I have your names!
Teacher: Yes! Molly has your names in her bag. So, you’ll pick up one paper, I will
read the name of the child while Molly points to one of the animals on the board.
The chosen child will tell the name of the animal and will imitate the sound of it .

9. Example:
Teacher: Alejo! take one of the papers from the bag.
Alejo: (he takes one of the papers)
Teacher: Let me read it… Julieta!!
Molly: (She points to the bird ‘Rio’)
Teacher: Which is that animal?
Julieta: Bird! (and she also imitate the sound of the bird)
Taecher: Well done!! Very good!!
Teacher: Is it clear? (I’ll put my finger up) or not? (I’ll put my finger down)
Students: Yes (They’ll put their fingers up)
Transition: Well done! Now, we’re going to work with a song.
Closure: 7’
Teacher: We’re going to sing a song with the animals we learnt today. You can stand
up and imitate me (I’ll sing the song with the help of an audio and I’ll do mimes, so
they can imitate me.)
Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndxitY4eYas (I chose this one, because I
only need the music, I’ll sing the lyrics due to I have to include the animals we
worked with.)
Teacher: Ok, now we’re going to sing the good-bye song. (I’ll do mimes so they can
understand me)
Good- bye song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCr2t34vkIE
Transition: We’re about to finish ... I’ll give you the homework.
Homework: 1’
Teacher: At home you’ll colour the following pictures.
Señores padres: En el día de hoy sus hijos/as tuvieron una clase de inglés en la cual
aprendieron los saludos y algunos animales en inglés .
Llevan como tarea colorear los animales de abajo.
En la clase trabajamos con canciones. En casa ustedes pueden mirar y compartir
estos videos con sus hijos/as.
Estos son los links:
Hello song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdeB9kDT6uI
Good-bye song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCr2t34vkIE
Animals song: Old Mc Donald had a farm.(youtube)

10. ¡Muchas gracias!
Saluda atentamente. La seño Lorena de inglés.
BIRD
DOG
CAT FROG
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Observations
Nice lesson, Lore!
I would just have second thoughts as regards the number of songs you teach
them and as regards the homework you give them. Remember that children
don´t usually have much homework at kindergarten.
Enjoy the lesson!
Aure