This document provides a lesson plan for teaching new vocabulary related to the topic of the Three R's (reduce, reuse, recycle) to a 4th grade class. The lesson plan introduces 12 vocabulary words related to environmentalism and sustainability. Students first learn the new vocabulary by writing the words in bold, matching them to pictures, and practicing pronunciation. They then play a running dictation game to reinforce the vocabulary. Finally, students check their pronunciation of words by looking them up online and evaluating each other. The teacher notes that the active learning approach was noisy but engaging for students.

1. Cinta Cruz Conesa
L'Ensenyament de l'anglès a l'educació primària 1 (1rd semestre
2017-18)

2. Title of the Lesson: Learning new vocabulary
Unit of Study: The Three R’s
Date: 19/01/2018
Level and group: 4rd A
Number of children: 12

3. Students haven’t any previous knowledge about the
topic because this is the first class of this unit. They
are accustomed to learning the new vocabulary of the
unit first and in the following sessions I introduce the
rest of the content.

4.  Present, learn and recognize the vocabulary of the
unit: throw away, waste, environment, pollution, using
a computer, save energy, save water, cloth sacks,
reusable lunch bags, recycling banks, glass bottles,
paper and cardboard, plastic bottles, aluminium cans,
batteries.
 Write words in bolt.
 Match the words with the pictures.
 Practice the pronunciation.

5.  Competence in knowledge and interaction with the
planet. The Three R’s
Linguistic competence
 Treatment of information and digital competence
 Social and civic competence
 Autonomy and personal initiative

6. Assessment criteria
o Recognize and identify
vocabulary of the Three R’s.
o Express orally
comprehensively, using the
vocabulary of the unit.
o Participate actively and
collaboratively in classroom
activities.
Assessment procedures
o Oral exchanges.
o Systematic observation of
work and student participation
in class.
o Specific exercises that
respond to the various
objectives programmed in the
lesson.

7. LESSON
DEVELOPMENT

8. Activity title
Tim
e
Description
Interactio
n
Skill
s
1.
Introduction
5’ I show a video about the Three R’s.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
TjnNOCbuoCA
Speaking about the video in order to
activate ideas about the topic.
T-Ss L, S

9. Activity
title
Tim
e
Description
Interactio
n
Skill
s
2.
Dictogloss
List
25’ Strategy to teach the vocabulary in bolt of the text:
The Three R’s.
o Divide the class in groups of four
o I will post some text with words and group of
words in bolt on the walls of the room.
o The first member of the group run to the text and
try to remember the first word in bolt and then
return to the team to write down in a piece of
paper(provided by the teacher).
o Another member of the group does the same, and
then another...
o Two clues
1. Not to repeat words
2. There are 15 words or groups of words
When they have all fifteen written, they have match
the words to the flashcards. When they have finished
Ss-Ss
T-Ss
R, S,
W, I

10. MATERIALS

13. Activity title
Tim
e
Description Interaction Skills
3. Checking the
pronunciation
30’ The students in pairs look for the words
of the vocabulary one by one in the
Howjsay web. First, a member of the
couple should find the words and
pronounce them for his partner to
evaluate him. Then they exchange the
roles.
S-S L, S, I
PEER EVALUATION SHEET

15.  I’ve enjoyed the experience and my students have enjoyed
it even more.
 They’ve had a lot of fun but it has been a bit noisy because
sadly they are not accustomed to working this way.
 Luckily today some students haven’t come to class because
they are sick and this has made things easier for me
because is very difficult to do activities like that with all the
kids.
 With the Running dictogloss activity it has cost them not to
repeat the words in bolt.