This document provides a lesson plan for teaching 18 preschool children ages 2-5 about the story "The Very Hungry Caterpillar". The lesson plan includes learning objectives, materials, activities, and assessments. The lesson involves introducing the days of the week, telling the story, and having the children match pictures of fruit to the corresponding days. Scaffolding strategies like using gestures and the children's native language are included to aid comprehension. The plan has clear stages including an opening song, story time, a comprehension activity, and closing song.

1. I.F.D.C. LENGUAS VIVAS BARILOCHE
PRACTICA DOCENTE 1
Alumno residente: Schneider, Vanesa Milagros
Institución Educativa: Jardín “Las Abejitas”
Cantidad de alumnos: 18
Edad: Sala multiedad : 2, 3, 4 y 5 años
Unidad temática: The very Hungry Caterpillar
Clase N°: 3
Fecha: 9/10/18
Hora: 13.00 hs
Duración de la clase: 30 minutos
Fecha de entrega de la planificación: 27/9/2018
Learning aims:
During this lesson, learners will be able to…
- To develop visual and listening skills;
- To develop interpersonal skills;
- To develop fine motor skills;
- To develop comprehension skills;
- To revise the names of fruit items and numbers: pear, apple, strawberry,
orange, plum; one, two, three, four and five;
- To learn the days of the week: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,
Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Learning focus:
The activities will focus on:
- Vocabulary: caterpillar, apples, pears, plums, strawberries, oranges;
- Numbers: one, two three, four, five;
- The days of the week: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday,
Saturday and Sunday.
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2. Integration of skills:
They will develop their:
 Speaking skills by asking and answering questions;
 Listening skills: listening to the story, following instructions and asking
and answering questions (eg: - “How many?”, - “Two pears”);
 Linguistic skills by using the vocabulary learnt;
Multiple intelligences:
 Linguistic intelligence.
 Kinaesthetic intelligence by dancing the hello and goodbye songs.
 Musical intelligence by singing the hello and goodbye songs.
 Interpersonal intelligence by greeting others and working
collaboratively.
Material and resources:
 The hello song, audio and lyrics: https://youtu.be/3ywIu30lqKA
Hello song lyrics:
Hello friends, how are you?
I´m very happy to see you
Greet your neighbour,
Boogie on down,
Give a jump and turn around. (Repeat twice)
 The story pictures drawn on big sheets ( I will make them and bring
them to the class)
 Flashcards of fruit items
 The calendar picture
 The school picture
 The goodbye song, audio and lyrics: https://youtu.be/0LDArAJf7-c
Goodbye song lyrics:
It's time to go home (3x)
It's time to say "Goodbye"
I had so much fun and you had so much
We all had so much fun and now we say "Goodbye"(Chorus)
Goodbye, goodbye, see you again (repeat).
 The silence song , audio and lyrics: https://youtu.be/uEHCyoJQ_Ew
Silence song lyrics:
Put your fingers on your lips like this, shhhh!
Put your fingers on your lips like this, shhhhh!
Put your fingers on your lip and close your mouth with a zip
Put your finger on your lip like this, shhhh! (x3)
Close your mouth with a squeeze listen up, quiet please!
Put your finger on your lip like this, shhhh!

3. Possible contingencies:
 Children talking at the same time when teacher asks questions.
Strategy: teacher encouraging children to sing the silence song.
 Youngest children (2 and 3 years old) getting distracted. Strategy:
teacher approaching children and praising their work.
 Children being shy and getting difficulties to speak. Strategy: teacher
encouraging children to repeat.
 Children not knowing what to do. Strategy: teacher explaining and
demonstrating the activity as many times as necessary.
Classroom management strategies:
 Start each activity explaining what it is, using the following pattern:
L2+L1+L2;
 Use mimes and gestures to help children understand;
 Walk around the classroom while they are working to monitor their work
and offer help;
 Calm children down with the silence song:
https://youtu.be/uEHCyoJQ_Ew
 Give each child this picture while singing the silence song.
(illustrative image taken from the internet).
 Approach the child who misbehaves and offer him/her help with the
activity.
Assessment: collecting information and reporting your findings
 Making comments on their work;
 Observing children working together.
Lesson stages:
Routine:
 Starting the lesson with the “Hello Song”: Children stand in a circle and
sing the song along while they do what the song says: hello friends

4. (they wave their hands), greet your neighbour (they greet their partner),
jump and turn around.
Lead-in presentation
 Purpose:
- To introduce THE DAYS OF THE WEEK in order to help them to
understand the story “The very hungry caterpillar”
 Timing: 5 minutes
 Activity description and instructions as they will be said to
students (include direct speech)
- Show them a calendar and ask them what it is, elicit answer and say “ It
is a calendar”, “they are the days of the week”;
(Illustrative image taken from the internet, I will bring a big one
( made by me) to the class to do the activity)
- Show them another calendar identical to the previous one but with the
days in English and say all the days in a loud voice;
(Illustrative image taken from the internet, I will bring a big one
( made by me) to the class to do the activity)
- Show them a photo of their own school (I will use a picture of the
kindergarten “ Las Abejitas” or the primary school “ Niño Jesus”, to
create a meaningful context and explain that on Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday we go to school. On Saturday and

5. Sunday, we don´t go to school. (The aim is to introduce the days of the
week in a context)
- Tell them that first they are going to listen to a story and, after that,
they are going to do an activity with the calendar and the days of the
week .
Transition comment to link each stage of the lesson with the
next one
Are you ready to meet a new friend?
Development of the sequence of activities
Activity One: Story time
Purpose:
- To introduce the story “The Very Hungry Caterpilar”;
- To put the days of the week in context;
- To consolidate vocabulary from the past lesson: fruit ITEMS, numbers;
- To develop listening skills;
- To learn vocabulary related to the story: days of the week.

6. Timing: 10 minutes
Activity description and instructions as they will be said to
students (include direct speech)
- Tell the children that today they are going to meet a new friend: The
caterpillar. Show them the book cover (I will prepare a big book with the
images of the story to capture their attention)
- Ask them if they know what it is. Elicit answers. If they say “oruga”, say
“caterpillar” after them and encourage them to repeat after me;
- Tell them that I am going to tell them a story about the caterpillar;
- Tell them to listen carefully, and that later they are going to do an activity;
- Tell the first part of the story 1
and tell them the story will continue in the
following classes.
- When I finish telling the first part of the story, ask them some questions in
Spanish in order to check comprhension: what insect appears in the story?
What does the caterpillar eat? Have you ever seen a real caterpillar? Why
do you think the caterpillar eats so much food?
- Tell them that when the story ends, they will learn why the caterpillar eats
so much food.
 Scaffolding strategies
- Stop after saying each food the caterpillar eats and ask them: “So,
What is this?” How many apples can you see?” Elicit answers and say
them in English. Encourage them to repeat after me.
- Use mimes, gestures and pictures for them to understand;
- If children use L1, respond in English;
- Use the following pattern: L2+L1+L2, when it is necessary;
- Use L1 to explain key words.
1 I will tell only a part of the story because 30 minutes are not enough for me
to tell the complete story and do activities. I also think that they may feel
overwhelmed if they hear the whole story in this lesson.

7. Transition comment to link each stage of the lesson with the
next one
Do you like the story? So now we are going to help the caterpillar to eat
the fruit items.
Activity two: working through the story: Comprehension
Purpose:
- To check story comprehension
- To work collaboratively
- To consolidate vocabulary: days of the week, fruit items and numbers
Timing: 10 minutes
Activity description and instructions as they will be said to
students (include direct speech)
- Explain the activity: I will read the story again and stop after each day
for the children to put the correct fruit items below the correct day of
the week ( on the calendar that I put on the blackboard at the beginning
of the lesson) ;
- Tell them they will work in groups;
- Divide the students into 5 groups ( one group per weekday)
- Place the pictures of the fruit items on the floor.
- Read the story again and stop after each day of the week for children to
place the items in the correct day column.
 Scaffolding strategies
- Explain the activity in L1 to make sure they understand
- Demonstrate the activity ;
- Give them clues, speak English and mime what I say;
 Transition comment to link each stage of the lesson with the
next one
“Now, it is time to say goodbye. You did a great job! “
Closure
Purpose:
 To say goodbye
Timing: 3 minutes
Activity description and instructions are they will be said to
students (include direct speech)
 Tell everybody that I enjoyed working with them a lot, and that we will
continue working next Tuesday.

8.  Sing the goodbye song together with the children.
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