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LET’S CHOOSE A PROFESSION…

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•TARGET LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
•CLIL MODEL: CROSS CURRICULAR
•GRADE LEVEL/ AGE: 6TH GRADE (11-12 Years Old)
•GROUPING: PAIR WORKING
•GLOBAL GOAL:
•DISTINGUISH MEASURE UNITS
•RELATE THEORY AND REAL LIFE
•LEARN SPECIFIC VOCABULARY

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WARM-UP
ACTIVITIES

4. What unit
should we use to
measure the
distance
between Madrid
and Barcelona?
ENGLISH CLASS: LANGUAGE SHOWER

5. MATHEMATIC CLASS: WATCH 3 VIDEOS
CAPACITY
MASS
LENGHT

6. ART AND CRAFTS CLASS: POSTERS AND
DISPLAYS
Kilometres
SCALE
Let’s cook!
How tall is ….?
How
m
uch
does
it w
eight?
LITRES

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DIDACTIC OBJECTIVES:
• MAKE THEM COSNCIOUS THAT MATHEMATICS IS
NECCESARY IN REAL LIFE
• FOSTERING:
• ENGLISH LANGUAGE: ORAL SKILLS
• CRITICAL THINKING
•TEAMWORKING AND INTERPERSONAL LEARNING.

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COMPETENCES:
• IN MATHEMATICS
• IN PROCESSING INFORMATION AND USE OF ICT
• SOCIAL SKILLS
• CULTURAL AND ARTISTIC
• LEARNING TO LEARN
• AUTONOMY AND PERSONAL INICIATIVE.

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CONCEPTUAL CONTENTS:
• CONTENT: Measure units and tools.
• COGNITION: Problem solving
• COMMUNICATION: Specific vocabulary and expressions
• COMMUNITY: Team working
• SCAFFOLDING: Diff. learning styles and previous knowledge.
• MULTIPLE FOCUS: Cross curricular
• AUTHENTICITY: Real objects,tools and situations.
• ACTIVE LEARNING: tUNIT MEASURESAND USE OF ICT

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K
ilom
etres
litres
centimetres m
ililitres

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PROCEDIMENTAL CONTENTS:
• CONTENT: Every student will work in each activity
• COGNITION: Learning to follow instructions.
• COMMUNICATION: Encouraging oral communication.
• COMMUNITY: Cooperation
• SAFE AND ENRICHING LEARNING: Routines and discourses

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ACTITUDINAL CONTENTS:
• COGNITION: Learning to solve problems.
• COMMUNICATION: Student’s interests and motivations
• COMMUNITY: respecting turns, ideas and opinions.

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GROUPING:
Students will work in pairs
•.

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ACTIVITIES:
Just pretending you are…
• A Doctor
•An architect
•A cook
•A wizard
•A fashion designer

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ACTIVITIY 1: A DOCTOR
•Learning how to use a scale and a tape measure
•Learning to use the correct unit
•Students will have to measure and weight their mates
•Teacher: will observe and guide.
•Material: A table, a scale, a tape measure and a white
coat.

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How tall is your classmate?

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ACTIVITIY 2: AN ARCHITECT
•Learning how to measure spatial lenghts.
•Learning to use the correct units for different lenghts
•Students will have to measure different spaces
•Teacher: will observe and guide.
•Material: An architect helmet and a tape measure.

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Teacher gives instructions:
“How long are the stairs at the second floor?”

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ACTIVITIY 3: A COOK
•Learning how to weight different quantities
•Learning to use the scales correctly
•Students will have to follow recipes and instructions
•Teacher: will read the instructions. Observe and guide.
•Material: An chef hat, a scale, flour, sugar, salt, water, …

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Recipe: “100 grs of flour, 0,10 kgs of salt,
1.000 ml. of water….”

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ACTIVITIY 4: A WIZARD
•Learning how to measure liquids with measuring glasses
•Students will have to follow recipes and instructions
•Teacher: will read the instructions. Observe and guide.
•Material: A wizard hat, bottles and containers, water, dyed
color to colour the water.

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Spell: “ 50 ml. of snake’s blood, 1/7 l. of
worm juice, ….”

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ACTIVITIY 5: A FASHION
DESIGNER
•Learning how to measure fabrics.
•Students will have to copy a pattern in the fabric and cut
it with the correct measures.
•Teacher: will give them the patterns. Observe and guide.
•Material: A tape measure, scissors, patterns and fabrics.

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Using patterns of a
skirt, a sock, a
scarf, ….

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MEASURES OF ATTENTION
• Groups will be formed bearing in mind the students who
need more support.
•Students with little mathematic abilities will work with
students with good abilities.

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ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
• By observation ( Observational template)
• Student’s worksheet
•Results in Online Questionnaire
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1p4QCU-l27_kTuMrdC4mQ0JPzBnwL8BbpqsX

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TIMING AND SPACE
• 20 minutes per paired group
• Total time: 2 hours.
•Mathematics and English class will be joined
• The activites will be developed in the playground.

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• Videos related to
measures will be
shown
• Online
questionnaire to
collect the results of
the activities.
USE OF TIC

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This Didactic Unit has been created
by Arancha Martín Quilis.