Activity 1: Warm-up and review · 6 minutes
Backyard Look and Guess
Aims
Ss get ready for the lesson, recall the word backyard and the vocabulary they know from Grade 1, and predict the new topic.
Content
Ss look at the picture of the backyard and answer questions about the children and the things they can see. Ss then guess the new words using the pictures.
Expected outcomes
Ss name the things in the backyard in English or Vietnamese and say what the children are doing, for example: a kite, a bike, a kitten. Ss are ready to learn the new words.
Procedure
Teacher's activities
Pupils' activities
Teacher
T shows the picture of the backyard and says: Look! It's a sunny Sunday afternoon. Where are the children? T writes backyard on the board and says it twice. T asks: What can you see? Who can you see?
Pupils
Ss look at the picture and listen. Ss repeat backyard after T.
Teacher
T asks: What is the boy doing? Is he flying a kite? T gives hints with gestures. T asks: What is the girl doing? Is she riding a bike? T points to the kitten and asks: What is this? Is it a cat or a kitten?
Pupils
Ss answer in short phrases. Expected answers: He's flying a kite. / She's riding a bike. / It's a kitten. / It's a cat. Ss who answer correctly get a star.
Teacher
T asks a few Ss to show their answers on their fingers: one finger for kite, two for bike, three for kitten. T praises the effort and says: Today we'll learn three new words about the backyard!
Pupils
Ss raise the correct number of fingers and tell the class the words they guessed.
Teacher
T writes the title Unit 2: In the backyard and the letter Kk on the board and says: Today we will learn the letter K and the new words kite, bike and kitten.
Pupils
Ss open their textbooks to Lesson 1 and look at the title and the letter Kk.