Giáo án Tiếng Anh Lớp 2 i-Learn Smart Start - Period 1, Unit 4: Animals - Lesson 1

Tiếng Anh 2 i-Learn Smart Start 
Week: Date of teaching:	
Period: 1 
UNIT 4: ANIMALS
Lesson 1
Objectives:
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to gain the following:
Knowledge
Vocabulary: 
duck, goat, pig, cow 	 
	Structures:
What's that? 
It's a (duck).
Language skills
To be able to ask and say what the animals presented are called in English.
Core competencies & Personal qualities
Raising interests and good habits in learning English
Building up an awareness of the living environment protection
Practicing communicative skills through learning activities in classrooms
Demonstrating team-working and problem-solving skills through learning activities in classrooms
Teaching aids:
	Teacher’s aids: student book and teacher’s book, class CDs, flashcards, IWB software, projector/interactive whiteboard/TV.
	Students’ aids: Student’s book, notebook, workbook.
Procedures:
Time
Steps/Activities
Organization
5’
Warm-up
Sing Counting numbers (1-20) song
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Teacher – whole class
Option 1: 
"Lucky number" game
Divide the class into four teams.
Have each team stand in a line.
Prepare some cards with points on their backs from 1 to 20 and put them in a box.
Have each student pick a card from the box and talk about the content of it, e.g. “There are seventeen triangles!” then get corresponding points for his/her team.
Continue with the other students.
The team that gets the most points win.
Teacher – Whole class/ groupwork
Option 2:
“Spin the Bottle” game
Divide the class into the groups of five.
Have students sit in a circle with a bottle in the middle. 
One student spins the bottle. When it stops, the student who is pointed to has to say, “Excuse me, please!” then continue spinning the bottle. 
Have students continue the game as the same way.
Teacher – Whole class/ groupwork
25’
New lesson
A. Listen and point. Repeat. (CD1 - Track 53)	
Use some pictures to introduce the animals (duck, goat, pig, cow).
Have students listen to each new word.
Arrange the flashcards on the board, play audio, and point to each flashcard. 
Play audio again and have students point to the numbers in their books. 
Play audio again and have students listen to each new word and repeat all together and individually. Correct student’s pronunciation if necessary. 
Have students work in pairs, one of them points to the picture in the book and the other says the word.
Option 1: 
"Word Tennis" game
Have one student come to the front and play with you.
Say a word from the lesson or unit, and pretend to hit a ball to the student. Have the student respond with another word and hit it back to you. Continue until someone repeats a word or can't go. 
Divide the class into pairs and have them play with each other. 
Have some pairs demonstrate the activity in front of the class.
Option 2: 
"Guessing" game
Arrange the flashcards on the board and write a number under each card.
Have students look at the flashcards for the count of ten. Turn the flashcards over to face the board when the students are not looking.
Call out a number and have students take turns to guess the face-down card. Turn the card around after each guess. 
Teacher – Whole class/ individuals/ pair work
Teacher – Whole class/ pair work
Teacher – Whole class/ individuals
B. Listen and point. (CD1 – Track 54)
Have students look at the picture and identify the details of it.
Introduce the situation.
Play audio and have students look at the picture.
Demonstrate the activity by pointing to the new vocabulary items.
Play audio. Have students listen and point.
Have students work in groups of three. One is Sue, one is Bill and one listens to their friends then point.
Teacher – Whole class/ individuals/ groupwork
C. Sing. (CD1 – Track 55)
Have students turn to page 70.
Play audio and have students listen.
Read the lyrics and do actions following them.
Stick pictures of animals on the walls and have students work in pairs. One points and sings the question; one acts and sing the answer.
Play audio and have students listen, sing along, and do the actions.
Teacher – Whole class/ individuals / pair work
Workbook - page 26
Have students look at part A, B of page 26. 
Set up time limit by 1 minute timer bomb (source: 
Have students start reading and doing all parts A, B. When the time is up, students stop doing their exercises.
Have students interchange their workbooks.
Check understanding as a whole class and give the correct answers. 
Teacher – Whole class/ individuals
5’
Wrap up
Option 1:
Back - to - back dictation
Divide the class into pairs and have them sit back - to - back. Give each child a blank sheet of paper.
Have children draw their favorite animals.
Child A asks: “What’s that?”. Child B answers: “ It’s a ...” and child A writes down the name of that animal. Swap the roles.
Once finished, the two children compare the answers. 
Teacher – Whole class/ pair work
Option 2:
“Follow the leader” game
Have students line up behind the teacher and follow him/her around the classroom. 
Say a word about an animal and say its sound.
Have students copy the action and repeat the word. (E.g. a cow - moo)
Teacher – Whole class