Body parts

BackgroundKindergarten and elementary school for the first grade

Objective : To help students memorize the new words and familiar to

          the plural form. Also, to help students make a sentence by

          using the first person “I”.

Materials

1.   Flash cards: a shape of body part in the front and body words on the

            back.

2.   Tape

3.   Projector

4.   To draw the shape of Body parts included the whole body shape and the segment body parts.

Process

1.   The teacher use flashcards to practice identifying body parts. Call out,

“Touch your _______.” We use “Teacher says” to go through this part.

2.   Then, the teacher explains the singular and plural form to student.

Students learn simple grammar about plural.

3.   Sing a song-- “Head and Shoulders, Knees and Toes” The song also

relates to the topic Body Parts. When we sing this song, we add to the Body Language to inspire students’ interesting.

4.   Play games –“Panda”, “Body Memory” ,“ Bingo” In “Ponda”, when

students draw out a flash cards. He/she recognizes the Body Part first, then speak out the Body words, and then touching the word. In “Body

Memory”, in addition to recognize words, we also train students to practice a simple sentence. In “Bingo” game, students have to write down the body words. This game can test students if they are familiar with the whole words.

Outcome

Through the song and the games, the students can memorize and write the body words. They also can make simple sentences. This lesson plan makes students learn listening, speaking, writing and the plural form.

According to The Audio-Lingual Method, we know that the native language and the target language have separate linguistic systems. They should be kept so that the students' native language interferes as little possible with the student’s attempt to acquire the target language.

In other word, we avoid speaking native language when we are teaching.

 

 

Words of Body Part

  Singular   ê   Plural               Singular   ê   Plural

 

1.   Head                                         8. ankle                 +s  

2.   shoulder        +s                        9. elbow            +s

3.   knee           +s                        10. seat                +s

4.   toe            +s                11.foot                 feet               

5.   eye                +s            

6.   ear            +s

7.   mouth

 

 

Song : Head and Shoulders, Knees and Toes

      (to the tune of “London Bridge”)

 

Head and shoulders, knees and toes,

Knees and toes,

Knees and toes,

Head and shoulders, knees and toes,

It’s my body!

 

Eyes and ears and mouth and nose,

Mouth and nose,

Mouth and nose,

Eyes and ears and mouth and nose,

It’s my body!

 

Ankles, elbows, feet and seat,

Feet and seat,

Feet and seat,

Ankles, elbows, feet and seat,

It’s my body!

 

 

Sentence Practice

T: What is it?

S: It is my head. I have one head.

  It is my shoulder. I have two shoulders.

  It is my knee. I have two knees.

  It is my toe. I have two toes.

  It is my eye. I have two eyes.

  It is my ear. I have two ears.

  It is my mouth. I have one mouth.

  It is my nose. I have one nose.

  It is my ankle. I have two ankles.

  It is my seat. I have one seat.

  It is my foot. I have two feet.

Games

“Panda” 

Rules : Every paper writes down one word and then put them on the floor.

      Divide students into two groups. Every group has two students.

      The first students of two groups play the finger-guessing game.

      The winner can draw one flash card and the second student

      belongs to the loser group has to touch the word one the floor

      using any part of his/her body. The student who first falls flat on

      the ground is loser. And, the winner group gets small prize.

 

“Body Memory”

Rules : To call out one student stick one balloon, and picking the paper

      (Body words) up. For example, the paper is the word of “hand”.

      The teacher will ask the student “What is it?” The student

      responds, “It is my hand. I have two hands. ” And the student

      paste the paper on the empty body shape. If the student do a

      correct match, he/she can get a prize.

 

 

 

 

 

“Bingo”

Rules : Give every students one paper which draws 9 blanks. Then, ask

      them to fill body words in the blanks as they like. The teacher will

      call out one word every time and the students can give it a circle if

      they can find it on the blank. The student who gets three lines first

      is the winner. The winner can get a prize.

     

      e.g. if the teacher call out these words: nose ,head ,hand, mouth,

          toe, eye, foot, it will be crossed 3 lines.

 

 

 eye

 

 nose

 

 

mouth

 

 knee

 

 head

 

 seat

 

 toe

 

 hand

 

 foot