ð Describe self
ð Recognize and respond to wh- questions (e.g. who, what, where, when, why) “What about you?”
ð Use pronunciation strategies for vowels, /th/ and /s/.
Warm-up: Each student wrote a sentence on the board and we read them and discussed them.
Activity #1: Find the name.
I redistributed name tags and students found the correct person, and introduced herself and learned 2 details about that person. Then we shared the information we learned.
Who is ...?
What do you do?
Where do you live?
When did you come to the US?
Activity #2: What’s in the bag?
Students shared what was in the bag they brought to tell the class 3 things about themselves.
Grammar Focus: Simple present “be”.
After break: Pronunciation
Introduce diagrams of vowels. Explain the sound differences with the mirrors.
Vowels: Spanish has 5 vowel sounds. English has 17.
Consonants: What are the most difficult sounds? focus on th, s.
This is the thing.
staples, stones, stickers, smiles, Spanish, stop