4th Grade Unit 13: Toys (Songs)

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ELT  3-A

TEACHING THROUGH SONGS

Subject / Unit: Toys / Unit 13

Level: 4th graders

The Language Point: Have got – Has got, There is – There are, Prepositions, Adjectives

Aims:

·         To motivate learners to learning by creating an enjoyable learning environment.

·         To make them use their physical energy while learning new language.

·         To raise their attention by teaching English through songs.

·         To help learners to predict what comes next using their knowledge and rhythm of the song.
      To encourage students to work as a group cooperatively.

Ø  PRESENTATION

Activity Name: Warm-up!

Name of the Song: Muffin Songs - Teddy Bear

Procedure:

The teacher asks students whether they like songs or not and says they are going to

listen to a song. Then she asks their favourite toys and tries to receive as possible as different

answers. Afterwards, she tells them that the song they are going to listen is sung by a teddy

bear. She asks them to listen to the song and try to understand while playing it for the first

time. She plays the video of the song. Before playing it for the second time, the teacher tells

students to sing the song together and to act it as in the video of the song. Students try to catch

up with the movements that the teddy bear in the video do.

Materials: The video of the song (Muffin Songs -Teddy Bear) 

Ø  PRACTICE

·         Activity Name: Listen and Sing Together!

Name of the Song: Peter Weatherall – Toy Box

Procedure:

The teacher says students that they are going to listen to another song and asks them to

listen and try to understand while playing it for the first time. She plays the video of the song.

While playing the song for the second time, the whole class sing the song together.

Materials: The video of the song (Peter Weatherall – Toy Box) 

·         Activity Name: Fill in the Blanks

Procedure:

After singing part, the teacher hands out a written form of the lyrics of the song with gaps in some sentences. Students try to fill in the blanks while the song is playing. When all the students have finished the activity, the teacher plays the song for the last time to check the answers by stopping it when necessary.

Materials: Worksheet (lyrics of the song)

There are _____ ____  

and a ___ ______. 

There is a _____ ____ 

and a ____ with curly hair. 

____ ____ ____ 

Lots of lovely toys. 

In my ___ ___ there are toys 

for every ____ and ____. 

There are jig-saw _______ 

and ________ games, 

lots of _______ tracks,
carriages and ______.

Toys toys toys 

Lots of ______ toys. 

In my toy box there are toys 

for every girl and boy. 

_____ inside my toy box 

see what you can find there. 

You can _____ with anything 

cause I like to ______. 

There are _______, paints and ____ 

So I can paint my _____. 

There are _____ rocketships 

and bugs from out of _____ 

Toys toys toys 

_____ __ lovely toys. 

In my toy box ______ ___ toys 

for every girl and boy. 

Look inside my ____ ____ 

see what you can ____ there. 

You can play with ________ 

cause I like to share. 

Toys toys toys 

_____ __ lovely toys. 

In my toy box ______ ___ toys 

for every girl and boy.

Ø  PRODUCE

·         Activity Name: Create Your Own Song!

The teacher divides students into groups of five and wants them to create their own

song. She also asks them to include the new vocabulary about toys into the song. Students are

given 10-15 minutes to be prepared. Then, they are asked to come to the board and to share

their songs with the class.

References

Kahraman, A. G. & Kahraman, B. English Student’s Book for 4th Graders, SEK Publishing,                    

Ministry of National Education

Ministry of National Education (2006). English Language Curriculum for Primary Education        

(Grades 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8) Ankara

Cameron, L. (2001) Teaching Languages to Young Learners. Cambridge University Press

Harmer, J. (2007) The Practice of English Language Teaching. Pearson Longman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjxxHlfVT1g Muffin Songs - Teddy Bear

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlkZm8Z2lb0 Peter Weatherall - Toy Box