5th Grade, Unit 3 Regions, Vocabulary activities

 SEMA DİPİ

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PRESENTATION PART

UNIT: MY REGION

GRADE: 5

VOCABULARY POINTS:  Mountain, lake, river, sea, waterfall, forests, valley.

MATERIALS: Power point presentation, pictures, cartons, colorful pencils, worksheet, 

  Ppt presentation: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B6tJiiqXA01UN1B2bm9NTnlRN28/edit?usp=sharing

ACTIVITY 1: Presenting the vocabulary with the pictures on which are written the names of the geographical features

AIMS:

1)      To understand the meaning of the words from the pictures

2)      To pronounce the words correctly

3)      To learn how the words are written

 PROCEDURE: The teacher comes the class with the power point presentation. She writes the words and pronounces them. After that she opens the slide and starts to read the names of the geographical features and shows the picture of them. She shows more than one pictures about this features like mountain and wants the students guess the meaning of the word. After the students guess the meaning the teacher pronounces them again with all class.

ACTIVITY 2: Fill in the blanks

AIMS:

            1)      To provide the students make practice with the words that they learn (mountain, lake, river…)

            2)      To provide the students remember the words

PROCEDURE:  The teacher wants the students fill in the blanks with the words that are written on the paper. The students read the sentences and they fill in the blanks with the suitable words.

ACTIVITY 3: Station Technique

AIMS:

           1)      To provide the students produce new things about these words

           2)      To provide the students learn themselves

PROCEDURE: The teacher brings 4 different cartons. She divides the class four groups and gives a cartoon to each group. All groups have only 3 minutes to make them. One group make a picture about these words (mountain, lake, sea, river..). The other group will write a poem about these words. The other group will make a caricature with these words. The last group will write a catchword. After three minutes all groups will change their cartons and so all groups will do something on four cartons.

WORKSHEET:

WRITE THE MEANING OF THE WORDS.

1)………………is a natural elevation of the earth's surface having considerable mass, generally steep sides, and a height greater than that of a hill.(mountain)

2)………….is a large inland body of fresh water or salt water.(lake)

3)………..is elongated lowland between ranges of mountains, hills, or other uplands, often having a river or stream running along the bottom.(valley)

4)……….is a large natural stream of water emptying into an ocean, lake. (river)

5)………… is a dense growth of trees, plants, and underbrush covering a large area.(forests)

6)…………. the continuous body of salt water covering most of the earth's surface, especially this body regarded as a geophysical entity distinct from earth and sky.(sea)

7)…………….is a steep descent of water from a height.( Waterfall)

8)…………….is situated at, in, or near the center.(central)

9)………… is a center of population, commerce, and culture; a town of significant size and importance. (city)

10)………….. is coming from the east.(eastern)