Unit 1 How old are you?
u The Main and difficult points:
1. To grasp the numbers one to ten.
2. Be able to ask and answer about age masterly.
u Teaching procedure:
A. Warmly greeting
T: Good morning, boys and girls!
Ss: Good morning, Ms. Ma.
T: How are you today?
Ss: I’m fine. How are you Ms. Ma?
T: I’m fine, too. Thank you! Sit down, please.
Announcement about assessment:
T: Today, we have four birthday cakes for our four groups. This cake is for Amy group, this one is for Sam group, this is Daming’s cake and this is Lingling’s cake, if you’ve done a wonderful job and been awarded a ‘candle’, your boy or girl will grow up one year old. Try your best, o.k.
B. Warm up:
1. Sing a number song.
2. Count and say (The teacher shows the pictures of the word cards 1 to 10).
3. Reading competition( 排排站抢读单词): Look at the spelling words and read them, ‘one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.’ (The students of the first line stand up and try to read the words as fast as possible, the fastest or the faster one to read the word can sit down, then the next line of students stand up to read, until the last students.)
C. Lead in:
1. T: Now look at this picture, what’s this?
(The teacher shows the word card of ‘birthday’)
Ss: It’s a cake.
T: Yes, you are right. This is Sam’s birthday cake. Now, let’s count together, how many candles?
S: 9.
T: So, how old is Sam?
S: 9.