Main subject: Languages
related subject: Math, Music
Duration: 90 minutes.
Age groups: Age 10
Submitted by: Tytti Lankinen, Finland
Learning objectives:
Students learn basic colours and numbers from 1 to 10 in English.
Implemented digital tools:
The teacher needs a computer with an internet connection and a big screen.
Supported digital competence for student:
Communication and collaboration, Problem solving
Elaboration of the competences:
Students learn by hearing, seeing, singing, playing a game and talking about basic numbers and colours.
Preparation:
Open links to 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgJFII2ZU9w (The Balloon song, Maple leaf learning, duration 1:55). 2. Print a coloring task for each student. http://jennysmith.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/cg_dog-with-balloons.gif Write the colour in your own language in each balloon you want the students to colour; https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HUWDECLgkVw/maxresdefault.jpg Write the color in English inside the balloons. This works as a model for students to check how to write/ colour the balloons. You can print a large copy of this and place it in your classroom for the next weeks to come, so that students can watch and learn them any time . 3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F10LRMyMw5E. Counting with bugs. Maple leaf learning. Duration 1:06. 4. Cut out paper circles. ( How many red balloons etc.) 5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7hYjIV4AF0 (English sing sing theme 13, How many?, duration 7:21) 6. Get a board game called Kimble / Trouble / Frustration. (They are all the same game only with a different name depending on the country you live in). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimble_(board_game)
Implementation:
Sing and play along the balloon song. Teach students the movements: up it goes, pull it down, how it bursts. Teach the word balloon”. Students need to do the movements and learn to say/sing aloud colours in English. Repeat the song few times in a row. Hand out the coloring tasks. Students color the balloons and learn colours in English. Sing the Counting with bugs song and learn numbers in English. Sing the song a few times in a row. Teacher places the colour circles on the whiteboard and says: “Let’s count. How many blue, red etc. balloons”? Students watch the video clip “theme 13” ( first time with the teacher). They repeat everything after the programme. Teacher needs to pause the video for translation and correction of pronunciation during first listening.
Conclusion:
Play Kimble (board game) in small groups. Each student says the number and colour out loud, e.g. number five, color yellow and counts the steps, one-two-three-four-five.
