Joel Bacha's Elementary School English Plan

Year 1 , 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Year 4

LESSON	SUBJECT/ACTIVITY	PHRASE
1COLORS	> colors: see 4-nen sei topics	** What's your name? / My name is_______
	> Practice 'I like (color) + (noun)'	Nice to meet you / Nice to meet you too.
	> 'I like _____.' relay	>> What do you like? (hand shake)
		>> I like (color) + (noun).
2ANIMALS	> animals: see 4-nen sei topics	** How are you? / I'm (3-nen sei emotion)
	> Games with animals	>> What do you like?
	> Practice 'I like (animal)'	> What animal do you like?
		>> I like (animal).
3FRUIT /FOOD	> fruit/food: see 4-nen sei topics	** What's your name? / My name is_______. /
	> Games with fruit/food	Nice to meet you / Nice to meet you too.
	> Practice 'I like (fruit / food)'	> What fruit/food do you like?
		>> I like (fruit / food).
4ABCs	> Say ABCs	** Thank you / You're welcome
	> ABC pronounciation (LR, BV, MN, GZ)
	> Games with ABCs
5NUMBERS	> numbers: #1-20	** What's your name? / My name is_______. /
	> Karuta	Nice to meet you / Nice to meet you too.
	> Games with numbers.	> How old are you? (handshake)
		>> I'm (age)
6TIME	> review: #'s	** How are you? / I'm (emotions + tired)
	> time: 1 o'clock, 2 o'clock	> What time is it?
	> Games with time.	>> It's (time).
7HALLOWEEN culture	> Halloween: ghost, witch, devil, pumpkin	>> Happy Halloween
	> Show pictures
	> names: Recognize names in English
	> Give students name plates
8DAYS	> review: time	** How are you? / I'm (emotion)
	> days of the week: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday
	Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
9BODY PARTS	> body parts: see 4-nen sei topics	** What's your name? / My name is_______. /
	> Simon says	Nice to meet you / nice to meet you too.
	> Show me body part game	> What's this? (hand shake)
		> Show me your (body part)
10CHRISTMAS culture	> Christmas: Santa Claus, snowman, stocking,	>> Merry Christmas
	x-mas tree, present, ornament
	> Review #s 1-25
	> Advent Calendar
11EMOTIONS	> review: numbers (1-20), time, days	** I'm sorry / That's OK
	> emotions: see 4-nen sei topics	>> How are you?
	> Games with emotions	>> I'm (emotion).
12WEATHER	> weather: see 4-nen sei topics	** What's your name? & How are you?
	> Games with weather	(combined)
		>> What's the weather like?
		>> It's (weather).
13VOCAB	> Say ABCs	** Thank you / You're Welcome
	> ABC pronounciation (LR, BV, MN, GZ)	** I'm sorry / That's OK.
	> review: fruit / food / animals / ABC vocab	>> What do you like?
	> Games with vocab	>> I like ______.
14REVIEW culture	> review: phrases, #s 1-20, time, days	REVIEW ** phrases
	> Play cultural game



NOTES:	If +14 lessons, then: -Cultural games	** Conversation phrase
	-Cultural crafts	>> Lesson Speaking phrases
	-World talks	> Lesson Listening phrases
	-English review

	Ask 'What's the weather like?' at the beginning of most lessons.
	Teach 'Where are you from?' when talking about the world.

4-nensei

-TOPICS

-Colors(11): green, blue, purple, red, yellow, orange, brown, white, black,
pink, gray

-Animals: ant, bird, cat, cow, dog, eel, elephant, frog, fish, horse, jellyfish, lion, monkey,
mouse, octopus, pig, rabbit, snake, spider, tiger, whale, zebra, (others…)

-Fruit/Food: apple, banana, cherry, chicken, egg, grapes, orange, pear, ice, ice cream,
strawberry, water, (others…)

-Alphabet Vocab (see page 3)

-Alphabet Pronunciation

-Numbers: #1-20

-Time 1:00, 2:00, etc… (1 o'clock, 2 o'clock, etc…)

-Names: Students learn to recognize their own names in English.

-Days of the Week(7): Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,
Friday, Saturday

-Body Parts(12): hand, foot, head, eye, ear, nose, mouth, tummy, fingers, toes,
LEFT, RIGHT

-Emotions(10): fine, good, OK, great, hungry, happy, sad, hot, cold, tired

-Weather(9): sunny, cloudy, windy, rainy, snowy, hot, cold, fine, beautiful day

-CULTURE:

- Holidays: Halloween, Christmas, (others…)
- Cultural Games & Crafts
- World Talks: Time differences, Season differences, Distances, World Flags,
Country names & locations

-PHRASES (Speaking & Listening):

-Hello
-Good Morning
-Good Afternoon
-Goodbye

-Hello, my name is _______.
My name is _______.
Nice to meet you. (handshake)
Nice to meet you too.

-What's this?

-What do you like?
I like (adjective + noun).

-What (color/animal/fruit) do you like?
I like .

-Thank you.
You're Welcome

-How old are you?
I'm (age) .

-How are you?
I'm (emotion).

-What time is it?
It's (time) .

-Show me (color / fruit / animal / body part).

- I'm sorry.
That's OK.

-What's the weather like?
It's (weather).

-Where are you from?
I'm from .

Questions? Comments? Email Joel at joel@genkienglish.net or write them on our discussion board!

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Year 1 , 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

See also Richard's Genki English Year Plan　

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