English What do you know

Pedagogical Module 1 about your school?

Curricular Threads: Communication and Cultural Awareness,
Oral Communication, Reading, Writing, Language Through the Arts

Fifth Grade EGB

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Back to
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I like to go back to school!
It is exciting to learn about
new things. It is lots of fun
to meet other kids and make
new friends! I always bring
my notebook and pencil
to class. I sit at my desk
in my classroom and listen
to my teacher. I love school!
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 Lesson A

Communication and Cultural Awareness

My School

Exercise 1. Complete the following information.

I am in grade:
School:
Teacher:
My favorite
subject:
My best friend’s name:

On the first day of school, I feel:

My favorite
school celebration:

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Exercise 2. Now, ask a partner about their answers.

Write the questions first.

E.g: Grade: What grade are you in?

a. School:

b. Grade:

c. Teacher:

d. Favorite subject:
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e. Best friend’s name:

f. Favorite school celebration:

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 Oral Communication
How do you introduce yourself to your friends?

Introductions
Exercise 1. Listen to these students and how they introduce themselves.

Audio
Listen to the dialogue

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Exercise 2. Fill in the blanks with the missing
information in each sentence. Exercise 3.
a. Eleanor is Now it is your turn. Stand up and introduce
years old and she lives with her mother yourself. You can talk about your family and
and aunt. where you live. Tell your classmates about
your favorite subject in school and your
b. is favorite game to play during recess.
Frank´s sister.

c. Frank has a favorite sport and it is

d. Eleanor´s teacher, Rose, is very

with everybody.
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Vocabulary

to introduce. to tell someone

your name

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 Reading
John's First Day at School
Exercise 1. Before you read, make a list of three topics
that you think are in the reading. Write them in your
notebook. Remember the title!

Exercise 2. Pair work. Look at the information on your

list. Check the ones that are in the reading.

on his first day at school.

John had a wonderful day
friends ran to hug him.
When he arrived, his best rstood
a lot at the class. He unde
Then, his teacher smiled yed
d about. At recess, he pla
everything that she talke
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socce ppy,
home, he found a little pu
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. He asked his mother:
and it followed him home
f course,” said his mother.
“Can I keep the puppy?” “O
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So, John went to sleep wi
next to his bed.

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Exercise 3. Write the sentences from the story
under the correct pictures. Check your answers
with a partner. One of the pictures is not in this story!

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Vocabulary

recess. a time at school

when children play

bell. signal to start or

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end class

follow. walk behind

someone or something

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 Writing
My Goals
Grammar Tip
Exercise 1. This is the beginning of a new school year.
What do you want to do this year? Remember to use “going to”
Here is a sample goal: with future plans.

I am going to study English every day.

a.

b.

c.

d.

e.

take care of take care of my

my books notebooks
do my read
homework every day

listen to the write

teacher stories

pay write
attention poems
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Vocabulary
Exercise 2. Pair work. Share your goals with a partner.
goal. a plan that guides you
Ask: “What are your goals for this year?”

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 Oral Communication

How well do you know your classmate?

Exercise 1. Pair work.

Ask and answer.

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An Interview with My Classmate

What is your name? How old are you?

What is your favorite subject What is your favorite food

this school year? to eat for lunch?

What do you like to do at recess? Who are your friends at school?

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Exercise 2. When you finish, prepare a presentation for the class

and tell everybody about your classmate.

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 Oral Communication

Do you like to go to school?

Schools

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Exercise 1. Listen to the description about a school.
Write True (T) or False (F) next to each sentence.

a. Most kids do not like school very much.

b. School is one of the worst times in a person’s life.

c. You can never do science experiments.

d. You see and play with your friends five days a week.
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e. You get a bad grade when you study. Listen to the recording

Exercise 2.

Telephone Game
The class forms two groups
and each group stands in
a line. The teacher whispers
a sentence about the school
into the ear of the last student
in the line. Then, each player
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whispers the sentence to their

classmate in front of them until
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they reach the first student who

has to say the sentence out loud.
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 Oral Communication
What words do you use to talk about someone’s things?

Whose Pencil Is This?

Exercise 1. Student A collects one pencil

from each student in the group. He holds up
the pencil and asks: “Whose pencil is this?”
Student B says, “It’s Susana’s pencil.”
Group work. Divide into groups of 4-5.
Exercise 2. Take turns. Use different things:
books, clothes, backpacks, shoes.

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Possessive Nouns

To show possession, add an ‘s to a noun.

This is Juan’s book. If the noun is plural, add s’.
It’s his book.

This is Maria’s sweater.

It’s her sweater.

These are the

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teacher’s glasses.

These are the teachers’ glasses.

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Reading
Exercise 1. Review the simple present tense.

I, You, We, They He, She, It

eat sleep write go

c
eats sleeps writes goes

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(no need to add -s or -es)

Mi
(add -s or -es)

We use the simple present tense to talk about routines.

Exercise 2. Read about the Robinson family routine. Circle all the verbs
in the simple present tense that you find.

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My family loves to have everything neat and clean every morning.
My mother makes the bed before she goes to work. I set the table
for our breakfast, and my father washes the dishes after we eat our food.
Then, my sister Susan takes out the the garbage, and finally we take the
bus to school.

Exercise 3. Your turn! Write about your family’s routines using

the verbs from the box in the simple present tense. You can talk
about yourself and your family.

sleep work wash eat go walk

E.g: My dad works late.

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 Writing
The Zoo Comes to School

Imagine! An elephant escapes from a zoo, and arrives at your

school! Don’t be scared! Write a description of the elephant
for the zookeeper.

1. The elephant’s ears are very big.

2. (eyes)

3. (tail)

4. (legs)

And now, a giraffe arrives behind him!

Write the description!

1.

2.

3.

4.

And now, two tigers.

1.

2.

3.

4.
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Vocabulary

scare. to make someone

feel afraid

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Assessment

Speaking Grammar
Choose a verb from the box and fill each blank with the verb
in the simple present.

finish visit be like run

1. I all the way home after school.

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2. Many students their exams on time.

3. He to see his mother
every day.
Talk about your parents 4. Those books very old.

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to the class. Describe your

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5. Susy her family
mother and your father and
every week.
explain what they look like and
their jobs to your classmates.

Writing
Write a paragraph of 20-25 words describing the activities that
you do at home during the weekend. Use the simple present tense.
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Vocabulary
Complete the sentences with the words from the box.

school book glue board teacher

a. I was cutting many pictures and now I need the to paste

them on my poster.
b. My has beautiful classrooms and a great playground.
c. My teacher writes sentences on the , and I have to
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copy them.
d. María Elena is going to read a about cats and dogs.
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e. Ms. Marcia Arellano is the name of our new .

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What do you know about your school?
Assessment

Reading Listening
1. Read the story.
Maya's New Backpack
Maya was excited to start a new school year. Listen to your teacher and write down
She was excited to see her friends again and the words from the vocabulary list.
to meet her new teacher. She was most excited a.
about her new backpack. She sat down on the
floor with all her new school supplies and her b.
bright pink backpack. c.
First, Maya put her colored pencils in the d.
backpack. Next, she put her scissors in
the backpack. e.

When she had everything in its place, Maya f.

carefully zipped up the backpack and put it
next to the door. She smiled as she thought
of what a great year it was going to be!

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2. Put the events from the story

in the correct order.
a. Maya sat on the floor
with her backpack.
b. Maya put her backpack
near the door.
c. Maya put the colored pencils
in the backpack.
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d. Maya was excited to see
her friends again.
e. Maya was excited to
start school.

I’m completing this self-evaluation based on what I learned in the module.

Self-evaluation I check the box that most applies to me.

I do it I can’t do it
Topics I do it very well. I can improve.
somewhat well. without help.

I can talk about myself.

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I can talk about my classmates.

I can write affirmative and negative sentences
in simple present tense.

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 Lesson C

Communication and Cultural Awareness

Poem: My Good Friend

I think of you as my friend,
because together we have a good time,
you are someone I can play games with,
but without a fight or crossing the line.
You are not my twin or my cousin, but I love you so,
because I know that if someone bothers me, you’ll say “No.”
I hope we have good memories for the rest of our lives,
because smiles and funny stories…

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that is what true friendship provides.

Mine
Exercise 1. What is friendship for you? Close your eyes for
a moment and think of all the words you know about friends
and friendship. Then, write them all in the blank spaces.
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Friendship

Exercise 2. Now, think of your own definition for the word friend
Vocabulary and write it down on these lines.
fight. to use physical force
with someone

twin. a brother or sister that

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looks exactly like you

bother. to annoy someone

provide. give

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 Oral Communication

Physical Education

Let’s Play Simon Says

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Exercise 1. All the students • Jump • Move like a robot

stand up in a circle. If the teacher
starts the sentence with • Hop on your right foot • Move forward one step
“Simon says...” then you perform
• Stamp your feet • Put your hands on
that action, but if the teacher
your stomach
doesn’t say, “Simon says…” then • Turn around
you do not perform that action. • Bend your knees
• Wave goodbye
The student who doesn’t • Clap your hands
pay attention and performs • Cross your arms
the action without the beginning, • Raise your left arm
• Shake your left hand
“Simon says…” loses and leaves • Shake your body
the circle. Then, he or she sits • Stick your tongue out
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down in silence. • Say your name

• Dance
The winner is the last student
• Swim
standing with the teacher.

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Assessment

Reading
I have the best classroo
Read the following description of a classroom m in the school
because I have the best
and then draw it. teacher, Lorena!
She is not only a teacher
but also a writer,
so the computer on the
desk is hers. I have
a friend called Jason. He
sits next to me, and
we share the sitting spac
e, so the big desk is
his too! There are som
e books about animals
in the Reading Corner
that belong to Carla
and Sonia, so we can sa
y the books are theirs.
There is a girl’s backpa
ck with a drawing of
a unicorn next to the do
or.

Listening
Listen to your teacher or to the Audio
recording and write down the words Listen to the recording
that complete each command.
a. your feet.
b. Turn .
c. Cross out your
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d. Shake your left .
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e. like a robot.

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 Assessment What do you know about your school?

Speaking Vocabulary
Imagine a very modern school. Describe the school Unscramble the following words about school.
to your teacher and friends.

a. lleb

b. ressec

c. chertea
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d. koob

e. dske

Writing
Write 5 commands that your mother or grandmother
gives to the children in your family.

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Grammar
Match the question with the correct answer.
a. Why is Monica crying? 1. Its name is Puffy.
b. Where is the new music classroom? 2. Because she lost her ball this morning.
c. What is the dog’s name? 3. You boil water with salt and then add in the pasta.
d. When is your birthday party? 4. My party starts tomorrow afternoon.
e. How do you cook pasta? 5. It is on the second floor next to the stairs.

I’m completing this self-evaluation based on what I learned in the module

Self-evaluation I check the box that most applies to me.

I do it I can’t do it
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Topics I do it very well. I can improve.

somewhat well. without help.

I can follow simple commands.

I can understand and use
vocabulary related to school.

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