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SAMPLE MATERIAL

Dizzy’s project Lesson 2

Materials

Dizzy puppet Routine clock Washing line Weather flashcards

Unit 4 project photo flashcards Unit 4 project poster Audio CD1

1 Circle time andWeather routine

• If you have a routine clock, turn the hand to ‘Circle time’ before the start of class.

• Start the class with the Circle time routine you have chosen to do with your class.

2 Language revision: One little snowman

• If you have a routine clock, move the hand to ‘Song time’.

• Play One little snowman encouraging children to join in with any singing they can manage. At this stage you may wish to teach them some specific song actions.

• Suggested actions:

One little snowman standing in the snow – stand straight, arms out.

Look at his hat and orange nose – pretend to pull on hat, then touch nose.

Out comes the sun, it shines all day – hands with fingers outstretched to make a ‘sun’ action.

The snowman’s legs melt away – drop to knees. The snowman’s arms melt away – drop arms down. The snowman’s body melts away – flop forward and touch toes.

The snowman’s head melts away – drop head down.

• Ask some more confident children to the front of class to act out the song for everyone else.

3 Poster time: Let’s make a snowman!

• Display the Unit 4 project poster and say Let’s make a snowman! Point to each stage of the snowman being made on the poster, saying First, let’s make his legs. Now, let’s make his body. And now let’s make his arms. And finally, let’s make his head.

• Now point to the finished snowman and say Let’s give the snowman eyes: 1, 2, eyes. And an orange nose. Now let’s give the snowman a mouth. Happy or sad? Don’t forget his hat!

• Encourage the children to stand with you in a circle and repeat these instructions. This time, the children act out your instructions, pretending to build their own snowman.

4 Game time: Beetle snowman

• If you have a routine clock, move the hand to ‘Game time’ and tell the children you are going to play a game called Beetle snowman.

• Explain to the class that you are going to make a snowman, but you need their help. Hold up a dice for the children and tell them that each part of the snowman is represented by a number, e.g. 1 = head, 2 = body, 3 = right arm, 4 = left arm, 5 = right leg, 6 = left leg. When

that number is thrown, you can then draw that part of the snowman.

• Invite a child out to the front to throw the dice. Draw the part of the snowman that corresponds with the number they have thrown on the board and repeat until the snowman is complete.

TEACHING TIP  You could make this game more difficult by setting rules, such as a 6 must be thrown before the game can start, or the body parts can only be completed in a logical order (legs, body, arms, head). You could also set a time limit on the game so that the snowman doesn’t always get completed.

Once the snowman has been completed, you could continue the game by assigning items of winter clothing a number and proceeding to dress the snowman.

Alternatively, you could change the game slightly and focus only on the snowman’s face to revise this language.

5 Table time: Make a snowman

• If you have a routine clock, move the hand to ‘Table time’. Play the Table time rhyme, motioning for the children to go back to their tables.

• Show the children the worksheet (Photocopy Master 38) and tell them that they are going to make their very own snowman. Encourage them to colour in the different parts of the snowman, before cutting out each piece. Once they have done this, they should attach the parts of the snowman together using paper fasteners. This can be quite a fiddly job, so go around helping as necessary.

TEACHING TIP  To get some revision into this activity, you may wish to encourage the children to drawn some mittens and boots onto the snowman. Point at the snowman’s arms and say It’s cold. Draw his mittens. Point at the snowman’s legs and say It’s cold. Draw his boots.

• Once the children have completed their snowmen, give instructions such as Snowman, move your arms! And encourage the children to move the arms of their snowman in response. Repeat for the other body parts. If your class is confident enough with the language, ask individuals out to the front to give similar instructions.

6 Goodbye

• If you have a routine clock, move the hand to ‘Goodbye’.

• Sing the Goodbye song. Have the puppets wave goodbye as you put them away.