Primary School Isidoro del Lungo and Pestello

I.C. «Petrarca» Montevarchi (AR)

CLILANIMALS AROUND US

ANIMAL HABITATSSCHOOL YEAR 2016/2017

Teachers: Giulia Amato 1a A PestelloDaniela De Luca 1a A-B Isidoro del Lungo

WARM UPGreetingsBrainstorming about pets and farm animals

(if they know these animals)Discussion about animalsLook at different pictures to check which animal they already know

(using a poster or flashcards or pictures)

Teachers: Giulia Amato 1a A PestelloDaniela De Luca 1a A-B Isidoro del Lungo

CO-CONSTRUCTION What we are going to learn

Discuss with students about content, learning skills and new words

Organize learning

Teachers: Giulia Amato 1a A PestelloDaniela De Luca 1a A-B Isidoro del Lungo

SCAFFOLDING Start from what they already know (e.g. names of animals, colours..)

Revision oral test

Organize their knowledge about the subject of the lesson

Enrich what they already know

Ask them what they want to learn more (if they are curious about something)

Teachers: Giulia Amato 1a A PestelloDaniela De Luca 1a A-B Isidoro del Lungo

DEVELOPING SKILLS STRATEGIES Students look at a poster about animals and they try to say some animals’

name

Teacher shows a video about animals

Students listen to a song about animals and the teacher asks them if they can recognize any animal name from the song

Teacher reads a short text about animals, naming and describing them. Teacher starts from what they already know (e.g. names of animals, colours..)

Teachers: Giulia Amato 1a A PestelloDaniela De Luca 1a A-B Isidoro del Lungo

COOPERATIONIn small groups:

Students play with animal cards

Students make a poster about pets and farm animals

Peer cooperation to compare answers/ideas/information. Students compare their work with other students’ work and share it with the class

Teachers: Giulia Amato 1a A PestelloDaniela De Luca 1a A-B Isidoro del Lungo

DEVELOPING THINKING SKILLS

Students compare their work with other students’ work and share it with the class

Students talk about differences of animals

Teacher asks few and simple questions to the class (e.g. which animal they like or have…)

Teachers: Giulia Amato 1a A PestelloDaniela De Luca 1a A-B Isidoro del Lungo

COMMUNICATION Teacher leads role-play games

Students can ask each other animal names, like teachers do, giving each other orders (e.g. show me…, point to…)

Teacher helps students to say animal names and talk about their characteristics

Teachers: Giulia Amato 1a A PestelloDaniela De Luca 1a A-B Isidoro del Lungo

REFLECTION Each group presents their poster

Each group makes a comparison between all groups’ work

Each group underlines the differences between animals and the different places they live in

Teacher encourages students to give and share a simple description of each animal and its characteristics

Teachers: Giulia Amato 1a A PestelloDaniela De Luca 1a A-B Isidoro del Lungo