Interactive Display: Unit 5

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U5 Poster: Families Around the World Teacher Notes

China, Mexico
Suggested use: after Lesson 7 (but can be • Play the audios and have the children listen and
used after any lesson in the unit, too) say Stop! when they hear the name of the city or
country where the children live. Have them point
Time: 30 minutes (plus 10 minutes for to the places on the map.
extension activities) • Complete Interactivity 3.
• Play the audios again and have the children answer
The children will: the following questions: Do Luisa’s grandparents and
Li live in the same type of house? (no); What type
• Relate what they already know about families of house do they live in? (Li lives in an apartment.
and countries to new people and places. Luisa’s grandparents live in a modern house).
• Learn about some everyday activities and • Complete Interactivity 4.
places to live.
• Complete Interactivity 5.

Warm Up: before using the poster Fact!


• Ask the children what kind of homes people live in • Draw two clock faces on the board, one saying 11
around the world (houses, apartments, igloos, etc.). o’clock. Tell the children that you go to bed at 11
Ask: What is your favorite kind of house? o’clock. Mime going to bed and falling asleep, if
necessary. Ask the children what time they go to
bed. Draw the average time on the other clock face.
Procedure: using the poster
• Play the audio. Ask the children what time they get
• Show the children the poster. Ask them if they up. Mime the action, if necessary. Have the children
recognize any of the flag symbols. Confirm any count how many hours they sleep a night.
correct suggestions, but do not give them the rest
of the answers at this point. Focus the children’s
attention on the map, and elicit the names of any Round Up: after using the poster
countries that they can identify. • Name an activity from the poster and elicit who
• Pairs: have the children look at the pictures on the is doing that activity. Then name a child and elicit
poster and say what activities they can see, e.g. A the activity. Ask the children which is their favorite
boy is taking a photo. activity. Point to the flag symbols and see if the
children can recognize the countries.
Canada
• Have the children look at the picture and say what Extension Activities
they can see (three people/a family, a log cabin, • Whole class: imitate the sounds. Ask the
etc.). Play the audio. Have the children say who the children questions, e.g. Who is saying: “Smile!”
people in the picture are. / “That’s a really good picture!” / “This is
• Complete Interactivity 1. delicious!” / “I love my new bike!”/ “Now it’s
clean!” / “Look at this pretty flower!”?
UK, Spain, Malaysia • Groups: the children share with their friends
• Play the audios, one by one. Ask the children about what they do to help their parents at home.
the people in each of the pictures. Ask: What are • Individual: have the children invent, draw, and
their names? What are they doing? label their dream house, or a crazy house!
• Complete Interactivity 2.

• Have the children discover different types of houses


in their country. Ask: Are houses different in other
parts of the country? What are the houses made of?

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