Giáo án Tiếng Anh Lớp 3 - Theme 1: Numbers - Lesson 4

i-Learn Smart Start 3 Special Edition
Week: Date of teaching:	
Period: 
Theme 1: NUMBERS
Lesson 4 (2 periods)
Objectives:
	By the end of this lesson, students will be able to ask and answer about ordinal numbers in a competition.
Teaching aids:
	Teacher’s aids: student book and teacher’s book, class CDs, flashcards, IWB software, projector/interactive whiteboard/TV.
	Students’ aids: Student books, notebooks, workbooks.
Languages focus:
	Vocabulary: 
first- twentieth
Sentence Patterns:
Who's first?
(Nick)'s first.
Who's second?
(She)'s second.
Procedures:
Time
Steps/Activities
Organization
8’
Warm-up 
Say Hello and smile at children. 
Sing the song from page 126 (CD1 – Track 19) of the Student Book to energize the class and remind children of the way how to ask and answer with “ How many .?” .
Play the game “Find your partner”
Give each child a flashcard, with at least two children having the same cards (forty robots, eighty dolls, .).
Children walk around the classroom to find a classmate who has the same picture by asking “How many ( robots) do you have?”
Children answer the questions, swap roles and continue the game.
Teacher to the whole class/ individuals
10’
12’
5’
5’
5’
5’
10’
5’
New lesson
A. Listen, point and say.(CD1 - track 20)
Use flashcards to introduce the new words.
Have students listen to each new word.
Have students listen to each new word and repeat all together and individually. Correct student’s pronunciation if it’s necessary.
Arrange the flashcards on the board, play audio, and have students listen and repeat. Point to the flashcards along with the audio. Repeat several times. 
Play audio again and have students listen, repeat, and point to the pictures in their books. 
Change the order of the flashcards, point to them individually and have students say the words, correct pronunciation when needed.
Have students work in pairs, one student points to the picture in the book and the other says the word.
Option 1:
Play the game "Heads up. What's missing?" 
Divide the class into two teams. 
Arrange the flashcards on the board and remove one card when students are not looking. 
One student from each team calls out the missing flashcard.
Option 2:
Play the game “Whisper” 
Arrange children into rows of at least six.
Secretly show a flashcard to the first child in each group. This child whispers the word to the child next to him/her.
Children continue whispering the word to the child next to them until the word reaches the final child.
The final child says the word out loud, and the first child holds up the flashcard to see whether the word is correct
B. 1.Listen and read. (CD1 – Track 21)
Review the story in the previous lesson: "The children were playing with their toys." 
Introduce the situation: "Sam is telling Ann about the fun run..." 
Have students call out the ordinal numbers and people they can see. 
Play audio. Have students listen and read.
2. Listen and draw lines. (CD1 – Track 22)
Play audio and demonstrate the activity using the example. 
Play audio and have students listen and draw lines. 
Play audio again and check answers as a whole class.
C. Listen then practice. (CD1 – Track 23)
Have students look at the useful language box. 
Play audio. Have students listen to the useful language.
Have students practice the useful language. 
Have students practice using other vocabulary from Part A.
Play Bomb game
Have students do Workbook – Page 8 (Part A)
Set up time limit by 5 minutes timer bomb (source: When the time ends by explosion students stop doing their writing.
Have students compare their answers.
Give the correct answers to the students.
D. Sound Changes
Isolate. 
Briefly explain the "th" sound, pointing out the position of your tongue on your teeth.
Model. (CD1 – Track 24)
Have students listen and notice the pronunciation feature. 
Play audio and draw attention to the pronunciation feature. 
Practice. (CD1 – Track 24)
Play audio again. 
Have students listen and repeat with a focus on the feature.
E. Now, sing a song. Turn to page 126. (CD1 – Track 25)
Play audio and have students listen. 
Play audio and have students turn to page 126. 
Play audio and have students sing the song as a whole class. 
Divide the class into two groups. Group A sings the questions, and Group B sings the answers. 
Have students sing the song in pairs.
Swap roles and repeat.
F. Point, ask, and answer.
Practice (optional)
Divide the class into two teams.
Show a flashcard to the class and say a name.
Have Team A ask the question and Team B answer.
Swap roles and repeat. 
E.g. (Teacher shows flashcard "first.") 
• Teacher: "Lucy" 
• Team A: "Who's first?" 
• Team B: "Lucy's first." 
Point, ask, and answer.
Have the students look at the picture and say the names of the children they see.
Divide the class into pairs.
Have Student A point and ask; have Student B answer.
Swap roles and repeat.
Afterwards, have some pairs demonstrate the activity in front of the class.
G. Play the “Get in line” game.
Divide the class into teams. Have one team stand in line at the front of the class. 
Ask the other teams who is first, second, third, etc. 
Give points for each correct answer. 
Swap roles with the other teams. 
The team with the most points is the winner.
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5’
Wrap-up
Option 1:
Play the "Buzz" game 
Get students standing in a circle. 
Start by passing the ball around the circle with students counting ordinal numbers as pass the ball (first, second, third, .etc.). 
Introduce the game "Buzz". When students pass the ball, every 5th ordinal number the person holding the ball must say "Buzz" instead of the ordinal number, for example: first .second third fourth BUZZ ... sixth ... seventh ... eighth ... nineth ... BUZZ ... etc.
Option 2:
Workbook – Page 8,9
Have students do the exercise B of page 8 .
Have students work in pairs and compare the answers.
Give the correct answers to the students and guide them how to do the remains at home.
Teacher to the whole class/ pairs