Five-Minute Activities for Young Learners

6.15 My science class
Level
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Language focus
Diagram, explanation, simple present tense, time markers
Skills focus
Listening for details
Thinking focus
Following directions, interpreting
Teaching approach
Promote accuracy – correct errors
Interaction
Individual work, suitable for large classes
Preparation
Draw the life cycle template on the board. In the centre, write
The life cycle of a frog, but leave the other circles blank. See
Box 125.
Procedure
1 Tell the children that you are going to read an explanation about the life
cycle of a frog. See Box 126.
2 Ask them to copy the blank template of the life cycle of a frog, filling in
only the central circle The life cycle of a frog. See Box 125.
3 As you read the explanation, ask them to draw what they hear in the life
cycle diagram. They should draw their pictures in the circles.