Five-Minute Activities for Young Learners

4 The children perform their completed raps to the class.
Box 13
Creating an animal rap
Rap suggestions
Sample rap
Parrot talks
Cow walks
The blue whale sings
Lion roars
Grandpa snores
And the honey bee stings.
Cat stretches
Dog fetches
The monkey swings
Tiger pounces
Kangaroo bounces
When the telephone rings.
Bird flies
Baby cries
Follow-up
For other chants and raps, see Activities 2.7, 4.4, 4.6, 5.1, 5.7, 6.1.
1.12 Animal habitats
Level
**
Language focus
Simple present tense, have to, so
Skills focus
Speaking
Thinking focus
Problem solving
Teaching approach
Promote creativity – accept errors
Interaction
Group work, suitable for large classes
Preparation
Write the sentence stems and the groups of animals on the
board. See Box 14.
Procedure
1 Refer the children to the groups of animals on the board.
2 In small groups, ask the children to discuss what would be a suitable habitat
for all these animals. Encourage them to use the sentence stems in Box 14.
3 The children will need to think about where the animals can find food
and shelter in their habitat.
4 After discussing the possibilities, ask the children to draw an ideal habitat
for this combination of animals.
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