My Shiny Dream

1. Warm-Up

• Let’s Chant song (Student book pg. 9).

3. Student book pg 8

• Review target vocabulary through actions and explanations.

4. Picture Walk (Student Book page 19-25)

• Open to page 19. Before reading the text, focus on the illustrations. Go through each page (19-25), one at a time.
• For each picture, ask open-ended questions: “What do you see in this picture?” “What is so bright?” “What is Otto’s dream?” “What does Tigo want to do?” “Where are they on this page?” “Who is the character that is taking their dreams? Are they a good character?” (The character is the dream thief.)
• Reinforce vocabulary — pg 19: ask them what they think is so bright. First explain what bright means and try to demonstrate it physically using the lights in the classroom.
• pg 22-23: ask them if they know who the characters are and what their dreams were, so students recall the vocabulary and use it in the context of the story.
• pg 24-25: look at the pictures of what the dream thief could dream of. Ask the students if they know what this dream is. If they don’t, practice saying the words together and provide demonstrations or examples.

3. Interactive Reading — Student Book

• Read the story aloud, one page at a time. Read slowly and clearly. Pause after each sentence or short phrase.
• pg 19: find what Jindo is pointing at and tell the students it’s so bright. Ask them to tell you what they think Jindo is pointing at, to get everyone’s input and have them interact with the story.
• pg 22-23: help them make the connection if they can’t do it on their own. Discuss why the dream thief took their dreams.
• pg 24-25: find what the dream thief could be. Discuss each option in detail and elicit responses from the students about the different dreams. Relate the responses to them individually and ask them if they have that dream, or what their dream is.

5. Story Review

• a) “Let’s look at the story again and remember what happened.”
• b) Open the Student Book to page 10 and go through each page until page 25.
• c) For each page, ask key questions related to the pictures and events.

6. Story reenactment

• Assign characters to different students (give everyone a chance) and physically act out the story. Have lots of enthusiasm and encourage the students to be enthusiastic and have fun.

7. Wrap up with the Chant on Student book pg. 9

• a) Relate each sentence to the story.
• b) “Who wants to be an artist, who wants to be an engineer?”
• c) Have the students stand up while singing and encourage them to move their bodies.

1. WB pg 5-6 — Story activity

• a) Go to workbook page 5 and look at the sentences. Select the correct response from the students and have them circle it in their books. Read the sentences together and interact enthusiastically to get them to choose the correct option.
• b) Workbook page 6. Use the stickers provided in the book to have the students put the correct dream on the correct character. Encourage individual work; when everyone is complete, go through the answers together. Review each vocabulary word as it is introduced by asking the students about the dream.

2. Skills (Student book pg. 26)

• a) Open the student book to page 26. There is a counting activity that focuses on the numbers 41-50.
• b) First write the numbers large on the board so that students can see them.
• c) Ask them if they know what these numbers are before you go over it all together.
• d) Focus on each number at a time and its pronunciation. Break the number into two separate pronunciations to make it easier. First focus on saying the number 40, practicing it enough times that everyone is comfortable saying and recognising it. Do the same with 50. Then go to the second number — 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 — and practice saying these together.
• e) After practising the numbers separately it’s time to join them together. Explain that the numbers are together, so they are one and must be said together. Go over each number and have the students repeat after you, as many times as necessary until they understand the number and can sight read it.
• f) To make things fun, write the numbers on the board and point to one. Have the students say that number; increase the speed or slow it down to increase the fun.
• g) Look at the picture on Student Book page 26. Count the characters together, and when you reach the character have the students write the number in the correct box below on the page. This reinforces the numbers practiced previously.

3. Numbers Game

• a) To practice all the numbers learnt you can play a game that focuses on listening as well as physical movement.
• b) Explain the rules: when they hear a number said by the teacher they must jump up. When they hear a number that was not learnt they must sit down.
• c) Play the game together with the students. You can increase the speed to make it more fun, or say funny things instead of a number to try to trick them.
• d) Do several rounds. You can eliminate students who get it wrong and have multiple rounds, or run it for a set time period. Give the students a chance to lead the game and call out a number or trick word.