Downloadable Activity Book Teaching Notes

Unit 2 My school

MATERIALS Tell your friend. Draw your friend’s pictures.

• Coloured pencils or crayons • Demonstrate the activity. Hide your Activity Book from
pupils talk about your first picture, e.g. Number 1 is a
AB10. ACTIVITY 1 chair. Invite a pupil to the whiteboard to draw the first
Listen and colour. picture in the second row.
• Put pupils in pairs. Say Tell your friend. Draw your friend’s
• Say Open your Activity Books at page 10, please. Show
pictures. Monitor pupils as they are working. Pupils check
Activity 1 on the whiteboard and review the school
in pairs by comparing their books.
objects by saying, e.g. Point to the table.
• Pupils take out pencils or crayons in all seven colours
AB11. ACTIVITY 2
(blue, green, pink, purple, red, orange, yellow). Say Listen
and colour. Play the audio. Pupils make a coloured dot Count and write the number. Say
on each object. They check in pairs. Play the audio again. • Show Activity 2 on the whiteboard and say Look at the
Check with the class. Pupils colour the objects. Elicit picture. How many tables? Point to each table and count
which colour they didn’t use (purple). aloud: One, two, three, four. Say Four. Write the number.
Key: chair – orange, pencil – yellow, table – red, eraser – pink, Point to the example answer 4 next to the small picture
book – green, pen – blue of the table at the bottom of the page.
• Point to the next small picture of the chair and say How
5 many chairs? Count. Write the number. Pupils count and
The table is red. write numbers for the other items.
The chair is orange. • Say Tables. Ask a more confident pupil to say the
The eraser is pink. number (Four). Pupils work in pairs saying an object
The pen is blue. and a number.
The book is green.
The pencil is yellow. Key: chair – 3, eraser – 1, pen – 4, pencil – 6, book – 2

AB10. ACTIVITY 2 AB12. ACTIVITY 1

Draw your table. Say. Listen and write the number.

• Point to a pupil’s table and at the classroom items there. • Say Open your Activity Books at page 12, please. Show
Say, e.g. Is this your book? What colour is it? The pupil Activity 1 on the whiteboard and point to the number
answers. Ask How many pens (are there)? Count them next to Alex. Say How old is he? Pupils answer (six).
aloud: One, two, three, etc. Ask about pencils and • Say Listen and write the number. Play the audio. Pupils
erasers. listen and write the age in the box with each character.
• Say Look at Activity 2, please. Point to the example Pupils check in pairs. Play the audio again. Check with
picture of the table on the whiteboard and say Draw your the class. Say How old is Meera? Pupils respond She’s
table. Draw the pens, pencils, erasers and books. Colour eight. Pupils ask and answer around the class about the
the picture. other ages.
• Pupils look at the items on their tables and draw a
Key: Stella – 7, Meera – 8, Lenny – 7, Suzy – 3, Simon – 6
picture. Monitor pupils as they draw and ask them
questions about their pictures. 6
• Pupils show their pictures in pairs. They take turns to That’s Alex.
point and say, e.g. My pen is green. Is he six?
MATERIALS Yes, he is.
• Flashcards: 27–32 (school)
Who’s that?
That’s Meera.
AB11. ACTIVITY 1
Is she eight?
Draw three pictures. Yes, she is.
• Display the flashcards on the board. Write a number
Who’s that?
next to each one. Say, e.g. Number 1 is an eraser. What’s
That’s Simon.
number 4? Elicit from a pupil Number 4 is a (pen). Repeat
Is he eight?
several times.
No, he isn’t. He’s six.
• Say Open your Activity Books at page 11, please. Show
Activity 1 on the whiteboard and say Look at the pictures
Who’s that?
at the top. Tell pupils to choose one object to draw in
That’s Suzy.
each box. They can choose the objects they want, but tell
Is she five?
them it’s a secret. Pupils copy the objects into the boxes.
No, she isn’t. She’s three.

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Unit 2 My school

Who’s that? by one and ask pupils to read them aloud, then show
That’s Stella. the example line from the word book to the picture of a
Is she seven? book. Pupils work individually and match the other words
Yes, she is. and pictures.

Who’s that? AB14. ACTIVITY 2

That’s Lenny.
Is he eight? Look and draw.
No, he isn’t. He’s seven. • Show Activity 2 and say the letter sounds /p/ and /b/,
pointing to the correct bag each time. Point to the school
AB12. ACTIVITY 2 objects in the small pictures and ask pupils to say the
words. For each word, ask /p/ or /b/? Elicit the sound
Follow the lines and say. and point to the correct bag.
• Show Activity 2 on the whiteboard, point to the monsters • Pupils work on their own to draw the /p/ objects in the
and elicit monsters. Ask How many boys (are there)? ‘p’ bag and the /b/ objects in the ‘b’ bag.
How many girls (are there)? Point to the example and ask • Ask pupils what colour begins with the /p/ sound and
How old is he? Pupils follow the line to check (He’s nine). invite pupils to colour the /p/ bag in either pink or purple
Pupils find the ages of the other monsters by following or both. Repeat with the /b/ bag and colour it blue.
the lines.
• Check by asking, e.g. 2 – How old is she? Pupils respond Key: ‘p’ bag: pencil, pen, pizza; ‘b’ bag: book
She’s (five). Pupils practise in pairs. They ask and answer
at random, e.g. 5 – How old is he? MATERIALS
• Coloured pencils or crayons
Key: 2 = 5, 3 = 6, 4 = 7, 5 = 8
AB15. ACTIVITY 1.
AB13. ACTIVITY 1
Find and stick.
Look and read. Put a tick ( ) or a cross ( ) in • Say Open your Activity Books at page 15, please. Look at
the box. the picture dictionary. Pupils prepare the stickers. Show
• Say Open your Activity Books at page 13, please. Show Activity 1 on the whiteboard and point to and elicit the
the page on the whiteboard. Point to the picture in the words in turn. Pupils hold up the correct sticker. Say the
example and say What is it? Don’t elicit answers yet. words again in a different order. Pupils point to the word
• Say Look and read. Ask a volunteer to read the sentence in their books. Pupils stick the stickers in the correct
in the example aloud (This is a pencil). Point to the place. Remind them to check with each other or with you
picture again and look thoughtful. Say Is it a pencil? before sticking them in their books. Monitor around the
Pupils respond No (it isn’t). Point to the cross in the box class to check.
and say It isn’t a pencil. Put a cross.
• Say Now look and read. Put a tick or a cross. If necessary, AB15. ACTIVITY 2

draw a tick and a cross on the board. Say the words. Colour the stars.
• Pupils work individually to complete the activity by
• Show Activity 2 on the whiteboard. Point to the pictures
putting a tick or cross in each box. Monitor to check they
and ask Can you say these words? Elicit the words in
are comparing the written phrases with the pictures.
turn. Pupils say them in chorus. Ask pupils to repeat if
They compare answers in pairs. Then check as a class.
necessary. Where pupils don’t all say the word correctly,
• Note: The actual Starters test also tests plural nouns with elicit the word from another pupil who can, and then ask
These are. the first pupil to repeat.
Key: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 • Pupils work in pairs. They take turns to point to a picture
in their books and to say the word.
MATERIALS • Say Colour the stars. Demonstrate the activity on the
• Coloured pencils or crayons board. Point to and elicit one of the school words. Say
Good. Now colour the star. Pupils choose colours to
AB14. ACTIVITY 1 colour their stars.

Read and match. MATERIALS

• Say the sound /p/ and trace a large letter p in the air. • Coloured pencils or crayons
Pupils copy and repeat. Say the sound /b/ and trace a
large letter b in the air. Pupils copy and repeat.
• Say Open your Activity Books at page 14, please. Show
Activity 1 on the whiteboard. Point to the four words one

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AB16. ACTIVITY 1 • Point to and read the three primary colour words in the
box. Pupils repeat after you. Ask pupils to come to the
Listen and colour. Say. whiteboard and to point to and circle the school objects
• Say, Open your Activity Books at page 16, please. Show which are in the three primary colours. Pupils copy the
Activity 1 on the whiteboard. Point to the colours on each colour words under the correct objects and circle the
of the paintbrushes and ask pupils to say what they are. three pictures.
Point to the example and play item 1 on the audio. Pupils • Point to the colour words below all the objects and read
listen and answer (orange). them aloud. Pupils repeat after you.
• Play the other items. Pupils listen, answer and colour. • Check answers for the whole activity as a class.
They check answers in pairs.
• Elicit and drill sentences for each one, e.g. Yellow and red Key: table – red, book – yellow, pen – blue
make orange.
PB16. ACTIVITY 3
Key: 2 green, 3 pink, 4 purple, 5 grey, 6 brown
Play and say.
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• In pairs, pupils talk about their personal school objects.
1 Yellow and red make ... They point to an object and tell their partner what it is
Orange! and what colour it is.
That’s right!
2 Blue and yellow make ... MATERIALS
Green! • Coloured pencils or crayons
That’s right!
3 Red and white make ... AB17. ACTIVITY 1
Pink!
That’s right! Draw and colour two friends. Ask, answer
4 Blue and red make ... and write.
Purple! • Say Open your Activity Books at page 17, please. Show
That’s right! the page on the whiteboard and focus pupils on the
5 Black and white make ... photo of Sam. Read the speech bubble with the class.
Grey! • Divide the class into groups of three. Point to the outlines
That’s right! of the children and say Draw and colour two friends.
6 Green and red make ... Pupils draw and colour the other two pupils in their
Brown! groups.
That’s right!
• After five minutes, focus pupils on the example questions
on the whiteboard. Read the questions with the class and
AB16. ACTIVITY 2
drill in chorus. Pupils practise asking and answering the
Look and write. Circle the pictures of questions across the class.
primary colours. • In their groups pupils take turns to ask and answer the
questions. They write the name and age of the other two
• Review school objects by playing a game of Simon says,
pupils in their group in the speech bubbles.
e.g. Simon says touch a red pencil.
• Show Activity 2 on the whiteboard. Point to the objects
in the pictures and elicit the words. Ask questions, e.g.
What colour’s the eraser?

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