（北师大版）一年级起点英语教案 5A Unit4 Mockys birthday The first periodTeaching aims:Make the Ss understand the dialog and the retelling part. Can ask and answer somebodys birthday.Difficult aims:Understand and recite the retelling part.Preparation: CD, cards, tape recorderTeaching procedure:Review the days of the weekAsk the children, What day is it today? Elicit the answers from the children. Prepare a weekday puzzle and play with the children. T say, “What is the day after Monday? Whats the day before Wednesday but after Monday?”Set the sceneAsk the children what they usually do on their birthday. Have the children talk about how they celebrate their birthday. Present the word gift when children mention it.Ask individual child when his/her birthday is Elicit the months. Write the name of months on the board.Model the name of the months. Have the children listen carefully. Model the word March, September and October and have the children repeat after the teacher.Ask individual child, How old are you? Elicit the answers from the children.Get preparedHave the children open their books at pages 38 and 39. Tell the children to read the story by themselves.Ask the children to tell the story. Then ask, “When is Kens birthday? When is Anns birthday? When is Mockys birthday?” Have the children say the answers or find the sentences in the story.Ask the children if they know how old the characters are. Play the tape and have the children listen carefully for their ages.Tell the storyNow draw the childrens attention to the text at the bottom of the pages. Explain that the text tells more about the story. Have the children read the text.Have the children look at the pictures. The teacher tells the story for the children.Then play the tape. Have the children listen.Play the tape again, or the teacher tells the story again. Ask the children to find specific information from the story, or you can also ask comprehension questions to check their understanding.Homework:Listen and read the text.Tell the children to ask their parents birthdays and ages.Structures:When is your birthday?Its March 12th.How old are you?Im nine years old.2