Unit 1 Our birthdaysTask objectives：Understand a series of instructions and act accordinglyRelate personal experience and information about family and friends by eliciting and responding to simple questionsRecognize rhythm in simple rhymes or poemsProvide information by using graphs，tables and postersPupils should be polite and helpfulLanguage focus：Whens Grandmas birthday? Its in September.Is your birthday on May 17? Yes, it is.Topic vocabulary:January,February,March,April,May,June,July,August,September,October,November,December,1st-31stSixth Periods in Unit 1 The first periodTeaching contents: New words: birthday calendar month January.Teaching aims: Learn the words and sentences above and the sentences in page 1.Main points: New wordsDifficult points: Sentences: How many + pl. n ? There are Teaching aids: Computer, calendars, word cards.Teaching steps:A. Review the week. T: Hello, Good morning! Happy new school term! What day is today? P: Its Wednesday. T: Can you say out from “Sunday” to “Saturday”? Pupils say the week, then show word cards let pupils spell the week together.B. Lead to the new lesson Show pupils the calendar. T: This is a calendar. Learn the word “calendar”. Pupils read the word after teacher. T: Whats that? P: Its a calendar. Then lead to the word “month”. Tell pupils its a month. Its January. Teach “January”. Then show pupils the sentences on the blackboard: How many days in a month? Therere days in a month. Let the pupils count.C. Show computer, pupils read after it. Try to read part A.D. Do exercises: Choose the correct words: 1._ day is today(What, How )? Its Monday. 2. How many _ are there in a month (days, day)? 3Its my (nine, ninth)birthday today. 4. What (is, are) that?E. Sum up : Today we have learnt the new words: birthday calendar month January and the sentences How many ? There are F. Homework 1) Copy PB part A . 2) Copy the new words.3) Listen to the tape and read after it.G. Blackboard： Unit 1 Our birthdaysHow many _s are there in a _? There are _. calendar month January The Second PeriodTeaching contents: 1) Words about months. 2) Workbook P1.Teaching aims: Learn the new words about months.Main points: Words about months.Difficult points : Sentences: What is the date today? ItsHow many are therein a? There are .Teaching aids: Recorder, cards, computer, calendar. Teaching steps:A. 1. Greeting 2. Review the words and sentences learnt in last class .Try to make dialogues, using the sentences. What day is today? What is the date today? It is.B. Teach the new words . 1、T: How many months in a year? Then use a calendar to teach the months from “January” to “December”. Try to say and spell the words. Some words are long .Pay attention to the pronunciations of them. 2、Play word games.C. PracticeD. Fill in the blanks with the correct words.1. There are twelve_ in a year.2. Childrens Day is _ June the 1st.3. Anns birthday is _ May.4. Our National Day is on _.E. Sum-up: Today we have learned words about months.F. Homework 1、Listen to the tape and repeat after it. 2、Copy the new words.G. Blackboard：Unit 1 Our birthdaysMonth July What is the date today ？ January August Its . February September How many? April October There are. May November June December The Third PeriodTeaching contents: 1) PB B1 B2 B3.Teaching aims: Learn ordinal numbers.Main points: Ordinal numbers.Difficult points: Ordinal numbers.Teaching aids: Calendar, recorder.Teaching steps: A. Free talk with children.B. Teach B1 . First, ask pupils when are their birthdays. Then make dialogues. A: Whens your birthday? B: Its in. A: I can buy you a present. B: Good idea. Then try to say the dialogues about the next pictures. eg. Picture 2 Whens aunt Janes birthday?Its in July. I can buy Aunt Jane a present.Good idea.C. Teach PB B2 . First, review the cardinal numbers. Then use a calendar to learn the ordinal numbers. First second third fourth Note: that from the beginning of fourth, the words are ended with “th”. But pay attention to the following words: Fifth eighth ninth twelfth twentieth thirtieth thirty-first. Ask pupils to remember these.D. Teach B3Ask the pupils listen to the tape. Tell them to circle the correct dates this time. Check the answers with the pupils. Ask the pupils to work in pairs and ask each other Is your birthday on? Unit they guess the date of their friends birthday. Read after the recorder.E