Four steps for unit planning using the 4Cs
DIDACTIC UNIT: LET’S GO TO THE SUPERMARKET
Four steps for unit planning using the 4Cs
TARGET LANGUAGE (CLIL language) : English
CLIL MODEL: Cross-curricular modules 2h a week.
LEVEL: 2nd Primary (7 year-olds)
PRIOR LEARNING: Previously they know food vocabulary, numbers, routines, greetings, numbers to 20.
GLOBAL GOAL:
- Learn key skills and use appropriate strategies for arithmetic operations in a real environment. - Know the basis of healthy eating.
DURATION: 2,5 weeks. 5 one-hour sessions
TITLE OF THE UNIT: Let’s go to the supermarket.
0. INTRODUCING THE UNIT
In this didactic unit, students will create a supermarket where they can interact buying, selling, planning the shopping list and managing money.
The unit will begin with with a lesson dedicated to drawing and cutting food, coins and bills from photographs as well as to doing murals with vocabulary and price lists. In the following three lessons we will review the basic arithmetical operations, the use of money and food pyramid through games. Finally, in the last lesson, children can put into practice what they have learned in the supermarket of the class.
1. CONTENT
MATHEMATICS CONTENT:
- The mathematical names of numbers and symbols
- Rapid recall of addition and subtraction facts
- Mental calculation strategies (+, -, ×, ÷)
- Comparing numbers
- Choose the appropiate operation to solve problems in real situations
ARTISTIC EDUCATION CONTENT:
- Plastics techniques of drawing, cutting and gluing
- Production of drawings, murals and 2d and 3d shapes
KNOWLEDGE Of THE ENVIRONMENT CONTENT:
- Classify food according different criteria
- Services in our community
- Jobs in a supermarket
CROSS CURRICULAR CONTENT:
- Developing cultural awareness: euros and pounds
- The food pyramid
2. COGNITION (children will be able to)
- Understanding instructions and apply them
- Identifying the value of each coin or bill
- Checking results of calculations
- Interpreting information
Four steps for unit planning using the 4Cs
TARGET LANGUAGE (CLIL language) : English
CLIL MODEL: Cross-curricular modules 2h a week.
LEVEL: 2nd Primary (7 year-olds)
PRIOR LEARNING: Previously they know food vocabulary, numbers, routines, greetings, numbers to 20.
GLOBAL GOAL:
- Learn key skills and use appropriate strategies for arithmetic operations in a real environment. - Know the basis of healthy eating.
DURATION: 2,5 weeks. 5 one-hour sessions
TITLE OF THE UNIT: Let’s go to the supermarket.
0. INTRODUCING THE UNIT
In this didactic unit, students will create a supermarket where they can interact buying, selling, planning the shopping list and managing money.
The unit will begin with with a lesson dedicated to drawing and cutting food, coins and bills from photographs as well as to doing murals with vocabulary and price lists. In the following three lessons we will review the basic arithmetical operations, the use of money and food pyramid through games. Finally, in the last lesson, children can put into practice what they have learned in the supermarket of the class.
1. CONTENT
MATHEMATICS CONTENT:
- The mathematical names of numbers and symbols
- Rapid recall of addition and subtraction facts
- Mental calculation strategies (+, -, ×, ÷)
- Comparing numbers
- Choose the appropiate operation to solve problems in real situations
ARTISTIC EDUCATION CONTENT:
- Plastics techniques of drawing, cutting and gluing
- Production of drawings, murals and 2d and 3d shapes
KNOWLEDGE Of THE ENVIRONMENT CONTENT:
- Classify food according different criteria
- Services in our community
- Jobs in a supermarket
CROSS CURRICULAR CONTENT:
- Developing cultural awareness: euros and pounds
- The food pyramid
2. COGNITION (children will be able to)
- Understanding instructions and apply them
- Identifying the value of each coin or bill
- Checking results of calculations
- Interpreting information