2.　　 New lesson

Step 1: lead in

T: What’s the weather like today? What clothes are you wearing on school days or on the weekend? There’s a song about it. Would you like to learn the song?

(show the Ss the clothes and the word cards to prepare for learning the new words

about clothes. Make sure they know the meaning of the song)

Step 2: A quick review about clothes words

Review some old words for clothing, then learn the new words in this lesson: blouse, jeans, be made of, cotton, wool

Step 3: Read and understand

T: Let’s read the lyrics of the song. Pay attention to the new words we learned just now. Notice the rhyme, rhythm and repetition in the song. (It’s a good preparation for learning the song fast)

Step 4: Explanation

1) Explain the meaning of the lyrics, especially some sentence structures. Also help Ss to group words in the song. For instance: He wears pants / on a school day, Blue jeans / on the weekend, something different / all year around.

1)　　 Ask some questions about the song to make the Ss under it well

What does he wear on a school day? (Pants)

Does he wear pants every day? (No, he wears blue jeans on the weekend)

What is his clothing made in winter? (wool)

Does he always wear the same clothes all year around? (No, he wears different )

Step 5: listen and learn

T: Now let’s listen to tape. You can just listen for the first time to get the tune. Then sing in a low voice with the tape.

Step 6: Practise singing

Ask the Ss themselves after having listened to the songs for several times. Then listen to the tape once again. Select one particular student who sings well to be an example or lead to sing for the other students.

Step 7: Discussion

Don’t miss the “speech bubbles”! Talk about them with the students. Ask questions like these:

Do boys wear dresses? (No, girls wear dresses.)

What’s in the girls hands? ( A sweater.)

Do you love sweaters?

Do you like its colour? What’s your favourite colour?

1.　　 Warming up

(Singing “Good morning ”song, whose tune is from “Happy birthday ”song. Teacher entered the classroom. )

T: Do you like singing? Who can sing a song for us? What about English songs? Introduce some famous but simple songs to the Ss such as “Twinkle stars”, “Jingle bell”, “Mary has a little lamb”, etc. Who can sing a song for us?

(Maybe most of the Ss can only sing some Chinese songs. It doesn’t matter, praise the Ss who have sung to get them excited. It’s good for today’s lesson)

T: Yeah, you can sing Chinese songs very well. Today let’s learn an English song, then you can sing to your parents in future. But what kind of songs do you like?

1)　　　 Prepare some clothes in different seasons： some in winner against cold，some in summer for keeping cool；

2)　　　 Some color chalks； Some pictures with different clothes

3)　　　 Draw some sketches of typical clothes in 4 seasons of a year

He wears pants on a school day/ blue jeans on the weekend

Something different all year around

3. Learn the English song

2.　　 　Talk about weather and clothes

1.　　 Master the news in this lesson: jeans，weekend， wool， cotton， blouse， be made of

2.　　 weather and clothes

1.　　 New words in this lesson：A：jeans，weekend， wool， cotton， blouse， be made of (four skills) B：round/all year around，iron，tidy (get familiar with them)

3.　　 Class Closing

T: Practise your likes and dislikes after class, It’s your oral homework and don’t forget the written homework in your activity books. Let’s call it a day. Bye, boys and girls!