Topic 6: Getting Around

Explore the suggested activities according to English language skills and click on the pictures to try out the activity.

1. Road Safety

Skill(s): Listening / Speaking

Suggested activity: Pre-Lesson

Adaptation technique: Simplification - Play the song twice to make it easier for pupils to understand and engage with.

Implementation strategies:

Teacher plays the song.
Teacher asks pupils to listen to the song attentively.
After the song ends, teacher asks pupils to identify the road safety rules mentioned in the song.
Pupils guess and list the road safety rules aloud.
Teacher plays the song again and asks pupils to sing along while performing the actions related to each road safety rule.

Skill(s): Listening

Suggested activity: Lesson Development (Produce) & Post Lesson

Adaptation technique: Addition - Add extra activity which is a listening game.

Implementation strategies:

Teacher prints the worksheets.
Teacher divides pupils into five groups and distributes the worksheets.
In their groups, pupils need to assemble a clock using the provided template, ensuring the clock hands can move.
After all groups have completed making their clocks, teacher explains the instructions for the next activity.
Pupils must listen carefully as the teacher announces the time (e.g., "Eleven O'Clock") and move the clock hands to display the correct time.
The group that correctly shows the time the most often wins the game.

SOURCE : PBS KIDS

Skill(s): Speaking

Suggested activity: Post Lesson

Adaptation technique: Addition - Provide extra tasks that align with the activity.

Implementation strategies:

Teacher shares the game with the pupils.
In the game, pupils must create their own vehicle by reading and following the instructions provided.
After playing the game, pupils are required to print out the vehicle they designed.
Pupils will then describe their vehicle orally, focusing on aspects like color, shape, and other features.
Pupils will present their work in the next class.

Skill(s): Reading

Suggested activity: Lesson Development (Practice)

Adaptation technique: Addition - Prepare a template of a clock without the hands.

Implementation strategies:

Teacher prepares and prints templates of a clock without the hands and laminates them.
Teacher divides the pupils into groups and distributes the clock templates to each group.
In groups, pupils need to read the phrases of telling time that are projected in front of the classroom.
Pupils will then draw the clock hands on the laminated clock templates to show the correct time based on the phrase.
Teacher projects flashcards that show the phrases of telling time one at a time.
The group that correctly shows the time the most often wins the game.