Teacher Guide
This is a vocabulary check presented as a cute riddle. Tell the students that 2 of the options below won't be used.
It can be helpful to do a quick review of 'can' and 'can't' first by giving some simple examples paired with verbs. Such as "I can jump but I can't fly", "fish can swim but they can't walk".
After they've tried to match the words from below into the gaps, have them read it out loud and check that it makes sense. Check that they've understood each word. Cover up the labels and see if they can name the objects in the pictures. Have they put them in a logical place or just guessed? For more advanced students, ask them follow up questions such as 'are babies small or big? old or young? soft or hard?'.
05mins - Introduction: Beginner questions: What's your name? How old are you? Where are you from? What is your favourite day of the week? What do you do on this day?
05mins - Review: Preposition song. Ask the students questions about the position of objects. What is on the table? What am I holding in my hand? Where is the window?
10mins - Pre-teach: How old are you? How do you spell it? How many students are in this class? How many green objects do you see in the room? Ask a variety of questions asking about a number of different things you can see in the room. Use questions that combine numbers and prepositions. (e.g. how many pens are on the table)
15mins - Worksheet: 11 numbers - adding numbers10mins - Test: 11 reading practice - part 4
10mins - Activity: pass the ball. Have students pass a ball in a circle, counting how many times they pass it. See how high you can count! If the students drop the ball, start over.
05mins - Warm down: goodbye see you next time, points
00mins - Homework: complete the next section of the online homework.
1) Cover pictures and get students to guess the words before answering.
2) Teach students to look at words before and after each gap.
3) Tell students there are 3 more words than required.
- night
- milk
- feet
- hand
- duck