CLIL DIDACTIC UNITCLIL DIDACTIC UNIT

MY BODYMY BODY

4th GRADE4th GRADE

Plevne Primary SchoolPlevne Primary School

OBJECTIVESOBJECTIVES

- To revise the parts of the body from previous years.

- To identify bones, muscles and joints.

- To distinguish the characteristics and functions of bones, muscles and joints.

CONTENTCONTENT

* * Our body is made up of our head, torso and limbs.* We can move our body.* We need our muscles to move our bodiıes.* We also need other things to move: bones and joints.* We have got a locomotor system.* The locomotor system lets us move.* All the bones in our body make up the skeleton. This is our skeletal system* We have muscles around many of these

bones.

LANGUAGELANGUAGE

Nouns: system, muscle, bone, joint, knee, shoulder, neck, ankle, wrist, elbow, hip, skeleton, head, torso, limbs, bodyVerbs: move, stand up, sit down, walk, run, jump, swim, exerciseAdjectives: locomotor, skeletalPrepositions: up, down, around, with, of

STRUCTURESTRUCTURE

-What part of my body can I exercise?-Which part of your body are you using?-Can you feel your muscles?-What’s a joint?-Which joints are you using?-Can you tell me the joints in our bodies?-What does the locomotor system include?-What is the name we give to all the bones in our body?-Let’s investigate.-This is…………/ These are……………………

COMMUNICATIONCOMMUNICATIONReading, listening, speaking and writing.

COGNITIVE SKILLSCOGNITIVE SKILLSScaffold, understand, repeat, analyze, explain.

TASKSTASKS

The final task consists on describing how their body moves. They are going to label the parts of the body we use to move in a poster. Then, they can act an easy play out in small groups to the rest of the class explaining how their body moves and the name of the parts they are moving.

ACTIVITIESACTIVITIES

Look at a picture and revise the vocabulary from previous years by writing the missing vowels.Watch a short slide show. (Bones, joints and muscles), without too many words.After that, we watch the video “ Body parts chant (This is ……………../ These are ……………..) and play the game ‘Labeling game’.Complete the sheet by labeling the joints in our body.

We now watch a show about “The locomotor system” and they read and listen to “The parts of the body”. Then, they complete the blank spaces. To finish, they watch the song “Superman Dance” and, following the instructions, they move. Their final task is, in small groups, to write a version of the “Superman Dance”. They have to use the parts of the body they have just learnt that didn’t appear on the video.

RESOURCES & MATERIALSRESOURCES & MATERIALS

Look at a picture to revise the vocabulary from previous years by writing the missing vowels. http://www.kids-pages.com/folders/worksheets/Body/Body.jpg

Watch this slide show ( Bones, joints and muscles) http://www.scienceandenglish.comPlay the game ‘Labeling game’. Watch the video “Body parts chant ( This is ……/ These are……………)

BASIC COMPETENCESBASIC COMPETENCES

In linguistic communication.In processing information and use of ICT.In knowledge of and interaction with the physical world.In social skills and citizenship.Learning to learn.Cultural and artistic competence

EVALUATIONEVALUATION

Online activity to label the parts of the body:http://learningenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/sites/kids/files/attachment/skeleton-activity_0 .pdfThe final task will be assessed following the criteria of saying properly the names of the parts of the body and the use of at least one new word for each part of their body and the

creativity and originality when writing the song

THANK YOU…

Complete the sheet by labeling the joints in our body.Watch the slide about “ The locomotor system.”

Pupils read and listen to “The parts of the body”.Then, they read and explain it.They watch the song “Superman Dance” and following the instructions.In small groups, they write a version of the “ Superman Dance”. They have to use the parts of the body they have just learnt that didn’t appear on the video.