The There To Be Song

I taught my little ones this song because it consolidates both structure and vocabulary at the same time. (Tune: "There are no bananas in the sky").

A. BEFORE LISTENING:

*Have a large piece of brown paper with the following categories displayed on it: OCEAN, SKY, HOUSE, and CLASSROOM;

*Have slips with words for each category displayed randomly on the desk: 

OCEAN : A shark, a fish, a dolphin, a boat.

SKY: A bird, a kite, a plane, a cloud.

HOUSE: A kitchen, a bedroom, a bathroom, a yard.

CLASSROOM: A teacher, a book, a student, a desk.

*Tape the paper on the wall and ask students where the slips go among the categories;

*In order to practice THERE TO BE, elicit "there's a bird in the sky" or "there's a dolphin in the ocean", etc...

B. WHILE LISTENING:

1. Play the song, so students can consolidate the structure (An option for this activity is to have pictures of the items described in the song displayed on the floor randomly.While they listen to the song, they touch the items as they hear them); 

THE THERE TO BE SONG

THE THERE TO BE SONG.m4a 

There is a shark in the ocean

There is a shark in the ocean

There's a fish, there's a dolphin and there is a big boat

There is a shark in the ocean

There is a bird in the sky

There is a bird in the sky

There's a kite, there's a plane and there is a big cloud

There is a bird in the sky

There is a kitchen in the house

There is a kitchen in the house

There's a bedroom, there's a bathroom and there is a big yard

There is a kitchen in the house

There is a teacher in the classroom

There is a teacher in the classroom

There's a student, there's a book and there is a big desk

There is a teacher in the classroom

2. Now that the song is no longer strange to them, students sing the "Island Song", which contains the vocabulary presented in the book.

THE ISLAND SONG

The Island Song.pptx

There is a mountain in the island.

There is a mountain in the island.

There's a beach, there's a lake and there is a waterfall.

There is a mountain in the island.

There is a volcano in the island.

There is a volcano in the island.

There's a valley, there's a river and there is a big forest.

There is a volcano in the island.

C. AFTER LISTENING: In my landscape... (Written Task)

To consolidate the structure, students will write about their own island:

*Hand out sheets of paper and colored pencils and markers;

*Students draw and color their own island;

*Students write what there is in their islands;

*Collect all the drawings and turn them into a digital book, using a user-friendly digital tool such as Mixbook or ISSUU, as the example below:

Digital Project - Junior 1 - Landscapes - 1/2011

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