The Heron and the Hummingbird

Step1 Warm up

Talk about good habits and bad habits

（Tips:Read the habits loudly/Say “Good or bad”quickly）

Step2 Revision

1. Let’s review

Talk about the Wang Bing, Liu Tao’s habits in Story Time

2. Let’s discuss

（1）将王兵和刘涛的习惯进行分类：living habits、learning habits

Q：what’s the habits about?

（2）拓展eating habits、interpersonal habits

Q：what’s the habits about?

出示五下U4 story time，Mike看牙医的图片

Q：What does Mike like doing？

S：He likes eating sweets。

Q:What’s the habit about?

归纳Eating habits

出示五上U7 cartoon time内容：Bobby和Billy对话，归纳：living habit

出示三下U2 In the libeary内容Liu Tao、Yang Ling在图书馆，归纳：interpersonal habit

出示六上U4 cartoon time内容：Bobby上课看窗外，归纳：learning habits，be devoted to sth（做事需要专注力）。

3. Summary

Good habits are very important in our life. We should start from the little things ringht around you.

Step3 绘本

Lead in：

Do you still remember the tortoise and the hare?

Who is the winner?

(讨论性格特征The hare was very lazy,the tortoise had a good habit of persistence.)

Today I bring you a new story.

1.  Enjoy a video：heron and hummingbird（科普视频）

2. Cover Readig（感知）

  Q:What can you see from the cover？

Character：heron、hummingbird

Feature：heron(big) hummingbird(small/little)

Ability:fly

3. Picture Tour

Fast reading(P2-3)

梳理文本，获取主线

Q:What did they do?( race)

预测：Do you have any quentions about the race？（why？How long？Who        was the winner？Where was the starting and ending point？） 

Read in details再读P2-3，寻找答案

Q:Why did they have a race? S：Because…

Q:How long was the race？S：Four days.

Q:Where was the starting and ending point？S：…

(Tip：带着问题快速浏览，在文章中圈出关键词)

4. Read and circle(Day1)

  During the four-day race，how did they fly？（Daytime and night）

Tip:pay attention to the language and action（引导学生关注动作）

播放文本及动画，找关键词

Daytime:

Heron:flew slow,didn’t look down

Hummingbird:fast,soon bord,up down

Q: Who was faster?

In the daytime，the hummingbird was faster

Night:

Heron:flew all night

Hummingbird:found a tree and fell asleep

Q: Who was faster?

But at night，the heron kept on flying,soon he was faster.

5. Work in groups：(Day2 and Day3)

  Reading circle(英语小组阅读圈）

  Q：How did they fly？Was hummingbird alwaysr infront of heron?

team  leader：ask questions

Detail finder：underline keywords

Word master：teach the new words

Story teller：team reporter

  小组合作，根据day1的赛况，对day 2 和day 3的赛况进行自主阅读。

  What do you think of them？在处理过程中分析优缺点

6. Let’s guess

  Guess:According to the 3-day flying,can you gusee who was the winner ？

7. Let’s find（Day 4）关注语言

自读P16-17,圈划关键词句，找出答案。

  Q:On the fourth day,What did hummingbird think at first?       

Q:Why couldn’t hummingbird fly well?

Q:Who was the winner?

自读P18-19.圈划关键词句，找出答案。

  Q:How did hummingbird feel?

  Tips:寻找人物的语言，进行模仿跟读，体会感情，揣摩性格特征

  Q:Why did heron win the race？

  （多角度）坚持、提前感知天气的变化......

  Keep flying、a good habit of persistence、prepare in advance、never give up、try your best、practice makes perfect勤能补拙 ，专注力be devoted to…     

8. Let’s talk

出示绘本：he Hummingbird and the Heron，the Hare and the Tortoise，the Crying Bird

Q：Which character do you like？Why？

10 . Summary

  Good habits are very important in our life. Good habits benifit your life.

Start from the little things ringht around you.

 

Step4 Homework

1. Review Unit 2.

2. Go on readig this picture book

3. Draw a picture about the heron and the hummingbird’s race