Learning Targets
1. Meet people and introduce yourself.
2. Get familiar with life in a kindergarten.
3. Prepare work for the .rst day.
4. Grammar—noun.
Warm-ups
1. How do you introduce yourself to your classmates on the .rst day?
2. Have you made a plan for your study? Why is it good to make a plan?
3. Compare your plan with your classmates, and discuss what you can learn from each other.
Listening and Speaking
This is the first class of the new term. The teacher Amy is introducing herself to her students.
A: Good morning, class. Let me introduce myself. I’m your English teacher. You can call me Ms. Wang or Amy. Amy is my English name. Who is the class monitor?
B: Nice to meet you, Ms. Wang. I’m Zhang Yang, the monitor. My English name is Jack.
A: Nice to meet you too, Jack. Can you come to my of.ce after class?
B: Sure, Ms. Wang.
A: Good. My of.ce is Room 107 at No.4 Building. I’ll see you there. By the way, I also need a class representative.
C: Ms. Wang, may I be the class representative? My name is Zhou Han. You can also call me Angela. I promise I’ll do a good job.
A: Very good, Angela. Now let’s begin our class.
Topics for discussion:
1. Describe your .rst day at school.
2. Describe an unforgettable event in your school life.
Reading and Writing
A. Reading
Getting Ready for the First Day
The big day is around the corner. On the .rst day of kindergarten, Mary must prepare her classroom for her beloved students. The kind and warm-hearted teacher greets her dark, summertime-empty classroom with an explosion of color—a pile of fallen leaves, some goldfish, beautiful posters, and shoeboxes full of no-doubt-delightful surprises. Mary prepares for the first day of school, so that her 26 prospective students who are anxious to go to the kindergarten for the
first day should find great comfort in her kindergarten room.
At the same time, the parents get ready, too. As a parent, one of the first things you need to do is to let your children know where they can expect to find you after school when you are preparing your children for kindergarten. If they are taking a bus, then tell them that you will be waiting for them after the bus drops them off. This is a very big deal to them at their age.
Now the young students get ready, too. Susan wakes up; Lucy brushes her teeth; Jim finds his shoes; and Sandy matches each animal character with a letter of the alphabet. They are so eager to go to the kindergarten next morning.
B. Writing
Which school are you studying in now? Would you like to introduce your school to your friends?Please write below about your school within 150 words.
Sample:
My school is at Haimen town. It is very big and beautiful. There are forty-three classes in it. When you come to our school, you can see the modern teaching building.Our teachers work and do practice in it. Behind the building, there are two classroom buildings and a school library. In the library there are thousands and thousands of books. After class you can borrow the books you want and also you can read them in the reading room at any time.Beside our classroom, there is a big playground. Atabout 4：30 p.m. every day, many students play football and basketball, and some of them play tennis. The entire playground is alive.Our school is a model school in Jiangsu. I like my school very much.
