Урок на тему «Seasons. Nature», 3 класс

Procedure

Warming-up

Good morning, dear friends! I’m very glad to see you. I am in a high spirits today. Today we have an unusual lesson. Today we’ll fix our knowledge in the topic “ Nature”. In the English lesson we’ll speak about seasons, nature and spring birds. Now is spring come to us. Nobody likes to stay in the house. There are a lot of poems about beautiful spring/ nature looks green and fresh, do you agree with me? Your homework was to learn by heart poems about spring. Who wants to recite them?

Reciting poems about spring

P.1 I agree with you.

Spring weather-

Rain and sunshine together,

In spring, in spring

Sweet and fresh

Is everything .

P.2 The trees are green

Blue skies are seen,

Grey winters gone away,

The golden sun

Greets everyone .

The world looks new and gay.

P.3 This is the season,

When snowdrops bloom,

When nobody likes

To stay in the room .

P. 4 This is the season

When birds make their nests,

This is the season

We all like best.

Phonetic drills

Children, look out of the window and say –What is the weather like today?

What season is it now?

How many seasons are there in a year?

What are they?

Vocabulary practice

CB p. 127 . Look at the pictures of ex. 1

-What season can we see?

-What are winter/ spring/ autumn/ summer months?

Look at ex. 3. Here you can see 8 sentences. I’ll read these sentences, and you must say if the sentence is true or false.

Look at ex. 2. You should make up a small dialogue in pairs. Are you ready?

Main part

Listen to the statements and clap your hands if it is true.

It often snows in August.

It’s hot in July.

We can skate in summer.

It snows in winter.

It’s very hot in autumn.

It’s very cold in summer.

It’s rainy today.

Children, now look at the pictures. Here you can see some seasons. Let’s describe them/. Look at the first picture. What season is it?

P.1 It is a winter. It is cold season. There are much snow. The days are short, the nights are long.

T. Right. Look at the second picture. And what season is it?

P.2. It is spring. There are many flowers in the grass and green leaves in the trees.

T. OK. It’s very good. Look, please, at the third picture. What season is it?

P.3. it is summer. This season is bright. The weather is hot. The sky is blue.

T. it’s very interesting. Look at the last picture. What season is it?

P.4. it’s autumn. It often rains. The sky is grey. There are many yellow leaves.

T. Yes, I think so.

Children, now be very attentively. Please, help me to match these words with their descriptions.

It is cold. We see much snow. The days are short, the nights are long. The sky is grey. Trees are white with snow. Only fir trees and pine trees are green. It is____ ( winter).

The weather is chilly and warm. We see many flowers in the grass and green leaves in the trees. The sun shines brightly. Sometimes it rains. It is ______ ( spring) .

This season is bright. The days are long and nights are short. The weather is hot. The sky is bright blue. Children like to swim in rivers and ponds. They like to eat cherries, apples, nuts. It is ___ ( summer).

It is warm and chilly. The weather is changeable. It often rains. The sky is blue and grey. We can see many red, yellow and brown leaves in the park. It’s a bright carpet. Children go to school. It is ___ (autumn) .

As for me I like summer very much. Do you like spring, autumn, winter, summer?

On your desks there is a poem about weather. Please, I’ll give you 1 minute for it and you must fill in the blanks with the right sentences. Let’s filling the poem in pairs.

A ring around the sun or moon

_________________________(c)

Rain before seven

_________________________(d)

Evening red and morning grey

_________________________(a)

When the forest murmurs and the mountain roars

_________________________(b)

Always mean a good fine day

Then close your windows and sheet your doors

Means rain and snow are coming soon

Line before eleven.

Now let’s check up.

Listening

Do you like birds?

What do you think what birds come back from warm countries in spring? ( It is cuckoo, larks, swallow, starting).

Yes, you are right. Now we’ll listen the text 3 times about birds. Are you ready?

-What is the text about? Let’s listen else.

-Are the birds fly to the south in spring? ( No, they are not)

-Are the houses for birds warm and comfortable?

Let’s listen last time.

Look at the papers which are on your desks and now let’s check up your listening. Put “+” or “- “ instead of sentence. Are the following sentences true or false?

True False

Speaking

Look! You see a small bird with dark shiny features. It is singing a merry song. What bird is it?

P.1 –I think it is a starling.

“Tweet-tweet-tweet

Spring is coming”

Says the starling.

Yes, you are right. Now look at this blackbird with an orange beak. What is it?

P2- I know this bird. It is a blackbird. I think it is singing.

“Spring is coming”,

So I hear

From the blackbird’s

Song so clear.

Look at this bird and try to guess what it is. This grey bird leaves its eggs in other birds’ nests and makes a loud call that sounds like it’s name.

P.3-I am sure it is a cuckoo.

The cuckoo comes in April,

It sings its song in May;

In the middle of June

It changes its tune

And then it flies away.

Physical break

Are you tired? Stand up, please. Listen to me and do the exercises.

I see a little bird come

Hop, hop, hop .

I cry, “ A little bird,

Will you stop, stop, stop?”

Can you fly like a butterfly,

Fly, fly, fly.

Who moves so quickly?

I, I, I.

Please, sit down.

Puzzle “ A caterpillar” (Pair work)

Let’s remember some birds. Look at the blackboard and say what bird it is.

На доске сороконожка. Children, you know , birds eat flies, worms and caterpillars. Look at this funny caterpillar and make up a puzzle using the words which mean spring birds. Each word must begin with the letter of the last word.

Home assignment . Summing – up.

Today we spoke about seasons, nature and spring birds. Now you know much about seasons. Birds are our friends and we must take care of them. I hope you’ll be real friends to the birds. Your homework will be to speak about birds you can see in the streets, parks and forests now