"My House". Didactic sequence for 1st grade of Primary Education (6-7 years old) in Social Science.

Introduction

“My house” is a didactic sequence targeted to 1st grade students of Primary Education (age 6-7 years old) for the subject of Social Science.

Students will learn about different materials of construction, different types of houses and what structures are weak or strong. As the final task, students will perform a play “The three little pigs”. This play is prepared in coordination with English, Art and Physical Education subjects.

The unit is organised in 6 sessions.

Lesson 1: Introduction to materials.

Sequence.

1. Ask what different common school objects are made of.
2. Show a video where other students of the same age answer this question.

3. During the video students complete worksheet 1 (“what is this made of?”).

4. In groups, discuss what the rest of the objects in the chart are made of.
5. Report back to the class to complete the chart

Resources and outcomes.

This is the video I chose to introduce materials. The video is simple and very straight forward so students know very quickly what we are going to learn.

Here is the worksheet 1. In this worksheet students assign materials to common objects in the classroom.

Lesson 2: Introduction to houses.


Sequence

1. Review materials from lesson 1 (flashcard games).
2. Present houses that are made of just one of the materials learnt in lesson 1 (e.g.: A tree house is made of wood).
3. Match words to pictures.

4. Start a big chart on the wall with all the materials needed for each type of house.

Resources and outcomes

In the picture below students play a pair game in groups to review the materials learnt in lesson 1.

Lesson 3: Houses.


Sequence

1. Review materials and houses from lesson 2 (flashcard games).

2. In groups, decide what are the rest of the houses made of and complete the wall big chart.
3. Presentation and evaluation of “The three little pigs”. Group 1.

Resources and outcomes.

In this picture students review the houses in groups.

The following picture shows the big chart completed in lessons 2 and 3.

This is a picture from one of the groups that made the play role "The Three Little Pigs". The masks were created in the Art class.

And here, there is a little extract from the performance prepared in  English.

Narrator: (N)	Once upon a time... Three little pigs. One little pig. The house is made of straw.
Pig 1: (P1)	I'm very happy! My house is made of straw. My house is very strong.
N:	When sudenly...
Wolf: (W)	Knock, knock, knock... Open the door... I'm the big bad wolf...
P1:	Who is it?
Wolf: (W)	I'm the big bad wolf. Open the door.
P1:	No, No, No... You want to eat me!
W:	Ha, ha , ha... The house is made of straw. The house is very weak. I will blow your house away! Bffffffff!

Lesson 4: Weak or strong.

Sequence

1. Review materials and houses from lesson 3 (ActiveInspire “My house”).
 Revision with worksheet 2.
2. Worksheet 2: Strong or weak house.
3. Presentation and evaluation of “The three little pigs”. Group 2.

Resources and outcomes

Students complete worksheet 2. Then this same worksheet is used to color with red weak houses and with green strong houses.

Lesson 5: Speaking interaction and video recording.

Sequence

1. Students are divided into groups of 4 and rotate the activities.
2. Activity 1: Speaking practice with the language assistant that comes one hour a week.
3. Activity 2: Record video with the structures and vocabulary learnt in the unit.
4. Activity 3: Board game. Revision of units studied so far.
5. Presentation and evaluation of “The three little pigs”. Group 3.

Resources and outcomes.

In this video, students are asked to record a short video with example structures learnt along the unit.



In the video below, the conversation assistant practice the structures and vocabulary.

Lesson 6: Evaluation.

Sequence

1. Evaluate 5 classmates with worksheet 3.

2. Presentation and evaluation of “The three little pigs”. Groups 4 and 5.