5.3.1 It's Under the Table

Greeting:
Hello class, what day is it today?
Did you bring...book, step & jump, notebook?

Notebook: write the date.
---with---

Powerpoint:
Where?
Where is?
Where are?
the kids?


Go through a prepositional progression of powepoint pictures--allthewhile the kids are drawing & writing in their notebooks--until we get to this:

...and this is exactly how their journal entry should look!

Sing (to the tune of ABCDEFG...) with hand motions, "beside, under, in, on-on..." start out slow, and get faster. they like to see if they can do it super-fast. and you get points if you can do it fast, but they'll laugh if you mess it up.

DVD ROM
Look at the picture (prereading), guess what the story's about
Watch the video, talk about Who, what, and where?
Listen & Repeat (this'll be a fast one)
Game:materials: pencil & pencilcase, cloth to cover, dry erase boards 1 for each table. Kids must guess as a group and write it down, newlywed game style, "Where is the pencil?" EX) the pencil is ON the pencilcase!" winners get to leave class first.

FINISH