Christmas Lesson1
Christmas Lesson1
Lesson:
Christmas Lesson 1
General:
Time:
Objectives:
Structures:
40 mins - 1 hour
Recognize and identify 8 Christmas words and sing a Christmas carol
"Merry Christmas"
"What color is it?"
"Who is this?"
Santa (G.B. Father Christmas), Rudolph, sleigh, presents, Christmas tree,
decorations, roast turkey, Christmas pudding
colors
New Vocab:
Review Vocab:
*Flashcards:
*Worksheets:
*Readers:
*Songs:
Classroom
Resources:
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Lesson Overview:
Warm Up and Maintenance:
1. Welcome students and do usual pre-lesson routine.
2. Lead into Christmas Lesson and teach "Santa" (or G.B. "Father Christmas")
Wrap Up:
1. Assign Homework: "Decorate the Christmas Tree"
2. Do usual post-lesson routine and say goodbye to Ss.
Lesson Procedure:
Warm Up and Maintenance:
1. Start the lesson as you usually would (E.g. Hello song, "What's your name?", "How are
you?", homework check, etc.).
2. Show a flashcard picture of Santa. Elicit who it is
("Who is this?"). Explain that today and next class we
are going to have a Christmas Lesson. Put on some
Christmas carol background music to create a
Christmas atmosphere.
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Chorus:
We wish you a Merry Christmas,
We wish you a Merry Christmas,
We wish you a Merry Christmas,
And a Happy New Year.
Verse 2:
Our Christmas tree's up,
With decorations,
We'll eat a roast turkey,
And Christmas pudding.
Verse 1:
Santa and Rudolf,
Will fly in their sleigh,
We'll open our presents,
And have a great day!
Chorus
Chorus
Verse 2 again
Verse 1 again
Chorus
Before playing the song, line up the flashcards on the floor or the board. Then, play the song
and teacher sings and touches each flashcard as the vocab word is sung, to show everyone
how the song goes. Encourage your students to join in. It may be worthwhile slowly
running through the song without the music first.
Then everyone sings the song together.
Jingle Bells
We also have an adapted version of the carol "Jingle Bells" which you may want to use instead of or
as well as "We Wish You A Merry Christmas". You can download this from our website.
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Teacher: That's right. Santa always wears red. (turning the page) ... Oh look! What is this
boy doing?
Students: He's sleeping!
Teacher: Yes, that's right! Look, how many stockings does he have?
Students: 2!
Teacher: Yes, 2! He has 2 stockings for his presents from Santa.
etc.
Get the students really involved in the story by asking lots of questions (e.g. eliciting the
objects and their colors) and even getting everyone to speculate about what presents the
boy and girl have under the wrapping paper.
5. Do "Christmas Match Up" worksheet activity
Give all the students the worksheet and have them match up the
items taught earlier in the lesson and in the carol. As they are
working ask individual Ss questions (e.g. Who's this? What's this?,
etc.).
6. Review colors
We are going to make some paper chain decorations
with different colors. Before class, cut out strips of
different colored card to make the decorations. Show
each color and elicit it ("What color is this?", "It's red").
Next, arrange students in groups around tables put a
good pile of the strips on each table and tell the students
to spread them out. Next play "Slam" - the teacher
shouts out each color and the students have to slam
their hands down on the color.
7. Make "Paper Chain Decorations"
In groups have students use glue to create chains, as shown in the picture below.
Give everyone about 5-10 minutes to make their
chains. Finally, help your students decorate the
classroom with the chains. If you can, keep these
decorations in your classroom for the next lesson.
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1. Glue a few cotton balls to the bottom of the pine cone. These look like snow and help the
"tree" stand upright.
2. Put a little dab of glue at the tips of the pine cone and then sprinkle on glitter.
3. String some small beads onto dental floss and then tie off the last bead with a knot. Wrap
the beads around the pine cone and glue them to the tree.
4. Top off your tree with a small star, bow or other decoration.
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Wrap Up:
1. Assign Homework: "Decorate the Christmas Tree"
2. Do your usual end of class routine (tidy up, put away things in their bags, sing "Goodbye
song", etc.
3. As each student goes to the door to leave the classroom show them a flashcard and
elicit the word (e.g. Santa). If they get the word right, they can leave. If wrong, they
have to go to the back of the line and try again.
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