Insects are our good friends

新街小学：杜华萍

教学内容：a spider , a mosquito , a cricket , a cicada

教学重点与难点：1.能听懂，会读，会说单词：a spider , a mosquito , a cricket , a cicada

               2.能对自己喜爱的昆虫进行一些简单的描述。

教学过程：

Step1: sing a song <<we know>>

Step2: Review and presentation

     Talk about the insects in Unit8 .

T: what insects are they in Unit8?

S: They are ….

T: Can you say sth about the insects.

根据5B 第八单元E部分内容，学生把学过的一些昆虫进行一些简单的描述。

T: Which insect do you like best? (teach: best)

S: I like… best. Because….

Step3: Teach new insects

     Cicadas: It has transparent（透明的）wings. They like singing in the trees in hot days.

Mosquitoes: It bites（咬） men  and animals and sucks（吸） their blood（血液）

Spiders: It’s interesting. It has eight legs. It can make webs（网） and catch other small insects for food.

Crickets: It’s brave（勇敢的）.We like watching them fight （战斗）with each other.

Step4: Practice: listen and number

Step5: Pair work:

Guess what insect it is

ØIt has eight legs. It can make webs and catch other small  insects  for food.

ØIt’s brave. People like watching them fight with each other.

ØIt’s black and yellow .They live together and make honey.

ØIt has transparent wings. They like singing in the trees in hot days.

ØIt’s special. It glows at night. Children like to catch them and put them in bottles.

ØIt bites men and animals and sucks their blood.

 

 

Step6: Read the passage , then answer the questions

Insects are our good friends

My name is Tom. I study at Xin Jie Primary School. I like insects very much. At the weekends, I often go to the park. There are a lot of insects in the park. There are crickets, cicadas, spiders and other interesting insects. I like crickets. They are brave. We like watching them fight with each other. Spiders can make webs and catch mosquitoes. Cicadas like singing in the trees. I like bees best because they work hard and make honey for us .Sometimes I catch them and put them in bottles.

Q1:What can spiders do?

Q2:Which insect does Tom like best? Why?

 

 

 

 

Step7: Homework: talk about the insects with your classmates.