This
is the second part on this Birthday Unit.
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How old are you? This speaking activity works for Preschool
and Elementary levels. Students color and cut the cupcake and write their age.
Place a small pin behind the cupcake and put on their clothes.
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Teacher: How old are you?
Student: I am 7 years old.
Have
the students ask each other their age.
Student: How old are you?
Student: I am 6 years old.
You can also use a balloon and write the age with a
permanent marker. And do the role play.
Place
the Number flashcards on the board
and have the students stand under their age number flashcard.
Teacher: pointing to number six. How old are you?
Student: I am 6 years old.
Teacher: pointing to number seven. How old is he?
Student: He is 7 years old.
Teacher: pointing to number ten. How old are they?
Student: They are 10 years old.
Listening activity.
Teacher: Who is nine years old? Please stand up!
Students: I am 9 years old.
Continue
with more questions about the age until all the students are standing.
How old is he or she? I
made these Monster Birthday Flashcards. I placed all the boys on one side and
the girls on the other to review he and
she. Pointing to each flashcard ask
questions:
Teacher: Who is he?
Student: He is Rick.
Teacher: How old is he?
Student: He is 10 years old.
Some teachers
are using smaller flashcards and I made a smaller set and turned them into
puppets. Ask the same questions as the ones for the flashcards.
A short video using the puppets.
How old are they? I
made another set of flashcards with birthday kids clipart. Write the
numbers that you want to practice on the board and place the children
flashcards under each number.
Pointing
to each set of flashcard under each number ask questions:
Teacher: Who are they?
Student: They are Ruby and Lily.
Teacher: How old are they?
Student: They are 10
years old.
The age and the family.
How old are the people in the family?
Place
the family member flashcards on the board and write an age under each one. Ask
questions.
Teacher: Who is he?
Student: He is grandpa.
Teacher: How old is he?
Student: He is 70 years old.
Young and old. Have the students help sort the family members into young and old.
Teacher: Which family members are old?
Student: Grandpa, grandma, father and mother.
Teacher: Which family members are young?
Student: the babies, sister and brother. 
Introduce
the comparisons and the superlatives of
the adjectives old and young.
Teacher: Look at grandpa and brother. Who is old ?
Student: Grandpa.
Teacher: Who is Young ?
Teacher: brother.
Write
the words on the board to make sentences.
Teacher: Who is older ?
Student: Grandpa.
Teacher: Who is Younger ?
Teacher: brother.
Teacher: Who is the oldest ?
Student: Grandpa.
Teacher: Who is Youngest ?
Teacher: brother.
Have the students make sentences comparing
the family members.
Worksheets.
Worksheet 1. How old are you?
Have the students complete the worksheet. Then, have them cut each sentence and
picture. They can play to match the picture and sentence.
Worksheet 2. How old is he/she? Students
read the sentences and find the matching picture. I use a different color for
each sentence.
Worksheet 3. How old are they? Students
cut and paste the picture where they belong and complete the missing words.
Then, have them cut the pictures and glue them on their notebooks and write
sentences.
Worksheet 4. Young or old family
members? Students cut and paste the family members by sorting
them into young or old. Then have the students cut two family members and write
sentences using comparative and superlative form of the adjectives.
Worksheet 5. How old are you? Students
write their age and draws the candles of their age. Graph the age using the
Number Flashcards.
Worksheet 6. Using adjectives with age.
And
a game to wrap up the lesson. Cut
all the arrows and have the students create the sentences. You can give them
hints or the arrows template as a guide.
There
is a lot more for the Birthday unit! Follow me for next post.
