Starter Unit 3 What color is it?
I. Teaching aims:
1. Complete the alphabet with the letters S-Z.
2. Ask and answer the questions about colors.
3. Pronunciation practice for the vowel sounds.
II. Key points and difficulties:
1. Letters S- Z.
2. Revision of the alphabet.
3. --What’s this ? --It’s V.
--What color is it ? --It’s red. / It’s black and white.
4. blue, green, red, yellow, black, white, color, and / pink, purple, orange, brown, grey
5. Pronunciation of letters A, E, I, O and U
III. Time arrangement: 4 periods
Period 1：Section A 1a, 2 a, 2c, 2d, 3
Period 2：SectionA 1a, 1b, 1c, 4,
Period 3：Section B 1a, 1b, 2, 3a, 3b, 4
Period 4：selfcheck
Period 1
Teaching materials：Section A 1a, 2 a, 2c, 2d, 3
Teaching aims:
1. 学习英语字母S-Z。
2. 能在四线格里正确地书写S-Z的大、小写。
3. 能认读其印刷体和手写体的大小写形式(注意书写格式、笔划、笔顺合乎标准)。
注意字母在字母表里的次序。
Difficulties：
对初学者来讲，小学的汉语拼音对学习英语字母有一定的干扰。引导学生仔细观察字母的大小写格式，避免书写错误，做到书写正确、美观。

Teaching steps:
Step 1 Revision and warming-up
1. Hang the white paper on the blackboard，write the capital letter “A” with a red pen, then ask the students：
T：What’s this in English? Ss：It’s A．
T：What color is it?
The teacher answers herself：It’s red．
2. The teacher teaches the other colors with the color pens，repeat these words until students grasp them．
Step 2 Presentation
Focus attention on the picture in Activity 1a. Ask Students to find the capital letters in the picture to match the lower case letters. Then check the answers.
Play the recording. Stop the tape after each letter and have students repeat. Check pronunciation and correct if necessary.
Play the recording again. Have students repeat the eight letters in one set. Check pronunciation and correct if necessary.
Step 3 Practice
2c: Students listen and write the number of the letters in the boxes according to the order in which they hear them. Then check the answers.
2d: The teacher demonstrate drawing the letters on the board. Demonstrate how students can use the lines in the book to assist them in writing the letters. Move around the room checking on their work.
Step 4 Practice
3. Ask students if they recognize any of the abbreviations, and know what they stand for. Have students discuss in groups. If necessary, provide some hints, such as asking where they have seen any of these logos before.
Answers:
S-小号 / M-中号 / L-大号 / XL-加大号
UFO-不明飞行物 / CCTV-中央电视台
UN-联合国 / MTV-音乐电视 / SARS-“非典”
Step 5 Homework
1. Make color letter cards.
2. Find the abbr as many as possible.



Hour 10
Period 2
Teaching materials：SectionA1a, 1b, 1c, 4,
Teaching aims:
1. Sentence pattern： ---What color is this? ---It’s red.
2. New words：
color， red， black，white， blue， orange， green， yellow，and
(pink, purple, brown, grey)

Teaching steps:
Step 1 Revision and warming-up
Revise the 26 letters by using the color letter cards students made in the last period. Then can ask and answer like this:
---What’s this ? ---It’s S.
---What color is it ? ---It’s red/black and white.
Step 2 Groupwork
Let’s Ss find abbrs as many as possible in groups,then write them on blackboard.
Step 3 Color the rings
SB Page 15,4.Focus attention on the pictures.Explain this is a picture of “Olympic Rings”.First say the colors.Second color the rings.
Step 4 Practice
Do the co1or changes game，use two small cups of water，color each cup of water yellow and blue．
Ask：What color is it? It’s yellow．
What color is it? It’s blue．
After asking，pour the cup of yellow water into the other cup，when the water turns green. Ask students：What color is it now?
Do the color changes with the other colors．Yellow + red =orange，yellow + red + black =brown, yellow +red +blue +black，etc．
A1so the teacher can let students discuss what color the objects are around us such as the color of the traffic lights，letter—box，bananas and so on…
Step 5 Homework
Go on making up your dialogues with your group members and polish it.
Bring colored pens for the next period.

Hour 11
Period 3
Teaching materials：Section B 1a, 1b, 2, 3a, 3b, 4
Teaching aims:
1. 继续学习有关颜色的对话。
2. 学会发现和绘画颜色，用各种可以调动学生积极性的活动来提高学生的活跃性，激发他们参与讨论的热情。同时可以对学生进行美育教育，从小培养他们对美的正确认识。

Teaching steps:
Step1 Revision and warming-up
Self Check4: Ss work in pairs. Use colored pens to write down the letters your partner says.
2. Practise the dialogue in la of section A
Ask students to finish 1a and 1b of section B individual．the teacher walks around the class，give a hand to the students．
Step 2 Listen and repeat.
Section B 2:
Focus attention on the chart. Read aloud the words in the top row. Get Ss to repeat. Check pronunciation and correct if necessary. Make sure Ss understand the difference between the two “a” sounds.
Ss listen and repeat.
Step 3 Presentation
1. 3a: Listen and repeat.
2.T：A、E、I、O、U 这五个字母我们称它们为元音字母。Read and remember them A-E-I-O-U， A-E-I-O-U.
S: A-E-I-O-U， A-E-I-O-U
(Check individual student by saying or writing.)
Step 4 Listen and repeat
Listen to 3a and 3b,learn the alphabet song.
Step 5 Listen and read the chant
Section B 4:
Focus attention on the chant lyrics. Explain that they are about to hear a chant with these lyrics.
Play the chant the first time. Students just listen and follow the lyrics in their books.
Play the instrumental version of the chant. This time, students chant along with the tune. 
Step 6 Groupwork
Get students pay attention to all the abbreviations appear around us, copy them down, try to find what they mean．Then tell your partners．Encourage students t0 search online or finish this homework in other ways．
Step 7 Homework
Copy the letters in 2 and remember them.
Hour 12
Period 4
Teaching materials：self-check

Teaching steps:
Step 1 Review the letters
1. Warming up: Watch and listen ABC song, then sing together.
2. Find the letters: Look at the screen, and find the letters as many as possible.
3. I can do it!
(在下面的四线格里按顺序写出26个英文字母，注意书写规范、工整，看看谁写得又快又好！)
Step 2 A Colorful world
1. Show a picture about Olympic Rings（奥运五环）。
（说出奥运五环的颜色。）
2. A competition.
(小组活动，填涂五环的颜色,看谁的记忆力最好。)
An interesting game.
(利用一个有趣的flash动画，让学生熟练掌握表示颜色的单词。)
Step 3 Oral practice
Pairwork
Show a picture about a room.Introduce“This is my room.”.
(让学生拿出准备好的“自己的房间”彩色图画，练习对话。)
A: What’s this in English?
B: It’s a …
A: Spell it ,please.
B: …
A: What color is it?
B: It’s …
Groupwork
Prepare a short passage about your room.
（说一小段话介绍你的房间）
Do like this:
This is my room.
It’s very nice.
The key is black.
The pen is yellow and orange.
…is…
I like it very much.
Step 4 Sum and reflection
单词
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词组_____________________________________________________
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句子_____________________________________________________
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语法_____________________________________________________
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教师点拨

Step 5 Exercise
一、 将26个字母按发音分类(写出与所给字母含有相同音素的其他字母)
Aa ______________________________________________
Ee ______________________________________________
Ii _______________________________________________
Oo ______________________________________________
Uu ______________________________________________
Ff _______________________________________________
Rr ______________________________________________
二.测测我能力，完成对话。
1.--_______________ morning!
--_______________ morning!
--What’s ____________ in English？
--___________ a yellow key.
2.--____________ this in English?
--It’s ____________ pen.
--__________ __________ is it?
--It’s blue.
3.—What ___________ this in English?
--It’s ___________ orange.
--____________ it,please.
-- O-R-A-N-G-E.
--What _________ is it?
--Oh,it’s _____________.
三、按要求写出句子。
1．is,pen,it,black,a (连词成句)
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2. This is a red ruler. (对划线部分进行提问)
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3. My jacket is blue. (对划线部分进)
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