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WHO LIVES IN MY BACKYARD?

My Ecology Manual

Teachers Guide
Scope and sequence

Coordinacin de Ingls en Educacin Bsica

Session: 1 Ecosystem: The place where we all live

TIME AND GROUP

MATERIAL GOALS AND STRATEGIES
ORGANIZATION
20 minutes Ecosystem: The This activity is aimed to create awareness in
place where we all students about being part of an ecosystem.
live Allow your students to go outside and
DISCOVER

Page 108 rediscover their surroundings. Use

metacognitive strategies and let them express
their thoughts aloud about ants while they draw.

20 minutes Hands at work! Ask your students about other animals and
CATCH UP

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flashcards and drawings to introduce vocabulary.

20 minutes Finders keepers! This activity is aimed to link students to their

Page 110 environment through a kinesthetic experience
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with meaningful learning outcomes.

Allow your students to go outside and complete
the task presented in the exercise.

Session: 2 Insects: My small neighbors

TIME AND GROUP

MATERIAL GOALS AND STRATEGIES
ORGANIZATION
15 minutes Insects: My small Sing Head, shoulders, knees and toes to awake
neighbors students awareness prior answering the
DISCOVER

exercise.
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exercise. Encourage them to describe
themselves.
25 minutes Lets be creative! This activity is aimed to connect your students
with nature as well as promoting teamwork.
CATCH UP

Page 112 Allow your students to work in pairs.

Focus on giving positive feedback.

20 minutes Lets show off! Encourage your students to show what they have
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learned. If any mistakes are found, allow them to

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Write positive feedback to grow confidence in
your students.
Session: 3 Environment: Im important, you are important

TIME AND GROUP

MATERIAL GOALS AND STRATEGIES
ORGANIZATION
25 minutes Environment: Let your students express what they know about bees.
Im Explain the importance of bees. Allow your students to
important, you reevaluate their thoughts about bees.
DISCOVER

are important Highlight the fact that they are also important to keep
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jun
/17/why-are-bees-important

10 minutes Hands on Once your students understand the importance of bees

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work! and how they can keep them safe, this exercise will allow
them to identify their flying routes and will prepare them
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25 minutes Lets go Make your students aware of other ways they can also
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outside! contribute to keep their environment safe.

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Session: 4 Similarities: We all have something in common

TIME AND
GROUP MATERIAL GOALS AND STRATEGIES
ORGANIZATION
20 minutes Similarities: The goal is to link students with nature as they review some
We all have basic verbs needed for communication.
DISCOVER

something in Focus on oral production.

common
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10 minutes Lets The objective is to wrap up all previous information so they

CATCH UP

connect! can integrate it into their lifestyle.

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30 minutes Lets take This activity is aimed to stimulate students by taking an

part! active role as well as improving their language skills through
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significant learning experiences.

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Session: 5 Similarities: We all have something in common

TIME AND
GROUP MATERIAL GOALS AND STRATEGIES
ORGANIZATION
20 minutes Lets save Strengthening your students writing skills. Let your students
DISCOVER

the planet! feel confident about writing by classifying and solving this
activity on their own.
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20 minutes Lets save Simon says Lets put the trash in the trash can
CATCH UP

the planet! Allow your students to show what they have learned by
(Outdoors playing and interacting with each other.
activity)
20 minutes Finders This activity is aimed to encourage students into taking an
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keepers! active role in ecology as well as to foster the assimilation of

the English language.
Page 120 Allow your students to go outside and complete the task
presented in the exercise.

Session: 6 Ecosystem: Evaluating my surroundings

TIME AND
GROUP MATERIAL GOALS AND STRATEGIES
ORGANIZATION
10 minutes Ecosystem: The aim of this activity is to allow students to draw a
Evaluating semblance of their environment (ecosystem) from the given
DISCOVER

my perspective.
surroundings Focus on oral production as they describe what they have
done.
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20 minutes Lets answer! Allow your students to answer the questions to strengthen
their writing skills. Then, have ask them to sit in pairs, so
CATCH UP

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Focus on oral interaction as they interview their classmates
about their productions.

30 minutes Lets do a The goal is to show your students about recycling as well as
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project! the importance of plants in our ecosystems.

Foster your students to express the activity in English.
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Lets review! Invite your students to solve this exercise at home, so they
HOMEWORK can share with their parents or relatives what they have
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CLASS STAGES
DISCOVER Presents information in way students can discover knowledge on
their own.
CATCH UP Grants the opportunity to assimilate the information discovered.
POWER UP Allows the student to feel confident about the acquired
knowledge,so it can be put to practice.