Theme

• friendship and family
• physical descriptions
• emotions

Communication Objectives

• describe people;
• describe emotions and feelings

Language Objectives

• comparatives with -er
• get+ adjective:get excited
• clauses with when
• simple present tense
• questions with when

Learning Strategies/Thinking Skills

• use prior knowledge, identify main idea and details, recognize key words, compare and contrast, make predictions, use graphic organizers

Theme

• chores
• schedules
• free-time activities

Communication Objectives

• talk about chores
• talk about activities
• talk about free-time activities

Language Objectives

• simple present tense
• present progressive tense for future intentions
• questions with how often, what
• expressions of frequency (once a week)

Learning Strategies/Thinking Skills

• use prior knowledge, figure out meaning from context, make predictions, use graphic organizers, compare and contrast, summarize

Theme

• foods around the world
• menus and ordering food
• food pyramid

Communication Objectives

• order food
• state wants and preferences

Language Objectives

• count/non-count nouns
• any/some
• would like in questions and answers

Learning Strategies/Thinking Skills

• use prior knowledge, identify main idea and details, evaluate, make associations, use graphic organizers, categorize

Theme

• illnesses, accidents, and safety
• healthy habits

Communication Objectives

• talk about illnesses, accidents, and safety; give advice;
• talk about healthy habits

Language Objectives

• should/shouldn't
• reflexive pronouns

Learning Strategies/Thinking Skills

• use prior knowledge,figure out meaning from context, identify main ideas and details, make predictions, classify, summarize

Theme

• extinct and endangered animals

Communication Objectives

• discuss dinosaurs and other extinct animals; discuss endangered animals

Language Objectives

• comparatives with -er
• simple past tense
• simple present tense
• present progressive tense
• questions with what

Learning Strategies/Thinking Skills

• use prior knowledge, identify main idea and details, figure out meaning from context, brainstorm, draw conclusions, analyzing, clarifying, visualizing

Theme

• life in the past
• comparing past and present
• inventions

Communication Objectives

• discuss life in the past; discuss inventions and how they changed our lives;
• compare the past and the present

Language Objectives

• simple present tense
• simple past tense
• used to to indicate habitual actions in the past

Learning Strategies/Thinking Skills

• use prior knowledge, make predictions, identify main ideas and details, compare and contrast, brainstorm, associate, summarize

Theme

• holidays and celebrations in different countries
• future plans
• birthday traditions

Communication Objectives

• discuss holidays and celebrations
• talk about future plans

Language Objectives

• future tense with going to + verb
• wh- questions
• ordinal numbers

Learning Strategies/Thinking Skills

• use prior knowledge, make predictions, figure out meaning from context, use graphic organizers, identify main idea and details, draw conclusions

Theme

• hobbies
• collections

Communication Objectives

• talk about hobbies and collections;
• express opinions

Language Objectives

• comparatives with -er superlatives with -est
• irregular comparatives and superlatives with good and bad
• adjectives of attitude (fun, exciting, boring, etc.)

Learning Strategies/Thinking Skills

• use prior knowledge, figure out meaning from context, compare and contrast, make predictions, draw conclusions, rank, classify

Theme

• dance styles around the world

Communication Objectives

• identify and talk about dance styles
• express opinions

Language Objectives

• questions with would
• opinions with I think: I think it's fun
• think of : what do you think of it?
• descriptive adjectives of opinion (graceful, beautiful, etc.)

Learning Strategies/Thinking Skills

• use prior knowledge, make predictions, figure out meaning from context, compare and contrast, define, categorize, do research