CLIL & storytelling lesson plan for primary school: "Froggy Gets Dressed"

Teach clothes vocabulary and CLIL science at primary school with this engaging story by Jonathan London

Level pre A1 | Age: 6-10 | Speaking and listening | Clothes vocabulary and CLIL

This is a very versatile story which inspires lots of dynamic language and engaging science activities for your primary school students.

CLIL elements: why do frogs hibernate?

- explain that when it is very cold, things freeze

- explain meaning of the expression "I'm freezing"

- explain that frogs can freeze in winter and de-frost in spring

- explain how: frogs fill water in their body with sugar so they become like a slush drink rather than an ice cube. They hide in ponds, under the mud

- create a class poster with hibernating frogs (a good example of this could be draw sleeping frogs under the mud in winter and jumping frogs in spring)

Homework: science experiment

- ask children to verify the hibernating process at home with the following science experiment:

- take two plastic cups

- fill both with water

- put a tablespoon of sugar in one cup, write "sugar" on the cup so you know

- put both cups in the freezer

- check after 1 hour: which is completely frozen (like an ice cube) and which looks more like a slush drink?

Looking for more storytelling activities?

• get the book (purchasable with Carta del Docente) "Once Upon a Time in English - a Story Based Approach to Teaching English" by Flavia Morrone, for specific language and performance based activities for this story

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