Eric Carle's stories in your CLIL Science class
Good day!
Today I would like to tell you which are my favourite Eric Carle's stories and that I have used with my students.
Children love to be told stories, specially if you create a nice atmosphere and if they can be engaged at the same time they are listening to the stories.
I discovered Eric Carle stories loads of years ago, but I still use them with 1st and 2nd graders. I adapt the text for them because English is not their first language. I usually use them at Science lessons to learn about animals and plants, but as you already know there is a lot of vocabulary that we can revise or that they can learn as they are listening to the story. What I like the most about these stories is that there are sentences that are repeated along the story and this makes students participate and learn the structures and the vocabulary.
Keep reading and you will find out how I have used these stories in my classes.
Here we go!
THE VERY HUNGRY CATTERPILLAR
"The very hungry catterpilar" allows your students to learn about:
*The parts of the day
*The life cicle of a butterfly
*The name of fruits and food
*Colours and numbers
*Days of the week
BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?
"Brown Bear, Brown Bear, what do you see?" allows your students to learn about:
*Name of animals and the classification of vertebrates
*Colours
*Actions: swim, run, jump...
THE BAD-TEMPERED LADYBIRD
"The Bad-Tempered Ladybird" allows your students to learn about:
*Name of animals
*Classification of animals: vertebrate / invertebrate
*Parts of the body (animals)
*The o'clock time
*Types of mood
THE TINY SEED
Regarding "The tiny seed", I have always used this story when we do our project on Plants. It allows me to explain the students the life cycle of a plant.
TEN LITTLE RUBBER DUCKS
"Ten Little Rubber Ducks" is a story I have just read in class for the first time this year for the pleasure of listening to a story in English. As usual, I simplified the structures and the vocabulary so that the kids could understand the story. At the end, I told them that it was a true story and we searched for it on Internet. You should have seen their faces when I told them the story was true and they started to imagine the ducks lost in the sea.
I think this story can be a good hook to train the students on writing news.
What are your Eric Carle's favourite stories? How do you use them in your classes?
Eva๐
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