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• Topic: Farm animals lesson
• Vocabulary:  donkey, horse, chickens, sheep, goose, dog, cow, cat
• Grammar:  This lesson on farm animals, mostly using the nouns in plural form.  The lesson teaches responses to 'yes' or 'no' questions.

Vowel Changing Noun Plurals:

• a  goose/ two geese/ three geese

Do you like geese?
Noun plurals that do not change spelling

• a  sheep/ two sheep/ three sheep

Close-ended question

• Do you like geese?
• Yes, I do.
• No, I don't.

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• Topic: Learning to count from one to ten.
• Vocabulary:  numbers - one, two, three, four, five, six, to ten, ducks
• Grammar:  Numbers tend to function as adjectives which are used to describe things, especially when we ask using a description prompting question format ' How many..?' If we ask 'How many..?' we want a number description of the noun. We are also suggesting that the noun can be counted. We will also look at plural and singular forms of nouns. Usually we add 's' to turn nouns into plural form but it can be trickier with a few nouns as we will see.

Numbers & Countable Nouns

• one apple / five  apples

Noun Plurals ending with 'S':

• one pig / two pigs/ three pigs
• one apple / two apples/ three apples

Plurals of Nouns Ending with 'ch/sh/x/s/' Add 'es':

• one peach / two peaches/ three peaches
• one dish / two dishes/ three dishes
• one fox/ two foxes/ three foxes
• one bus / two buses/ three buses

Plural Nouns that Change the Vowel
• mouse / mice
• foot / feet 

• Topic: My favorite colors
• Vocabulary:  yellow, red, orange, green, purple, pink, apple, like, favorite
• Grammar:  This lesson on color will focus on expressing color preferences using adjectives of color. An adjective describes a noun - therefore colors are adjectives used to describe things (a yellow banana - What's yellow? A banana. The lesson also teaches learners how to use the verb 'to like' in the 3rd-person singular.

Adjectives(colors) Nouns (fruits):

• a green(adj.)  apple (noun)
• purple (adj.)  grapes (noun)
• an orange (adj.)  orange (noun)  
• a pink (adj.)  peach (noun)  

First-Person Singular:

• What color do  you like?
• I  like purple.

Third Person Singular:

• What color does she like?
• She likes purple.
• Sally likes purple.

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• Topic: Birthday and asking about age.
• Vocabulary:  numbers 1 - 10, old, almost, six, how
• Grammar:  Learn the question format 'How old are...?/How old is...?' to ask about a person's age.  This lesson will also introduce a non-question word, format for asking about age and contractions. Kids will also learn to use the verb 'to be' with the 1st, 2nd and 3rd-person singular.

Question Word Questions:

• How old are you, Bob?
• How old is Lisa?

Non-question Word Question:

• Are you six years old?

Contractions:

• I'm four. / I am four.  
• She's four. / She is four.

1st, 2nd and 3rd-person singular with verb 'to be' in the present tense:

• I am four. (1st person singular)
• Your are  four. (2nd person singular)
• She is four. (3rd  person singular)

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• Topic: First day in School
• Vocabulary:  Class, looking, fine
• Grammar:  This lesson will help kids learn to use more contractions in everyday dialogue. It is an addition to previous lessons.

Contractions:

• I'm looking for class 3 A. / I am looking for class 3 A.
• I'm fine, thanks./ I am fine, thanks.  

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