Plan de Unidad Didctica / Didactic unit plan

Autor de la Unidad
Nombres y Apellidos /
Names and surnames
NORA ISMENIA RODRIGUEZ DUARTE
Institucin Educativa
School
ESCUELA SUPERIOR DISTRITAL MARIA MONTESSORI
Ciudad, Departamento BOGOTA D.C.
Qu? - Descripcin general de la Unidad/ What? General description of the unit
Ttulo / Title Kids learn English easily with nursery rhymes
Resumen de la Unidad /
Summary of the unit
This unit is aimed at the third semester in-training teachers of the
Formacin Complementaria program at ESNDMM to orient them
how to use nursery rhymes in the teaching of English to Preschool
and primary school children
rea/ Content area Teaching English Language Pedagogy
Temas principales /
Main topics
What is a nursery rhyme
Some history of the nursery rhymes
Characteristics of the nursery rhymes
Nursery rhyme are readers
How to promote meaningful English learning with nursery rhymes
Language development
Cognitive development
Physical development
Social and emotional development
Promotion of students different learning styles
Criteria to select nursery rhymes

Por qu? Fundamentos de la Unidad / Why? Rationale of the unit
Estndares Curriculares Listening




( Eleventh grade) Guia
No 22
Utilizo estrategias adecuadas al propsito y al tipo de
texto (activacin de conocimientos previos, apoyo en el lenguaje
corporal y gestual, uso de imgenes) para comprender lo que
escucho.
Utilizo las imgenes e informacin del contexto de habla
para comprender mejor lo que escucho.

Reading
Utilizo variedad de estrategias de comprensin de lectura
adecuadas al propsito y al tipo de texto.

Writing
Escribo resmenes e informes que demuestran mi
conocimiento sobre temas de otras disciplinas.
Monologue
Sustento mis opiniones, planes y proyectos.
Conversation
Uso mis conocimientos previos para participar en una
conversacin.
Objetivos de
Aprendizaje s/ Learning
objectives
At the end of the unit the in-training teachers will be able to

1. Identify the basic principles of the nursery rhymes as
authentic resources to boost preschool and elementary
school students English language learning in a natural
and funny way.

2. Select nursery rhymes to design meaningful learning
English activities for primary school students with clear
basic theoretical foundation.

3. Implement a clearly aimed activity to teach English to
primary school students in a teaching demo session.

4. To promote in-training teachers communicative
competence and teaching English strategies.

5. To encourage in-training teachers to create teaching




materials using resources on line and others using ICT
tools

Resultados/Productos
de aprendizje / Learning
outcome
Written document or online presentation of a teaching English
activity based on a nursery rhyme duly supported with the theory
analyzed in class. ( Final task)

Implementation of the activity in a demo session with course
partners ( Pair work practice)

Quin? - Direccin de la Unidad / Who? The participants
Grado / Level Third semester of the
Formacion Complementaria Program at Normal Mara
Montessori
Perfil del estudiante
Habilidades
prerrequisito / Required
skills
Basic communicative competences in English to
understand and report oral and written information in
English. Level A2 CEF

Some knowledge in teaching practice in different areas
and English teaching methodology

Basic use of ICT tools to search and present information

Contexto Social / Social
context
Complementaria Program of the Escuela Normal Superior Distrital
Mara Montessori is composed by 25 students. Most of them
belong to low and mid social class. Their estimated general level of
English is A2 according to European Frame Work.
They study from 6:30 a.m. to 2.30 p.m.
This group has two sessions of English (Monday and Tuesday 6:30-
8:20) which take place in the CRI (English resource center) which
has fifteen laptops and a video beam.
At the present moment these in-training teachers have started




they final research project which is based on their teaching
practice that follows on the five research fields the ESNDMM has
established. Currently, there are three in- training teachers
carrying their practicum and research projects in English, on for
the urban context at primary school ESNDMM and another one in
a rural school.
Their attitude to the learning of English is positive despite their
difficulties

Dnde? Cundo? Escenario de la Unidad. / where? When? /setting of the unit
Lugar/ Place CRI ( English Resource Center room)
Tiempo aproximado/
approximate allocated
time
two 110- minute- sessions
Cmo? Detalles de la Unidad / How? Details of the Didactic Unit
Metodologa de
aprendizaje / Learning
methodology
This teaching and learning experience will take aspects of three
main approaches: the cognitive, the constructivism and the
social approaches. The idea is to give them some new
information which can be compared and complemented with
their previous knowledge. Then, they will be able to work in
teams to apply what they have learned and to design new
proposals. The purpose is to learn with and from other to make it
a meaningful experience and also learning by doing.
Procedimientos Instruccionales (basado en el modelo de aprendizaje y mtodos
seleccionados) Procedures and instructions ( Based on the selected teaching and learning
approaches)
FIRST SESSION
Lnea de
Tiempo/
time line
Actividades del
Estudiante/
Students activities
Actividades del
Docente/ Teachers
activities
Herramientas didcticas / teaching
tools




10
minutes
The students greet the
teacher with a well-
known hello song and
then follow the
teachers instructions
to listen and sing two
nursery rhymes.
After three repetitions
the students will sing
alone while the teacher
shows them the
flashcards or the finger
puppets. Oral skills are
promoted ( listening
and singing)
The teacher greets her
students using a short
hello song, they are
familiarized with. Then she
invites them to stand up to
listen and to sing with her
Finger Family nursery
rhymes.

After that, she suggests to
sing another nursery
rhyme changing family
members with wild
animals using the same
tunes
Teachers voice, flash cards or finger
puppets and videos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajKQ1M
dLxF0 Hello song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJyNoF
kud6g family finger
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4fLXU
Z01rQ animal finger animals


10
minutes
Get into pairs to briefly
analyze the most
relevant characteristics
of these two nursery
rhymes to think about
how and why to use
them in terms of
English teaching and
learning processes.
Then, they socialize
their ideas. (Oral and
written skills are
promoted)
The teacher asks her
students to work in pairs
to analyze the most
relevant characteristics of
these two nursery rhymes
and boosts them to think
about how and why to use
them in terms of English
teaching and learning
processes.
Teacher takes notes of Ss
ideas
Teachers notes on the board ( PPT)
15
minutes
The students watch a
short video Teaching
rhymes and poems to
young learners and
take notes to confirm
or to learn new aspects
about nursery rhymes.
After that, the students
socialize what they
have found and
contrast it with their
previous knowledge.
Oral and writing skills
are promoted
( listening for specific
The teacher asks her
students to watch the
video Teaching rhymes
and poems to young
learners and take notes if
possible to confirm their
ideas in the previous
stage. She warns them not
to worry if they cannot
understand all the ideas.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3L
WGFguPjE
Teaching rhymes and poems to
young learners




information, speaking
and writing taking
notes)

10
minutes
The students continue
working in pairs, now
to answer a quiz based
on the video
(reading practice)
The teacher asks the
students to access a short
quiz based on the video
and to solve it in pairs
file:///F:/jquiz%20nurseryrhymes
.htm
(Jquiz in hotpotatoes)
15
minutes
The students listen to
the teachers
explanation and take
notes to get ready for a
summarizing activity
The teacher retakes the
initial two nursery rhymes
and present another one
to complement the
theoretical bases of the
importance of the use of
nursery rhymes in terms of
the development of
language and the possible
connections with other
areas( pronunciation,
grammar structures
question patterns,
vocabulary, starting point
to introduce a topic in a
different area, to refer to
cultural points)
Movie maker video to emphasize
pronunciation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krr
v47g4hb0 jack and Jill

Jack and Jill went up the hill:
Jack and Jill Went up the hill
To fetch a pail of water.
Jack fell down And broke his crown
And Jill came tumbling after
20
minutes
The students will work
in pairs to summarize
the main ideas taken
from the video and
the ones that arouse
from the group
discussion by using an
ICT tool to build a mind
map ( graphic
organizer)
The teacher asks the
students to access an ICT
tool to build a mind map
to summarize the main
information extracted
from the video and the
group discussion. She
suggests the main
branches, for example:
characteristics, benefits
for language development,
connection with other
areas.
She asks them to analyze
the short tutorial and to
proceed to work

http://coggle.it/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YC
4O4vb7IXo#t=21




15
minutes
The students will
explore some videos to
select one nursery
rhyme to first draft an
activity to teach English
or to establish
connection with other
areas. The students will
send this first draft via
e-mail for the teacher
check and give
suggestions

The teacher will send links
and videos via e-mail for
the in-training teachers to
explore and select one
nursery rhyme
http://englikids.blogspot.com/2012/09
/im-little-teapot-with-lyrics.html
http://englikids.blogspot.com/2013/10
/fly-fly-butterfly-nursery-rhymes.html

http://englikids.blogspot.com/2012/08
/rain-rain-go-away.html
http://englikids.blogspot.com/2012/08
/be-careful-on-road.html

http://englikids.blogspot.com/2012/09
/nursery-rhymes-and-songs-brush-
your.html
Estrategias Adicionales para atender las necesidades de los estudiantes/ Additional
strategies to address the students needs
The basic support given to all the in-training teachers beside the classroom is the permanent
contact via online to solve questions, to suggest different materials and sources.
Evaluacin
Resumen de la evaluacin/ Evaluation criteria summary

For this first session, these are evaluation criteria
Active individual participation
collaborative Pair work
o To participate in the socialization of the ideas based on the video
o Solution of a quiz ( hot potatoes)
o Summarizing ideas using a graphic organizer
o First draft of planning an activity to teach a nursery rhyme
Plan de Evaluacin
Antes de empezar la
unidad
Activation of in-training teachers previous knowledge by
experiencing the learning of nursery rhymes ( Learning by doing
and associating previous learning and teaching experiences)




Durante la unidad Individual participation
Pair work ( collaborative work)
Solution of short exercise
Drafting a plan of an activity based on a nursery rhyme
Despus de finalizar la
unidad
There will be a feedback session to evaluate the lesson
Materiales y Recursos TIC
Hardware: Laptops (15), Video beam

Software
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajKQ1MdLxF0 Hello song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJyNoFkud6g family finger
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4fLXUZ01rQ animal finger animals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3LWGFguPjE Teaching rhymes and poems to young learners
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krrv47g4hb0 jack and Jill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8rbEZ8gDoc&feature=youtu.be (Created by the author of this didactic
unit)


Suggested links for the in-training teachers to plan a teaching activity based on nursery rhymes

http://englikids.blogspot.com/2012/09/im-little-teapot-with-lyrics.html
http://englikids.blogspot.com/2013/10/fly-fly-butterfly-nursery-rhymes.html

http://englikids.blogspot.com/2012/08/rain-rain-go-away.html
http://englikids.blogspot.com/2012/08/be-careful-on-road.html

http://englikids.blogspot.com/2012/09/nursery-rhymes-and-songs-brush-your.html






Materiales impresos
Recursos en lnea
file:///F:/jquiz%20nurseryrhymes.htm (Jquiz in hotpotatoes)
http://coggle.it/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YC4O4vb7IXo#t=21 coggle tutorial

Otros recursos Puppets ( family members / wild animals)