Back to school π β a ready 25-minute lesson plan
Aylara A.
Kids' teacher Β· founder of AylaraTalks
A ready-to-teach back to school lesson built on the five-block structure: land & warm, teach, play, produce, land. Every link below opens with this topic already loaded β the plan runs from one browser tab.
Before the lesson (1 minute)
- Open the back to school topic page in a tab β the word wall doubles as your flashcards and pronunciation guide.
- Offline or with a printer: print the flashcards sheet. Two items maximum on the child's desk.
Warm-up (0β3 min)
The fixed opening: wave + name + hello song. Then thirty seconds of topic TPR: "Show me a backpack! Now be a lunchbox!" β bodies first, words after.
Teach: six words (3β9 min)
- π backpack (ΡΡΠΊΠ·Π°ΠΊ) β show, say, echo in a silly voice, tap the card to hear it.
- π± lunchbox (Π»Π°Π½ΡΠ±ΠΎΠΊΡ) β show, say, echo in a silly voice, tap the card to hear it.
- π pencil case (ΠΏΠ΅Π½Π°Π») β show, say, echo in a silly voice, tap the card to hear it.
- π timetable (ΡΠ°ΡΠΏΠΈΡΠ°Π½ΠΈΠ΅) β show, say, echo in a silly voice, tap the card to hear it.
- π bus (Π°Π²ΡΠΎΠ±ΡΡ) β show, say, echo in a silly voice, tap the card to hear it.
- π§βπ« teacher (ΡΡΠΈΡΠ΅Π»Ρ) β show, say, echo in a silly voice, tap the card to hear it.
Play (9β17 min)
Main game on today's words β Memory in pictureβword mode (say every card aloud), or Bingo if the child likes hunting. One game played twice beats two games played once.
Produce (17β22 min)
- Personal questions with today's words: "Do YOU like the backpack? Which one is big? Which is your favourite?"
- Or spin Name 3 β when the cube lands anywhere near today's theme, watch the recall fireworks.
Land (22β25 min)
- The suitcase: 'What are you taking home?' β each child packs one word.
- A star on the chart, the fixed goodbye song, camera wave.
β Take this with you
Six back to school words met seven ways in twenty-five minutes β and next lesson starts by waking these words before adding more. Steal this structure for any topic; the games re-load in one tap.
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About the author
Aylara A.
Kids' teacher Β· founder of AylaraTalks
Aylara is a kids' teacher who spent years hand-making every classroom game β cutting cards and drawing boards on paper sheets. She created AylaraTalks so no teacher has to start from a blank page again.