Unit8Whenisyourbirthday?TheFirstPeriod1(SectionA,1a–2d)Teachingaimsandlanguagepoints:1.Learnthesewordsandexpressions,andbeabletosay,readandwritethem:when,month,January,February,March,April,May,June,July,August,September,October,November,Decembertheordinalnumbersfromfirsttothirty-first2.Beabletotalkaboutone’sbirthdaybyusing:Whenisyour/his/herbirthday?My/His/HerbirthdayisonOctober10th.WhenisAlice’sbirthday?Herbirthdayis…Teachingsteps:1.Warm-upandrevision(课堂热身和复习)(1)Dailygreetingtothestudents（日常问候）(2)Revision（复习）:Reviewthecardinalnumbersandsomenounsbytranslatingthefollowingphrases.11个足球14个西红柿28双红袜子15顶帽子31个乒乓拍12条短裤26个学生18个毛衣2.Presentation(呈现新知识)Presentthenewwords:month,January,February,March,April,May,June,July,August,September,October,November,DecemberT:What’sthisinEnglish?(showapictureofacalendar).It’sacalendar.Howmanymonthsarethereinayear?Thereare12monthsinayear.(GettheSstoguesswhatmonthandyearmean.Then,teachtheSsthenamesofthe12months.)3.Workingon1a.(1)Listenandrepeat.(2)AsksomeindividualSstoreadthenewwordsagain.Correcttheirpronunciationswhennecessary.4.Asong.TeachtheSstosingthesongofmonths.5.OrdinalNumbers(序数词)(1)Presenttheordinalnumbersfromfirsttotwelfth.2.用年历引出月份的名称，通过看图，简单明了。由于单词多，拼写复杂，所以音标和单词直接出现，引导学生观察读音与拼写的关联，反复教读，让学生迅速上口。教学设计说明1.由于本课时要教学序数词，所以通过汉译英练习迅速复习基数词和前几个单元的一些名词，加强教学的前后联系。3．由于单词多，拼读较难，注意让学生跟录音反复朗读，检查学生的语音是否正确，及时纠错。4.TheMonths这首歌简单易学，学生们通过唱歌来巩固这些单词的读音是一个很好的办法，也可以帮助学生更快记住它们。T:WhatisJanuary?(HelptheSstoanswer.)Ss:It’sthefirstmonthoftheyear.(Repeatthequestionsandanswersfortheothermonthsandpresenttheordinalnumbersfromsecondtotwelfth.)(2)Presentsomeotherordinalnumbers.(3)Readtheordinalnumberschartonpage81oftheStudents’Book.(4)Workon2a.Listenandrepeat.(5)基数词变为序数词的顺口溜6.Workon1band1c.(1)Studentslistenandnumbertheconversations.Checktheiranswersquickly.(2)Listenandrepeat.(3)Practicetheconversationsinpairs.(4)Practicereadingsomedates.7.Groupwork.(小组活动)AsktheSstoaskandanswerabouttheirownbirthdays.Askthemtocollectthebirthdaysoftheirgroupmembersandfillinthechart.8.Listeningpractice.(听力练习)(1)Workon2b.Listenandcirclethenumbersyouhearin2a.(2)Workon2c.Listenandmatchthenames,monthsanddates.(3)Listenandreadtheconversationsaftertherecording.9.Pairwork.(两人活动)Workon2d.(1)Talkaboutthechildren’sbirthdayin2cusingthesampleconversationinthebox.(2)Askyourpartneraboutthebirthdaysinhisorherfamily.10.Homework（家庭作业）1.Rememberthenewwordswelearnedtoday.2.LookatthechartbelowandwriteaconversationbetweenyouandMikeliketheconversationin2d.6.听读1b的对话是为进一步让学生模仿对话做准备，所以跟录音朗读，模仿录音中的语音语调很重要。7.给学生一个任务：收集小组成员的生日。这样使句型练习有了交际的目的，对话更有意义。学生能学以致用，也就更有学习兴趣。8.2d的对话练习出现了名词所有格和第三人称的物主代词。要提请学生注意，让学生简单模仿运用。名词所有格在后面的课时再作详细的讲解。5.序数词的学习也是本课时的一个重要内容，有了基数词的学习做基础，多数序数词的变化是有规律的，所以要让学生们在较短的时间掌握这么多的序数词，就要让学生注意总结基数词与序数词的变化规律。
