教学目标：
Target: When’s winter holiday? It’s in January and February. Is January after February? No, January is before February.
重点难点：
Sounds and words: / j /-----yell, year, yacht, yawn, yogurt, yesterday.
Vocabulary: January, February, March, April, May, June, before, after.
教学准备：
Picture Cards of seasons, a calendar, picture of ice-skates, a map of China.
教学过程：
Step 1： Warming up: sing a song
Revision: the words and the sentences “When’s…”
Put picture cards of spring, summer, fall and winter up on the board.
T: hold up a picture of ice-skating. I like ice-skating. Do you like it?
Ss: Yes, I do.
T: When can I go ice-skating?
Ask a student to point to the correct season picture on the board.
Pass on picture cards and have Ss hold them up.
T: When is winter? Prompt Ss holding the cards of January and February to say: It’s in January and February.
Step 2： Have Ss look at the page.
T: Let’s listen to the tape and read the story.
Play the tape and have Ss look at the pictures and dialog in their books.
Listen again, pausing after each sentence to have Ss repeat.
Put Ss into small group and have them practice acting out the dialog.
Step 3： Ask a volunteer to copy his/her school timetable for Monday on the board.
T: Is （English） class before （Chinese） class?
Ss: Yes, English class is before Chinese class.
No, English class is after Chinese class.
T: Is art class after math class? （Elicit and model responses if necessary.）
Continue asking a few more question to practice Yes and No answers.
Pair work. Ask and answer. Walk around the classroom to see how Ss are doing.
Ask some pairs to perform their Q and A exchanges for the class.
Step 4： Song activity.
Have Ss look at the pictures on the page.
T: Point to January, ask: Which month is this? Ss: It’s January.
T: Is January after February? Ss: No, January is before February.
Continue with the rest of the pictures.
OK, it’s time to sing！ First let’s listen.
Play the tape and point to each word as it is sung.
Divide Ss into two groups, one group sings the first paragraph and the other sings the second paragraph. Then ask two groups to exchange their roles and sing again.
Step 5： Ask three Ss to come to the front of the class.
Pass on to them picture cards of March, April and May. Have the three Ss hold up the cards, close their eyes and stand in random order. Ask other Ss to fill in the blanks and according to their answers: April is after____. April is before____. L
T: Now look at the pictures and fill in the blanks on the page.
Give Ss time to finish writing and check.
Have Ss read the sentences aloud. And play the music. Ss sing the original song with the recorded voices, then sing the new lyrics with the karaoke version.
Step 6： Homework.