Birds

This set of activities focuses on birds, including penguins, kākāpō, gulls and kiwi.

Target vocabulary is introduced using a range of activity types.

The literary focus is listening to information reports and includes text prediction and information transfer.

Click on a link below to print/download a PDF file for each activity, which contains a teacher guide and student worksheet.

The downloads box on the right-hand side includes additional support material.

ACTIVITY TITLE	ACTIVITY TYPE/SKILL	AUDIO FILES
Focus on vocabulary
1.21 Introducing birds (PDF 660KB)	Orientation	Track 1.21 (MP3 744KB)
1.22 Target vocabulary – birds (PDF 457KB)	Word list	Track 1.22 (MP3 4MB)
1.23 Identifying target vocabulary – birds (PDF 23KB)	Wordfind
1.24 Pronouncing target vocabulary – birds (PDF 70KB)	Pronunciation
1.25 Recognising target vocabulary – birds (PDF 22KB)	Bingo
1.26 Organising target vocabulary – birds (PDF 23KB)	Jumbled words
1.27 Matching parts of sentences (PDF 23KB)	Collocation
1.28 Familiarisation with target vocabulary – birds (PDF 24KB)	Word cards
1.29 Birds puzzle (PDF 24KB)	Crossword
1.30 Birds and people (PDF 108KB)	Sorting
1.31 Birds target vocabulary – same or different (PDF 345KB)	Equations
Focus on listening to information reports
1.32 Introducing penguins (PDF 47KB)	Text prediction
1.33 Penguin talk (PDF 93KB)	Information transfer	Track 1.33 (MP3 1MB)
1.34 Penguin conversation (PDF 119KB)	Information transfer	Track 1.34 (MP3 2MB)
1.35 Describing a kakapo (PDF 110KB)	Information transfer	Track 1.35 (MP3 1MB)
1.36 Listening to pictures – gulls (PDF 591KB)	Word/picture matching	Track 1.36 (MP3 3MB)
1.37 Information about kiwi (PDF 176KB)	Information transfer	Track 1.37 (MP3 3MB)

Published on: 08 Jan 2018

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