Excelente juego para niños de primer ciclo.

1. Basketball
By Jaime Sanhueza Sanhueza.

2. • Objective: By the end of the lesson, the students
will be able to identify different sports.
• Time: 30 minutes
• Level: 4th grade
• Materials: A little ball – A trash can - Flashcards

3. Warm up Activity
The teacher will present the topic of the class asking different
questions to the students. For example:
•Do you play any sport?
•Do you know any famous sportmen/sportwomen?
•Which is your favourite sport?
5 minutes

4. Pre- Activity
Teacher will give a worksheet
to students for them to match
the sports with the correct
picture.
5 minutes

5. While Activity
First of all, the teacher has to divide the class into two groups. If
it is a bigger class, it can be divided into three or four groups.
The idea is to have the same amount of players in each team.

6. While activity
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Each team will have to make a row at each side of the trash can.
After having decided who is going to play first, the students will start
answering the teacher’s questions about sports or identifying the
sport that is in the flascards.

7. While activity
Examples of questions:
•What sport did Michael Jourdan play?
•Does Iván Zamorano play Tennis? If the answer is No, ask them what sport he
plays.
•What sport does Roger Federer play?
•Is Nicolás Massu famous for running?
•Is Colo Colo a Rugby team?

8. While Activity
Example of flashcard

9. While Activity
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If the answer is correct, the student will win the opportunity to have a shot to the trash
can.
If the Student gets the ball in the trash can, he/she wins 2 points. If the student gets
the ball out the trash can, they give 1 point to the other team.
When all the students have answered at least one question, the team with more
points is the WINNER.

10. While Activity
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If at the end of the questions the two teams have the same score,
one student of each team will have to answer one more question
and then, put the ball in the trash can to know which team is the
WINNER.
15 minutes

11. Post activity
5 minutes

12. Link references
• http://www.eslkidstuff.com/Gamescontents.htm
• http://www.havefunteaching.com/workshe
ets/themes/sports/sports-crosswordpuzzle