All About Me! Things I Like

Explicit Instruction/Teacher modeling

• Explain to your students that different people like to do different things. For example: Some people like to read, cook, run, watch television, write, and play, while other people might not like to do those activities.
• Tell students to think of one thing they like to do.
• Teach students the rules for whole class discussion:
  1. Listen to others
  2. Take turns speaking
  3. Talk about the topic
• Ask students to give you a thumbs up if they can agree to follow the discussion rules.
• Toss a ball around the room. When a student catches the ball, it is their turn to share one thing they like to do. Continue until each student has shared one thing.
• Invite students to now use the rules for discussion to share with a partner. Provide sentence frames to support students in collaborative conversations with their peers, such as:
  • I like to ____. I like this because ____.
• Have the class clap their hands twice after each person says what they like to do.

Guided Practice

• Separate the class in half.
• Draw a scoreboard on the whiteboard.
• Show the class stock photos of people and objects that imply what they like to do. For example: A boy holding a bat and ball.
• Have students from each side guess what the person likes to do.
• If they guess correctly faster than the other team, give their side a point.

Independent working time

• Give each student a pair of scissors, glue, a copy of the My Favorite Things worksheet, and blank Write and Draw paper.
• Instruct your students to cut out the things they like to do from the My Favorite Things worksheet. If your students aren't ready for scissors, cut the images out for them.
• Tell your students to paste the things they like to do on the Write and Draw paper.
• Once they've finished, tell your students to write a sentence about what they like to do on the dotted lines.
• Invite students to share their ideas with a partner prior to writing them down on paper.