Authors: Mary Oluyemisi Aina and Hafsah Temi Aminu (Nigeria) | Published on 1 March 2023
Introduction:
There are many ways we travel.
Teacher:
- How do you come to school every day?
- If you do not want to go on foot, how can you travel?
- Does your father have a car?
- Do you like horses?
- Have you seen a truck before?
- Does your best friend ride a bicycle?
Stage 1:
(a) Display pictures/videos of different types of road transportation.
(b) Show on a computer screen/projector pictures of a school/farm/market/church/ mosque/amusement park/football field/ hospital/birthday party, etc.
Stage 2:
Ask the learners to say how they go these places and to match the types of transportation with the places.
Stage 3:
Use one of the methods below:
a. WORD CLOUD
Show learners the Word Cloud below. Ask them to select a type of transportation and say where they can travel to. (https://wordart.com/f5qq6gjpfbdu/word-art)
b. NAMES ON WHEEL
Touch this spinner and have pupils use the word displayed.
OR
Create a wheel of words using coloured cards. (https://wheelofnames.com/8zz-9ag)
Stage 4:
With WordArt: Teacher clicks on a word in the WordArt image. Then asks learners to spell and pronounce the word.
With Wheel of Names: Teacher spins the cardboard wheel and the learners pronounce the word the pointer falls on.
Stage 5: Extend
i. Pupils are divided into groups (by gender or according to the first letters of their surnames).
Give each group 2 minutes to list as many types of road transportation as they can.
Dictate the words on the WordArt image / Wheel of Names to see which group gets the highest score.
ii. Give pupils a worksheet containing different pictures of various means of transportation (cars, trucks, airplane, bicycle, train, ship). Learners circle the transport systems that use roads.