Socializing: Days of the Week, Months of the Year, and Weather (beginner learners)

Songs

Students can sing songs to memorize days of the week, months of the year, or weather vocabulary.

Days of the Week lyrics

Days of the week (clap, clap)

Days of the week (clap, clap)

Days of the week, days of the week, days of the week (clap, clap)

There's Sunday and there's Monday

There's Tuesday and there's Wednesday

There's Thursday and there's Friday

And then there's Saturday 

Days of the week (clap, clap)

Days of the week (clap, clap)

Days of the week, days of the week, days of the week (clap, clap)

Days of the week Video

Months of the Year lyrics
January, February, March, and April
May, June, July, and August 
September, October, November, December
These are the months of the year (repeat 3 times)
Months of the Year Video

Weather Lyrics 
Sunny, Sunny, Sunny, Sunny 
It is sunny in the sky
S-U-N-N-Y, sunny
It is sunny in the sky 

Cloudy, cloudy, cloudy, cloudy 
It is cloudy in the sky
C-L-O-U-D-Y, cloudy
It is cloudy in the sky 

Rainy, rainy, rainy, rainy
It is rainy in the sky
R-A-I-N-Y, rainy
It is rainy in the sky 

Windy, windy, windy, windy
It is windy in the sky
W-I-N-D-Y, windy
It is windy in the sky 

Snowy, snowy, snowy, snowy
It is snowy in the sky
S-N-O-W-Y, snowy
It is snowy in the sky 
Weather Song

Changing the Date

•  A student writes the date (day, month, and year) on the board
•  Students write the date on all papers they have
•   A student can mark the days that have been completed on a calendar
• A student can always write the weather condition for that day 

Charades

•  Students can act out what they do for that day of the week
• Students can act out what they do, what they wear, or what holidays they celebrate in a specific month
• Students can act out what they wear or do during the type of weather

Happy Birthday!

• Students line up according to the month they were born in, starting in January and ending in December
• Students can race to line up according to their birthdays (see if they can beat their last time)
• Students line up when you say the month they were born in. 

Socializing topic: Greetings, Introductions, and Leave Takings (older beginner learners)

Drama/Skits
Students write their own drama/skit in pairs which will include greetings and leave takings.  

Writing Prompt

• Students can write about meeting their idol or someone famous.  The writing must include how they will greet them, introduce themselves, and say good bye. 
• Students start writing a story, that will continue all year, to introduce the characters. 

Songs
Students can write and perform a song using the vocabulary of greetings, introductions, and leave takings.

Text Message
To include their technology, students can text each other or you messages on their phones that introduce themselves and greets the other person.

Pen Pals
Contact another teacher in your area or from the country as your target language to start up a pen pal correspondence.  In the letters students must greet their reader, introduce themselves, and say bye.  

Comic

• Using a comic strip with blank space for the characters' speeches, students can write a comic with greetings, introductions, and leave takings.  
• Students draw their own comics and write the script or trade comics with a partner and the partner writes in the words.
• Have students write introductions for two people from a picture (your own, from a magazine, etc.)

Socializing topic: Greetings and Leave Takings (young beginner learners)

Songs/Chants
Have students listen to a song or chant and then have the students sing/chant along to learn greetings.  Have them get up and dance to it.  Have specific movements for vocabulary words mentioned in the song. 

Good Morning!
by Richard Graham &
Will Jasprizza


Good morning,
Good morning.
Good afternoon,
Good afternoon.
Good evening,
Good evening,
Good night!

Hello, hello, hello, hello.
Hello, hello, hello, hello!

Hello, hello, hello, hello.
Hello, hello, hello, hello!

( Repeat Chorus)

Hello, hello, hello, hello.
Hello, hello, hello, hello!

Hello, hello, hello, hello.
Hello, hello, hello, hello!

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Read a Book
The teacher reads an easy reader book to the whole class or tells their own story.  Students can repeat the greetings or do a special movement when they hear the greetings (for example, wave).   Always ask comprehension questions afterwards.  

Hello World by Manya Stojic
Say Hello by Rachel Isadora


Video
Have students watch videos where greetings are used in real life.  Always ask comprehension questions afterwards.  


Draw
Students can draw a scene in which they use the greetings (Good morning, Good afternoon, Good night, Hello, Goodbye, etc). 

Greet Students Everyday
Greet students as they come in, at the door, or at the beginning of class.  Always have students answer back whether as a whole group or individually.  

Students Greet Each Other
As part of your regular routine, you can have students greet each other every day at the beginning of class.  You can challenge them to greet a specific amount of students or the whole class (or even another teacher)!