Lesson 3: Treasure Hunt! Vocab Taught: Sword, map, boat, ship Phonics taught: m-a-p Preparation: Flashcards, a map for each group, pirate hats from previous lesson, treasure chests from previous lesson. Fill
the treasure chests with lollies or another “treasure”. Hide the
treasure chests around the school and draw maps leading the students to
each one. You might have a series of maps, where one map leads to
another map, which leads to another map, finally arriving at the real
treasure.
Time: About an hour, depending on class size.
Warm-up
and review – run and slap. Draw the four vocab items, from the last
lesson, on the board. Explain to the students that they must run, slap
and say the pictures in the correct order. For example, if you say
“treasure, gold, island” then the students have to run, slap and say
the vocab in that order. Do this with 2 students at a time. 5-7 minutes.
Introduce and drill the new vocab – be sure to get plenty of student to student interaction. 10 minutes.
Play a game of stations as a follow-up. 5 – 7 minutes.
Treasure Hunt! Give
the maps to the students and explain that they must follow the
directions in order to find the treasure. Walk around with the students
and give them aide if they seem to be have a hard time. Fill the
treasure chests with lollies or another “treasure”. Hide the treasure
chests around the school and draw maps leading the students to each
one. You might have a series of maps, where one map leads to another
map, which leads to another map, finally arriving at the real treasure. This activity can around 20 – 25 minutes.
Phonics: m-a-p Teach
the phonic values of the three letters. Play whisper erase – this is
similar to Chinese whispers, except the students must erase the letter
that has been whispered down the line. 5 – 10 minutes.
