WEEK 1

I-Learn Smart Start 4 Lesson Plan

UNIT1: ANIMALS
LESSON 1.1(A,B) page: 6 (1 period)
Date of teaching:08/09/2025
A. OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
1. Language knowledge and skills
Vocabulary: snake,monkey,horse,camel,hippo,rhino.
Sentence pattern: That's a snake. - Those are snakes
That's a snake. - Those are snakes
Skills: Listening, Reading, Writing, and Speaking.
2. Competences
Self-control and independent learning: point out and say different animals.
Communication and collaboration: work in pairs or groups to know different animals.
Critical thinking and creativity: learn how to know different animals and spell them
correctly and fluently.
3. Attributes
Kindness: support their friends to complete the learning tasks.
Diligence: focus on the lesson and work hard to complete all the tasks.
Honesty: play fair.
Accountability: appreciate kindness, diligence, and honesty.
B. LANGUAGE FOCUS
Key terms/ Vocabulary :snake,monkey,horse,camel,hippo,rhino.
Key grammatical structure(s)/ sentence patterns
That's a snake. - Those are snakes
That's a snake. - Those are snakes
C. INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES
- Student’s book, p.06, situational pictures and activity pictures on page 06.
- Pictures of action ( snake,monkey,horse,camel,hippo,rhino.)
- CD1, Tracks 02, 03 (Activities A, B)
D. PROCEDURES
Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
Warm up:
"Lucky number" game - Follow and do as guided.
- Divide the class into four teams.
- Have each team stand in a line. - Pick a card from the box and talk about the
content of it, e.g., “What’s it? – It’s a goat.”
- Prepare some cards with points on their backs - Listen and follow teacher’s instructions.
“duck, goat, pig, cow, rabbit” and put them in a
box.
- Point to the pictures in their Student’s Books.
- Have each student pick a card from the box and
talk about the content of it, e.g., “What’s it? – It’s
a goat.” then get corresponding points for his/her
team. - Listen and repeat.
- Continue with the other students. The team that
gets the most points win. - Work with their partner to complete the task.
A. [Link] and point. Repeat. (CD1 Track 02)
- Arrange the flashcards
( snake,monkey,horse,camel,hippo,rhino.) on the
board to introduce the new words.
- Ask the students to listen and pay their attention.
- Play the audio (using DCR) and point to each
flashcard. - Name the things they see in the pictures.
- Then play the audio again and have them point to
the pictures in their Student’s Books. - Listen and point to the characters.
- Play the audio and require them to listen and
repeat. - Listen and repeat the new words.
- Help them with their pronunciation if necessary.
- Have the class work in pairs. One student - Practice the dialogue with their partner and
randomly points to the pictures in their book, and change their roles.
the other one says the words. Then have them
swap roles and continue this activity. - Demonstrate the activity in front of the class.
- Walk round the class and support them if needed. - Play in individual.
2. Play Flashcard peek. - Follow their teacher’s instructions.
- Have one student come to the front of the
class. - Show the flashcard to his/her friend and hide it
- Hold one flashcard facing your body so no one again.
can see it. - Let his/her friends try to guess the new word.
- Very quickly show the flashcard to the student
Repeat.
and hide it again.
- Have the student guess the new word on the
 flashcard.
- LLook and read the useful language silently.
- Repeat with other students and flashcards.
- LListen to the teacher’s explanation.
B. 1. Listen and practice. (CD1 Track 03)
- Use DCR to show the useful language and have
students look and read the useful language silently.
- LListen and look at the useful language again.
- Explain that we use this for introductions, when
- - Work in pairs and practice the useful language.
we meet someone for the first time and their name
is unfamiliar. - Use the new words from Part A when practicing
- Play the audio and have them look at the useful the useful language.
language.
- Ask them to work in pairs and practice the useful - Play a game
language.
- - Carefully look at the teacher demonstrating the
- Require them to use the vocabulary from Part A.
activity.
- Go around the class and support them if - LLook and put a tick or a cross.
necessary. - Work in pairs and check their partner’s answers.
2. Look and put a tick or a cross. Practice. - Listen and check.
- Demonstrate the activity using the example. - - Check the answers with the teacher and friends.

- Have the students look and put a tick or a cross. - Practice saying the sentences with a friend
- Divide the class into pairs and have them check
each other’s work.
- Use DCR to check the answers as a whole class.
- Have some students share their answers with the
class.
- Have pairs practice saying the sentences.
Monitor the class and support if needed.
Consolidation
- Have the students play the game “Guessing”. - Follow their teacher’s instructions.
- Divide the class into two teams.
- Invite one student from each group to come to - Do homework, copy the new words, and prepare
the front of the class and face to their friends. the new lesson.
- Place each flashcard
(snake,monkey,horse,camel,hippo,rhino.)
at a different place on the board.
- Quickly change the flashcard’s position and
stand next to one of them and ask the student from
each group to guess which flashcard that the
teacher is standing next to.
- The team having more correct answers will win.
Homework Assignment
- Require the students to do exercises on page 2
in the Workbook.
- Have them copy letters and structure in their - Follow their teacher’s instructions.
Tiếng Anh 4 i-Learn Smart Start Notebook, - Do homework, copy the new words, and
page 4. prepare the new lesson.
- Ask them to prepare Parts C and D, Lesson 1 on
page 7 in the Student’s Book.

E. ADJUSTMENT AFTER THE LESSON (IF ANY)

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I-Learn Smart Start 4 Lesson Plan
UNIT1: ANIMALS
LESSON 1.2(C,D) page: 7 (1 period)
Date of teaching: 09/09/2025
A. OBJECTIVES
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to identify the /h/ sound and practice the
conversations.
1. Language knowledge and skills
Vocabulary: friendly
Sentence pattern: This is a monkey. - These are monkeys.
That's a snake. - Those are snakes
Skills: Listening, Reading, Writing, and Speaking.
[Link]
Self-control and independent learning: identify the /sp/ sound and say different animals.
Communication and collaboration: work in pairs or groups to identify the /h/ sound and
say different animals.
Critical thinking and creativity: learn how to identify the /h/ sound and spell names
correctly and fluently.

[Link]
Kindness: support their friends to complete the learning tasks.
Diligence: focus on the lesson and work hard to complete all the tasks.
Honesty: play fair.
Accountability: appreciate kindness, diligence, and honesty.
B. LANGUAGE FOCUS
Key terms/ Vocabulary
To help the students review about different animals, generate students’ interests and, lead in
the new lesson.
Key grammatical structure(s)/ sentence patterns
This is a monkey. - These are monkeys.
That's a snake. - Those are snakes
C. INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES
- Student’s book, p.7, situational pictures and activity pictures on page 07.
- Pictures of action (review about different animals).
- CD1, Tracks 04, 05 (Activities C, D)
D. PROCEDURES
Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
Warm up: Playing the Slap the board game.
-Divide the class into two teams and have them - Make two lines to play this game.
form two lines.
-Place the flashcards about the alphabet on the - Look at the flashcards on the board.
board, showing the images. - Carefully listen and run to the board to
slap the correct card and read aloud the
Call out a word and have the first student from
each group race to slap the correct image on the word on it.
board and say it correctly. The first student to slap
the correct flashcard wins a point for their team.
[Link] and repeat.
- Make two lines to play this game.
- Listen and follow their teacher’s
- Look at the flashcards on the board. instructions.
- Carefully listen and run to the board to slap the - Listen to the audio.
correct card and read aloud the word on it. - Listen and notice the sound first.
2. Chant. (CD1 Track 05)
Listen to the audio again and repeat the
- Write the words or put up the flashcards on the
sound.
board.
- Play the audio (using DCR).
- Have the students listen to the chant.
- Point to a word or picture on the board, say the
sound and word and have the students listen - Follow their teacher’s instructions.
and repeat.
- Follow the same procedure with the other - Listen to the chant.
sound and word.
 - Play the audio again. - Listen and repeat the sound.
- Have the students listen and clap along with the
sounds and words as they hear them in the chant.
D. 1. Look and listen. (CD1 Track 06)
- Introduce the situation: “Let’s watch TV…”
- Listen to the chant again.
- Have the students look at the story (using DCR) Listen and clap along with the sounds and
and ask these questions. words as they hear them in the chant.
• Who can you see? (Alfie, Tom)
• What are they doing? (watching TV) -Listen to their teacher’s introduction
• How many monkeys can you see? (one) about the situation.
• Play the audio. - Look at the story and answer their
- Have the students look and listen. teacher’s questions.
2. Listen and write. (CD1 Track 07)
- Play the audio (using DCR) and demonstrate the
activity using the example.
- Play the audio and have students listen and write.
- Play the audio again and check answers as a
whole class. -Listen to the story.
3. Practice with your friends.
- Divide the class into two pairs. - Listen and follow their teacher’s
demonstration.
- Have the students practice saying the - Listen to the story and write.
sentences.
- Have some pairs demonstrate the activity in -Listen to the story again and check the
front of the class. answers as a whole class.

- Work with their partner to complete the

Consolidation task.
- Ask the students work in groups of four or five - Practice saying the sentences.
students.
- Give each group a set of sentences and ask them - Demonstrate the activity in front of the
class.
to make a meaningful conversation.
- Give them enough time to rearrange the given
sentences.
- Invite each group to present their answer.
- Have other groups comment and give the - Work in groups to complete the task.
correct answer if any.
- Check the students’ answers as a whole class. - Make a meaningful conversation from
 Homework Assignment the given sentences.
- Require the students to do exercises on page 3
in the Workbook.
- Ask them to prepare Parts E and F, Lesson 1 - Present their answer in front of the
on page 8 in the Student’s Book. class.
- Ask them to do the exercises in Tiếng Anh 4 - Give comments to other groups.
i-Learn Smart Start Notebook, page 4.
- Follow their teacher’s instructions.

- Do homework, copy the new words, and

prepare the new lesson.

E. ADJUSTMENT AFTER THE LESSON (IF ANY)

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I-Learn Smart Start 4 Lesson Plan

UNIT1: ANIMALS
LESSON 1.3(E,F) page: 8 (1 period)
Date of teaching: 10/09/2025
A. OBJECTIVES
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to introduce different animals.
1. Language knowledge and skills
Vocabulary: snake, monkey, horse, camel, hippo, rhino.
Sentence patterns: This is a monkey. - These are monkeys.
That's a snake. - Those are snakes
Skills: Speaking.
[Link]
Self-control and independent learning: identify and introduce different animals.
Communication and collaboration: work in pairs or groups to introduce different animals.
Critical thinking and creativity: learn how to introduce different animals correctly and
fluently.
[Link]
Kindness: support their friends to complete the learning tasks or play the games.
Diligence: focus on the lesson and work hard to complete all the tasks.
Honesty: play fair.
B. LANGUAGE FOCUS
Key terms/ Vocabulary :snake, monkey, horse, camel, hippo, rhino.
Key grammatical structure(s)/ sentence patterns
This is a monkey. - These are monkeys.
That's a snake. - Those are snakes
C. INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES
- Student’s book, p.08, situational pictures and activity pictures on page 08.
- Pictures of greeting (.snake, monkey, horse, camel, hippo, rhino.)
D. PROCEDURES
Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
Warm up: Play the Slap the board game.
-Divide the class into two teams and have them
form two lines. - Make two lines to play this game.
-Place the flashcards about animals on the board,
showing the images. - Look at the flashcards on the board.
Call out a word and have the first student from
each group race to slap the correct image on the - Carefully listen and run to the board to
board and say it correctly. The first student to slap slap the correct card and read aloud the
the correct flashcard wins a point for their team. word on it.
E. 1. Point and say.
- Divide the class into two pairs. - Work with their partner to complete
- Demonstrate the activity using the speech the task.
bubbles. - Follow their teacher’s instructions.
- Have the student A point to a person in the - Point to a person in the picture, have
picture, have the student B introduce. the other student introduce.
- Swap roles and repeat.
- Afterwards, have some pairs demonstrate the
activity in front of the class.
F. Play the Finding the animals game. - Present their work in front of the class.
- Demonstrate the activity using the example.
- Divide the class into pairs.
- Look at the picture of the zoo.
- Have Student A look at the picture, point, and
- Work with their partner to complete
say what animals they see while Student B
the activity.
listens.
- Have students swap roles and repeat. - Point and say about different animals
and change their roles to continue the
Consolidation activity.
- Have the students play the game “Guessing”.
- Divide the class into two teams. .
- Invite one student from each group to come to
 the front of the class and face to their friends. - Name the things they see in the pictures.
- Place each flashcard (snake, monkey, horse, - Listen and point to the characters.
camel, hippo, rhino.) at a different place on the - Listen and repeat the new words.
board. - Practice the dialogue with their partner
and change their roles.
- Quickly change the flashcard’s position and - Demonstrate the activity in front of the
stand next to one of them and ask the student class.
from each group to guess which flashcard that the - Work with their team to complete the
teacher is standing next to. task.
Homework Assignment - Call out the classroom command for the
- Require the students to do exercises on page 6,7 other team to do the action and swap their
in the Workbook. roles.
- Have them copy new words and structures in - Play a game
their Tiếng Anh 4 i-Learn Smart Start Notebook,
page 8. - Follow their teacher’s instructions.
- Ask them to prepare Lesson 4 on page 9 in the
Student’s Book. - Do homework, copy the new words, and
prepare the new lesson.

E. ADJUSTMENT AFTER THE LESSON (IF ANY)

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I-Learn Smart Start 4 Lesson Plan

UNIT1: ANIMALS
LESSON 2.1(A,B) page: 9 (1 period)
Date of teaching: 11/09/2025
A. OBJECTIVES
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to learn the target language to ask and answer
about animals.
1. Language knowledge and skills
Vocabulary: panda, giraffe, lion, dolphin, tiger, zebra.
Sentence patterns: What's this? It's a panda. What's that? It's a dolphin.
Skills: Listening, Reading, Writing, and Speaking.
[Link]
Self-control and independent learning: identify, ask and answer about an animal.
Communication and collaboration: work in pairs/ groups to ask and answer about an
animal.
Critical thinking and creativity: learn how to ask and answer about an animal.
[Link]
Kindness: support their friends to complete the learning tasks or play the games.
Diligence: focus on the lesson and work hard to complete all the tasks.
Honesty: play fair.
Accountability: appreciate kindness, diligence, and honesty.
B. LANGUAGE FOCUS
Key terms/ Vocabulary : panda, giraffe, lion, dolphin, tiger, zebra.
Key grammatical structure(s)/ sentence patterns
What's this? It's a panda. What's that? It's a dolphin.
C. INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES
- Student’s book, p.09, situational pictures and activity pictures on page 09.
- Pictures of animals ( panda, giraffe, lion, dolphin, tiger, zebra.)
- CD1, Tracks 8, 9 (Activities A, B)
D. PROCEDURES
Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
Warm up: Playing the Repeating game.
- Put a selection of the flashcards about different - Follow their teacher’s instructions
animals on the board. before playing the game.
- Point to a flashcard and say a word. If the - Look at the flashcard, listen to their
word is correct, the students repeat it. If not, teacher saying the word on each card, and
they stay silent. repeat the word if it is correct.
A.1. Listen and point. Repeat. (CD1 Track 08)
- Arrange the flashcards (panda, giraffe, lion, - Listen and follow their teacher’s
dolphin, tiger, zebra) on the board. instructions.
- Ask the students to listen and pay their
attention.
- Use DCR on Eduhome to play the audio and - Point to the pictures in their Student’s
point to each flashcard. Books.
- Then play the audio again and have them point - Listen and repeat.
to the pictures in their Student’s Books.
- Play the audio and require them to listen and
repeat.
- Help them with their pronunciation if
necessary.
- Have the class work in pairs. One student - Work with their partner to complete the
randomly points to the pictures in their book, task.
and the other one says the words. Then have
 them swap roles and continue this activity.
- Walk round the class and support them if
needed.
2. Play Guess
- Divide the class into two teams. - Play with their teammates.
- Arrange the flashcards on the board and write a - Follow their teacher’s instructions.
number under each card. - Look at the flashcard covered with a
- Have students look at the flashcards for the piece of paper and quickly say the new
count of ten. word when their teacher slowly moves
- Turn the flashcards over to face the board when the paper.
the students are not looking.
- Call out a number and have students take turns
to guess the face-down card. Turn the card over
after each guess
- Do the task.
C. 1. Listen and practice. (CD1 Track 09)
- Use DCR on Eduhome to show the useful
- Look and read the useful language
language and have the students look and read
silently.
the useful language silently.
- Listen to their teacher’s explanation.
- Explain that we use this to ask and answer the
questions about a person we don’t know.
- Play the audio and have them look at the useful
language.
- Ask them to work in pairs and practice the - Listen and look at the useful language
useful language. again.
- Require them to use the vocabulary from Part - Work in pairs and practice the useful
A. language.
- Go around the class and support them if - Use the new words from Part A when
necessary. practicing the useful language.
2. Look and write. Practice.
- Demonstrate the activity using the example.
- Have the students look and write their answers - Carefully look at the teacher
in their Student’s Books. demonstrating the activity.
- Divide the class into pairs and have them - Look and write their answers in their
check each other’s work. Student’s Books.
- Use DCR on Eduhome to check the answers as - Work in pairs and check their
a whole class. partner’s answers.
- Have some pairs practice saying the sentences. - Check the answers with the teacher
and friends.
- Monitor the class and support if needed.
Consolidation - Practice saying the sentences with a
- Ask the students to focus on the language friend.
structures: Who’s she?/ What’s her name?
- Randomly invite some pairs to practice the
structures.
- Show the flashcards about the family members - Follow their teacher’s instructions.
to the students so that they take turns asking - Work with their partner to complete
and answering the questions. the task.
- Correct the students’ mistakes if needed. - Ask and answer the questions using
the target pattern sentence structures.
Homework Assignment - Follow their teacher’s instructions.
- Require the students to do exercises on page 4
in the Workbook. - Do homework, copy the new words,
- Have them copy new words and structure in and prepare the new lesson.
their Tiếng Anh 4 i-Learn Smart Start
Notebook, page 5.
- Ask them to prepare Parts C and D, Lesson 2
on page 10 in the Student’s Book.
E. ADJUSTMENT AFTER THE LESSON (IF ANY)
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