The Role play activity

Activity name : who I am.

The type of the activity : short circle time activity.
Theme : the animals.

The learning outcomes:

Identify animals and its shapes and colors.
Develop students description skills.
Discover the world.

Description :
Who I am activity is a role play activity. In this activity each students will close their eyes and
they will choose one animal in the box and they will put it behind them to make another
students cant see it. After that the teacher will ask each student to ask his classmate about
the animal (dive them hints) to make them guess what is an animal that he have.
I choose this activity because it will make students identify some animals and its shapes and
colors. Also, it will make students how to describe things. Teacher can use this activity for
animals theme.

The development domains :

This activity will develop students cognitive skills when they describe the animals also when
they think and guess the animal that their classmate have. This acti vity will develop students
language skills because they will gain new vocabulary such as: (huge, small, short, tall, colors
and shapesetc.) when they describe the animals. In addition, this activity will develop
students social and emotional skills when they describe and guess the animals.

Drama and role play activity

Activity Name /
who I am

References:

Activity Type:
e.g. short circle time activities /
games; role playing characters
from a favourite story with
varying degrees of direction
from the teacher; using puppets
and/or storyboards

It is a short circle time

activity. The student in
this activity will describe
the animal and the
classmate will guess

Aspect of drama being addressed

(adapted from IB PYP)

Resources:

e.g. Creative exploration and Expression; Technical

incorporation (use of props); Performance; Personal and
social development; Reflection, evaluation and
Appreciation; (Drama in society)

Identify the animals shapes and color.

The students will Identify the animals shapes
and color through description

Animals picture
in sticks.

Discover the world.

Students will identify the animal that live in
the world.

Organisation:

e.g. Whole Class / Groups / Pairs / Dramatic

Play / Circle Time Area / Hall / Outside

Duration of Activity:

Whole Class the Circle Time Area

Approximately 20 minutes.

What the teacher does:

What the children do:

The teacher will give the students instructions.

The students will listen to the teachers instructions.

The teacher will ask all students to close their eyes.

The students will close their eyes.

She will ask each student to take one animals picture

from the box while he close his eyes.

Each students will take one animal picture.

She will ask the students to open their eyes to see the
picture and put it behind them to make another
student cant see it.

The students will open their eyes to see the picture and put it
behind them to make another student cant see it.

The teacher will start first. She will tell students small
description about the animal that she have. For
example: if she have the elephants picture she will
say: I have a huge animal, it is gray and it have a long
proboscis.

The students will think and guess the animal.

The teacher will ask one student to describe him

animal.

The student will describe his animal. For example: if he have a lion
he will say: I have brown animal, it live in forest and it have long
hair in its head.

The teacher will complete ask each student to describe

their animal.

Each student will describe their animal.

The teacher will praise the student and she will ask the
student what is their favorite animal.
The teacher will ask the student to put the animals
picture in the box.

Extension Ideas:
Teacher can use puppets instead of picture in sticks.

The student will answer the teacher question.

The role play activity

Activity name : Flight crew
The type of the activity : role play activity.
(Act the one career)

Theme : the careers.

The learning outcomes:

Identify one kind of transportation.
Identify one career.
Discover the world.

Description:
The flight crew activity is a role play activity. In this activity the students will put the chairs in
three line to act they are in plane. They will divide to three group on group will be the pilots
and the second group is the air host and the third group will be the passenger.
I choose this activity because it will make students identify one kind of transportation and
identify the career. Teacher can use this activity in she have the career theme or
transportation theme. Also, if the school have transportation week.

The development domains :

This activity will develop students cognitive skills because they will identify one kind of
transportation and identify the career in the plane. This activity will develop students
language skills because they will gain new vocabulary such as: (plane, pilot, air host and
passenger.). This activity will develop students physical skills when they use their fine and
gross motor to act. In addition, this activity will develop students social and emotional skills
when they act about the career together.

Theory:
This activity apply different theories. According to the psychology scientist Piaget who believe
the children learn through use materials.
This activity for special needs students because this activity is easy for them. They will
choose the group they want and act with their classmate.

Drama and role play activity

Activity Name /

Activity Type:

Aspect of drama being addressed

(adapted from IB PYP)

Resources:

It is role playing a favorite

career in the flight crew.

Recognize the transportation.

Plastic cups and

plates to
represent the
food and drinks.

flight crew

References:

The students will act the flight crew careers

Discover the world.

Students will identify the careers that they
can choose it for the future.

Organisation:

e.g. Whole Class / Groups / Pairs / Dramatic

Play / Circle Time Area / Hall / Outside

Duration of Activity:

Whole Class role play area

20 minutes.

What the teacher does:

What the children do:

The teacher will tell the students instructions.

The students will listen to the teachers instructions.

The teacher will ask all to divide to three group. Each

group will represent on career of flight crew

The students will divide to three group. Each group will represent
on career of flight crew

The teacher will observe the students and she will ask
them question while they do their work.

The first group will be the pilots. This group will include three
student to act they drive the plane.

The teacher will observe the students and she will ask
them question while they do their work.

The second group will be the air host. This group will give the foods
and drinks for the passenger and the will contact with the pilots
and passengers. Also the will tell the passenger the safety rules

The teacher will observe the students and she will ask
them question while they do their work.

The third group will be the passenger. This group will act they eat
the food and drink the coffee or water.

The teacher will praise the student and she will ask the
student about their experience.

The student will answer the teacher question.

The teacher will ask the student to clean and sing

clean up song

Extension Ideas:
The teacher can choose one of transportation to make students act about it. Also, she can give them the clothes
that represent the careers.

The role play activity

Activity name : The very hungry caterpillar
The type of the activity : a story activity.
Theme : the animals.

The learning outcomes:

Identify the weekdays and some fruits and
Enhance childrens mathematical skills.
Recognize the stage of animals evaluation.
Discover the world.

Description:
The very hungry caterpillar activity is a role play activity. In this activity the students will
listen to the teacher when she read the story then the teacher will ask each student to act
one part of the story by use different materials.
I choose this activity because it will make students identify the weekdays and the types of
fruits and enhance childrens mathematical skills. Also, it develop cognitive learning and
recognize the stage of animals evaluation. Teacher can use this activity if she have a lesson
about the stages of evaluation.

The learning domains:

This activity will develop students cognitive skills when they identify the stages of caterpillar
evaluation and identify the weekdays and the types of fruits. This activity will develop
students language skills because they will gain new vocabulary such as: (the name of the
stages of caterpillar evaluation and the name of weekdays and the types of fruits). This
activity will develop students physical skills when they use their fine and gross motor to act.
In addition, this activity will develop students social and emotional skills when the student
act the part of the story for classmate.

Drama and role play activity

Activity Name /

Activity Type:

Aspect of drama being addressed

(adapted from IB PYP)

Resources:

It is a story activity. The

students will act a part of
the story before the
teacher read it for them.

Identify the stages of animals evaluation.

Caterpillars

The very hungry

caterpillar
References:

The students will identify the stages of

caterpillar evaluation.

picture in stick.
The foods picture
in the sticks.

Carle, E. (1979). The very

hungry caterpiller.
New York: Collins
Publishers.

Discover the world.

The students will link between the
environment and the lesson.

Organisation:

e.g. Whole Class / Groups / Pairs / Dramatic

Play / Circle Time Area / Hall / Outside

Duration of Activity:

Whole Class the Circle Time Area

Approximately 20 minutes.

What the teacher does:

What the children do:

The teacher will tell the students instructions.

The students will listen to the teachers instructions.

The teacher will ask the students question about the

cover page of the story

The students will answer the question .

She will read the story of the students.

The students will listen carefully to the teacher.

She will ask one student to act the first part be use the
materials.

The student will act the first part be use the materials.

She will ask another students to complete.

The student will complete act the first part be use the materials.

One Sunday morning the warm sun came up and pop! Out of the
egg came a tiny and very hungry caterpillar. He started to look for
some food. On Monday he ate through on e apple. But he was still
hungry

On Tuesday he ate through two pears, but he was still hungry. On

Wednesday he ate through three plums, but he was still hungry.
On Friday he ate through five oranges, but he was still hungry. On
Saturday he ate through (cake, ice-creametc.)
She will ask one student to act the second part of story.

The student will act the second part of story.

The next day was Sunday again. The caterpillar ate through one
nice green leaf, and after that he felt much better. Now he wasnt
hungry anymore- and he wasnt a little caterpillar any more. He
was a big, fat caterpillar
She will ask another students to complete.

The student will complete act the second part of story.

He built a small house, called a cocoon, around himself. He stayed
inside for more than two weeks. Then he nibbled a hole in the
cocoon, pushed his way out He was a beautiful butterfly!

Teacher will repeat and ask another students to act.

The student will act.

The teacher will ask the students question about the

story.

The students will answer the teachers question.

The teacher will praise the student

Extension Ideas:
Teacher can use plastic food instead of picture in sticks.