The Result of Planning
b. Unit 2
The topic in this unit is “Let’s Go For a Walk”. It is about introducing
public places. The skills being developed in this unit are listening and writing. The goals of the unit are implemented in the indicators as mentioned in the
Appendix A. In “Get Ready” stages, there are morning routines as mentioned in
Unit 1. In the second unit, the morning routines are started by greeting the children and asking them to pray. Then, the teachers check their attendance and
sing national anthem. The stage is ended by singing “Hello” song together.
In the second stage, i.e. “Let’s Start”, the teachers tell the children about
public places around campus. To help the children’s understanding, the teachers
show some pictures while explaining the name of the public places. In “It’s Your
Turn” stage, the children practice to sing “The Grand Old Duke of York” song, led by the teachers. The song is about soldiers who are walking up to a hill. The
song is expected to encourage children’s spirit since they have to walk around
campus. In “Let’s Have Fun” stage, the teachers tell about “Map Labeling” activity. In this activity, the children are given a map of UNY that consists of
routes and building’s name, but not all of the buildings are named. Therefore, the children are expected to write down the name when passing by the buildings.
After they come to a rest area, children are asked to color the pictures of some buildings based on the clues given by the teachers.
In “Take a Break” stage, children are asked about what they have learned on the day and asked for their reflection whether they are happy or not. In the last
activity, the teachers tell about the activity for the next day and end the class by
asking them to pray and sing “Good Bye” song. As the back-up activities, the
researcher provides “Pinocchio” song. The purpose of the song is to enhance
children’s cheerfulness and liveliness since it consists of repetitive actions.
c. Unit 3
The topic in this unit is “Welcome to My House”. It is about understanding
parts of house and its furniture. The skills being developed in this unit are listening and speaking. The goals of the unit are implemented in the indicators as
mentioned in the Appendix A . In “Get Ready” stage, there are morning routines as
mentioned in Unit 2. In this stage, the morning routines are started by greeting the children and asking them to pray. After that, the teachers check their attendance
and sing national anthem. The stage is ended by teaching “Good Morning” song
and singing the song together. In the
second stage, i.e. “Let’s Start”, the teachers ask the children to tell about campus grand tour they have experienced the day before. Then, still about
buildings, the teachers tell about a house, its parts and furniture inside it. The teachers pronounce the terms and the children follow the teachers. To help the
children to understand the materials, the teachers show some pictures of parts of a house and its furniture. After explaining a house, the teachers show a video about
“The House” song and ask the children to watch the video carefully. In “It’s Your Turn” stage, the children are asked to sing the song together,
led by the teachers. It is expected that the song can enhance the children understanding about parts of a house. Then, they are
explained about “Sticking Race
” game. The game is about filling empty rooms with appropriate furniture.