Key Vocabulary
machines and explain/demonstrate how wheels, gears, machine, parts, work*
they work.*
• Learners identify certain machines and their Oral Language
parts (e.g., bicycle, gears, wheels). • Naming*
• Learners demonstrate and label the • Retelling
workings of simple machines (screws, • Reporting
wheel and axle, lever, pulley) on a • Asking for explanations
compound ¬machine, the bicycle.
Grammar
• Future tense with “going to”
• Helping verb “can/can’t”
• Commands*
Comprehension
• Visualization and description of information from text and charts
Literacy
• Use of alphabet to find information*
Writing
• Labeling of a diagram
• Writing about how bicycles work