The Solar System

From Have Fun Teaching: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noiwY7kQ5NQ

1 session activity for the 3th level of Primary Education: The planets song.

Objectives:

To learn the English names of the Solar System Planets and to introduce new
vocabulary.

To develop listening, reading and writing skills. Sing the song.

To learn about some special characteristics about the planets.

Materials: Digital whiteboard, speakers, Internet (Youtube), worksheets, pencil and

crayons.

Pre-listening and pre-watching activities:

-To ask about our Solar System.

-To ask to children about planets. What are they?; How many are there?

While-listening/watching activities:

-To listen and read the planets’ names.

-To imitate gestures made by the teacher.

-To listen the song and try to understand other new vocabulary such as: rings, gassy,
largest…

-To listen the song once more time and write the missing words of the lyrics.

Post- listening/watching activities:

-Match the sentences with the pictures.

-To write and say the planets’ names.

Planets Song Lyrics:

Mercury is the closest planet to the sun

Venus comes next it's the hottest one

Earth comes third the only life that we know

Mars has the largest canyon and volcano

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

The gassy planet Jupiter, the largest you will find

Saturn has rings around the outside

Uranus is funny ‘cause it spins on its side

Neptune looks blue, the coldest of its kind

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

Okay get ready We're gonna say all the planets really, really, really fast

Can you keep up?

We're gonna say all the planets from the first to the last

1. Match the sentences to the pictures:

a) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn,

Uranus, Neptune

b) Earth comes third the only life that we know

c) Venus comes next it's the hottest one

d) Neptune looks blue, the coldest of its kind

 2. Planets Song. Write the missing words:

________ is the closest planet to the sun

_________comes next it's the hottest one

________ comes third the only life that we know

_______ has the largest canyon and volcano

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

The _______ planet ________, the largest you will find

________has _________around the outside

_______ is funny ‘cause it spins on its side

__________ looks blue, the coldest of its kind

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

Okay get ready We're gonna say all the ________really, really, really fast

Can you keep up?

We're gonna say all the planets from the first to the last

3. Colour and write: