This ready-to-go lesson is designed for grade 1 learners, but if you have strong students it may be used in kindergarten. This lesson was designed with Chinese in it as the L1 of the learners, but after purchase and download the PowerPoint can be edited, so all Chinese can be removed or changed into any language.
🌟Grade 1 ESL Lesson PowerPoint – What Can You Do? Simple Verbs
This vibrant PowerPoint lesson introduces Grade 1 students to simple verbs and the structure "I can [verb]," helping them express their abilities in English. Through interactive games, songs, and Total Physical Response (TPR) activities, students will practice using verbs like "sing," "dance," "draw," "cook," "jump," and "write" in full sentences.
The lesson includes:
·Introduction to simple verbs: sing, dance, draw, cook, jump, write
·The sentence pattern "I can [verb]" for expressing abilities
·The question pattern "What can you do?"
·Fun games: Flying Words Game, Spinning Wheel Game, and Bull’s Eye Game
·A song and interactive TPR activity to reinforce verbs
🎯Learning Objectives
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
·Use the sentence pattern "I can [verb]" to express abilities.
·Answer the question "What can you do?" with full sentences.
·Participate in interactive games to practice simple verbs.
🕒Lesson Duration
35–40 minutes — perfect for a single class session.
💡Features
·English + Chinese bilingual support for easy comprehension
·Fun, engaging visuals and activities to keep students excited
·Ready-to-teach PowerPoint — no prep needed
·Includes a YouTube walkthrough showing how Teacher Matt teaches this lesson in class
