This ready-to-go lesson is designed for grade 4-5 learners. 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 4–5 ESL PowerPoint: “School Subjects – Part 1: How Often?” – Frequency & Class Schedule Lesson
Target Vocabulary: Math class, P.E. class, Chinese class, Art class, Music class, IT class, Science class, English class
Target Language:
How often do you have P.E. class? → We have P.E. class three times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
Do you ever play sports? → Yes, I do. I play sports twice a week.
I seldom watch TV because I’m busy.
Lesson Overview: This interactive PowerPoint lesson introduces students to school subject vocabulary and frequency expressions using How often...? questions. Students learn to describe their weekly class schedules and daily routines with real-world relevance and full-sentence speaking practice. The lesson scaffolds from reviewing adverbs of frequency to forming detailed responses using time expressions such as once a week, twice a month, and three times a week.
The lesson includes: ✅ Review of adverbs of frequency (always → never) and time expressions. ✅ Introduction to 8 school subjects with clear visuals and bilingual support. ✅ Guided Q&A patterns for How often...? and We have ___ class ___ times a week on ___. ✅ Speaking practice and writing tasks to personalize answers. ✅ Treasure game and Fade Away game for fun, competitive review. ✅ Structured wrap-up section for reflection and consolidation.
Perfect for Grade 4–5 ESL students, this lesson builds confidence in using frequency adverbs and classroom vocabulary naturally while promoting sentence fluency and accurate grammar.
