Grade 4-5 - ESL Lesson - School Subjects (Part 2) + What do you learn? - PowerPoint Lesson

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 2: What Do You Learn?” – Classroom Activities & Sentence Building Lesson

Target Vocabulary & Verbs:
learn, study, read, write, speak, draw, paint, create, sing, play (instruments), calculate numbers, exercise, play sports, use computers, do experiments

Target Language:

• What do you learn in Art class? → We learn how to draw, paint, and create in Art class.

• What do you learn in Music class? → We learn how to sing songs and play musical instruments.

• What do you learn in Science class? → We learn how to do experiments.

Lesson Overview:
This engaging PowerPoint teaches students to describe what they learn in different school subjects using the sentence pattern We learn how to…. The lesson connects vocabulary to real classroom activities, giving students meaningful, practical English that they can immediately apply to their own school schedules. Through clear modeling, repetition, and high-interest games, learners build confidence speaking in full, natural English sentences.

The lesson includes:
✅ Review of school subjects from Part 1
✅ Introduction to key action verbs linked to each subject (draw, calculate, experiment, etc.)
✅ Step-by-step sentence frames for We learn how to…
✅ A fun tile-choosing game to practice recognizing each subject from descriptions
✅ The Monkey Game for high-energy speaking repetition
✅ Writing tasks where students answer questions in complete sentences
✅ A full review and wrap-up to reinforce language mastery

Perfect for Grade 4–5 ESL students, this lesson builds real communicative skills as students talk about daily school life in clear, detailed English. Pairs naturally with School Subjects – Part 1 for a complete unit.

🎥 Watch the teaching walkthrough:
https://youtu.be/pVVhAm77ODg

Watch the video to see the full lesson and how to teach it.

Slide total: 62 - You can see some of the slides here.