一、教学目标：
知识目标：同学能听懂并会运用句型How long is -----?-----
能力目标：在活动中培养同学积极参与的精神和与他人团结协作的精神。
情感目标：培养同学学英语的态度，并通过活动调动同学学习英语的积极性
通过学习语言，培养珍视友谊、关爱他人的情感。
二、教学重、难点：同学能听懂并会运用句型How long is -----?-----
三教具准备：钟表，红色的龙，录音机
四、教学过程：
一、Class Opening
1.Greeting.
(T: Hello !Ss. S: Hello! T.
T: How’s the weather today?
S: It’s sunny.
2．Review
用“How many?”提问下列单词：minutes,hours,days,weeks,months,years。
（1） 向同学展示一只大钟表并且提示同学 a minutes与an hour的概念
（2） 引导同学进行对话
T: How many minutes in an hour?
S: Sixty.
T: (在minutes 与hours之间话一个箭头，旁边写上数字60) How many hours in a day?(以此类推)
二、New Concepts
1. Introduce
1.(Show a big clock)
T: When does the English class begin ?
S: At 10:10.
2.Practice
T: How long is English class? (做出数时针的动作)。
S: Forty minutes.
2.(出示许多地点名称，并在两地之间标出距离和行程的长短)
Ask Ss to make a drill,
3.Free Talk
such as :
How far is it from Canada to Bei jing .?
It’s ------kilometers.
How long is it?
------minutes hours.
Ask for volunteers to present.
(播放书中第二局部歌曲，告诉同学李明将要离开加拿大，并让他们讨论下面的问题)
When they are at the airport what will they talk about ?
4.Use the Ss Book and Audiotape
Play the audiotape as the student follow it and find out “What’re the surprises for Li Ming and Jenny” ?
5.Role-Play
让同学分角色朗诵课文。
6。Sing the Song
Ask Ss to sing this song after the tape.
7.Homework
Ask Ss to write a postcard for Li Ming or Jenny .
三、Class Closing
四、课后小练笔
1、选择填空。
1） A: _______is it from school to the library ?
B: Two hours.
A. How B. how much C. how long D: How often
2) A: _______is it from school to your home ?
B: Three kilometers .
A. How B. how much C. how long D: How often
3). A: ______ are they ?
B: Five dollars .
A. How B. how much C. how long D: How often
4). A: ______do you go to school ?
B :by bike.
A. How B. how much C. how long D: How often