Giáo án Tiếng Anh Tiểu học - Week 17 - Năm học 2023-2024

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1. WEEk 17 Date of teaching:Monday Dêcmber 25th 2023 English 1–Period 29 UNIT 8 : IN THE PARK Lesson 2 I. OBJECTIVES: 1. Language focus/ Knowledge: - Vocabulary: hair, hand, head, horse. - Sound: /h/ - Phrases with the sound /h/ and the words hair, hand, head, hat, horse 2. Competences: +Say the letter H/h and the words hair, hand, head, hat, horse. +Listen and identify the words hair, hand, head, hat, horse. +Trace the letter H/h. 3. Attitude: -Actively participate in activities with their classmates in pairs, groups or class. Educate Ss to become studious and obedient students; love learning English II. TEACHING AIDS: - Pictures, E- book, computer , projector, pictures, recording. III. PROCEDURE: Teacher’s activities Students’ activities Activity 1:Warm up:5’ *Aim:help ss to be eager and happy to begin the new lesson. *Procedure: - Get Ss to play What’s Missing Game, using the pictures and flashcards with the - SS play game. incomplete words _air, _and, _ead and _orse. Ss should guess the missing letter and say the words correctly. Activity 2. Listen and chant:10’ *Aim: help Ss to read the chant with some words: hair, hand, head, hat, horse. *Procedure: - Have Ss look at the chant, saying Look at the chant, please! Draw Ss’ attention to the -SS look and listen. first verse and explain its meaning. Ask them to pay attention to the letter H/h and
2. the words Hoa, head, hair. Check comprehension. -Play the recording for Ss to listen and to -SS listen. get familiarized with the rhythm. -Then play the recording for them to listen and repeat until they feel confident. Show -Ss listen and repeat. Ss how to chant and clap their hands. - Play the recording all the way through. -SS listen and repeat the chant. Ask Ss to listen and repeat the chant individually and in chorus, saying Listen and repeat, please! Give further support to those Ss who find it difficult to do the task. - Select some Ss to the front of the class to -SS chant in front of the class. chant and clap their hands. The rest of the class may sing the chant and clap their hands along. *Outcome: read the chant with some words: hair, hand, head, hat, horse. Activity 3. Listen and tick :7’ *Aim: help Ss to improve listening skill with some words hair, hand, head, horse. *Procedure: - Have Ss look at the pictures and ask: What can you see? Can you see a head and a hand? Yes, a head and a hand. Draw Ss’ attention -SS look and listen. to the boxes next to the letters a and b. Check comprehension. - Invite some Ss to point to the pictures and say the words in front of the class, -SS point and say. E.g.: 1a. a head, 1b. a hand. - Play the recording twice or more if needed, ask Ss to listen and tick the correct boxes. -Set a time limit for Ss to swap and check the - Ss listen and tick. answers. Correct the answers, if necessary. -Call a few Ss to the front of the class to point to the pictures and say what they have heard. - Ss listen and check. *Outcome: improve listening skill with some words hair, hand, head, horse. *Key: 1.b 2. a Activity 4. Look and trace.10’
3. *Aim: help Ss to look and trace with the sound of the letter H/h *Procedure: - Have Ss look at the letter H (upper case) and h (lower case). Ask Ss to make sure if they recognize the two forms of the letter. - Tell Ss to trace the letter H/h. T can demonstrate by air tracing or tracing the broken lines of the letter H/h on the board. -SS look and listen. -Then let Ss do the tracing. Give further support to those Ss who find it difficult to do the task. - Check the results of Ss’ tracing and give feedback. Ask Ss to work in pairs and swap their answers. Give Ss time to work. Go around and offer help, if necessary. -SS trace. - Ask some Ss to show what they have done. - With a better class, write the letter H/h in broken lines on the board and invite some -SS check. Ss to trace them. *Outcome: look and trace with the sound of the letter H/h. Activity 5.Consolidation(2’) -SS show. - Asking Ps to focus on sounds and vocabulary again. Activity 6.Homelink (1’) Practice more at home. - Prepare new lesson. -SS listen. -SS listen and take note. English 2–Period 29 UNIT 8: IN THE VILLAGE Lesson 2
4. I/ . OBJECTIVES: I/ Knowledge: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to : - correctly pronounce the words village, volleyball, van and say the sentence pattern: This is a ________ in a chant. 2. Competencies: 2.1.Generic competencies: - Communication and cooperation competence: read and complete the sentences, work in pairs/groups. - Problem-solving competence: observing, collecting and analyzing information - Autonomy and self-learning: remembering, recalling and guessing words/ phrases - Problem –solving and creativity: giving ideas, changing information, giving comments, critical thinking. 2.2. Language competence: - Sound /v/ - Vocabulary: review - Sentence pattern: This is a ________ - Skills: Integrated skills (speaking and listening) 3. Attitude / Qualities: Educate Ss to become studious and obedient students; love learning English II/ TEACHING AIDS: 1.Teacher: Pictures, words cards, worksheets, flashcards, objects, recording, computer, projector. 2.Students: Tieng Anh 2 students’ books, pens, pencils, crayons, notebooks. III/ PROCEDURE: Teacher’s activities Students’ activities 1.Warm- up: Check-up:5’ *Aims: to help ss remember the words that they have learn in lesson 1. *Teaching techniques - grouping, miming, ask and answer. *Procedure:: -T asks ss to say the letter and the sound they learnt - SS say the letter and in lesson 1(V/v, /v/) the sound. Say “Open your book page 35 and look at lesson 2” -SS open their book. 2. New lesson Activity 1. 3. Listen and chant:10’ *Aims: to correctly pronounce the words village, volleyball, van and say the sentence pattern: This is a ________ in a chant.
5. *Context: The picture shows a village and three children are playing with a volleyball. There is a van on the road. *Teaching techniques -Look at the picture and - techniques in teaching listening and speaking, listen. individual, pairworks,groupworks, ask and answer - using flashcardas, recording, pictures, worksheets *Procedure: -Ss listen. - Have ss look at the chant on p. 35 in their books and draw ss’ attention to the first line and explain its -Ss listen and repeat. meaning. Ask them to pay attention to the letter V/v and the words: village, volleyball, van. Check comprehension. -SS listen and chant. - Play the recording of the first verse for Ss to listen and to get familiarized with the tune. - Play the recording again, ask ss to listen and repeat the first line. Then play the recording for them to -SS chant. listen and repeat until they feel confident. - Follow the same Procedure: with the other verse. Show ss how to chant and clap their hands. Correct -SS chant in front of the pronunciation, if necessary. class. - Play the recording all the way through. Ask ss to listen and repeat the chant individually and in chorus. Give further support to those ss who find it difficult to do the task. - Select some ss to the front of the class to chant and clap their hands. The rest of the class may sing the chant along and clap their hands. *Outcome: Ss can correctly pronounce the words kite, kitten, bike and say the sentence pattern: This is a ________ in a chant. Activity 2 4. Listen and circle: 8’ *Aims: to recognize the words village, volleyball, van and the sentence pattern: This is a ________ *Context:Sentence 1: car, van ./ Sentence 2: village, van *Teaching techniques - techniques in teaching listening - pairworks, ask and answer
6. - using recording, pictures *Procedure: -Have Ss look at two pictures and say what they can see. Draw ss’ attention to the boxes next to the letters a and b. Check comprehension. -Look at the picture and -Encourage some ss to point to the pictures and say discribe. the words in front of the class . E.g. 1a: car, 1b: van - Play the recording for ss to listen and circle -Point and say - Let ss to listen again and check . -T gets feedback. -SS listen and do the *Keys: 1.b / 2.a task. *Outcome: Ss can recognize the words village, volleyball, van ________ Activity 3. 5. Look and write:9’ *Aims: to write the letter V/v and complete the words: village, volleyball, van *Context: Pictures of: village, volleyball, van Writing grids for V(upper case) and v( lower case) *Teaching techniques - techniques in teaching writing - individual, groupworks, ask and answer - using flashcardas, pictures *Procedure: - Have Ss look at the letter V (upper case) and v (lower case). Ask ss to make sure if they recognize the two forms of the letter. -Ss look and listen. - Tell ss to trace the letter V/v. T can demonstrate by air tracing or tracing the broken lines of the letter V/v on the board. -Ss listen. -Then let ss write the letter. Then find out the missing letter to complete the correct word. Give further support to those Ss who find it difficult to do -SS do the task. the task. - Check the results of ss’ tracing and give feedback. Ask ss to work in pairs and swap their answers. -Check in pairs. Give ss time to work. Go around and offer help, if necessary. - Ask some ss to show what they have done. *Outcome: Ss can write the letter V/v and complete -Ss show their work. the words: village, volleyball, van
7. 3. Consolidation :2’ *Aims: to consolidate and wrap up the content of the lesson. - T tells ss about the main content of the lesson. - T tells ss about the educational Aimss of the lessons. -SS listen. 4. Homelink . 1’ - Practice more at home. - Prepare for the next lesson. English 3–Period 64 Unit 10: Break time activities Lesson 2 (1, 2, 3) A. OBJECTIVES: By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to: 1. Knowledge: - use the words football, table tennis, chat, word puzzle related to the topic school break time activities - use What do you do at break time? – I to ask and answer questions about school break time activites. - Vocabulary: football, table tennis, chat, word puzzle - Skills: speaking and listening 2. Competences: - Self-control and independent learning: perform listening tasks. - Communication and collaboration: work in pairs or groups. - Sociability: talk to each other, say good words to others. 3. Attitude/ Qualities: - Kindness: Help partners to complete learning tasks. - Honesty: tell the truth about feelings and emotions B. TEACHING AIDS: - Teacher: Teacher’s guide Pages 126, 127, audio Tracks 101, 102, website sachmem.vn, posters, laptop, pictures, textbook, lesson plan, TV or projector. - Students: Pupil’s book Page 70, notebooks, workbooks, school things. C. PROCEDURES: Stages/Time Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
8. 1.Warm- up: Game: Act and Guess (3’) -to create a friendly and active atmosphere in the class to beginning the lesson. - T divides class into 2 Teams (Boys and Girls) - 1 pupil of each team comes to the - Ss listen board and does actions for their team to guess the names of break time -Ss play game activities and sticks the right pictures. -The first Team to stick 4 correct pictures with right order is the winner. - Say “Open your book page 70” and look at “Unit 10, Lesson 2 (1, 2, 3)”. -Ss open their books Activity 1. Vocabulary. - Ss will be able to know the 2. Presentation vocabulary in front of starting the (16’) new lesson. -T elicits the new words + football : bóng đá (visual) + word puzzle : trò chơi ô chữ (visual) -Ss listen and answer + chat :trò chuyện (translation) + table tennis : bóng bàn (visual) - T models (3 times). - T writes the words on the board. - Checking: Rub out and remember Activity 2. Look, listen and - - Ss listen and repeat + Choral repetition (3 times). repeat: + Individual repetition (3 ss) - Ss take note
9. - Ss will be able to understand and - Ss look, remember and write correctly repeat the sentences in two communicative contexts (pictures) to talk about school brek time activities. - Have Ss look at Pictures a and b and identify the characters (Bill and Mai) in the pictures. -Look at the pictures and say + In picture a: Mai asks Bill if What do you do at break time? Bill says that I play football. + In picture b: Bill asks Mai: What do you do at break time? Mai answers: I play badminton. - Play the audio twice (sentence by sentence). Correct their pronunciation where necessary. - Have Ss to practice the dialogue - T invites a few pairs to the front of the class to practice. - T checks pronunciation for ss. -Ss listen and repeat in chorus (twice) Activity 3 2. Listen, point and say. -Ss work in pairs to practice -Ss will be able to correctly use -Ss practice the dialogue What do you do at break time? -Ss listen
10. I .. for asking and answering questions about school break time activities. * Model sentences: - T asks Ss look at picture a and helps Ss know the structure from the dialogue. - T introduces new structure for Ss. - T explains, models and gives meaning. -Have Ss repeat the model sentences. -Ss look at the picture and A: What do you do at break time? answer. B: I play football. -Ss listen -Ss listen and repeat *Drill pictures - Elicit the action of the characters in -Ss repeat the pictures. 3.Practice: (7’) - Ss look, listen and answer + Picture a: a boy doing word puzzle. + Picture b: a girl chatting - Run through all the pictures. - Run through model sentences. with her friends +Run through question sentence + Picture c: a boy playing +Run through answer sentence football - Have Ss to practise: + Picture d: a girl playing + T asks, Ss answer picture a table tennis + Ss asks, T answers picture b + Group A ask, group B answer picture c + Group B ask, group A answer -Ss listen and repeat picture d
11. - Ask Ss to work in pairs. -Ss practice in chorus, - T controls and corrects. individuals. - Invite a few pupils to stand up, point at each school thing in the picture and say the sentence aloud. - T gives feedbacks Activity 4. Let’s talk - Ss will be able to correctly use -Ss work in pairs What do you do at break time? I ... for asking and answering questions -Ss point and say about school break time activities. 4.Production: -Ss listen. (7’) - Have Ss look at the picture and elicit the question and the answer in context. + Who are they? + Where are they? + What are they doing? - Have Ss look at the picture and say the break time activites. - Have Ss look at the first speech bubble and read What do you do at -Ss look at the picture and break time? answer - Have Ss point the activities, ask + pupils playing different and answer the questions about games and sports at break break time activities time. - Give Ss time to practise asking and answering the question What do you do at break time? – . in pairs.
12. - Invite a few pairs to practise asking -Ss point and say and answering questions about break time activites in front of the cl - Ss will be able consolidate and -Ss read the sentence wrap up the content of the lesson. - T asks ss to answer the following -Ss point, ask and answer questions: + What have you learnt from the -Ss ask and answer lesson today? +What are the core values of the lesson? (if the teacher can take from -Ss work in pairs, point and the lesson). ask and answer - T review the vocabulary and model sentences. - T praises some Ss who are hardworking / active/ good . as well as encourage others to try more. - Learn the vocabulary and model sentences by heart - Prepare the new lesson: Unit 10, Lesson 2 (4,5,6). -Ss answer the questions - Ss listen 5. Homework. -Ss listen and clap their hands (2’) -Ss listen and take note Date of teaching:Tuesday Dêcember 26th 2023 English 1–Period 30 UNIT 8 : IN THE PARK Lesson 3 I. OBJECTIVES: 1. Language focus/ Knowledge:
13. - Vocabulary: hair, hand, head, hat, horse. - Sound: /h/ -Sentence pattern: Touch your _______. 2. Competences: - Use “Touch your _____.” to express a command. - Sing a song with the structure “Touch your _____.” 3. Attitude: -Actively participate in activities with their classmates in pairs, groups or class. Educate Ss to become studious and obedient students; love learning English II. TEACHING AIDS: - Pictures, E- book, computer , projector, pictures, recording. III. PROCEDURE: Teacher’s activities Students’ activities Activity 1:Warm up:5’ *Aim:help ss to be eager and happy to begin the new lesson. *Procedure: -T invites one or two Ss write the letter H/h and some words on the board. - SS write on the board. - T gets feedback Activity 2. Listen and repeat:10’ *Aim: help Ss to practise sentence pattern: Touch your _______. *Procedure: - Have Ss look at the picture of a girl -SS look and listen. touching her hair, saying Look at the picture, please. Then ask Ss to look at the sentence, saying Look at the sentence “Touch your hair.”, please! Explain the meaning of the sentence and how it is used. Check comprehension. -Play the recording several times for Ss to -Listen and repeat. listen and repeat the sentence in chorus, saying Now listen and repeat, please! -Invite a few Ss to listen and repeat the sentence “Touch your hair”. in front of the -Ss repeat. class. Correct pronunciation, if necessary or praise them when they pronounced the
14. sentence correctly. -Ask Ss to work in pairs, point to and repeat the sentence “Touch your hair.” Go around -SS work in pairs or in groups and correct pronunciation to make sure Ss to practise. can repeat the sentence correctly. *Outcome: practise sentence pattern: Touch your _______. Activity 3. Let’s talk :7’ *Aim: help Ss to improve speaking skill with sentence pattern: Touch your _______. *Procedure: - Have Ss look at the first picture. Point to the -Ss look and listen. girl’s hair and ask them, saying What’s this? Tell them that it is hair, saying It’s hair. Follow the same procedure with other pictures in the activity. -Ask Ss to use the structure in the bubble -SS repeat. “Touch your _____.” and Picture a (hair) to express a command, e.g. Touch your hair. Get them to repeat the sentence several times individually and in chorus. Check comprehension. -Follow the same procedure with the other -SS do the same with other pictures in this activity. Make sure Ss pictures. understand the structure “Touch your _____.” and say it with the right pronunciation and intonation. Encourage Ss to use gestures, face expressions, when saying the sentence. -Ask Ss to work in pairs or in groups to -SS work in pairs or in groups practise expressing a command, saying Now to practise. look at the picture and say, please! Give further support to those Ss who find it difficult to do the task. -Select some pairs of Ss to practise expressing -SS practise. a command in front of the class. *Outcome: improve speaking skill with sentence pattern: Touch your _______. Activity 4.Let’s sing :10’ *Aim: help Ss to sing the song.
15. *Procedure: -Have Ss read the lyrics to familiarize -SS listen and repeat. themselves with the first verse of the song. .Explain the meanings of the verse, if necessary. Check comprehension. -Play the recording several times for Ss to repeat line after line to make sure that they can sing the verse correctly. - Do the same with the second verse of the -SS listen and sing the song. lyrics. Play the recording several times for Ss to repeat to make sure that they can sing the verse correctly. Check comprehension. - Have Ss listen to the whole song, drawing their attention to the pronunciation, the stress and the melody of the song. Then let Ss practise singing the song. Help them sing the song sentence by sentence first. Then help -SS perform. them to sing the whole song. - Call one or two groups to sing the song in front of the class. *Outcome: sing the song. -SS listen. Activity 5.Consolidation(2’) - Asking Ps to focus on sounds and vocabulary again. Activity 6.Homelink (1’) -SS listen and take note. Practice more at home. - Prepare new lesson. English 2–Period 30 UNIT 8: IN THE VILLAGE Lesson 3 I/ . OBJECTIVES: 1.Knowledge: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to : - Use : Can you draw a van? Yes, I can./ No, I can’t. to identify someone’s
16. ability. - Sing a song about abilities. 2. Competencies: 2.1.Generic competencies: - Communication and cooperation competence: read and complete the sentences, work in pairs/groups. - Problem-solving competence: observing, collecting and analyzing information - Autonomy and self-learning: remembering, recalling and guessing words/ phrases - Problem –solving and creativity: giving ideas, changing information, giving comments, critical thinking. 2.2. Language competence: - Vocabulary: review - Sentence pattern: : Can you draw a van? Yes, I can./ No, I can’t - Skills: Integrated skills (speaking and listening) 3. Attitude / Qualities: Educate Ss to become studious and obedient students; love learning English. II/ TEACHING AIDS: 1.Teacher: Pictures, words cards, worksheets, flashcards, objects, recording, computer, projector. 2.Students: Tieng Anh 2 students’ books, pens, pencils, crayons, notebooks. III/ PROCEDURE: Teacher’s activities Students’ activities 1.Warm- up: 5’ Game: Slap the board *Aims: to help ss review some vocabulary that they learnt. *Teaching techniques - grouping, miming, ask and answer. *Procedure: -Write the words on the board - SS listen and play - Call 2 Ss to go to the board and ask them to slap the game. word when T says one word aloud. - After finishing the game, the student slaps more correct words will be the winner. - Say “Open your book page 36 and look at lesson -SS open their book. 3” 2. New lesson Activity 1. 6. Listen and repeat:9’ *Aims: to use Can you draw a van? Yes, I can./ No, I can’t. to identify someone’s ability.
17. -The picture shows three children standing at an easel. They ask and answer : Can you draw a van? Yes, I can./ No, I can’ - techniques in teaching listening and speaking, individual, pairworks, ask and answer - using flashcardas, recording, pictures - Have Ss look at the first picture. Play the recording for ss to listen and repeat, - Have ss look at the sentence: : Can you draw a van? Yes, I can./ No, I can’t Explain the meaning of the -Look at the picture and sentence and how it is used. Check comprehension. listen and repeat. -Ss listen. -Play the recording several times for ss to listen and repeat the sentence. Give more support to those ss who find it difficult to do the task. - Invite some ss to say the sentences in front of the class. -Ss listen and repeat. - T checks and corrects. - Ss can use : Can you draw a van? Yes, I can./ No, -SS say. I can’t. to identify someone’s ability. Activity 2 7. Let’s talk:9’ - to use : Can you draw a van? Yes, I can./ No, I can’t. to identify someone’s ability. -Threre are four picture showing: village, volleyball, van, ball and sentence : Can you draw a van? Yes, I can./ No, I can’t - techniques in teaching listening and speaking, -individual, pairworks, ask and answer - using flashcardas, recording, pictures - Have ss look at the first picture. Point to the pictures and ask them What are they doing? Tell them about actions in progress. - Ask ss to work in pairs to practise to identifying someone’s ability.Offer help, if necessary. - Have ss look at the second picture. And practise in pairs. - Ask a few pairs of ss to practise in front of the -Look at the picture and class. Offer help, if necessary. discribe. - T gets feedback. - Ss can use: Can you draw a van? Yes, I can./ No, I -Point and say can’t. to identify someone’s ability.
18. Activity 3. 8. Let’s sing:9’ -SS practice in pairs. - to Sing a song about abilities -The picture shows four children are drawing. -SS practice in front of - techniques in teaching listening and speaking, the class. -individual, groupworks, - using recording, picture -Have ss read the lyrics to familiarize themselves with the first verse of the song. Explain the meanings of the verse, if necessary. Check comprehension. -Play the recording several times for ss to repeat line after line to make sure that they can sing the verse correctly. - Do the same with the second verse of the lyrics. Play the recording several times for ss to repeat to make sure that they can sing the verse correctly. Check comprehension. -Ss look and listen. -Have time for ss practise singing the song. Help them sing the song sentence by sentence first. Then help them to sing the whole song. - Call one or two groups to sing the song in front of -Ss listen and repeat. the class. - Ss can sing a song about abilities 3. Consolidation :2’ -SS do the task. - to consolidate and wrap up the content of the lesson. - T tells ss about the main content of the lesson. -T tells ss about the educational Aimss of the -SS sing the song. lessons. 4. Homelink . 1’ - Practice more at home. -Ss sing in front of the - Prepare for Review 2 class. -SS listen. Date of teaching:Thursday Dêcember 28th 2023 English 3–Period 65 Unit 10: Break time activities
19. Lesson 2 (4, 5, 6) A. OBJECTIVES: By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to: 1. Knowledge: - listen to and understand four comunicative context in which Ss ask and answer question about school break time activities - read and match four target sentences with four pictures - practice the target language by playing Miming game. - Vocabulary: Review - Skills: speaking, listening, reading and writing. 2. Competences: - Critical Thinking: look, complete and read - Co-operation: ready to help friends in pair work/ group work. - Self-control and independent learning: perform listening tasks. 3. Attitude/ Qualities: - Kindness: Help partners to complete learning tasks. - Honesty: tell the truth about feelings and emotions. - Diligence: complete learning tasks. B. TEACHING AIDS: - Teacher: Teacher’s guide Pages 128, 129; audio Tracks 103; website sachmem.vn, posters, laptop, pictures, textbook, lesson plan, TV or projector. - Students: Pupil’s book Page 71, notebooks, workbooks, school things. C. PROCEDURES: Stages/Time Teacher’s activities Students’ activities 1.Warm- up: Game: Who says fast? (5’) - to create a friendly and active atmosphere in the class to beginning the lesson. - Hold a school break time activities - Ss listen card, then reveal it slowly. - Ask What do you do at break time? - Ss play game - Ask the Ss guess the answer as fast as possible. - Then have Ss do the same with the -Ss play game rest.
20. - This can be played in groups to make it more interesting. - Say “Open your book page 72” and look at “Unit 10, Lesson 2 (4,5,6)”. - Ss open their books Activity 1. Listen and number: -SS will be able to listen to and 2.Practice: understand four comunicative (27’) context in which Ss ask and answer question about school break time activities. - Elicit the action of the character in each picture. + Who are they? -Look at the pictures and say: + What are they doing? + Picture a: a girl play table tennis + Picture b: a boy playing football + Picture c: a girl doing word puzzle + Picture d: a boy chatting with his friends - T ask Ss to guess the answers. + T writes Ss’guessing on the board. - Listen to the tape: + Play the recording + Play the recording again and get -Ss guess the answers Ss to swap books with their partners. + Play the recording again to check answers together as a class. - Ss listen to the tape and write + Write the answers on the board for - Ss listen again, write and Ss to correct their answers. Then swap books with their checks Ss’ guessing. partners.