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Unit Reading Speaking

Unit 3 p.4

My Neighborhood

- Talk about supermarkets, hospitals, schools, book shops, bakeries, fashion shops, and parks

- Role-play to use phrases acquired through conversations

- Read short informational texts about places in our neighborhood

- Sort items according to the shops we buy them from

- Read a map

- Read a poem for specific information

- Read a narrative story, “At The Park”, for comprehension

- Identify the meaning of unknown words in a text

Unit 4 p.42

Jobs

- Talk about teachers, doctors, nurses, firefighters, policemen, painters and builders

- Role-play to use phrases acquired through conversations

- Read factsheets about jobs

- Picture reading

- Sort nouns into categories

- Read a story,”A Scary Night”, for details

- Read a poem for comprehension

Writing Language

- Write simple sentences demonstrating command of the use of capitalization, comma, and period

- Write short sentences using nouns, pronouns, and verbs

- Ask and answer Yes and No questions

- Demonstrate command of using nouns and verbs in sentences

- Identify 2-syllable words

- Determine the meaning of new vocabulary items and other language uses based on content

- Write factual sentences about jobs

- Write factsheets about new jobs

- Demonstrate command of the use of adjectives and nouns in sentences

- Demonstrate command of the use of capitalization and end punctuation

- Identify 3-syllable words

- Determine the meaning of new vocabulary items and other language uses based on content

Talk to your classmate. What do you know at these places?

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BMy Neighborhood

We buy fruit, vegetables, meat, and groceries from the grocery store.

Talk to your classmate. Then answer the questions.

1. What else can you buy from the grocery store?

2. Is there a grocery store in your neighborhood? What is it called?

3. How often do you go there? Who with?

4. What is your favorite thing to buy?

5. Draw your favorite thing and tell your classmate about it.

2. Look at the picture. Then read the text.

Hospital

I go to the hospital when I am sick. I can see doctors and nurses. They are kind to me.

Talk to your classmate. Then answer the questions.

1. Do you like hospitals?

2. When do people go to the hospitals? Underline the clue from the text.

3. Who works at the hospital?

4. Are they nice?

5. Color the doctor and give her a name. Tell your classmate about her job.

3. Look at the picture. Then read the text.

I like my school. It is big. I study English. I study Math. I study Science. I play and have fun, too.

Talk to your classmate. Then answer the questions.

1. What do you study at the school?

2. Can you play at the school?

3. Can you sing at the school?

4. What is your favorite subject?

5. Draw a picture of your school. Then tell your classmate about it.

4. Look at the picture. Then read the text.

The bookstore is my favorite place. I can read books. I can buy books.

“The Cat and the Rat” is my favorite book.

Talk to your classmate. Then answer the questions.

1. Can Sally read books at the bookstore?

2. Can she buy books?

3. What is her favorite book?

4. Do you like bookstores? Why?

5. What is your favorite book?

6. Underline a pronoun + can + verb.

7. Circle two words that rhyme with bat.

8. Draw your favorite book. Then tell your classmate about it.

5. Look at the book covers. Then answer the questions.

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Illustrated by: Sue Johns

1. What is the title of the book?

2. Who is the writer? What does he do?

3. Who is the illustrator? What does he do?

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4. What is the price of the book?

5. Circle the ISBN.

6. Draw a square around the publisher.

6. Look at the picture. Then read the text.

I like the bakery. It smells good. The baker makes bread and cakes. I like fresh bread.

Talk to your classmate. Then answer the questions.

1. A baker makes .

2. The bakery smells .

3. Write a pronoun from the text .

4. Draw your favorite food from the bakery. Then tell your classmate about it.

7. Look at the picture. Then read the text.

At the clothes store I can buy shirts and skirts. I can buy hats and bags. I can buy shoes, too.

Role-play the dialogue and write the questions. Then answer with a partner. Can you think of more?

Can I buy shoes from a clothes store?

Yes, you can.

8. Look at the picture. Then read the text.

I like the park. I see my friends at the park. We play on the slide. We play on the swing. We play ball, too.

Work with your classmate and answer the questions.

1. Choose the correct answer.

a. The text tells about playing at the________.

a. park

b. school

b. Tom can see his ________ at the park.

a. family

2. Write the answers.

b. friends

a. Can you play ball at the park?

b. Can you swim at the park?

3. Answer the questions.

a. Is there a park in your neighborhood?

b. How often do you go there?

c. What is your favorite ride at the park?

d. Underline a noun for a place.

e. Circle a plural noun. Write the singular form.

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More About You

1. Read and role-play with a classmate.

I need to buy a T-shirt.

You should go to the clothes store.

2. Match the items in the shopping list to the correcct store.

GROCERY

cake

apple book

tomato

dress

hat comics

CLOTHES STORE

C Places On The Maps

1. Show your classmate the way to each place: bakery, grocery store, school, hospital, and bookstore.

Grocery

Bookstore

Present

1. Draw a map of your neighborhood.

2. Show the places you can see.

3. Talk about what you can do at each place.

Language

Verbs

a. A verb is a word that describes an action.

Examples: drink play sing swim

1. Look at the picture and say the word. Then circle verb or noun. verb noun verb noun verb noun verb noun

b. Verbs change when we use them with different Pronouns.

She swims. He She It verb + s

I You We They verb I swim.

1. Circle the correct pronoun to complete each sentence. He We speaks English. They She dances well.

I It plays all day.

We She sleep early.

I They sing a song.

1. Circle the correct form of the verbs.

She ____ pizza.

He ____ everyday.

We ____ to school.

Aya ____ milk.

They ____ music.

Sam and Sally ____ the room.

It ____ in winter.

Mom ____ fish.

We ____ in a big home.

eat eats swim swims walk walks drink drinks like likes clean cleans rain rains cook cooks live lives

2. Underline the verb in each sentence. Then write the correct form. She like reading.

They makes cake.

Tom read a book.

I kicks the ball.

Sara jump high.

The cat run fast.

3. Write three sentences about the picture.

Some words have two syllables. Remember, a syllable is a part of a word that has one vowel sound.

Examples: dinner din/ner kitchen kit/chen

1. Rewrite the two syllables of each word separately. ladder

Phonics at

at

1. Circle the pictures that end with the sound.

2. Complete the words. Add . at

c r v h b

3. Circle the pictures that end with the sound. an

4. Circle the pictures that end with the sound. ab

Look,

A little boy with a hat

Looks at the cat near the vat.

The cat is hungry

Looking for a rat.

The rat is in that flat

Hiding at the doormat.

It does not like bats

That hang on slats.

The little boy wants the cat

To play with and to pat

And maybe have a little chat

About that hiding rat.

1. Think of a title for the poem.

2. Underline the rhyming words.

3. Circle the two-syllable words.

4. Write the correct pronouns:

a. boy:

b. cat:

c. rat:

5. Who looks at the cat?

6. Who looks at the rat?

7. Why do you think the rat hides from the bats?

8. Which word in the text means “small”?

9. Draw a picture of the rat near the mat.

AtThe Park

Sam and Anna are in the park. They like to play on the rides.

Anna goes down the slide. Sam plays on the swing.

Oh, no! Anna falls down and hurts her arm.

Sam takes her to the hospital.

The next day she feels fine.

1. Tick ( ) correct or ( ) incorrect.

a. Sam and Anna play in the park. ( )

b. Sam plays on the slide. ( )

c. Anna plays on the swing. ( )

d. Anna hurts her arm. ( )

e. Sam takes her to school. ( )

2. Write a sentence from the text that includes a pronoun + verb.

3. Circle three words starting with capital letters.

4. Underline a proper noun.

5. Write a noun for a place and a person.

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• Understand and respond to a wide range of reading genres

• Demonstrate command of key phonetic blends and use them in reading and speaking

• Participate in collaborative conversations with peers

• Use a combination of drawing and writing to express themselves and respond to texts creatively