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Unit 0. A New School Year

1 Introducing yourself Simple present, School objects 6,9
Exchanging information My name is… Nationalities
How do you say… in English? Members of the
My first /last name is… Family
Possessives: my, your, his/her, our, their
Where is she from?
WH questions: how do you spell…? What
does … mean?

have/has
2 Reading about comets and stars Simple present (3rd person singular and Star, sun, 10-11 Natural Science Create a fact file
plural) planet, moon, TG: T6-T11 about a planet or
Have/has (3rd person singular and plural) comet, fly, comet.
orbit, numbers,
Unit 1. Our Planet
3 Describing people’s appearance Simple present Swim, walk, 12,14
Describing family WH Questions: what, why, who, where. jump, look,
Have / has 3rd person singular love, cry, think,
Likes and dislikes tall, short, fat,
thin, young,
tent, mother,
father,
4 Describing people’s character Adjectives 15, 16, Natural Science
Describing animals (dolphins) To be/ look like Dolphins, 17
Spelling words What’s he/she like? mammal, hold,
How do you spell…? breathe, parts
of the body,
types of
dolphins, catch,
fish,
threatened,
pollution, net,
5 Writing an e-mail Parts of an e-mail Animals, 18, 19 Writing an e-mail
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Describe animals’ characteristics. Review: what does it look like? adjectives

Write a description

6 Discuss pollution and effects on Verb to be, simple present, Net, pollution, 19 Social Science
wildlife What does… look like? trash, fish,
Describe people’s characteristics turtle, ocean,
(review) whale,
7 Activities and Unit test 19-21
84-87
TG: 12-21
T84-T87
UDP Global
Digital activities
Unit 2. Day and Night
8 Everyday Activities 22-24 Create a daily
Describing Routines and frequency Simple present, adverbs of frequency, Shower, dress routine poster
Reading about a person’s routine WH questions up, get dressed,
leave, arrive,
usually,
everyday, often,
not often,
hardly ever,
9 Interviewing someone about his/her Simple present 3rd person singular Usually, don’t 23-25 Writing a chores
routine Frequency words usually always, schedules
Describing chores and home routines WH Questions never
Discussing home responsibilities Routines
Chores
10 Naming different parts of the earth Times of day Numbers 26-27 Social Science
using appropriate language. Cardinal points:
Identify points in a map north, south,
Reading about the earth east, west.
Longitud,
altitude,
meridian, pole,
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globe, equators
11 Writing a diary Simple present First, second, 28 Write a diary about
Reading about someone’s routine Adverbs of time third. routines
Connecting words Next, after that.
Lastly
12 29
Reviewing unit’s vocabulary and
grammar
Evaluating learning

13 Activities 30-31
14 Game 32-33
15 Integration 34-35
16 Unit Test
TG T22-T35
Unit 3.Art
17 Talking about artists Simple past: was/were Music, poetry, 36-38
Reading a poem painting,
Answering questions about artists sculpture,
Reciting a poem adjectives
18 Discussing actions in the past Simple past: to be (was/were) Yesterday, last 39
Asking people about their weekend week, last year,
in the past
Nationalities
19 Finding information about artists Simple past was/were 40-41 Social Science Research a famous
Write a guessing game Adjectives painter
Describe a piece or art
20 Writing a poem Simple present Adjectives 42-43 Writing a Poem
Use poetry to describe a piece of art

Activities Review simple past was were 44-45

21 Unit Test
TG T36-T45
Unit 4. Origins
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22 Talk about the past Simple past: regular verbs Shapes: 46-47 Social Science
Describe the way people lived in the (live/move/rain/collect/hunt/fish/travel) triangle, tent,
past Simple past verb to Be: was/were square, house,
Ready about Australia’s history apartment,
Comparing and contrasting ideas cabin, semi
circle, igloo,
yurt, cave,
indigenous

23 Did, didn’t 48-49 Social Science Making a

Read a text and answer questions Simple past—Regular Verbs Questions in the boomerang!
about past peoples past
Describe actions in the past
24 Simple past regular verbs, First, after, then 51 Social Science
Read about a famous spots person
Answer questions about a person’s
past

25 Writing a biography Simple past regular verbs, First, after, then 52 Write a biography
Using transition words to explain Transition words of a famous person
events in the past
26 Round up 53
27 Activities 54-55
28 Game 56-57
29 Integration and Unit Test 58-59
TG T46-T59
Unit 5. Inventions
30 Talking about natural disasters Simple past: irregular verbs: to be. To Narrative verbs 60-62 Social Science
Predicting a story have in the past
Listening to a story Daily activities:
Identifying the protagonist play, sleep, like,
explore, objects
such as:
washer,
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microwave
oven, phone,
etc.
31 Describing actions in the past Past Tense Irregular Verbs Go, have, 63
Asking questions about past events Questions in the past irregular verbs throw, come,
Find out what other people did in the run, did, didn’t.
past
32 Reading about Artificial Intelligence English collocations: read a book, use a Can/ can’t 64 Social Science
Describe what machines can and computer, etc Collocations in
can’t do Can/can’t for ability English

33 Read about a famous person Simple past regular and irregular verbs Painter, 65-66 Social Science Invent an object
Use language to describe an Simple present to describe objects/ sculptor, and present it to
invention inventions, etc. musician, the class
Describing professions To be made of mathematician,
Writing a Story inventor,
review
nationalities,
time indicators
34 Activities and Extension 67-68
TG T60-T69
Unit 6. The environment
35 Talking about natural disasters Past tenses Destroy, 70-71
Reading about a person’s activities in Cause and effect evacuate,
the past floods, bridges,
Describing effects of natural erupted, expels,
disasters lava, tornado,
formed,
weather,
earthquake,
damage,
hurricane,
36 Talk about the weather There is, there are, present progressive 72-73
Describe Weather patterns Simple past in questions: interrogative
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Talk about vacations pronouns.

37 Reading about volcanoes Geography 74-75 Natural Science Make a natural
Analyze parts of a writing vocabulary; disasters porter
Identify Key Words volcano,
tectonic
boundaries,
lava, gas,
38 Writing a report Simple past as narrative structure to 76-79 Natural Science Write a report
Describing actions after a natural describe past events
disaster
Describing effects of natural
disasters
39 Game 80-81
40 Integration 82
41 Extra Activities T84-90
42 Unit Test
TG T70-T90