PLANTES AND SEEDS - CONNECT PRIMARY 4 Term 1 - رابع ابتدائي

32 UNIT 3 Why do we grow plants?

In this unit I will • listen, read, research, and write about plants and how they help us. • practice making sentences with the superlative. ⚫ read, listen to, and understand a short story. ⚫ learn about and say words with the consonant blends /sl/ and /sw/. • write the life cycle of a sunflower. research and write a short report. UNIT 3 O Look, discuss, and share Where is the girl? What is she doing? Why? Why do we grow plants? Did you know? Did you know that we eat this cacao seed? Chocolate comes from this plant. Find out What other seeds can we eat? Share your answers with your partner. 33

UNIT 3 LESSON 1 PLANTS AND SEEDS 34 1 Listen and read Dad: Come and look! Seleem: What is it, Dad? Dad: Our tomato plants are growing on the balcony! Look, can you see the leaves and the flowers? Seleem: Oh yes, but why are the tomatoes green? Dad: Tomatoes are green before they are red. Seleem: How do we grow new tomatoes? Dad: Tomatoes have seeds inside. flowers leaves We can take the seeds and grow new tomatoes! We plant a seed and the plant grows. That is called germination. We water the plant every day, and the roots grow under the soil. The plant grows flowers and the flowers become tomato fruits. Seleem: That's awesome! And I found a red tomato! Let's have it for lunch! 2 Listen again and answer the questions 1 Where are Dad and Seleem? 2 What are they talking about? 3 What do they want to do next?

3 a C Listen and say. Then match 1 shoot 2 soil 3 root 4 leaf e 5 seeds b d 6 flower 4 Look and complete Tip! leaf roots seed shoot soil leaf 1 seed 3 2 5 Listen and check 6 Work in pairs. Answer the question Why do you think a plant dies? leaves 5 UNIT 3 35