PLANTS IN EGYPT - CONNECT PRIMARY 4 Term 1 - رابع ابتدائي
Unit 1: I feel good
Unit 2: Desert animals
Unit 3: Why do we grow plants
Theme 2: Myself and others
Unit 4: where do you live
Unit 5: where do you work
Unit 6: where do you do
UNIT 3 LESSON 2 3 PLANTS IN EGYPT 1 Read about plant habitats and label the photos Tip! A habitat is a place where living things live and grow. 2 Agricultural habitat Farmers work here. They grow food for us to eat. 3 36 Rivers and lakes Plants near rivers and lakes need a lot of water. Desert habitat There is not much rain here. Plants that live in the desert do not need a lot of water.
Read about plant habitats and label the photos
2 Where do these plants live? Complete the table UNIT 3 3 lotus flower tamarisk bean plant reed River or lake 1 lotus flower 2 acacia orange tree Agricultural Desert 3 5 4 6 Work with a partner. Discuss these questions 1 Where do you live? 2 Is where you live a desert or agricultural habitat? Is there a river or lake? 3 Which plants grow where you live? 37
where do these plants live complete the table
Work with a partner. Discuss these questions Where do you live?
UNIT 3 Look at the fact file and compare daisy rose sunflower How big is the flower? 2.5-5 cm about 6 cm 7.5 - 15 cm How tall is it? 10 cm 60 cm 1 - 3.5 m How long does it live? around 6 days around 10 days around 2 weeks around How heavy is it? around 20 g around 50 g 200 g 5 Look at the fact file again and read the differences between the flowers The rose is taller than the daisy. The sunflower is taller than the rose. The sunflower is the tallest flower. 38 6 Read and answer T (True) or F (False) 1 The rose is smaller than the daisy. 2 The sunflower is taller than the daisy. 3 The sunflower is the biggest flower. 4 The rose lives the longest. 5 The daisy is the heaviest.
look at the fact file and read the differences between the flowers
Read and answer T (True) or F (False) The rose is smaller than the daisy
Look at the fact file again and read the differences between the flowers
LANGUAGE FOCUS To make a superlative adjective, we add -est to the adjective. tall – taller – the tallest - - Some adjectives have special rules: Adjectives with 1 vowel and 1 consonant at the end big - bigger - the biggest My cat is the biggest on our street. Adjectives that end in -e nice - nicer - the nicest My city is the nicest place to live. Long adjectives beautiful - more beautiful - the most beautiful I think a rose is the most beautiful flower. Adjectives that end in -y heavy-heavier - the heaviest I have the heaviest suitcase. 7 Write sentences to compare these plants and animals 1 (cat / snake/fox/scary) A fox is scarier than a cat. A snake is scarier than a fox. A snake is the scariest animal. 2 (maize/bean / eggplant / delicious) 3 (grape / orange / lemon/big) 4 (bee / beetle / butterfly / beautiful) UNIT 3 8 What's the most beautiful flower? Ask and answer with your partner 39
language focus
write sentences to compare these plants and animals
What's the most beautiful flower? Ask and answer with your partner
