Lesson In the garden Lesson Say. $ CD Listen and say the number. $ CD cut the grass 5 water the flowers 6 plant seeds 7 8 pick strawberries feed the birds Read and answer. Is Poppy eating a carrot? make a window box Yes, she is. Yes, he is. No, she isn t. No, he isn t. Is Dad cutting the grass? 5 Is Hayley digging? Is Alfie making a window box? 6 Is Grandad picking strawberries? Is Becca planting seeds? 7 Is Liam feeding the birds? Mime an action. Ask and answer in pairs. Are you planting seeds? eat a carrot Yes, I am. Are you cutting the grass? No, I m not. I m digging. 6 dig a hole 50798_EXP6_CB_BOOK.indb 6 /0/0 6:
Let s revise! Listen and say the number. $ CD 6 Listen again. Repeat. Lesson tall bee butterfly beetle 5 7 8 angry noisy shell read a book take a photo make a kite 6 9 0 ant dangerous Read. Write the names. Listen and check. $ CD 7 It s the afternoon. is making sandwiches. is helping Mum. Josh is hungry and thirsty; he s drinking juice and eating a sandwich. isn t eating, he s sleeping on the grass. There s a butterfly on his nose! Becca and Alfie aren t hungry, they re tired. is playing a computer game and 5 is reading a book. Grandad isn t tired now. He s riding a bike and 6 is running with him. 7 is watching and laughing. 8 is taking a photo. Read. Be careful when you add ing to a verb. Look at these patterns. Pattern sleep sleeping laugh laughing water watering Pattern make making ride riding Learn to learn Pattern run running dig digging Which pattern are these words? cut cutting plant planting have having eat eating Who s riding the bike? 7
Lesson Listen and answer. $ CD 8 Who wants to plant some seeds? Who s feeding the birds? It s Saturday morning. Liam is making a window box. Poppy is helping him. Listen again. Write True or False. It s noisy. Liam is making a kite. Liam wants to plant some seeds. Becca is helping Liam. 5 Alfie is feeding the dog. 6 The birds are hungry. Look. Listen and repeat. $ CD 9 Explore grammar Present Continuous: questions and answers What s he doing? He s feeding the birds. What are they doing? They re making a window box. Read and guess. Listen and check. $ CD 0 5 Play the game in pairs. You start. Alright. What are they doing? They re picking strawberries. OK. What s she doing? She s making a kite. I know. It s number! Right! Now it s my turn to ask. 8 Who s helping Liam?
Lesson Listen and read. $ CD Where is Josh s carrot from? G r a n d a d s c a r r o t Look! Becca s in the garden with Grandad. Is Rex helping you? No, he isn t. He wants to play. What are they doing? Sorry, Rex. We re busy. They re digging up vegetables. Look at this carrot, Becca. It s beautiful! Oh, no! Josh is eating Grandad s carrot! 5 No, it isn t! This carrot is from the supermarket. You can t eat that! It s Grandad s carrot! It s OK. Grandad s carrot is on the table. I want a photo. Where s my camera? 6 7 No, it isn t! Rex has got it! Give me that carrot! Look! Grandad s playing with Rex now! Rex! Rex! What does Grandad dig up? 50798_EXP6_CB_BOOK.indb 9 9 /0/0 6:
Lesson 5 Listen and repeat. $ CD beautiful interesting colourful useful hard Read, listen and answer. $ CD How many different insects can you find in the texts? Question of the week! What s your favourite insect? Here are some answers from our readers. Butterflies are my favourite insect. There are lots Ants are my favourite of flowers in our garden and the butterflies love insect. I think they re more them. Their wings are very colourful. The colours interesting than butterflies are for camouflage or and grasshoppers. They live protection. I think they re in colonies and they work together. There the most beautiful insect are millions of ants in the world. They live on in the garden. every continent except Antarctica. Anna, 0 years old, Cardiff Sam, years old, London Bees are my favourite insect. They re the most useful insect because they make honey. My mum is a beekeeper. She s got lots of bees and we eat honey every day. They aren t dangerous, unless they re angry! Nick, years old, Bath Beetles are my favourite insect. They have very hard shells. Some people think they re ugly, but I think they re beautiful. There are lots of different kinds of beetles. My favourite is this stag beetle. It s the biggest beetle in England. It s bigger than a mouse, but it isn t dangerous. Molly, years old, Exeter Read again. Answer. What do butterflies like in the garden? Why are they colourful? How many ants are there in the world? What do bees make? 5 When are bees dangerous? 6 Which insect has a hard shell? Look. Listen and repeat. $ CD 5 Explore grammar Long adjectives: comparatives and superlatives It s bigger than a mouse. It s the biggest beetle in England. I think they re more interesting than butterflies. I think they re the most beautiful insect. 0 Which insect makes honey? Lesson 6 ACTIVITY BOOK pages and
Lesson 7 Learn about seeds Talk about the flashcards. CD Read, listen and answer. $ 8 Name three parts of a plant. How does a new plant grow? shoot seed leaves leaves seed leaves root The seed shell opens. A small root grows. Then a small shoot grows. The seed leaves are on the shoot. The baby plant uses the food in these. The seed is germinating Then the plant grows. The shoot grows longer. Leaves grow. Now the plant can make its own food. The seed is growing What does a seed need to germinate and grow? It needs to be alive. Only living seeds can grow. the correct temperature. Plants and seeds can t grow if it s very cold or very hot. oxygen. This bean seed was alive. It germinated and now it s growing well. It s got water, light, oxygen and the correct temperature. You can see the root, the seed leaves and the leaves. Seeds and plants need oxygen to grow. water. Seeds and plants need water to grow. light. 5 Plants need light to grow. Seeds don t need light to germinate. Read again. Write True or False. The root grows first. A seed needs water to grow. A seed needs cold temperatures to grow. A seed needs light to germinate. 5 A plant needs light to grow. Explore the Internet with your teacher. How many seeds does one strawberry have? 50798_EXP6_CB_BOOK.indb How many jackets A baby plant usescan you food in the seed see on the page? /0/0 6:
Lesson8 Lesson Let s explore! b Read and listen. CD $ 9 Where are Ellie and Farid? What s for dinner tonight? Ellie There s a bird feeder in Uncle Bill s garden. Uncle Bill puts seeds and nuts in it. The birds love them. a c There are lots of different vegetables in the garden. I m picking sweetcorn for our dinner tonight. d My uncle Bill is a gardener. He works in a beautiful garden. There are lots of interesting plants and animals. Today I m helping in the garden with my friend, Farid. 50798_EXP6_CB_BOOK.indb Insects are an important part of the garden. We re making an insect hotel. It s fun helping Uncle Bill in the garden. I want to come again tomorrow! What colour are Ellie s boots? /0/0 6:
Read the fact sheets quickly. Match the text and photos. Sweetcorn Insects Birds Sweetcorn is the seed of the maize plant. It s usually yellow, but there is blue, red, black and pink sweetcorn too. They eat a lot of sweetcorn in the USA. It s their favourite vegetable. We use sweetcorn to make bread, breakfast cereal and popcorn. We can make plastic from sweetcorn too! This pen is made from sweetcorn. It s very ecological. Insects are the smallest animals in a garden. There are thousands of different species in our gardens. We can help birds in our garden by building bird boxes and giving them food. Sometimes birds find it difficult to find food, especially in winter. There are lots of different foods we can put in our gardens, for example, bread, rice, apples, seeds and nuts. It s also a good idea to put out a bowl of water, but not milk milk is bad for birds. Some insects, like butterflies and bees, are useful. They fly from flower to flower and they carry pollen on their legs. Plants need pollen to make new seeds. Other insects are bad for plants. Some insects are in danger. Their habitats are disappearing and we kill them with insecticide. Insect hotels are a safe place for insects to live. CD Read again and listen. $ 0 How many different types of bird can you see in your garden? Write True or False. Sweetcorn is a fruit. All insects are bad for a garden. We use sweetcorn to make lots of things. 5 It s a bad idea to give birds milk. There are lots of different insects in a garden. 6 It s a good idea to feed birds in winter. Watch us in the garden! DVD Lesson 9 Look at Ellie s photos. Listen and say the letter. $ CD Listen and repeat. $ CD Make a new dialogue and practise. Do you like pears? plums No, I don t. I think apples are nicer. I eat them every day. 50798_EXP6_CB_BOOK.indb strawberries peas Yes, I do. I love them. Do you? Now prepare for your Portfolio. Let s talk! carrots Oh! Look at these. ACTIVITY BOOK page 6 every week twice a week Which vegetable do we use to make popcorn? /0/0 6: