Life cycles

This set of activities focuses on life cycles of plants, including beans, sunflowers and coconuts.

Target vocabulary is introduced using a range of activity types.

The literary focus is listening to information reports and includes verb endings, listening to and following instructions and a cloze exercise.

Click on a link below to print/download a PDF file for each activity, which contains a teacher guide and student worksheet.

The downloads box on the right-hand side includes additional support material.

ACTIVITY TITLE	ACTIVITY TYPE/SKILL	AUDIO FILES
Focus on vocabulary
3.15 Introducing life cycles (PDF 381KB)	Orientation	Track 3.15a (MP3 1MB) Track 3.15b (MP3 2MB)
3.16 Target vocabulary – life cycles (PDF 170KB)	Word list	Track 3.16 (MP3 3MB)
3.17 Spelling target vocabulary – life cycles (PDF 31KB)	Word chains
3.18 Pronouncing target vocabulary – life cycles (PDF 33KB)	Pronunciation
3.19 Familiarisation with target vocabulary – life cycles (PDF 28KB)	Word cards
3.20 Classroom instructions (PDF 91KB)	Collocation
3.21 Life cycles target vocabulary – same or different (PDF 156KB)	Equations
3.22 Plural forms (PDF 202KB)	Word/picture matching
3.23 One more sentence (PDF 26KB)	Text organisation
Focus on listening to information reports
3.24 Revising flowering plants (PDF 613KB)	Text organisation
3.25 Life cycle of a bean (PDF 325KB)	Verb endings	Track 3.25 (MP3 2MB)
3.26 Life cycle song (PDF 325KB)	Singing	Track 3.26 (MP3 3MB)
3.27 Labelling plants (PDF 246KB)	Listening to and following instructions	Track 3.27 (MP3 3MB)
3.28 Listening to pictures – sunflowers (PDF 246KB)	Word/picture matching	Track 3.28 (MP3 5MB)
3.29 Life cycle of a coconut (PDF 446KB)	Cloze	Track 3.29 (MP3 3MB)

Published on: 08 Jan 2018

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