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My family tree
Discover Term 1: Axis 1, Chapter 2
GoalRead a family tree and say who is older and who is younger.
New words
family tree · a picture of how a family is joinedolder · more years oldyounger · fewer years old
Explanation
A family tree is a picture of a family. The oldest people go at the top. Their children go below them. The youngest people go at the bottom. A line joins a parent to a child. I am near the bottom of my family tree. A person grows through four stages: baby, child, adult and older person.
Worked examples
Look at the tree above. Dad is the child of the grandparents. Dad is below them.
A person grows through four stages. A baby grows into a child. A child grows into an adult. An adult grows into an older person.
In the tree, Me and Sister are on the same line. They are brother and sister, or sisters.
Class activity
Make your family tree. Draw circles on a big sheet of paper. Put your grandparents at the top, your parents in the middle, and you and your brothers and sisters at the bottom. Write or draw a name in each circle and join them with lines.
Practice
1
Who is the “?” on this tree?
The grandparents, the parents of Mum and Aunt.
2
Do you put yourself at the top or near the bottom?
Near the bottom.
3
How many children does Dad have in this tree?
3
4
Put in order from the oldest to the youngest. Say the letters.
B, C, A.