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What can I do?
Connect Primary 1, Term 1: Unit 9 At the beach
GoalSay what I can do at the beach: I can swim, kick, jump.
New words
swim · move in the waterkick · hit a ball with your footjump · go up in the airthrow · send a ball through the airdig · make a hole in the sandskip · hop from one foot to the other
Explanation
At the beach we can do many things. Do each action and say it: I can swim. I can kick. I can jump. I can throw. I can dig. I can skip. The child does the action and says the sentence.
Worked examples
Farida
Look at me! I can jump.
Ahmed
I can throw the ball.
Farida
Can you swim?
Ahmed
Yes, I can swim!
Look at the beach. Say what you can do there: I can … .
Now you. Do an action. A grown-up says it: You can jump! Then you say: I can jump!
Class activity
Action game. A grown-up calls an action: Swim! Jump! Dig! The child does it and says: I can swim! I can jump! Then the child calls and the grown-up does the actions.
Practice
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Listen. What can the boy do?
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Throw.
2
Look. Say: I can … .
I can swim.
3
Do the action. Jump three times. Say: I can jump.
The child jumps and says: I can jump.
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Which sentence is right: I can swim. or I swim can.?
I can swim.
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Writing: copy the word ‘dig’.
dig