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Habitat is home.
Textbook: p. 60
GoalHabitats and wild animals; plural forms; “Where do ... live?”.
New words
habitat · yashash muhitidesert · cho‘locean · okeanwolf · bo‘ri
Explanation
A habitat is the place where an animal or plant lives – its “home”. Main habitats: the forest, the mountains, the desert, the ocean, water (rivers, lakes). Animals: wolf, fox, deer, bear, hare, lion, camel, varan, lizard, tortoise, turtle, shark, whale, dolphin, crocodile, giraffe. Plural: wolf → wolves, fox → foxes, tortoise → tortoises, deer → deer (no change). Question: “Where do camels live?” — “They live in the desert.” Lizards and varans also live in hot deserts.
Worked examples
Camels and lizards live in the desert. Sharks, whales and dolphins live in the ocean. Bears and foxes live in the forest. Crocodiles live in rivers.
— Where do deer live? — They live in the forest. — Do tortoises live in the ocean? — No, they don’t. Turtles live in the ocean, tortoises live on land.
Class activity
“Habitat game”: cards with animals. A pupil finds the right habitat and joins the group: “I live in the desert. I’m a camel”.
Practice
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Ask: Where do whales live?
Where do whales live?
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Write the plural: wolf, fox, deer, tortoise
wolves, foxes, deer, tortoises
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Say: Dolphins live in the ocean.
Dolphins live in the ocean.
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What is a habitat?
The place where an animal or plant lives.