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My close family
Discover Term 1: Axis 1, Chapter 2
GoalName the people in my close family and count them.
New words
family · people who care for each otherparents · my mother and my fatherbrother · a boy with the same parents as mesister · a girl with the same parents as me
Explanation
A family is a group of people who care for each other. My mother and father are my parents. A boy with the same parents as me is my brother. A girl with the same parents as me is my sister. Some families are big and some families are small. Some children live with their parents. Some children live with their grandparents. All families are special.
Worked examples
Youssef has one sister, Habiba. He is her brother and she is his sister.
Nour lives with her mother, her father and her baby sister. Her family is small.
Mina has a mother, a father and two brothers. Count the people in his family: Mina, his two brothers, his mother and his father make 5.
Class activity
Draw your close family. Draw each person and say who they are: “This is my mother.” Then count the people in the picture, including you. Say the number out loud.
Practice
1
Which one is the mother? Say the letter.
A.
2
Count the people in this family. How many?
4
3
Say the names of the people in your family.
The child names the family members.
4
A boy has the same parents as you. What do you call him?
My brother.