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Insects and sea animals
Connect Primary 1, Term 2: Unit 14 At the library
GoalName an ant, an insect, a jellyfish and an octopus.
New words
ant · a very small insectinsect · a small animal with six legsjellyfish · a soft animal in the seaoctopus · a sea animal with eight arms
Explanation
An ant is an insect. A bee is an insect, too. Insects are small. A jellyfish lives in the sea. An octopus lives in the sea. We say an ant, an insect and an octopus, but a jellyfish.
Worked examples
Malak
Dad, what is it?
Dad
It’s a jellyfish. Do not touch it.
Malak
OK! And what is this on the sand?
Dad
It’s an ant. An ant is an insect.
Sort the animals. Say the sentence for each one.
Now you. Find a small insect outside. Say: It’s an … or It’s a … .
Class activity
Insect hunt. Look in the garden or on the balcony for small animals. Do not touch them. Draw what you see and say: ‘It’s an ant!’ Then look at a picture of a sea animal and say: ‘It’s an octopus.’
Practice
1
Listen. What is it?
…
An octopus.
2
Look. What is it? Say a or an.
It’s a jellyfish.
3
Look. What is it?
It’s an ant.
4
Which two animals live in the sea?
The jellyfish and the octopus.
5
Write: It’s an octopus.
The child copies the sentence.