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Sports I know
Connect P2 Term 1: Unit 4
GoalName sports and the actions we do in them: kick, throw, hit.
New words
football · a game where we kick a ballbasketball · a game where we throw a ball into a nettennis · a game with a racket and a ballswimming · moving in waterteam · a group that plays together
Explanation
Sports are fun and good for our body. In football we kick the ball. In basketball we throw the ball. In tennis we hit the ball with a racket. In swimming we move in the water. Karate is a sport too, with no ball. A team is a group of players. We play together.
Worked examples
Mostafa
I play football. I kick the ball.
Salma
I play basketball. I throw the ball.
Mostafa
We are a team!
Karate is a sport. We do it without a ball.
Now you. Say a sport you like. Say what you do: I kick. I throw. I hit.
Class activity
Sports mime. The child acts a sport without talking: kicking, throwing, swimming. The grown-up guesses: Is it football? Then change places.
Practice
1
Listen. Which sport do you hear?
…
Basketball.
2
Look. In which sport do we kick the ball: football or tennis?
Football.
3
Look. Do we swim in water or on grass?
In water.
4
What do we hold to hit the ball in tennis: a racket or a shoe?
A racket.
5
Writing: copy the word ‘football’.
football