☰ Year plan · English (Connect)

A day at the zoo

Week 10 · Unit 5 At the zoo (A): zoo animals, 'Where are the hippos?', directions, 'How about going to …?' · 3 lessons
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How about …? Good idea!

Connect P3 Term 1: Unit 5
GoalMake a plan with a friend: How about …? Good idea!
New words
How about …? · we use it to give an ideaGood idea! · I like your ideaLet’s · we say it to start a plan togetherfirst · before the other thingsnext · after that
Explanation

When we plan a day, we give ideas. We say: How about going to the elephants? Your friend can answer: Good idea! We can also say: Let’s see the pandas first. Next, we can see the lions. Then we choose together. Everybody has an idea and everybody listens.

IdeaAnswer
How about going to the elephants?Good idea!
How about seeing the pandas?Yes, let’s go!
How about eating lunch?Good idea! I am hungry.
Worked examples
Laila

How about going to the pandas first?

Adam

Good idea! Then how about seeing the lions?

Laila

Yes! And then we can have lunch.

Adam

Good idea! I like our plan.

Listen. Laila and her cousin Adam plan their zoo day.

Karim and Sama plan a visit to the zoo. First, they go to the giraffes. Next, they walk to the penguins. Then they eat lunch under a tree. At the end, they say: How about coming again next month? Good idea!

Read and listen to the text.
1 giraffes2 penguins3 lunch
Look. Karim’s plan: first, next, then.
Now you. Plan a trip with a friend. Say: How about going to … ? Your friend says: Good idea!
Class activity

Plan a zoo day. With a grown-up, draw a simple zoo map on paper with a gate and four animals. Take turns to suggest the order: How about going to the lions first? Good idea! Write the plan in three sentences with First, Next and Then.

Practice
1
Fill in: ___ about going to the lions? (How or What)
2
Your friend says: How about going to the pandas? What do you answer?
3
Put the words in order: first / the / Let’s / see / giraffe
4
Look. Say the plan with First, Next and Then.
5
Writing: copy ‘How about going to the elephants?’