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Week 8 · Review 1 (Units 1–3): vocabulary games, listening, past simple and reading, a report on healthier habits · 3 lessons
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Units 1–3: my healthier-habits report

Connect Primary 5 Term 1, Review 1: pp. 52–57
GoalWrite a short report about healthy habits with reasons.
New words
habit · something you do again and againexercise · moving your body to keep it strongsleep · rest at nightreport · a text that gives information
Explanation

A report gives information in a clear order. It starts with a heading. Then it gives three or four ideas with reasons. At the end it has a short ending. Healthy habits are small things we do every day. We should drink water, sleep enough, move our body and eat fruit and vegetables. We write: We should drink water because our body needs it. We can use because, so and also. A report uses facts, not only opinions.

Worked examples

Healthy habits for children. We should sleep for ten hours every night, because our body needs rest. We should drink water every day, so we feel good. We can also play sport, such as football or swimming, to keep our body strong. It is a good idea to eat fruit and vegetables. In general, small habits help us feel happy every day.

Read and listen to the model report.
watersleepsportfruit
Look. Healthy habits.
Yara

Our heading is Healthy habits for children.

Adel

I write about sport. We can play football to keep our body strong.

Yara

I write about sleep. We should go to bed early so we feel good at school.

Listen. The class plans a report.
Now you. Tell the grown-up one healthy habit and give a reason with because.
Class activity

Group poster. Make a poster with your family. Write the heading Healthy habits. Draw four habits (water, sleep, sport, fruit) and write one sentence with because under each. Present the poster to the family and say one thing you like about the others’ ideas.

Practice
1
Why should we sleep enough? Finish: We should sleep because …
2
Fill in: We should drink water ___ our body needs it. (because or but)
3
Which idea is a healthy habit: playing sport or eating only sweets?
4
What comes at the beginning of a report?
5
Writing: write a report of five or six sentences about healthy habits.