Reviewing Unit 4: The Plant Kingdom

Unit 4: The Plant Kingdom

Estimadas familias, a continuación os presento el resumen de contenidos y el vocabulario de la Unidad 4: El reino de las plantas. Espero que os sea de utilidad.

1. Introduction

We are still talking about Living Things... this time about PLANTS....REMEMBER THAT PLANTS ARE ALSO LIVING THINGS!!!

• Living things are born, living things grow, living things reproduce and living things die.
• All living things, including animals, plants and humans share the three main functions: interaction, nutrition and reproduction.

2. Contents

1. Life process of a plant

• The plant is born from a seed
• The roots and stem grow.
• The leaves grow and the plant reproduces.
• The plant dies.

2. The Parts of a plant are: the roots, the stem, the leaves, the buds, the flowers and the seeds.

3. Which plants do we eat?

• We eat roots: carrots, radishes (rábanos), turnips (nabos), beetrot( remolacha)...

• We eat leaves: lettuce, spinach (espinaca), chard (acelga), cabbage (repollo)...

• We eat flowers: artichokes (alcachofa), cauliflower, brocoli,...

• We eat stems: asparagus (espárrago), celery (apio), leek (puerro)…

• We eat fruit: tomatoes, apples, grapes,...

• We eat seeds: peas (guisantes), rice, wheat, corn (maíz), sunflower seeds,...

• We eat tubers (tubérculos): potatoes.

4. Plants need to live: water or moisture (humedad), sunlight, warmth (calor), soil (nutrients), air, and space. 

5. There are three types of plants: 

• Grass: they have a soft stem.
• Bush: the stem is harder but flexible.
• Tree: the stem is very hard, called trunk. It has branches, leaves, fruits, flowers.

6. Plants can be:

• Wild: born freely in the forest.
• Cultivated: planted by the man.

7. Flowering and Non-flowering plants: two types of plants

• Flowering Plants: There are many plants that produce flowers and seeds. They produce different types of seeds inside their flowers. People can eat many of these fruits and seeds.
• Non-flowering plants: There are plants with no flowers and they don’t produce seeds. They produce spores to reproduce: fern and moss. 
• Ferns and mosses produce spores or have spores, NO SEEDS.
• Ferns: have spores under their leaves.
• Mosses: reproduce with spores that grow inside capsules.

8. Trees that are ALWAYS green are called EVERGREEN. Evergreen trees keep their leaves during all seasons.

9. Trees that lose their leaves, are called DECIDUOUS. Deciduous tress lose their leaves in autumn and winter.

• In spring: new leaves start to grow.
• In summer: tree have leaves, fruit and seeds.
• In autumn: leaves change colour and fall.
• In winter: trees have no leaves.

10. REMEBER THAT:

Plants are very important for us. They give us food and oxygen.

VOCABULARY

NATURAL SCIENCE VOCABULARY UNIT 4 – THE PLANT KINGDOM
ENGLISH	ESPAÑOL
Trunk	tronco
Roots	raíces
Stem	Tallo
Branches	ramas
Leaves	hojas
Flowers	flores
Seeds	semillas
Buds	Brotes, capullos
Tree	árbol
Bush	arbusto
Grass	hierba, césped
Wild plant	planta salvaje
Cultivated plant	planta cultivada
Apple	manzana
Potato	patata
Corn	maíz
Pea	guisante
Avocado	aguacate
Blackberry	mora
Poppy	Amapola
Tulip	tulipán
Sunflower	girasol
Peony	peonía
Lemon	limón
Carrot	zanahoria
Wheat	trigo
Chesnut	castaño, castaña
Deciduous tree	Árbol de hoja caduca
Evergreen tree	Árbol de hoja perenne
Conifers	plantas coníferas
Pine tree	pino
Fir tree	abeto
Oak tree	roble
Beech tree	haya
Palm tree	palmera
Fern	helecho
Moss	musgo
Spores	esporas
Capsules	cápsulas
Cones	piñas de abeto
Pine cone	piña de pino
Sunflower seeds	pipas, semillas de girasol
Animals
Badger	tejón
Squirrel	ardilla
Woodpecker	Pájaro carpintero
Blackbird	mirlo
Centipede	ciempiés
Hedgehog	erizo
Decidious Trees	Evergreen Trees
Beech tree	Palm tree
Oak tree	Pine tree
Chestnut tree	Fir tree

 

¡Un astronauta en el Cole!

Queridas familias y alumnos,

Os dejo unas improvisadas fotografías que pude sacar en el transcurso de una de las actividades que tuvimos en el Colegio el pasado viernes (Cinesférico).

No tienen mucha calidad, puesto que las hice sin flash, pero creo que con ellas podréis poner imágenes a las historias que os cuenten vuestros hijos e hijas. 

Tuve la oportunidad de poder acompañarles en las dos actividades programadas y os aseguro que las disfrutaron mucho.

Un abrazo.

Seasons of the year: song and lyrics

"Seasons of the year"

Here we go, oh oh

Seasons of the year (bis)

Here comes the Spring with the rain pouring down, 

Here comes the Spring with the flowers in the ground,

Here comes the Spring with the rainbow in the sky,

Here comes the Spring to bring new life. (Bis in a rap style)

Here we go, oh oh

Seasons of the year (bis)

Here comes the Summer with the heat from the sun,

Here comes the Summer with the kids having fun,

Here comes the Summer with the warm breeze, (brisa)

Here comes the Summer with the trees so green. (Bis in a rap style)

Here we go, oh oh

Seasons of the year (bis)

Here comes the Fall with the leaves changing colour,

Here comes the Fall with the climate getting cooler,

Here comes the Fall with the leaves falling down,

Here comes the Fall with the wind blowing loud. (Bis in a rap style)

Here we go, oh oh

Seasons of the year (bis)

Here comes the Winter with the ice and the snow,

Here comes the Winter with the freezing cold,

Here comes the Winter with the days getting shorter,

Here comes the Winter with the nights getting longer. (Bis in a rap style)

Here we go, oh oh

Seasons of the year (bis)

Here we go, oh oh

Seasons of the year (bis)

Unit 6 - All year round

Dear children and parents,

Find below a summary of the contents and vocabulary that we have been studying in this unit.

• Seasons of the year: spring, summer, autumn (or Fall) and winter.
• Months of the year: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December.
• Months in each season:
• Spring: March, April, May.
• Summer: June, July, August.
• Autumn (or Fall): September, October, November.
• Winter: December, January, February.
• Seasonal activities:
• Spring: smell flowers, plant seeds.
• Summer: finish school, go to the beach.
• Autumn (or Fall): eat chestnuts, celebrate Halloween.
• Winter: wear arm clothes, celebrate Christmas, open presents.
• Grammar:
• Present Simple - Habits: 
• What do you/they do in spring/summer/autumn/winter? 
• We/They plant seeds/go to the beach...
• Do you/they celebrate Halloween/wear warm clothes in autumn/winter? 
• Yes, we/they do. 
• No, we/they don't.
• Ordinal Numbers 1^st-30^th: 

They need to learn the pronunciation of these numbers, as well as the spelling.

• Grammar: they need to write and say their birthday date.
• When's your birthday? 
• My birhtday is on the (ordinal number) of (month). When's yours? /
• It's on the (ordinal number) of (month). When's yours?

Remember that you only need to revise, that's all. Be happy

Unit 4: The Plant Kingdom

My dear students,
Here you have some lessons and games to learn more about plants and how they reproduce. Remember that we're going to grow a plant in the classroom!!! Think about a name for it...

The plant life cycle
How to grow a plant

Unit 4: Landscapes

Estimadas familias y alumnos:

Hemos estado estudiando la Unidad 4 de Social Science: Landscapes. 

Esta unidad no tiene mucha dificultad y hemos trabajado bastante en ella con fichas de ampliación que también les ayudarán a repasar, así que creo que les saldrá bien la prueba de control. Los contenidos y vocabulario que engloban esta unidad son:

• Las diferentes características de un paisaje: formas de relieve.
• Características naturales y características artificiales.
• Características naturales del paisaje: montaña, cordillera, río, lago, catarata, valle, llanura, meseta, bosque, isla, archipiélago, costa, acantilado, playa, golfo, bahía, mar.
• Características del paisaje artificiales (hechas por el hombre): faro, puerto, parque eólico, molino de viento, puente, vías de ferrocarril, carretera, ciudad, pueblo.
• Diferentes paisajes: paisajes costeros y paisajes interiores.
• Paisajes costeros: archipiélago, cabo, bahía, golfo, playa, acantilado, mar.
• Paisajes interiores: valle, río, lago, meseta, llanura, montaña.
• Diferentes características naturales de la costa española:
• Archipiélagos: Islas Baleares, Islas Canarias.
• Una bahía: La Concha (Guipúzcoa).
• Una isla: Tabarca (Alicante).
• Acantilados: Los Gigantes (Tenerife).
• Diferentes características naturales del interior en España:
• Un lago: Lago Sanabria (Zamora)
• Un río: El Ebro
• Una cordillera: Los Pirineos.
• El agua en la Tierra:
• Agua salada en océanos y mares: 97%
• Agua dulce en lagos, ríos, casquetes de hielo y bajo el suelo: 2%
• Agua potable tratada en plantas de tratamiento: 1%
• La importancia del agua para todos los seres vivos.
• Estados de agua: sólido, líquido y gaseoso.
• La importancia de ahorrar agua.

En inglés:

• Different features of a landscape: landforms.
• Natural features and man-made features.
• Natural features: mountain, mountain range, river, lake, waterfall, valley, plain, plateau, forest, island, archipelago, coast, headland, cliff, beach, gulf, bay, sea.
• Man-made features: lighthouse, port, wind farm, windmill, bridge, railway, road, town, village
• Different landscapes: coastal landscapes and inland landscapes.
• Coastal landscapes: archipelago, headline, bay, gulf, beach, cliff, sea.
• Inland landscapes: valley, river, lake, plateau, plain, mountain.
• Different natural features on the Spanish coast: 
• Archipelagos: Islas Baleares, Islas Canarias.
• A bay: La Concha (Guipúzcoa).
• An island: Tabarca (Alicante).
• Cliffs: Los Gigantes (Tenerife).
• Different inland natural features in Spain:
• A lake: Sanabria lake (Zamora)
• A river: The Ebro
• A mountain range: The Pyrenees. 
• The water on Earth: 
• Salt water in oceans and seas: 97%
• Fresh water in lakes, rivers, ice caps and under the ground: 2%
• Drinking water treated in treatment plants: 1%
• The importance of water for all living things. 
• States of water: solid, liquid and gas.
• The importance of saving water.

Vuestro hijos e hijas tendrán que:

• Clasificar los elementos de un paisaje como naturales o hechos por el hombre.
• Identificar los distintos accidentes geográficos como costeros o de interior.
• Conocer distintos tipos de relieve en España: río, lago, cordillera, acantilado, bahía, islas.
• Conocer los diferentes tipos de agua y sus proporciones en la Tierra.
• Tratamiento del agua para su consumo.
• Mostrar conocimiento y actitud responsable respecto al uso del agua.

Espero haberos ayudado en vuestra tarea. 

Un abrazo.

Games: Seasons and Months of the year

Dear children,
Here you have some games to play and learn about the seasons and the months of the year. Enjoy them!

Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Game 4
Game 5
Game 6