To p i c 1

1 Which words describe you? Point.

boy girl student

teacher adult child

Chinese six years old Language

Vocabulary
2 Make a name tag. Personal Information
Numbers 1–30
HELLO Alphabet
my name is
Countries and Nationalities
Grammar
Boris. The Verb Be: Talking about
Yourself and Others
Subject Pronouns and Possessive

A Use your name tag to introduce yourself. Adjectives

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 Skills Project
Reading Speaking Poster:
Describing Characters Introducing Yourself Who am I??
Using Pictures Introducing Other
Listening People
Listening to Writing
Introductions Using Capital Letters
Listening for the
Main Idea

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 1 Watch the video. What are their names?

A Watch again. Look, read and match.

a b c

Nouns
boy
child
family
girl
the Captain Max Maddie
name
student
2 Which sentences describe you? Mark (✓ or ✗).
Adjectives 1 I’m a student. 6 I’m friendly.
friendly
2 I’m a teacher. 7 I’m smart.
smart
strong 3 I’m a boy. 8 I’m an adult.
tall
4 I’m a girl. 9 I’m strong.
5 I’m tall. 10 I’m from New York.

A Stand up and tell the class one thing about yourself.

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 1 Listen and follow. 2

HI. MY NAME’S IT’S NICE TO WELCOME TO YOUR

VINCE! I’M NEW. MEET YOU! NEW TEAM! NOW WE’RE
ALL HERE, LET’S PLAY!

WE’RE NOT OOPS! WOW, YOU’RE

VERY GOOD! STRONG!

IT’S OK. YOU’RE BOYS GOOD JOB,

AND GIRLS. YOU’RE NOT VINCE!
PROFESSIONALS!

A Read the comic. Circle am, is and are. Talking about You
and Me: the Verb Be
2 Look and label the pictures with I, you or we.
There are three forms of the
verb be: am, is and are.
I am (I’m) / I’m not
you are (you’re) / you’re not
we are (we’re) / we’re not

Subject Pronouns and

3 Write about you and a partner. Possessive Adjectives
1 I’m . I’m not . I ➞ my
you ➞ your
2 We’re . We’re not .
we ➞ our
A Tell the class about you and your partner.
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 1 Listen and follow. 3

It’s my first day of school! But I’m nervous. I’m new. The classroom
is big, and I’m very small!
I walk into the classroom. A very big student almost steps
on me! “Be careful!” I say. “Don’t step on me!”
“I’m sorry,” says the student. He smiles. He’s friendly!
“My name’s Giraffe. What’s your name?”
I say, “My name’s Mouse. It’s nice to
meet you, Giraffe. You’re very tall!”
“And you’re very small,” he says. “Sit
here.” I sit on Giraffe’s back.
“Now you’re tall, too!” he says.
We laugh. We’re new friends!
Describing We meet our classmates. They’re
Characters in a friendly, too. I’m not nervous anymore.
Story
Characters are the
people or animals in a A Read the story. Who are the characters?
story. Look for pictures
of them. Look for their 2 Write the characters’ names.
names. Look for words
that describe them. 1 tall
2 small
3 big
Adjectives 4 friendly
big 5 nervous
nervous
small A Read again. Match the characters with the adjectives.
3 Are you similar to Giraffe or Mouse? Why?
I’m similar to Mouse. I’m small.
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 1 What does this girl talk about in her introduction?
Guess and circle.
Listening to
name Introductions
In an introduction,
age family a person shares
personal information.
Listen carefully for the
person’s name and
other information.
animals

city or country sports

A Listen and check. 4

2 Listen again. What does Jacqueline say? Mark (✓ or ✗).

✓
HELLO
my name is

Jacqueline

1 My name’s Jacqueline. 2 I’m new in school. 3 I’m from Mexico City.

4 I’m seven. 5 I’m a girl. 6 I’m tall.

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 Introducing Yourself
Adjectives Hi! I’m a boy.
funny Hello! I’m six years old.
loud My name’s Armando. I’m friendly!
quiet

Numbers 1 Listen and write. 5

1 one
2 two
3 three
4 four
5 five
6 six
7 seven
8 eight
9 nine
10 ten
11 eleven
12 twelve 1 My name’s 2 My name’s 3 My name’s
13 thirteen Emily.
14 fourteen . .
15 fifteen
16 sixteen I’m five. I’m . I’m .
17 seventeen
18 eighteen I’m a girl. I’m a I’m a
19 nineteen
20 twenty . .
21 twenty-one
… I’m funny. I’m I’m
30 thirty
. .

2 Talk about yourself.

My name’s… I’m… years old. I’m a… I’m…

A Chant with your classmates.

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 1 Listen and follow. 6

My name’s Cindy. I’m from the Using Capital Letters

United Kingdom. Use capital letters to begin…
Here's a poem about me! • the name of a person: Robert
• the name of a city, state or
country: New York, France
• the first word in a sentence: My
name’s Ava.
Always use a capital letter for the
C reative pronoun “I”: I’m a girl.
qu i et
sevee n years old
Adjectives
d ifferent creative
y our new friend different

Alphabet
Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff,
Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll,
A Read and circle the capital letters. Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq,
Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww,
2 Write a poem about you. Xx, Yy, Zz

3 Check your work.

1 Are the capital letters correct?
2 Are the words in the poem lined up?

4 Write a final version. Draw a picture of yourself.

ce yourself.
To p i c 1 1 Use your poem to intro
du

as smates. Are
2 Compare with your cl
you similar?
We’re smart!

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 1 Listen and complete the song. 7

Countries and
Nationalities
Names and
China/Chinese
P l ac e s
India/Indian
Japan/Japanese Henry and Alice are .
Russia/Russian Ana Maria’s from Spain.
South Africa/ Anton and Liza are .
South Africann
Tom’s from the United States.
Spain/Spanis
sh
Spain/Spanish
It’s nice to meet you.
United Kingdom/
British
We’re from different countries with different names.
But we can be friends.
United States
Stattes of
America (USA)/ In some ways we’re all the same.
American Seema and Dev are from .
Meilin and Wei are Chinese.
Kungawo is from .
Yukiko is Japanese.

A Listen again and sing along.

2 Read and match.
1 Henry and Alice are from Japan.
2 Anton and Liza are from Russia.
3 Tom’s American.
4 Yukiko is from the United Kingdom.

A Talk about people that you know.

Ms. Green is from the USA.
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 1 Listen and follow. 8

I have two best friends. Their names

are Padma and Jorge. They’re both at
my school in Spain, but they’re not
similar. They’re very different!
Padma’s short and friendly. She’s
Indian. Her family’s from New Delhi,
India. Jorge’s tall and quiet. He’s
Spanish. His family’s from Madrid, Spain.
Padma’s good at gymnastics. Jorge’s
not good at sports, but he’s very good
at video games. He’s always the winner!

A Read the text. Circle the subject pronouns.

2 Look and label the pictures with he, she or they. Talking about Others:
the Verb Be
Remember, there are three forms of
the verb be: am, is and are.
he is (he’s) / he’s not
she is (she’s) / she’s not
it is (it’s) / it’s not
they are (they’re) / they’re not

Subject Pronouns and

3 Write about two friends: one girl and one boy. Possessive Adjectives
1 Their names are . he ➞ his
she ➞ her
2 She’s . it ➞ its
3 He’s . they ➞ their

4 They’re .

A Tell the class about your friends.

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 Free-Time Activities
1 Look and guess. Where are the children from? around the World

Matt and his friends are good at baseball. Cricket is a very popular sport here. It’s
They always play together. All the children exciting, and dangerous, too! Naveen and his
on the team are happy and friendly. friends are playing a game in these photos.

This is a picture of Irina and Maxim. They’re Celeste is creative, so she’s good at art. Look at
both good at chess, but Maxim is usually her painting! It’s beautiful! Many famous artists
the winner. Chess is a difficult game. are from her country: Monet, Renoir, Cezanne…

2 Read and circle.

Using Pictures 1 Matt is from the United States / United Kingdom.
Pictures can help you
understand a text. He’s American / British.
Look at the places. 2 Naveen and his friends are from Japan / India.
Look at the people and
what they are doing. They’re Japanese / Indian.
3 Irina and Maxim are from Russia / China.
They’re Russian / Chinese.
Countries and
Nationalities 4 Celeste is from Mexico / France.
France/French She’s Mexican / French.
Mexico/Mexican
3 What are you good at? Tell a partner.
I’m good at gymnastics!
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 1 Listen and circle. What is the boy
talking about? 9

Listening for the Main Idea

a family a soccer team
It’s not always necessary to
understand every word. Listen for the
students in a school main ideas: Who is talking? What is
he or she talking about?
2 Listen again. Write the names on the first lines.

Abby Colin Temba Keiko Sergio

A Listen again. Write the adjectives on the second lines.

friendly loud new popular smart

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 1 Listen and write. 10

1
3

Her name’s Diana.

My name’s Diana. She’s a .

I’m a . She’s from .

I’m from .
His name’s Pierre.
He’s a .
He’s from .

Introducing Other People

His name’s Pierre. He’s from France.
A Play the game with your classmates.
He’s strong. 2 Play again with new information about yourself.
Her name’s Galina. She’s from I’m … years old. I’m very… I’m good at…
Russia. She’s happy.
They’re students. They’re smart. 3 Talk about your classmates. Are they similar?
They’re students. They’re friendly!
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 1 Look and write.

Poster: Who am I?
Make a poster. Use pictures and
words to show who you are.

My name’s .
I’m from .
I’m years old.
2 Make your own poster.
1 Collect or draw pictures of yourself. 3 Write your name at the top.
2 Stick the pictures on the poster. 4 Decorate the poster.

3 Share your poster with the class.

er.
1 A Look at other posters and answ
To p i c 1 How are you similar?
I am six, and Joni is six.
nt?
2 How are you differe
d is loud.
I am quiet, but Leonar
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