1

ntary
e
m

Ele

Sin título-7 1 10/07/23 18:48

 English Through Science 1. is a publication of the Editorial Board
of Ediciones Larousse, S.A de C.V.
Chief Editor
Tomás García Cerezo
Editor
Sergio Ávila Figueroa
Adapted by
Camila Martínez Ávila
Iconographic Coordination
Mónica Godinez Silva
Layout, and Iconographic Assistance by
Estudio Creativos
Illustrations by
María de Lourdes Guzmán Muñoz, María del Carmen Guzmán Muñoz,
Félix León Coronel
Photography
© Shutterstock, Inc.
Cover Design by
Ediciones Larousse with the collaboration of Nice Montaño Kunze
Cover Illustration by
© Shutterstock, Inc.
Prepress Coordination
Jesús Salas Pérez

© 2023 Ediciones Larousse, S.A. de C.V.

ISBN 978-607-21-3034-0

© Dinorah Pous
© McGraw-Hill Interamericana Editores, S.A. de C.V.

Renacimiento 180, Colonia San Juan Tlihuaca

Alcaldía Azcapotzalco, C.P. 02400, Ciudad de México

First edition, 2023

Printed in Mexico

All rights reserved under the law.

Reproduction by any known or unknown mechanical or electronic means without the written
permission of the copyright holder is strictly prohibited.
The characteristics of this edition and its content are the property of Ediciones Larousse,
S.A. de C.V. Larousse, and the Larousse logo are registered trademark of Larousse, S.A. 21 Rue
de Montparnasse, 75006 Paris, Cedex 06.

Sin título-7 2 10/07/23 18:48

 Contents
Unit 1 Unit 4
Life on Planet Earth 4 Animals 58
Some animals live in
A Our planet Earth 6 A water and others on land 60
B The sun and the moon 10
B Animals walk, fly, and swim 63
C Water on Earth 14
C Skin, scales, feathers, and fur 66

D Dolphins 69
Unit 2 Review 3 70
Living and Nonliving Things 18
Review 4 72
A Living and nonliving things 20

B What do living things do? 24

Unit 5
C What do living things need? 28 My Home, Family, and Body 74

D What do animals need? 32 A My basic needs 76

Review 1 36 B I keep my body clean 80

Review 2 38 C I eat healthy food 84

D I exercise my body 88
Unit 3
Plants 40
Unit 6
A What do plants need? 42 Super Senses 92
B Roots, stems, and leaves 46 A Our five senses 94
C Flowers and seeds 50 B Ears to hear and eyes to see 98
D Which parts of 54 A tongue for taste and a nose
C for smell 102
a plant do we eat?

D Hands to touch 105

Review 5 109
Review 6 111

Sin título-7 3 10/07/23 18:48

 UNIT

1 Life on
Planet Earth
A Our planet Earth
B The sun and the moon
C Water on Earth

Sin título-7 4 10/07/23 18:48

 Objectives
You will:
• understand that we live on a planet called Earth.
• understand that there are rocks, soil, water, and air on Earth.
• learn that people, animals, and plants live on Earth.
• learn that the sun is a star and is the center of our solar system.
• understand that Earth rotates around the sun.
• learn that the moon is a satellite and rotates around Earth.
• understand that the moon has no light of its own, but reflects the
sun’s light.
• learn that the sun gives us light and heat.
• understand the water cycle and the three different forms of water.

Skills
You will learn how to observe, compare, classify, make a model,
communicate, infer, put things in order, predict, investigate, and
draw a conclusion.

Suggestions
• Make a model of a place on Earth with rocks, soil, water, and air.
• Act out being the sun with the Earth rotating around it.
• Do a hands-on activity by placing planet Earth and its moon
around the sun to show their relative positions.
• Do an experiment in which doll clothes are washed and set out to
dry in the sun to understand that clothes dry as water evaporates
from them.
• Make a model that shows the ratio of land to water and its
magnitude on Earth.
• Learn the Water Cycle song.
• Do experiments with water to understand the concepts of liquid,
solid, and gas.

Sin título-7 5 10/07/23 18:48

 A Our planet Earth
Earth is a planet. We live on planet Earth.

Planet Earth has rocks, soil, water, and air.

air

rocks
water
soil

Draw a line from each word to its picture.

1. rocks 2. soil 3. water

Unit 1 6

Sin título-7 6 10/07/23 18:48

 WORDS TO KNOW
planet air
People live on planet Earth. Earth people
rock animal
soil plant
water

Animals live on planet Earth. Plants live on planet Earth.

Write the correct word under each picture.

people

animals

plants

1.

3.

2.
7 Unit 1

Sin título-7 7 10/07/23 18:48

 Read and point.
Earth is a planet. It goes around the sun.

sun
Earth

The sun is a star.

sun

The moon is a satellite. It goes around Earth.

moon
Earth

Unit 1 8

Sin título-7 8 10/07/23 18:48

 WORDS TO KNOW
sun satellite
Draw a line from each picture to its star around
name and definition. moon

1. sun star

2. moon planet

Earth satellite
3.

Circle the correct answers.

1. The sun is a… satellite / planet / star.

2. Earth is a… planet / satellite / star.

3. The moon is a… star / planet / satellite.

9 Unit 1

Sin título-7 9 10/07/23 18:48

 B The sun and the moon
Read and complete the sentences.
The sun gives light.

1. The sun gives .

The sun gives heat.

2. The sun gives .

The sun dries our clothes.

3. The sun dries our .

Color the picture.

Unit 1 10

Sin título-7 10 10/07/23 18:48

 WORDS TO KNOW
light dries
Discuss the pictures. heat clothes
1.

2.

3.

4.

Cut out the pictures below and paste them

where they belong above.

11 Unit 1

Sin título-7 11 10/07/23 18:48

 The moon has no light. It reflects the sun’s light.

light

moon

Earth

sun

Color and write sun, moon, and Earth.

Unit 1 12

Sin título-7 12 10/07/23 18:48

 WORDS TO KNOW
reflects night
Earth has day and night. day
sun Earth
moon

day night

We see the sun in the day.

We see the moon at night.

13 Unit 1

Sin título-7 13 10/07/23 18:48

 C Water on Earth
Read and point.
Water is in lakes, rivers, and oceans. Water goes up
into the air and makes clouds. It falls down to the
ground as rain or snow.

snow
rain
clouds

river lake

ocean

Sing the song and do the actions.

TRACK 2

Water Cycle (Part 1)

Water goes round and round
Yes, it does. Yes, it does
It goes up
And makes clouds
Then falls down as rain
Yes, it does. Yes, it does

Unit 1 14

Sin título-7 14 10/07/23 18:48

 WORDS TO KNOW
lake rain
Water has three forms. river snow
Water can be a liquid. ocean form
cloud liquid
ground pond

Color the water in the pond.

Complete the sentence.

Water can be a .

15 Unit 1

Sin título-7 15 10/07/23 18:48

 Water can be a solid. A solid can melt. It turns into a liquid.

Color the melting ice of the igloo blue.

Complete the sentence.

Water can be a .
Unit 1 16

Sin título-7 16 10/07/23 18:48

 WORDS TO KNOW
solid gas
Water can be a gas. When you heat melt vapor
water, it turns into gas (vapor). ice turns into
igloo cup

Color the cup. Draw gas (vapor) coming out of it.

Complete the sentence.

Water can be a .

17 Unit 1

Sin título-7 17 10/07/23 18:48

 UNIT

2 Living and
Nonliving Things
A Living and nonliving things
B What do living things do?
C What do living things need?
D What do animals need?

Sin título-7 18 10/07/23 18:48

 Objectives
You will:
• be able to identify living and nonliving things.
• learn the differences between living and nonliving things.
• learn what living things do.
• identify characteristics that all plants, animals, or human
beings share.
• learn what living things need and that they are generally found
in the places where they live.
• learn that we must respect all plants, animals, the air, water, and
ground where we live.

Skills
You will learn how to observe, compare, classify, make a model,
communicate, infer, put things in order, predict, investigate, and
draw a conclusion.

Suggestions
• Bring plants and small animals to the classroom to observe and
take care of.
• Take a field trip to observe plants and animals and talk about
their needs.
• Look for and identify living and nonliving things at school.
• Find living and nonliving things in the classroom. Talk about each
one and discuss how they are alike or different.
• Bring pictures from magazines of living and nonliving things to
observe, compare, and classify.
• Classify living and nonliving things.

19

Sin título-7 19 10/07/23 18:48

 A Living and nonliving things
On planet Earth, there are living and nonliving things.
Living and nonliving things are different.

Read and point.

Living things breathe. Living things move.

Living things eat. Living things grow. Living things

reproduce.
Complete the sentences.

1. Living things . 2. Living things .

3. Living things . 4. Living things .

5. Living things .
Unit 2 20

Sin título-7 20 10/07/23 18:48

 WORDS TO KNOW
living eat
Draw a line from the animals to nonliving grow
their action words. breathe reproduce
move

grow

move

breathe

eat

reproduce

21 Unit 2

Sin título-7 21 10/07/23 18:48

 Read and point.
Nonliving things do not breathe, eat, grow, or reproduce.
These are some nonliving things.

Complete the sentence.

Nonliving things do not , ,
, or .

Unit 2 22

Sin título-7 22 10/07/23 18:48

 Write living or nonliving below each picture.

1. 2. 3.

4. 5. 6.

7. 8. 9.

10. 11. 12.

23 Unit 2

Sin título-7 23 10/07/23 18:48

 B What do living things do?
Read and point.
All living things breathe. Some living things breathe on
land.

Some living things breathe underwater.

Cut out and paste pictures of living things that

breathe on land or underwater.

On land Underwater

Unit 2 24

Sin título-7 24 10/07/23 18:48

 WORDS TO KNOW
land music
Read the sentences. Then look at underwater wiggle
the picture and describe it. exercise up
body down
Living things move. strong kick
listen feet

When you move, you exercise your body.

Exercise makes your body strong.
Listen to the music and exercise.

TRACK 3
We Like to Exercise
Dancing to the music, dancing to the music
We like to exercise, dancing to the music
Wiggling our body, wiggling our body
We like to exercise, wiggling our body
Up and down, up and down
We like to exercise, going up and down
Kicking our feet, kicking our feet
We like to exercise, kicking our feet
Round and round, round and round
We like to exercise, going round and round

25 Unit 2

Sin título-7 25 10/07/23 18:48

 Read and point.
Living things eat.

Some people Some people eat

eat plants. meat and plants.

Some animals Some animals eat Some animals

eat plants. meat and plants. eat meat.

Write plants or meat below each picture.

1. 2. 3.

4. 5. 6.
Unit 2 26

Sin título-7 26 10/07/23 18:48

 WORDS TO KNOW
meat mother
Read and point. born egg
Living things reproduce.
People and animals are born from their mother.

Some animals are born from eggs from their mother.

Living things grow.

Look at the pictures.

Cut out the pictures below and paste them

where they belong above.

27 Unit 2

Sin título-7 27 10/07/23 18:48

 C What do living things need?
Read and point.
Living things need sunlight.

Living things need air.

Living things need water.

Unit 2 28

Sin título-7 28 10/07/23 18:48

 WORDS TO KNOW
need shelter
Living things need food. sunlight house
food

Living things need shelter or a house to live in. People

have houses and animals have shelter.

29 Unit 2

Sin título-7 29 10/07/23 18:48

 Read and copy each sentence. Then draw
a picture.

sunlight .
sunlight
1. Living things need
sunlight
sunlight
sunlight

2. Living things need .

3. Living things need .

4. Living things need .

shelter
5. Living things need shelter
shelter
shelter
shelter
.

Unit 2 30

Sin título-7 30 10/07/23 18:48

 What does a living thing need in order to live?

in g t hi
L iv

ng
s
need

Cut out the words and paste them where

they belong.

water sunlight food air shelter

31 Unit 2

Sin título-7 31 10/07/23 18:48

 D What do animals need?
Read and point.
Animals need shelter.

Shelter is a place for animals to live.

Discuss the different kinds of shelter.

Unit 2 32

Sin título-7 32 10/07/23 18:48

 Draw a line from the animal to its shelter.

33 Unit 2

Sin título-7 33 10/07/23 18:48

 Animals need food.

Animals need water.

Animals need air.

Complete the sentence.

Animals need ,

and .
Unit 2 34

Sin título-7 34 10/07/23 18:48

 Animals need food, water, air, and shelter.
Look at the pictures. Write what the animal
needs. Then draw the missing pictures.

35 Unit 2

Sin título-7 35 10/07/23 18:48

 Review 1
A Draw a line from each picture to its name and
definition.

1. moon planet

2. sun satellite

3. Earth star

B Circle the correct answer.

1. We live on planet… sun / Earth / moon.

2. The sun gives… air and water / heat and light.

3. Earth has… day and night / work and play.

4. Earth travels around the… stars / moon / sun.

5. The moon travels around… Earth / the clouds / the stars.

Unit 1 36

Sin título-7 36 10/07/23 18:48

 C Draw the water cycle and show how it rains
or snows.

D Water has three forms. Draw an example of

each form.

liquid solid gas

37 Unit 1

Sin título-7 37 10/07/23 18:48

 Review 2
A Write the answers to the questions.
1. What kinds of things are there on Earth?
and things

2. What do living things do?

, , ,

, ,

3. Write what living things need.

, , ,

, ,

B Write yes if it is a living thing or no if it is not

a living thing.

Unit 2 38

Sin título-7 38 10/07/23 18:48

 C Write plants if the animal is a plant eater or meat
if the animal is a meat eater.

D Draw shelter for each animal.

dog bird spider ant

E Circle the animals that are born live from their
mother. Color the animals that are born from eggs.

F Write 1 to 5 for the order of each life cycle.

1.

2.

39 Unit 2

Sin título-7 39 10/07/23 18:48

 UNIT

3 Plants
A What do plants need?
B Roots, stems, and leaves
C Flowers and seeds
D Which parts of a plant do we eat?

Sin título-7 40 10/07/23 18:48

 Objectives
You will:
• understand that plants are living things and, like all living things,
they must be respected.
• learn that plants grow almost everywhere (hot, cold, dry, and
wet places).
• learn what plants need in order to live and grow.
• understand that plants mainly grow from seeds.
• learn about the parts of a plant.
• learn the function of each part of the plant.
• learn about the parts of a plant that we eat.

Skills
You will learn how to observe, compare, classify, make a model,
communicate, infer, put things in order, predict, investigate, and
draw a conclusion.

Suggestions
• Take a walk around the school and point out and talk about all
the plants that you see.
• Bring a flowering plant to school. Observe in what ways the
plants are alike or different (size, shape, color, type, etc.).
• Identify the different parts of a plant and discuss the function
of each part.
• Draw pictures of different plants.
• Observe and keep a record of a seed’s growth.

41

Sin título-7 41 10/07/23 18:48

 A What do plants need?
Read and look at the pictures.
Plants are living things. They grow almost everywhere,
especially where they can get what they need to live.
You can find plants in hot, cold, wet, and dry places.

hot cold

wet dry

Discuss how plants grow in each place.

Unit 3 42

Sin título-7 42 10/07/23 18:48

 WORDS TO KNOW
everywhere cold
Read and copy the sentences. get wet
Then draw pictures for them. hot dry

1. Plants need sunlight.

2. Plants need water.

3. Plants need air.

4. Plants need soil.

43 Unit 3

Sin título-7 43 10/07/23 18:48

 Read and point to the parts of the plant.

flower

stem
DID YOU KNOW?
The plural form
of leaf is leaves.

leaves

roots

What do you think is the function of each part

of the plant? Discuss with the class.

Unit 3 44

Sin título-7 44 10/07/23 18:48

 WORDS TO KNOW
flower leaf
Label each part of the plant. stem root

1.

2.

4.
3.

Write a sentence about each part of the plant.

1. Plants have flowers.
2.
3.
4.

45 Unit 3

Sin título-7 45 10/07/23 18:48

 B Roots, stems, and leaves
Read and point.
What do roots do?
Roots hold a plant in the soil. They take water from
the soil. They send water to the stem.

roots

Write three sentences about roots.

1. Roots

2.

3.

Unit 3 46

Sin título-7 46 10/07/23 18:48

 WORDS TO KNOW
hold gives
Read and point. take thick
What does the stem do? send thin

The stem takes water from the roots. It gives

water to the leaves. It gives water to the flower.
The stem can be thick or thin.
Complete the sentences.

stem

1. The stem takes water 2. It gives water to

from the . the .

3. It gives water to 4. The stem can be

the . or .
47 Unit 3

Sin título-7 47 10/07/23 18:48

 Read the sentences.
What do leaves do?
Leaves can be big or small.
Leaves can be smooth or rough.
Leaves come in many colors.
Leaves come in many shapes.
Leaves take water from the stem.
Leaves make food for the plant.

Circle all the correct answers for each sentence.

1. Leaves can be: 2. Leaves can feel:
big smooth
round rough
stem red
small green

3. Leaves can be: 4. Leaves take water from:

black the flower
white the stem
many colors the sun

5. The main function of leaves is:

to have colors
to make food
to look pretty

Unit 3 48

Sin título-7 48 10/07/23 18:48

 Read the sentences.
1. Some leaves are big.

Paste big leaves here or on a piece of paper.

2. Some leaves are small.

Paste small leaves here or on a piece of paper.

3. Some leaves are smooth.

Paste smooth leaves on a piece of paper.
4. Some leaves are rough.

Paste rough leaves on a piece of paper.

Make pairs. Discuss with your classmate how

the leaves are alike or different.
49 Unit 3

Sin título-7 49 10/07/23 18:48

 C Flowers and seeds
Read the sentences and match them to the
pictures. Draw lines.

1. Flowers attract 2. Some flowers

insects. change to fruit.

3. Flowers make 4. There are many

seeds. colors of flowers.

Unit 3 50

Sin título-7 50 10/07/23 18:48

 WORDS TO KNOW
attract experiment
Flower Experiment insect travel
How does water travel through a plant? fruit glass
seed
Materials
1 white flower (a carnation) water
1 tall glass red food coloring

Get hands on!

1. Fill the glass with water and get your teacher to add
a few drops of red food coloring.
2. Place the white flower stem in the glass.
3. Observe the flower over the next two to three days.

Draw and color a At the end of the

white flower in a tall experiment, draw and
glass. color the flower in red
water.

Results

What happened to the flower?

Write the answer.

The white flower turned .
51 Unit 3

Sin título-7 51 10/07/23 18:48

 Seeds

Many plants grow from seeds.

Read the sentences. Then copy them.

1. Each plant has its own seeds.

2. Flowers make seeds.

3. Seeds need water to grow.

4. Seeds need soil to grow.

5. Seeds need sunlight to grow.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

Now tell a classmate how plants
Are beans seeds?
grow from seeds. Discuss.

Unit 3 52

Sin título-7 52 10/07/23 18:48

 Growing Grass Experiment
Keep a record of a seed’s growth.

Materials pot with soil

grass seeds water

Get hands on!

1. Plant some grass seeds in a pot or planter with soil.

2. Water them daily.
3. Then watch the grass grow.
4. Fill out the first chart.
5. Do the same steps with any seed you want.
6. Fill out the second chart.

Results
Chart 1
Date planted:

Draw the first Draw it after Draw it after

Kind of seed
grass you see one week two weeks

grass

Chart 2
Date planted:

Draw the first Draw it after Draw it after

Kind of seed
part you see one week two weeks

53 Unit 3

Sin título-7 53 10/07/23 18:48

 D Which parts of a plant do we eat?
Read the sentences and circle each part of the
plant that we eat.

1. We eat the flowers.

2. We eat the stems.

3. We eat the leaves.

4. We eat the roots.

5. We eat the seeds.

6. We eat the fruit.

Answer the question and discuss with the class.

Which part of the plant do you like to eat the most?

Unit 3 54

Sin título-7 54 10/07/23 18:48

 Draw your favorite plant to eat and label its
different parts.

55 Unit 3

Sin título-7 55 10/07/23 18:48

 Read and look at each picture. Then write the
part of the plant.

radish orange

root

lettuce cauliflower

peas celery

Unit 3 56

Sin título-7 56 10/07/23 18:48

 WORDS TO KNOW
radish cauliflower
For each part of a plant, draw a orange peas
fruit or vegetable that you eat. lettuce celery

flowers fruit

seeds leaves

stems roots

57 Unit 3

Sin título-7 57 10/07/23 18:48

 UNIT

4 Animals
Some animals live in water
A and others on land
B Animals walk, fly, and swim
C Skin, scales, feathers, and fur
D Dolphins

Sin título-7 58 10/07/23 18:48

 Objectives
You will:
• be able to identify the characteristics that animals as living
things share.
• be able to identify needs that are shared by animals.
• understand that animals are living things and that they should be
respected, along with their habitats.
• learn that some animals live in water and others on land.
• learn how animals move (walk, fly, and swim).
• learn that all animals have skin, and some have scales, feathers,
or fur.
• learn that dolphins are very intelligent mammals that live in
groups and that they talk by making clicks and whistles.

Skills
You will learn how to observe, compare, classify, make a model,
communicate, infer, put things in order, predict, investigate, and
draw a conclusion.

Suggestions
• Talk about animals. Discuss that they need food, water, air, and
a place to live.
• Take a field trip to a zoo to observe different animals and talk
about their needs.
• Bring pictures of different animals to observe, compare, and group
together according to certain characteristics such as size, number
of legs, outer protective layers, habitat, etc.
• Compare how animals are alike and different.

59

Sin título-7 59 10/07/23 18:48

 A Some animals live in water and others on land
Read the sentences and look at the pictures.
Animals are living things. They can move from place
to place.
Animals walk, fly, and swim. They move to find things
they need. They need food, water, air, and a place
to live.

Animals come from other animals like themselves.

Unit 4 60

Sin título-7 60 10/07/23 18:48

 WORDS TO KNOW
thing fly
Some animals live on land. place swim
walk

Some animals live in water.

61 Unit 4

Sin título-7 61 10/07/23 18:48

 Talk about animals that live on land and those
that live in water. Then cut out the animals
below and paste them on land or in the water.

Unit 4 62

Sin título-7 62 10/07/23 18:48

 B Animals walk, fl y, and swim
Read the sentences and look at the picture.

These are some animals that fly.

These are some animals that walk.

These are some animals that swim.

63 Unit 4

Sin título-7 63 10/07/23 18:48

 Draw an animal that flies.

Draw an animal that walks.

Draw an animal that swims.

Unit 4 64

Sin título-7 64 10/07/23 18:48

 Write if each animal swims, walks, or flies.

1. 2. 3.

4. 5. 6.

7. 8. 9.

10. 11. 12.

Is there an animal that can swim and walk?

Circle it.

Is there an animal that can swim, walk, and fly?

Draw a box around it.
65 Unit 4

Sin título-7 65 10/07/23 18:48

 C Skin, scales, feathers, and fur
Read the sentences and look at the pictures.
All animals have Some animals have

Some animals have Some animals have

Unit 4 66

Sin título-7 66 10/07/23 18:48

 WORDS TO KNOW
skin fur
1. Cut out pictures from magazines scales observe
of animals that have scales, feathers identify
feathers, or fur. Paste them in the
right place on this or the next page.

2. Observe, identify, and discuss each animal.

These animals have scales .

These animals have feathers .

67 Unit 4

Sin título-7 67 10/07/23 18:48

 These animals have fur .

Look at each animal. Write if it has fur, scales,

or feathers.

Unit 4 68

Sin título-7 68 10/07/23 18:48

 D Dolphins
Look at the picture and read the words.
blowhole fin

mouth

eye
ear

Read and match each sentence to its picture.

Then discuss the sentences.
1. Dolphins live in oceans
around the world.

2. Dolphin mothers feed their

babies with their own milk.
Dolphins are mammals.
3. Dolphins live in groups
called a school or a pod.

4. A baby dolphin swims

between its mother and
another female dolphin to
keep safe.

Dolphins are very intelligent. They talk

to each other. They talk through their
blowhole. They also talk by making
click and whistling sounds.
69 Unit 4

Sin título-7 69 10/07/23 18:48

 Review 3
A Label the parts of the plant.

B Circle the correct answer.

1. What do roots do?
make food for bring soil to hold the plant
the plant the seeds in the soil

2. What does the stem do?

makes brings water to makes fruit for

flowers the leaves the plant

3. What do the leaves do?

make food hold the plant take water from
for the plant the soil the fruit

4. What do flowers do?

hold the plant some make make

in the soil seeds leaves

Unit 3 70

Sin título-7 70 10/07/23 18:48

 C Write which leaf is smooth, rough, small, or big.

D What six parts of the plant do we eat?

We eat the , , ,
, , and .
E Write if it is a stem, root, leaf, seed, fruit, or flower.

Which fruit or vegetable do you like the most?

71 Unit 3

Sin título-7 71 10/07/23 18:48

 Review 4
A What are animals? Circle the answer.
1. Animals are… living things / nonliving things.
Where do animals live? Write the answers.
2. Animals live on and in the .

How do animals move?

3. Animals , , and .

B What kind of outer protective layer do animals

have on their bodies? Write the answers.

1. All animals have .

2. Some animals have .

3. Some animals have .

4. Some animals have .

Unit 4 72

Sin título-7 72 10/07/23 18:48

 C Which animal does not belong? Draw an X on it.

D Which animal has skin, lives in the water, swims,

and is gray? Circle the answer. Draw it in the box.
a. a starfish

b. a dolphin

c. a crab

E Write the parts of a dolphin.

c. e. a. d.
a.
b. e.

b. d. c.

F Choose the correct word in the box blowhole

to complete each sentence.
pod
1. Dolphins very fast. intelligent
2. Dolphins are very . oceans
swim
3. Dolphins live in .
4. A group of dolphins is called a .
5. Dolphins breathe and talk through their .
73 Unit 4

Sin título-7 73 10/07/23 18:48

 UNIT

5 My Home, Family,
and Body
A My basic needs
B My basic needs
C I eat healthy food
D I exercise my body

Sin título-7 74 10/07/23 18:48

 Objectives
You will:
• be able to identify the basic needs in order to have a healthy body.
• learn that a home is important because it protects us from harsh
climates and dangerous animals.
• learn to recognize external parts of our body, their functions, and
how to take care of them.
• identify parts of the body and understand the importance of
healthy food, keeping our body clean, and exercising and resting
it in order to maintain a healthy and strong body.
• learn the difference between eating healthy food and junk food.

Skills
You will learn how to observe, compare, classify, make a model,
communicate, infer, put things in order, predict, investigate, and
draw a conclusion.

Suggestions
• Discuss the importance of each basic need: a home, food, clothes,
sleep, and exercise.
• Get into groups of four to five and create a web map with pictures
of each student and their basic needs.
• Draw a house on poster paper and include the different things
that a house can protect us from.
• Bring a picture of your home and write about what it protects
you from.
• Understand and explain that in order to live well, we must have
a healthy body. This means we must keep our body clean, eat
healthy food, sleep/rest, and exercise.
• Make a weekly chart to see how many glasses of water each
student drinks in a week.
• Recognize the importance of eating healthy food by drawing
a healthy meal.

75

Sin título-7 75 10/07/23 18:48

 A My basic needs
Read the words and look at the pictures.

home
clothes

Basic
needs

food
exercise

sleep

Why do we call these our basic needs?

Discuss your answers with the class.
Unit 5 76

Sin título-7 76 10/07/23 18:48

 WORDS TO KNOW
home
Draw a line from the word to the
correct picture.

home

food

clothes

sleep

exercise

77 Unit 5

Sin título-7 77 10/07/23 18:48

 A family lives in a house or an apartment. This is their
home.

A home is important because it protects us…

from the cold. from the sun.

from the rain. from dangerous animals.

Unit 5 78

Sin título-7 78 10/07/23 18:48

 WORDS TO KNOW
apartment dangerous
Draw a line from each picture protect
to the correct sentence.

A home protects
us from dangerous
animals.

A home protects
us from the sun.

A home protects
us from the rain.

A home protects
us from the cold.

Draw your home and your family.

79 Unit 5

Sin título-7 79 10/07/23 18:48

 B I keep my body clean
Read and look at the picture. Then discuss the
parts of the body.
I keep my body clean.

head

fingers

hand

neck

arm

trunk

leg

foot

toes

Why is it important to keep your body clean?

Discuss with the class.
Unit 5 80

Sin título-7 80 10/07/23 18:48

 WORDS TO KNOW
neck leg
Write the names of the parts of arm foot
the body. hand toe
finger trunk

DID YOU KNOW?

The plural form of
foot is feet.

81 Unit 5

Sin título-7 81 10/07/23 18:48

 Healthy activities for my body

Read and look at the pictures.

I wash my hands…

before each meal. after going to the bathroom.

I brush my teeth…

in the morning and at night.

Is it important to wash our food?
Yes!

We have to wash our food clean before we eat it.

Unit 5 82

Sin título-7 82 10/07/23 18:48

 WORDS TO KNOW
wash after
Water is healthy for you. meal bathroom
We must drink between three to eight before important
glasses of water a day.
Draw the number of glasses of water
that you drink each day.

Write the number.

Check ✔ the healthy activities you do.
Activities Yes No
Wash food before eating it.
Take a shower once a week.
Brush your teeth at night.
Drink three to eight glasses of water a day.
Wash your hands after going to the
bathroom.
Take a bath without using soap.

83 Unit 5

Sin título-7 83 10/07/23 18:48

 C I eat healthy food
I eat healthy food to make me strong.

Look at the food pyramid. Discuss it.

Draw your favorite food. Then find it in the food

pyramid.

Unit 5 84

Sin título-7 84 10/07/23 18:48

 WORDS TO KNOW
grain cow
Some animals and plants give us food. vegetable chicken
Draw lines from the animals and milk fish
bean rice
plants on the left to the food they
provide on the right.

apples
cow

fish
chicken

rice
fish

milk meat
apple tree

grain egg meat

85 Unit 5

Sin título-7 85 10/07/23 18:48

 Look at each picture and then write healthy or
not healthy.

healthy

Unit 5 86

Sin título-7 86 10/07/23 18:48

 WORDS TO KNOW
healthy lunchbox
Choose healthy snacks for school. snack
Draw lines from the healthy food
to the lunchbox.

Discuss the healthy food with a classmate.

87 Unit 5

Sin título-7 87 10/07/23 18:48

 D I exercise my body
Read the sentence and the names of the sports
and activities.
Exercise makes my body strong and healthy.

I dance
I jump rope

I play basketball

I run

I play soccer
I swim

Complete the sentence.

Exercise makes my body
.
Unit 5 88

Sin título-7 88 10/07/23 18:48

 WORDS TO KNOW
basketball dance
What kinds of exercise do you do? soccer run
Draw yourself doing different kinds jump rope
of exercise.

89 Unit 5

Sin título-7 89 10/07/23 18:48

 Cut out the pictures and paste them under the
correct heading in the chart.
I have a healthy body when…

I excercise I keep my I wear clothes

I eat good food.
and rest. body clean. that protect me.

Unit 5 90

Sin título-7 90 10/07/23 18:48

 Check ✔ the food and activities needed for a
healthy body.

91 Unit 5

Sin título-7 91 10/07/23 18:51

 UNIT

6 Super Senses
A Our five senses
B Ears to hear and eyes to see
C A tongue for taste and a nose for smell
D Hands to touch

Sin título-7 92 10/07/23 18:51

 Objectives
You will:
• learn and identify parts of the face and head.
• learn how our sensory organs help us to smell, taste, touch,
see, and hear; and how we use our senses to find out about
ourselves and our surroundings.
• learn that each sense provides different information which is sent
to other parts of the body.
• identify the senses of seeing and hearing as indispensable to
perceiving light and sound; and understand the need to care for
our eyes and ears.
• learn that one must never smell or taste unknown substances.

Skills
You will learn how to observe, compare, classify, make a model,
communicate, infer, put things in order, predict, investigate, and
draw a conclusion.

Suggestions
• Draw an outline of each other’s head. Then draw and label the
parts of the face.
• Brings objects of different sizes, shapes, weight, color, material,
texture, and smell to put in a sense box.
• Feel an object from the sense box and describe the senses
you use. Experiment with various items to show how we use
our different senses through tasting, smelling, hearing, or
touching different things.
• Take off your shoes and socks and walk on different kinds of
material, such as carpet, sand, paper, newspaper, etc., to
experiment with the sense of touch.
• Recognize that everyone has personal characteristics and they
should be respected.
• Discuss how glasses, hearing aids, a magnifying glass, and other
instruments can help us to enhance our senses.

93

Sin título-7 93 10/07/23 18:51

 A Our five senses
These are the parts of the head and face.
Look at the picture and read the words. Then
write them in the diagram.
hair

head

ear eye

face
nose

neck mouth

What do you do with your eyes / nose / mouth /

ears? Ask and discuss with your classmates.
Unit 6 94

Sin título-7 94 10/07/23 18:51

 WORDS TO KNOW
head hair
Cut out the parts of the face and face nose
head and paste them where they
belong. Draw hair and then color it.

95 Unit 6

Sin título-7 95 10/07/23 18:51

 People have five senses.
Do the chant and the actions.

TRACK 4 The Five Senses

I smell with my nose
I hear with my ears
I see with my eyes
I taste with my tongue and
I touch with my fingers

Look at the picture below and discuss it with

your class.

Unit 6 96

Sin título-7 96 10/07/23 18:51

 WORDS TO KNOW
sense taste
Use a word from the boxes to smell touch
complete each sentence. hear tongue

1. I with my ears.
taste see
2. I with my fingers.
3. I with my nose. hear smell

4. I with my eyes. touch

5. I with my tongue.
Copy each sentence and then draw a picture.

1. I see with my eyes.

2. I hear with my ears.

3. I smell with my nose.

4. I taste with my tongue.

5. I touch with my fingers.

97 Unit 6

Sin título-7 97 10/07/23 18:51

 B Ears to hear and eyes to see

I hear with my ears.

I have two ears.

Some things make loud sounds and some things

make soft sounds. I can hear loud and soft sounds.
Cut out the things and animals on page 99
that make a soft sound. Paste them below.

Now cut out the ones that make a loud sound.

Paste them below.

Unit 6 98

Sin título-7 98 10/07/23 18:51

 99 Unit 6

Sin título-7 99 10/07/23 18:51

Sin título-7 100 10/07/23 18:51
 I see with my eyes.
Cut out and paste pictures of eyes from
magazines.

Fill in the blank.

What color are your eyes? My eyes are .

Draw things that you see on a beach.

101 Unit 6

Sin título-7 101 10/07/23 18:51

 C A tongue for taste and a nose for smell
My tongue is in my mouth. I taste with my tongue.
Some things taste sweet, sour, bitter, or salty.

salty

sweet

bitter
sour

Unit 6 102

Sin título-7 102 10/07/23 18:51

 WORDS TO KNOW
sweet bitter
Draw or cut out things you like to salty sour
taste. Paste them in the mouth.

Write if they are sweet, sour, bitter, or salty.

Never taste or smell

unknown things!

103 Unit 6

Sin título-7 103 10/07/23 18:51

 My nose is in the
middle of my face.

I smell with my nose.

Cut out and paste pictures of noses from
magazines. Discuss the ways they are alike
or different.

Some things smell good and some things smell bad.

Draw or paste pictures of things you like to smell.

Unit 6 104

Sin título-7 104 10/07/23 18:51

 D Hands to touch
I touch with my fingers. I feel things.

I have ten fingers

on my hands.

What do things feel like?

Copy the words.

Things can feel…
1. slimy

2. warm

3. cold

4. soft

5. wet

105 Unit 6

Sin título-7 105 10/07/23 18:53

 WORDS TO KNOW
feel warm
Draw a line from each picture to slimy soft
the correct word.

slimy

wet

cold

soft

warm

Unit 6 106

Sin título-7 106 10/07/23 18:53

 Draw pictures of things that you like to feel. Write
if they feel slimy, warm, cold, soft, or wet.

soft

107 Unit 6

Sin título-7 107 10/07/23 18:53

 Explore different objects with your senses. Write yes
or no if you can use your senses with these objects.

taste

touch

smell

see

hear

Unit 6 108

Sin título-7 108 10/07/23 18:53

 Review 5
A Look at the pictures and write the answers.
1. What are your basic needs?
I need a , ,

, , and .

2. What does a home protect us from?

A home protects us from the , the ,

the , and dangerous .

B Write the parts of the body.

a. e.

b. f.

c. g.

d. h.

C Write the food group for each food item.

109 Unit 5

Sin título-7 109 10/07/23 18:53

 D Write one food item that each animal or plant
gives us.
1. The chicken gives us .

2. The apple tree gives us .

3. The rice plant gives us .

4. The cow gives us .

E Write the answers.

1. How many glasses of water should we drink each day?

2. Should we wash our hands before or after each meal?

3. How many times should you brush your teeth each day?

4. Is it important to wash our food?

F Circle the healthy activities and food.

Unit 5 110

Sin título-7 110 10/07/23 18:53

 Review 6
A Write the parts of the head and face.

a. d.

b. e.

c. f.

B How many senses do you have?

I have senses.

C Use the correct word in the boxes to complete

the sentences.

1. I with my ears.
taste

2. I with my fingers.
see

3. I with my nose. hear

smell
4. I with my eyes.

touch
5. I with my tongue.
111 Unit 6

Sin título-7 111 10/07/23 18:53

 D Look at the pictures and complete the sentences.

1. Some things taste .

2. Some things taste .

3. Some things taste .

4. Some things taste .

E Draw a line from the word to the correct picture.

1. slimy

2. cold

3. wet

4. soft

5. hot

Unit 6 112

Sin título-7 112 10/07/23 18:53