Unit
4 Occupations
Let ’s Talk
Student Book 3, Unit 4, pages 30-31
What your child learned in class What does your father do? He’s a pilot.
Conversation:
My mother’s an office worker. Oh. What does an office worker do? I’m not sure!
Home study activity Sing What Does Your Father Do? with your child. Take turns singing each of the parts in the song. Encourage your child to ask friends and neighbors about what their parents do, saying What does your (father) do? Help them answer (He’s) a (pilot). or (I’m not sure).
Extra practice Workbook pages 28-29 Student Audio CD Tracks 31-33
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a sk and answer What does your (father) do? identify jobs such as officer worker, pilot, zookeeper, astronomer, and baseball player. s ing What Does Your Father Do?
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L e t ’s Le a r n Student Book 3, Unit 4, pages 32-33
What your child learned in class Conversation:
What’s his job? He’s a mechanic. What’s her job? She’s a veterinarian.
Occupations:
a veterinarian, a mechanic, a salesclerk, a factory worker, a photographer, a baker
Home study activity Sing Jack’s a Mechanic with your child. Make up your own verses for the song, changing the name of the mechanic and the color of the cars. Take a walk through your neighborhood and the central business district. As you pass by shops and offices, talk about the jobs people do in those places.
Extra practice Workbook pages 30-31 Student Audio CD Tracks 34-35
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a sk and answer What’s (his) job? identify jobs. sing Jack’s a Mechanic.
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Let ’s Lear n More Student Book 3, Unit 4, pages 34-35
What your child learned in class Conversation:
What does a veterinarian do? A veterinarian helps animals.
More Occupations:
help animals, fix cars, sell things, make things, take pictures, use a computer
Home study activity Look at a book about different jobs together with your child or look at the jobs on p. 32 in the Student Book. Talk about what people do in those jobs, asking What does a (veterinarian) do? Match the verbs in this lesson (help, fix, sell, make, take, use) with the jobs from Let’s Learn (veterinarian, mechanic, salesclerk, factory worker, photographer, baker).
Extra practice Workbook pages 32-33 Student Audio CD Track 36
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identify more occupations. ask and answer What does (a veterinarian) do?
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Let ’s Read Student Book 3, Unit 4, pages 36-37
Phonics
What your child learned in class Phonics:
cr (crab, crocodile)—fr (friends, frog)
Home study activity Have your child practice saying the cr and fr words with you. Listen to the Student Audio CD with your child and practice the correct pronunciation of each word, focusing on all the sounds in the words. Then ask your child to say the My Best Friend phonics chant along with the audio. Invite your child to read Taking Pictures At The Zoo. Encourage your child to write and draw stories of his or her own, using the phonics words.
Extra practice Workbook pages 34-35 Student Audio CD Tracks 37-39
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say or sing My Best Friend. name the cr and fr words. r ead Taking Pictures At The Zoo.
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Let ’s Review Student Book 3, Unit 4, pages 38-39
What your child reviewed in class Units 3 and 4: Conversations, vocabulary, language, and reading
Home study activity Have your child draw pictures of people on their jobs. Talk with your child about the jobs, the locations, and what they do, saying (She’s) a (veterinarian). (She) (helps animals). and (She) works in (an office). Then sit back-to-back with your child. Each of you should draw a picture of someone on the job. Take turns guessing the job and location, asking Is (he) a (zookeeper)? Does (he) work in the (zoo)? Also talk about the ways people go to work (by train). Talk about going to the beach and things you can do on a summer vacation where you live.
Extra practice Workbook pages 36-37 Student Audio CD Tracks 25-26, 27, 34-35, 36, 40 My child can
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say the words from Units 3 & 4. t alk about modes of transportation. talk about locations. a sk about jobs, What’s his job? and What does a pilot do? s ay the phonics letters and sounds and read stories.
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