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Home Booklet

Kathryn Escribano
With Caroline Nixon and Michael Tomlinson

Caroline Nixon & Michael Tomlinson

 1 A day on the farm

l swimming?
Where’s Jal ck
Circle five more words . Which word completes the sentence?
m o u n t a i n
t o r t r o c k
o l l e a v e s
c l a n c e a a
p x k o t o n m
a d e s o r t e
n f t g r a s s
Jack’s swimming in the .

The Amazon water lily is from the Amazon

River, in South America. Its leaves are very big.
They’re two metres wide! Can you say
this ten times?
Luke loves leaves.

two metres wide

What’s two metres wide at home? Write.

At home, the is two metres wide.

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Answer Jack What’s Daisy doing?
1 2

She’s having breakfast.

3 4

Make a book with seven pages. Ask someone at home to help.

On the cover of your book, write ‘Me and my home’.
Keep your book.
1 2 3
Me and
my home

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 2 My week
W
Days of the week puzzle E
Write the missing days! 1
M O N D A Y
2
N
3
E
4
S
5
D
6
A
Y
1 Monday , and have got six letters.
2 and start with the letter ‘S’.
3 , and have got
the letter ‘t’ in them.
4 is my favourite day.

‘Sunday’ comes from the word ‘sun’, and ‘Monday’ comes from the word ‘moon’.
In your language, which words do ‘Monday’ and ‘Tuesday’ come from?

the sun the moon

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Home rules
Write Daisy’s home rules. Then write your home rules in your notebook.

get up early for school have sweets for breakfast

go to bed late get dressed for school

I must … I mustn’t …
clean my teeth after breakfast, watch a film before I do
lunch and dinner. my homework.
get up early for school .

Can you say this ten times?

She goes shopping
and skating on
Sundays.
On the cover of your book, draw
yourself with someone you live with,
or stick a photo.
What do you do together? Write.
This is me and my sister, Ana.
We listen to music at the weekend.

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 3 Party time! Lost objects
Read and match.
Guess who The comic is for the tall man
● The pop star’s singing. with short, straight black hair.
The towel is for the tall woman
● The cook’s making a cake. with short, curly blonde hair.
● The farmer’s riding a horse. The CD is for the tall woman
with long, curly blonde hair
● The clown’s taking photos. and the present is for the
short man with a beard and
pop star clown cook farmer a moustache.
1 2
1 2 3 4

cook
3 4
a b c
d

Peter
Pirate’s
Can you say puppy’s
this ten times?
playing.

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Why are you buying that? Write Daisy and Jack’s answers.
1 2

Because I want to be a pirate.

3 4

In the world, the most common hair colour is black,

then brown and then blonde.
What colour is your hair? Is it straight or curly?
Draw, colour and write.

My hair is and .

Ask two people at home, ‘What’s your favourite costume?’

and write their answers. On page 1 of your book,
draw a crazy costume using the answers.
Write about the costume.
My dad’s favourite costume is a pirate and my brother’s favourite costume
is a farmer. This is a pirate-farmer costume!

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 4 The family at home

Jack ’s family photos

Read, look and write the numbers. They must add up to 17!

1 aunts 5
2 6

uncle’s snakes
7 8
3 4

sons cousins

1 Which aunt is shorter? 2

2 Which son is older?
3 Which snake is longer?
4 Which cousin has got curlier hair?

2 + + + = 17

Frank’s flat
Can you say is on the
this ten times? first floor.

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What’s he saying?
theirs mine his hers

It’s mine . The Empire State Building

1 2
in New York City has 102
floors and there are more
than 1,500 steps on
the stairs!
Count the steps on
the stairs at home.
How many are there?
It’s .

They’re .
3 4

It’s . The Empire State

Building

Draw someone from your family on page 2 of your book:

an aunt, a cousin … Show your picture to the people
you live with. Can they guess who it is?
Write about the person in the picture.
This is my aunt, Laura. She’s got curly … She lives in …
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 5 Animal world

Animal locomotion!
Write the animals’ names in the circles!

atbs bbarits roongkaas lehwas rrtoaps philodsn

They fly. They jump.

bats

They swim.

Animals can be diurnal or nocturnal. Diurnal animals

are awake in the daytime and they sleep at night.
Nocturnal animals sleep in the daytime and they’re
awake at night. Penguins are diurnal, and bats
are nocturnal.
Which other animals are nocturnal? Find two. bats sleeping in
the daytime
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Wildlife park
Help Jack find the animals. Write.

bears
pandas ?
? lions
? kangaro ?
os ?

Can you say

this ten times?
Can kangaroos
climb?

1 The lions are opposite the bears.

2 The lions are above the .
3 The kangaroos are below the .
4 The bears are near the .

Ask someone at home, ‘What’s your favourite animal?’

Draw the animal on page 3 of your book, or stick a photo.
Write about the animal.
My mum loves pandas. They live in the mountains in China …

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 6 Our weather

Weather trail
Help Daisy get to the rainbow. Make a trail with seven more weather
words.
IN w i s

r n d n d u

a i o l n

o l c c r

u o w a i

d n t b n

s h o o w OUT

A rainbow happens when there’s rain in one part

of the sky and it’s sunny in another part.
Learn the colours of the rainbow. Practise this sentence:

Ride on your green bike in Venice.

Match the coloured letters in the sentence to the names of the colours.
r red green violet indigo orange blue yellow

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Crazy clothes!
Look at the pictures of Daisy’s bedroom. Can you complete Jack’s notes?

shorts sweater T-shirt coat boots scarf

Monday Tuesday Wednesday

Monday
It was cold, but there was a T-shirt and on the bed!
Tuesday
It was hot, but there was a and a on the chair!
Wednesday
There was snow, but the and the were behind the door!

Describe the weather today

Can you say this ten times? on page 4 of your book.
Walter wants windy weather. Then ask someone at home,
‘What are you wearing?’
Draw the person and write.
Today it’s cold and sunny.
My dad’s wearing a green sweater …

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 7 Let’s cook!

The best menu

Look at the menus and the food Jack and Daisy like and don’t like.
Choose the best menu for them.
Menu 1 Menu 2 Menu 3 Menu 4

vegetable soup salad vegetable soup salad

meatballs burger pasta cheese sandwich

✗ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗

✓ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✓ ✓

● The best menu for Jack is number .

● The best menu for Daisy is number .

Paula’s
putting
CCan you say the pasta
tthis ten times? on the plate.

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Daisy or Jack?
What did Daisy and Jack do yesterday? Look, read and write Daisy or Jack.
1 2 3 4

I carried I washed I cut the onion I dropped

the plates. the cups. with my dad. a glass!
Jack

Remember that to keep healthy, it’s good to eat

five portions of fruit and vegetables every day.
Which fruit and vegetables did you eat yesterday?
Look at the photo. Make your number 5 with fruit and vegetables!

Ask three people at home, ‘What has your favourite sandwich

got in it?’ and write their answers. On page 5 of your book,
draw a ‘super sandwich’ with all the ingredients.
Write about it!
This is our super sandwich. It’s got cheese, chicken …

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 8 Around town

Words for a day trip

Write the missing letters. Make a new word with those letters. What is it?
1 2 3 4

s t ation funfa r ar par mark

The new word is t .

What did Jack do?

Look and answer.
1 3

Can you say

this ten times? 2

Ten tickets
to town, please.
1 Did Jack get a DVD from the library?
No, he got a book.
2 Did Jack buy some cake in the café?

3 Did Jack give Daisy a hat?

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Daisy’s list
Look at Daisy’s list. Where does she have to go?
Tell her.
The British Library is one
library bus station
of the largest libraries
supermarket sports centre
in the world. It’s got
Monday buy the bus tickets for about 25 million books!
school with Mum Which is the largest
Tuesday buy some food for the party with Dad library in the world?
Find out!
Wednesday go to my swimming class
Do you usually go to a
Thursday get some books for the weekend library? What’s its name?

On Monday, you have to go to the bus station .

On Tuesday,
.
On Wednesday,
.
On Thursday,
. The British Library

Ask three people at home, ‘What’s your favourite place in town?’

and write their answers. Choose one of the places for page 6
of your book. Draw the place or stick a photo.
Write about the place.
My grandma’s favourite place in town is the sports centre. She goes …

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 9 A big change

Look and write the words!

a b c d e f g h i j k l m

n o p q r s t u v w x y z

1 h u n g r y 2

3 4
Use the code to write more words. Show them to people at home.
Can they guess the words?

Wiley Post was an American aviator. He went

around the world on a plane in 1933 – that’s
more than 80 years ago! He did this in seven
days, 18 hours and 49 minutes. Now, you can fly
around the world in 51 hours!
How many days are there in 51 hours? Find out!

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A , B or C?
What do you think? Look and write A, B or C.
1 2 c
3 4
a a b c
b a
a b

c b

1 is more beautiful than . is the most beautiful.

2 is more exciting than . is the most exciting.
3 is more difficult than . is the most difficult.
4 is more dangerous than . is the most dangerous.

Can you say this ten times?

Here’s Henry
the hungry horse!

Ask three people at home, ‘What’s the most exciting place

to visit?’ and write their answers. Choose one of the places
for page 7 of your book. Draw the place or stick a photo.
Write about the place. This is the last page of your book.
Congratulations!
These are the Victoria Falls, in Africa. It’s my dad’s most exciting place to visit.

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 1 Picture dictionary
Countryside

field forest grass ground lake

leaf / leaves mountain river rock tractor

Say the name of a forest, a mountain and

a river from your country.

Daily routines

get dressed get up have a shower have breakfast

toothbrush toothpaste towel wake up

What time do you … ? Choose three activities.

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Days of the week

My Week My Week My Week My Week

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

My Week My Week My Week

Friday Saturday Sunday

Which day comes after Tuesday and before Thursday?

Free time activities

go shopping go skating listen to a CD listen to music

read a comic watch a DVD watch films write an email

What do you like doing? Say three things.

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Jobs and parties

clown cook dentist doctor farmer film star

nurse pirate pop star present treasure

Which is your favourite costume?

Physical descriptions

beard blonde curly fair fat

moustache short straight tall thin

Describe a person from your favourite TV show.

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Extended family

aunt cousin daughter granddaughter grandparents

grandson parents son uncle

Can you think of five more family words?

In and around the home

balcony basement downstairs ground floor first floor second floor

inside lift outside roof stairs upstairs

At school, which floor is your classroom on?

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Wild and domestic animals

bat bear cage dolphin kangaroo lion

panda parrot penguin rabbit whale

Can you think of five more animals?

Action verbs

climb fall fly hide jump

lose move run walk

Choose five actions. How do you do them?

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The weather

cloud cold hot rain

rainbow snow sunny wind

What’s the weather like today?

Clothes

boots coat put on scarf

shorts sweater T-shirt take off

What are you wearing today?

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Food

bottle bowl cheese cup glass pasta

plate salad sandwich soup vegetables

What can you drink in a glass? What can you eat in a bowl?

Actions in the kitchen

boil carry cook cry

cut drop fry wash

Do you help in the kitchen? What do you do?

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A day trip

car park city centre funfair map ride

road station ticket trip

What’s the name of a funfair where you live?
What’s your favourite ride?

Places in town

bus station café cinema hospital library market

shopping sports centre square supermarket swimming pool

centre

Choose three places. How often do you go to them?

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ings
Adjectives for opinions and feel

afraid boring dangerous difficult easy exciting

frightened hungry thirsty tired surprised

Choose five adjectives. Act them out!

A new adventure

adventure busy email round

text / send a text travel world

Close your eyes. How many adventure words can you remember?

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My picture dictionary

Draw and write words you know in English.

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 My picture dictionary

Draw and write words you know in English.

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My picture dictionary

Draw and write words you know in English.

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