1 A Helping Hand

Unit 1 VOCABULARY 1 1 Listen and read. We all need help from other people. We care for each other in many different ways. We care for animals, too. carry, help, hug, teach, hold hands, feed my pet, a goldfish, take care of my pet, a hamster, pick up, give my pet a bath, protect 2 Listen and say. carry I like to carry my rabbit. help I like to help my grandma. hug I like to hug my mom. teach I like to teach my friends new things. hold hands We hold hands when we cross the street. feed my pet I like to feed my pet. a goldfish I feed my goldfish after school. take care of my pet I take care of my pet after school. a hamster I have a hamster called George. pick up I like to pick up my little brother. give my pet a bath I like to give my pet a bath. protect I want to protect my little sister. She’s only three.

SONG 1 Listen. Read and sing. Taking Care I love taking care of my pets. I love taking care of my family. I love taking care of them all. I’m happy that there are so many! I love taking care of my pets. I love to pick them up, and hug them, too. But before I get to play with my pets, I have some work to do. I have to comb my cat, feed my dog, protect my bird, and pick up my frog. I have to wash my goat, brush my horse, And I can’t forget to bathe my snake, of course. I love taking care of my pets. I love taking care of my family. I love taking care of them all. I’m happy that there are so many! I love taking care of my family. I love to hug them, too. But before I get to play with my family, I have some work to do. I have to read to my sister, take care of my brothers, and hold hands with my grandmother. I have to teach my brothers their 1, 2, 3’s and carry my family’s new baby. I love taking care of my pets. I love taking care of my family. After all my work is done, I get to have some fun with my… cat and dog, bird and frog, goat and horse, and my snake, of course! My sisters and my brothers, my grandmother, and even my family’s new baby!

GRAMMAR 1 before and after What does she do before breakfast? She gets dressed before breakfast. What does he do after school? He feeds his bird after school.

VOCABULARY 2 1 Listen and say. Check T for True and F for False. take a shower I take a shower at 7:30. make my bed I make my bed at 8:15. come home I come home at 3:20. have a snack I have a snack at 3:45. do my homework I do my homework at 5:00. GRAMMAR 2 Adverbs of frequency I never eat lunch at 12:30. I sometimes eat lunch at 12:30. I usually eat lunch at 12:30. I always eat lunch at 12:30.

READING 1 Listen and read. Caring for Baby Elephants Sometimes young animals such as elephants don’t have parents to take care of them. Who can help them? A group called the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust helps elephants and other animals in Kenya, in Africa. Sometimes, a baby elephant’s mother dies. When that happens, the baby doesn’t have anyone to take care of it, or any milk to drink. People at the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust find the baby elephant and care for it. They feed it milk and protect it. The baby elephants are usually sad at first. They don’t want to eat or sleep. People at the Trust take turns caring for the baby elephant. They sleep near it and give it milk when it’s hungry. The people are like the elephant’s new family. After a few weeks, the baby elephant starts to play and make friends with other elephants. Now the people at the Trust know that the elephant is happy. In time the elephant is ready to go back to the wild to live with other elephants!