2. The important sentences:

① Trees help clean the air.

② Donuts don’t grow on the trees!

③ All plants take energy from the sun and make it into food.

④ Without food, they would have nothing to eat and they would die.

Learning important and difficult points:

1. Remember the new words: air, energy, die, heat, nothing, bamboo, kilogram, shade, carry away, make…into.

2.　　　 Preview the next lesson.

Summary:

Singing is also a technique in learning English. It can increase the students’ interest in English. Learning to sing can improve their listening. Find happiness in singing English songs.

　Lesson 13 Why are plants important?

Learning aims:

2.　　　 Realize the importance of the plants.

Teaching Difficult Points:

How does a plant grow?

Teaching Preparation: pictures

Teaching Aids: audiotape, flashcards, pictures

Type of lesson: new lesson

Teaching Procedure;

Step1. Draw some pictures of a plant. Let’s see how it grows. It grows from a seed. Then it grows buds and flowers.

Step2. Read it as a poem. Then let some students explain it in English.

Step3. Explain some useful words and expressions: in the hole, in the ground, all around

Step4. Listen to the tape and sing the song. Let’s sing after it.

Step5. Play the tape for several times.

Step6. Let some students sing in front of the class.

Step7. Homework

1.　　　 Learn about how a plant grows.

2.　　　 Teach people to love the plants and animals and value our lives.　　

Teaching Important Points:

1.　　　 Talk about the relation between the human and the nature.

2.　　　 Go on the next reading in the student book.

Summary:

Let the students take active part in the activities. The teacher creates all kinds of chances to stimulate the students’ interests. Use the experience that they have. Talk about what they have known.

Lesson 12: Pretty Little Plant

Teaching Content:

Mastery words and expressions: pretty, hole, its

Teaching Aims:

5.　　　 Why do plants need glass?

Step3. Listen to the tape and check the answers.

Step4. Read the text aloud in class. Find the mistakes and correct them.

Step5. Listen to the tape again and repeat after it until they can read it correctly and fluently.

Step6. Practice

Ask the students if they have planted flowers. Let some students introduce the planting experience.

Work in pairs. Introduce one plant that they love very much.

Step7. Homework

4.　　　 Why do plants need water?