Syllabus

for

Nature and Science

Class 4 Book

2014-2015

Book: Nature and Science for Children Class 4

Contents: Syllabusfor 36 weeks; 72 Lessons

Teacher: Marianna LevaiBereyne

1

1

LESSON

/

TOPIC

/ NEW WORDS,
EXPRESSIONS /

ACTIVITIES

1.
REVISION
Plants, animals, basic processes
HUMANS
You are living, you grow
2-4. /

SIGHT

/ blind, bright, iris, less, let, offer, pupil,sight, special / Learning the basic things about the eye as a sensory organ and seeing.
Activity part: Page: 66 - 67
Cutout page C
5-6. /

HEARING

/ bone, deaf, direction, intensity, sense of balance,sound / Learning the basic things about the ear as a sensory organ and hearing.
Activity part: Page: 68 - 69
7-8. / SMELL / chamber, flow, neutral, nostril, odour, pleasant, recognise, smell, sniff, throat / Learning the basic things about the nose as a sensory organ and smelling.
Activity part: Page: 70 - 71
9. / TASTE / bitter, flavour, responsible for, sense,sensitive to,sour, sweet, taste, taste bud, tongue / Learning the basic things about the tongue as a sensory organ and tasting.
Activity part: Page: 72 - 73
10. /

TOUCH

/ hard,dry, message, pressure,rough, sensory organ, skin, smooth, soft, touch, wet / Learning the basic things about the skin as a sensory organ and touching.
Activity part: Page: 74 - 75
11. /

TEST 4

HUMANS
12. / Introduction of the new book / Reading the introduction;
Looking through the contents;
Revision of last year’s topics.
13-15. / ANIMALS
THE DEER / antler, buck, coat, deer (red, fallow), doe, fawn, forest, herbivore, hooved, horn, immediately, patch, shy, spot / Learning about the deer. Why does a deer belong to the group of mammals? Learning the important features of the deer.
Activity part: Page: 7
16-18. / THE RABBIT / bark, buck, burrow, carrot, cabbage, danger, doe, excellent, field, front leg,
hind leg, hop, kitten, lettuce, own, return, scut, stamp, underground, vegetables, warn, warren, wild / Learning about the rabbit. Why does a rabbit belong to the group of mammals? Learning the important features of the rabbit. Comparing the rabbit to the deer. (place of living, eating habits, size, etc…)
Activity part: Page: 9
19-21. / THE FOX / bank, brush, bushy, carnivore, cub, earth, litter, member, nocturnal,
one by one, reynard, rubbish, dump, stomach, throat, vixen,
white-tipped tail / Learning about the fox. Why does a fox belong to the group of mammals? Learning the important features of the fox. Comparing the fox to the deer, rabbit. (place of living, eating habits, size, etc…)
Activity part: Page: 11
22-24. / THE BEAR / berry(ies), blond, cave, cub, dig, hibernate, honey, omnivore, polar bear, poor, powerful, river, solitary, spend, valley / Learning about the bear. Why does a bear belong to the group of mammals? Learning the important features of the bear. Comparing the bear to the deer, rabbit, fox. (place of living, eating habits, size, etc…)
Activity part: Page: 13
25-27. / THE SONG THRUSH / breast, fork, mild, moss, nest, song thrush, swoop, voice / Learning about the song thrush. Why does a song thrush belong to the group of birds? Learning the important features of the song thrush.
Activity part: Page: 15
28-30. / THE OWL / barn owl, bird of prey, claw,
clutch, hatch out, hole, kill,
little owl, owlet, rafter, sharp,
tawny owl, useful / Learning about the owl. Why does an owl belong to the group of birds? Learning the important features of the owl. Comparing the owl to the thrush. (place of living, eating habits, size, etc…)
Activity part: Page: 17
31-33. / THE CARP / anal fin, carp, cartilage, cartilaginous, caudal fin, dorsal fin, jaw, jawless, lamprey, mirror carp,
pectoral fin, pond, ray, spawn, swim bladder,
ventral fin / Learning about the carp. Why does a carp belong to the group of fish? Learning the important features of the fish and the body-parts of a fish.
Activity part: Page: 19
34-36. / THE FROG / adult, amphibians, bulging, damp, depend on sg., environment, frog egg, froglet, jelly, moist, sticky, still, tadpole, webbed toe / Learning about the frog. Why does a frog belong to the group of amphibians? Learning the important features of the frog Understanding and learning the frog’s lifecycle.
Activity part: Page: 21
37-39. / THE BEE / abdomen, air-tube system, attack, collect, drone, enemy, hive, jointed leg, lazy, sting, store, take care of sy., task, thorax, worker / Learning about the bee. Why does a bee belong to the group of insects and invertebrates? Learning the important features of the bee.
Activity part: Page: 23
40. / REVISION: ANIMALS / Playful activities
(puzzles, guessing games,
fill the gaps, etc.)
Revision: Page: 27-28
41. / TEST 1
ANIMALS
42. / PLANTS NEED… / environmental conditions,
important, keep, light, use,
warmth
43-44. / PLANT PARTS: FLOWERS / carry, combine, egg, female, form, fertilisation, male, petal, pistil, pollen, sepal, stamen / Observation, examination of a flower by taking apart it. Learning the process of fertilisation. The functions of the different flower parts.
Activity part: Page: 32-33
45. / PLANT PARTS: FRUITS / fruit, the fewest, protect, proverb / Observation, examination of different fruits and seeds.
Learning the function of a fruit.
Activity part: Page: 34-35
Cutout page A
46-47. / PLANT PARTS: SEEDS / adult, bean, bulb, corn, embryo, life cycle, plant, seedling, size, snowdrop, sprout, wheat /

Learning about the lifecycle of plants.Examination of different seeds.

Activity part: Page: 36-37
48-49. / PLANT PARTS: LEAVES / carbon-dioxide, deciduous, evergreen, inside,
mineral salts, oxygen, possible, shape, stuff / Observation, examination of a leaf. Learning the process how green plants make sugar and oxygen; why they are important for the living things on the Earth.
Activity part: Page: 38-39
50. / PLANTS CAN STORE FOOD / beet, cauliflower, cucumber, green-pepper, onion, potato, spinach, tomato / Classifying plants according to where they store food.
Activity part: Page: 40-41
Cutout page B
51. / REVISION: PLANTS / Playful activities
(puzzles, guessing games,
fill the gaps, etc.)
Revision: Page: 43-44
52. / TEST 2
PLANTS
53-54. / HUMANS
THE TEETH / bite, bumpy, chew, canine, dentist, edge, grind, incisor, jaw, milk teeth, molar, permanent teeth, pointed, set, tear, wisdom tooth / Learning about our teeth. Why are they important to us? Learning about the different types of teeth and understanding the functions of each type.
Activity part: Page: 46-47
55-57. /

THE

SKELETAL

SYSTEM

/ actually, allow, blood cell, ball and socket, consist of sg.,
fixed, fuse together, hinged, joint, pelvis, slightly, stirrup, support, thigh / Learning the basic things about the skeleton, bones and joints. Understanding what their functions are in our body, why they are important parts.
58-59. / THE MUSCULAR SYSTEM / blink, contract, involuntary, movement, muscle, muscular system, over, relax, voluntary, wiggle / Learning the basic things about how the muscles work and move.
Activity part: Page: 50-51
60-62. /

THE

RESPIRATORY

AND
CIRCULATORY SYSTEMS / beat, blood circulation, cell, circulatory system, deliver, often, pulse, pump, respiratory system, to make sure / Learning the basic things about how the lungs and the heart work. Making clear the connection between breathing and blood circulation.
Activity part: Page: 52-53
63. / REVISION:
HUMANS / Playful activities:
(guessing games, puzzles, fill the gaps, etc.)
Revision: Page: 59-60
64. /

TEST 3

HUMANS
65. / BASIC GEOGRAPHY, HUNGARY
DIRECTIONS, POINTS OF THE COMPASS / cardinal points, compass, direction, East,
intercardinal points, North, Northeast, Northwest, South, Southeast, Southwest, West / Revising the four cardinal points of the compass.
Learning the intercardinal points of the compass.
Activity part: Page: 65
66. / COMPASS / arrow, device, float, horizontal, magnetized, mark(ed), needle, post, print(ed), swing / Learning about what a compass is and how it works. Making a compass.
Activity part: Page: 66-67
67. / THE MAP / area, artificial, canal, continent, farthest, features, elevation number, island, natural, sea level, surface, relief map, topographical map / Learning about the map. Learning the signs, the colours and what they symbolize on a map.
Activity part: Page: 71-73
68. / REVISION:
BASIC GEOGRAPHY, HUNGARY / Playful activities:
(guessing games, puzzles, fill the gaps, etc.)
Revision: Page: 80-82
69. / TEST 4
BASIC GEOGRAPHY, HUNGARY
70. / BASIC PROCESSES
WEATHER / breeze, bump into, droplet, element, gentle, give off,
heat energy, join together, precipitation, sideways, speed, sun’sradiation, weather, weather forecast / Learning about the weather and its elements.
Activity part: Page: 85
71. / PRECIPITATION / crystal, hail, hold, piece, sleet, too / Learning how precipitation is formed. Learning the different types of precipitation.
Activity part: Page: 86-87
72. / ROCKS
AND MINERALS / coal, copper, crumbly, crushed, diamond, emerald, gem, grainy, jewellery, lead, limestone, marble, ore, slate, texture, tin / Examining and learning about the different rocks and minerals.
Activity part: Page: 90-91

SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIALS

LESSON /

TOPIC

/ NEW WORDS,
EXPRESSIONS /

ACTIVITIES

1. / INTERESTING READING
THE OTTER / chest, dive, float, furry, playful,
shellfish / Developing reading skill.
Task to do: Page 24
2. / INTERESTING READING

THE FIREFLY

/ brighten, cage, electric lights, firefly, glow, lantern, let, light,
outdoors / Developing reading skill.
Task to do: Page 25
3. / INTERESTING READING
SNAKES / backbone, climb,
cold-blooded, curl up, eyelid, harm, poison fang,
rat, reptile, sheltered spot,
swallow, wriggle / Developing reading skill.
Task to do: Page: 26
4. /

INTERESTING READING

THE VENUS FLYTRAP / especially, strange / Developing reading skill.
Task to do: Page: 42
5. / INTERESTING READING
WAY UP HIGH / blanket, border, drop, peak, reach, rise, tank, thin / Developing reading skill.
Task to do: Page: 78
6. / INTERESTING READING
THE COMPASS ROSE / blow, commonly known, draw, drew, Mediterranean, originally,
throughtout / Developing reading skill.
Task to do: Page: 79
7. / INTERESTING READING
THE SAHARA DESERT / desert, stretch / Developing reading skill.
Task to do: Page: 100

SyllabusforNature and Science Class 4 Book