Reading 4th Grade U4

Reading and Writing

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4th Grade - Unit 4

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Index

1. Vocabulary

2. Pre-activity

Reading and Writing

3. Story - part I

4. Story - part II

5. Post-activity I

6. Post-activity II

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Review the unit vocabulary

1. Vocabulary

Bank 2

Bank 1

Pay attention to the words and sentences as they will be very similar to ones in the text.

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• Look at the title of the story. and the images

• Think about the topic of the story. What do you think it is going to be about?

• Share your ideas about the topic.

2. Pre-activity

Read the story. You can also listen to it.

It is very important to eat well and exercise, starting at a young age. Our best role models are our parents or the people we live with. If parents have a positive influence, we will be more likely to grow up to be healthy adults. Habits can be inherited. They can be good or bad. If our parents teach us healthy habits at an early age, it will prevent future illnesses and lead to healthier generations.

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Eating healthy meals as children helps to form good habits. Good food provides energy and vitality, which helps us be more active while playing sports or playing with our friends. Eating right is essential during childhood, so we can grow, reach a healthy weight, and be able to concentrate better in school. We should eat fish, meat, milk, fruit, and vegetables more often.

3. Story - part I

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Read the story. You can also listen to it.

It is very important to eat well and exercise, starting at a young age. Our best role models are our parents or the people we live with. If parents have a positive influence, we will be more likely to grow up to be healthy adults. Habits can be inherited. They can be good or bad. If our parents teach us healthy habits at an early age, it will prevent future illnesses and lead to healthier generations.

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Eating healthy meals as children helps to form good habits. Good food provides energy and vitality, which helps us be more active while playing sports or playing with our friends. Eating right is essential during childhood, so we can grow, reach a healthy weight, and be able to concentrate better in school. We should eat fish, meat, milk, fruit, and vegetables more often.

3. Story - part I

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Go on reading the story.

Staying active is also important for good health. Today we have access to more technology than ever before. Constantly playing with video games, computers, and other games makes us inactive, and the number of overweight children is increasing like no other time in history. Overweight children are at risk of developing an illness called diabetes.

Some good healthy habits include getting enough sleep, keeping our body clean by brushing our teeth three times a day, washing our hands before every meal and after going to the restroom, showering every day, keeping our fingernails clean and trimmed, exercising at least 30 minutes a day, and eating right.

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4. Story - part II

If we do these things daily, we will have good habits for life. Remember, a healthy child is a happy child!

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5. Post-activity

Decide if the following sentences from the story are true or false.

TRUEoR falsE

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1/10

Sleeping all day is a healthy habit.

falsE

TRUE

1/10

You must sleep about ten hours a day, not the whole day!

Next

falsE

2/10

Good food provides energy and vitality.

falsE

TRUE

2/10

Right! Good and healthy food makes us stronger!

Next

TRUE

3/10

It is very important to eat well and exercise.

falso

TRUE

3/10

Yeah! And we must do it everyday!

Next

TRUE

4/10

We should shower three times a week.

falsE

TRUE

4/10

Three times a week is not bad, but in the story the recommendation is everyday!

Next

falsE

5/10

Eating right is essential during childhood.

falsE

TRUE

5/10

It is, indeed, because the sooner the habits are introduced, the better.

Next

TRUE

6/10

Playing video games makes us more active.

falsE

TRUE

6/10

Wrong! On the contrary, it makes us less active.

Next

falsE

7/10

Healthy habits prevent future illnesses.

falsE

TRUE

7/10

Correct! Healthy habits means healthy life!

Next

TRUE

8/10

We should brush our teeth three times a day.

falsE

TRUE

8/10

True! In order to keep them clean and white!

Next

TRUE

9/10

We should exercise at least 30 minutes a day.

falsE

TRUE

9/10

Yes! And the more you can, the better!

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TRUE

10/10

A healthy child is a sad child.

falsE

TRUE

10/10

The best way to be happier is having a healthy life!

Index

falsE

Answer the following questions in your notebook.

6. Post-activity II