Oxford Primary Skills Unit Teaching Notes Oxford University Press 1 Lesson objectives

Vocabulary (page 5)
3 Use the words from the text to complete the 
sentences. 
Look at the example together. Then tell the children to 
• 
read the rest of the sentences and find words in red in the 
text to complete them.
The children do the exercise individually. Let them check 
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their answers in pairs before checking as a class.
Key
1 
imagination
 2 
sculptor
 3 
carves
 4 
block
 5 
frame
 
6 
press
 7 
melt
 8 
companies
 9 
occasions
 10 
full-time
Reading comprehension (page 6)
4 Write 
True
 or 
False
.
The children work individually to read each sentence 
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and write 
True
or 
False
as appropriate. Encourage them 
to look back at the text to help them decide whether the 
sentences are true or false.
Let them check their answers in pairs, then check them as 
• 
a class. As you do so, ask the children to correct the false 
sentences.
Key
1 
True
 2 
False
 3 
True
 4 
False
 5 
False
 6 
True
 
7 
False
 8 
True
5 Circle the correct words to make true sentences.
The children use the text to help them choose and circle 
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the correct option in each sentence.
Check the answers as a class.
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Key
1 
ice
 2 
drawings
 3 
cold