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

7 
A spacecraft landed on Venus. (1970)
8 
A spacecraft landed on Mars. (1997)
5 Correct the information in 
bold
.
Read the example with the children. Then let them work 
• 
individually to complete the exercise, using the text to 
help them find the appropriate word or phrase.
Let the children check their answers in pairs, then 
• 
check them as a class by asking individuals to read the 
sentences.
Key
1 
a telescope
 2 
Chinese
 3 
Russians
 4 
living creature
 
5 
in space
 6 
Venus/a planet
 7 
millions
 8 
other planets

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Oxford Primary Skills 5 Unit 9 Teaching Notes © Oxford University Press
6 Complete the facts. Write one word in each gap.
Explain to the children that they should write one word in 
• 
each gap, so that the sentence matches the information 
given in the text. Complete the first sentence with them, 
as an example (
scientist
).
Check their answers as a class by asking individuals to 
• 
read the sentences.
Key
1 
scientist
 2 
Chinese
 3 
dog
 4 
first
 5 
moon
 
6 
Venus
 7 
robot
 8 
flight
7 Discuss these questions with a partner or with 
your class.
Ask the children to read and discuss the questions in pairs, 
• 
using as much English as possible. In a weaker class, you 
may prefer to discuss them as a class. Ask them to justify 
their answers to question 1.
If the children have discussed the questions in pairs, finish