新西兰本土小学课后读物分享之二年级小学生读什么（44）

今天我们继续来阅读Step2、Level 12 - Level 14 绘本<Help Our Oceans>。

This is the front cover, the title is "Help Our Oceans".

Written by Rachel Walker

The title is "Help Our Oceans".

Rachel Walker wrote the story, she is the author.

Contents Page

Oceans in trouble .................... 2 - 3

People need oceans ............... 4 - 5

Too much fish .......................... 6 - 7

Pollution .................................. 8 - 9

Trawl nets ............................. 10 - 11

Sea animals die .................... 12 - 13

Helpful changes ................... 14 - 16

Our oceans are in trouble.

They need our help.

Some people are doing bad things to the oceans.

Label: waves

Oceans make our air healthy.

They give us good food to eat.

Oceans feed the water cycle.

Oceans give us what we need.

Some fishermen take too much fish.

That is not good for the oceans.

Label: pollution

Some people put bad things into the sea.

That is why the oceans need our help.

We must not put bad things into the oceans.

Label: trawl nets

Some people use fishing nets that pull up the bottom of the sea.

Then the oceans can't keep healthy.

Some fishermen use big nets to catch the fish they want.

But big nets catch other fish that they don't want.

That is how a lot of sea animals die.

We must all help to save the sea life and the oceans.

People need oceans to live.

The oceans need our help to keep healthy.

Glossary

air ............................gas that we breathe

fishermen ................people who catch fish for their work

healthy ....................strong and well

oceans ....................very big seas

over-fishing .............catching too much fish

pollution ...................dirty or bad things in the air, water or soil

trouble .....................problems, things that need to be fixed

This is the back cover.

Running Words：183 全篇共183个单词

Teacher Talk：

Planet Earth looks blue from space because so much of it is covered with oceans of salty water. 从太空看地球这个行星是蓝色的，因为它的大部分都被咸咸的海水覆盖。

The oceans are the home of a lot of different animals. 海洋是很多不同种类的动物的家园。

The oceans give people food, air and water. 海洋给予人们食物、空气和水。

Key Words：don't，give，keep，live，must，need，people，why

Teaching Plan：

• Use Teacher Talk to stimulate discussion about oceans. 借助Teacher Talk激发关于海洋的讨论
• Develop research skills based on this topic. 给予这个主题，培养研究考证能力。
• Use Table of Contents to locate specific information. 使用目录查找特定信息。
• Refer to Glossary to clarify basic concepts. 参考词汇表阐明基本概念。
• Understand use of 'an' before an initial vowel: an ocean 理解在首字母为元音的名词前使用'an'
• Use captions to expand on text. 使用标题来扩展文字（续写文字）。
• Use initial letter plus picture clues to read unknown words. 利用生词的首字母发音及图片的提示，拼读出生词。
• Promote drama, writing or art as follow-up activities. 将提升戏剧剧本、写作及艺术水平作为后续的活动。

教学计划中再次提到了Understand use of 'an' before an initial vowel，今天的例子是an ocean，是简单的直接通过ocean的首字母就能判断出要使用an的（请参看： ），但用 'a' 还是用 'an' 真的这么简单么？ 只要是a、e、i、o、u这五个元音字母开头就用 'an' ？其他全部使用 'a' ？今天我们来一探究竟！

看完视频，相信大家都抓住了重点，不是元音字母，而是元音发音！以下是干货。

再来几个小练习。

答案明天揭晓。