Unit 6: We Need Trees

BREATH: the air that goes into and out of your lungs

FUEL: a substance which is used to provide heat or power, usually by being burned

HELPFUL: willing to help, or useful

MATERIAL: a physical substance which things can be made from

PLANT: a living thing which grows in earth, in water or on other plants, and usually has a stem, leaves, roots and flowers and produces seeds

PRODUCE: to make something or bring something into existence

PROVIDE: to give someone something that they need

SEED: a small round or oval object produced by a plant and from which, when it is planted, a new plant can grow

SHADE: slight darkness caused by something blocking the direct light from the sun

WOOD: a hard substance which forms the branches and trunks of trees and which can be used as a building material, for making things, or as a fuel

BOTH – AND

ON THE OTHER HAND

TAKE IN

Questions Does your school/country celebrate Arbor

Day? If it does, how does your school/country celebrate it? If it doesn’t, plan an Arbor Day for your school/country.

Have you ever planted trees on Arbor Day? What around you is made from trees? Why is the air fresher in the forest than

downtown?