2024 KIDS 4 SPECIFICATIONS                                            
   
               Remember   Kids 4   is   for   students   who   are   attending   6th grade 

o   TODAY 1      U. 1 to 8     (Student’s Book & Activity Book)

o	MAISIE AND THE DOLPHIN

OMIT: Pages 68, 69, 93     OPTIONAL: Culture Today, Cross-curricular Studies and Magazine sections

This book does not include Past Tense in its contents, so you will have to teach it using material from any other book you may have, including Discover 1. Below there is a list of the verbs that will be included in the final exam. Students are expected to know the Past Tense of these verbs:
be  come  do  drink  eat   get  go  have  like  listen  play  see  study  visit  watch      
Adverbs:  yesterday    last (Friday)/ year / month / night 

Students’ Book: Every unit has a Communication section with Speaking and Writing activities and a Revision section, all of which are very useful. Odd-numbered units have a Culture today section and even-numbered units have a Cross-curricular studies section and a Magazine section. 

Note: We don’t use the book with access to MyEnglishLab but you are free to use it. 

Activity Book: for every section of the Students’ book there are exercises with three levels of difficulty. You can select which to give your students according to their needs.

Writing: Give students systematic writing practice, starting with one paragraph and helping them to be able to write a piece of two paragraphs at the final exam. The book has plenty of written exercises in both the Students’ and the Activity book.

                              See 2024 Types of Writing for Kids 

Teacher’s Book: We strongly recommend the use of the Teacher's Book, which will guide you throughout the course. It contains the course contents, step-by-step teaching notes for every lesson in the book together with all the student’s book pages minimized, Activity Book answer key and audio scripts. There is a DVD at the back of the book with all the videos included in the course. They are really very useful.
                                                 You may wish to consult www.pearsonELT.com/today

Reader: We suggest you deal with Maisie and the Dolphin in the second part of the year. There are some interesting exercises at the back of the book. We strongly advise you to use the audio to help your students further develop their listening skills and to consult the link below for further resources:                                                                   
www.penguinreaders.com                       

REMEMBER THAT STUDENTS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO RE-TELL THE STORY BUT TO ANSWER THE EXAMINER’S QUESTIONS.

                                        NOTE FOR THE FINAL TEST 

In the Written exam, Simple Past Tense will be tested for recognition in Circle and Match and in Put the words or phrases in the correct order, but it will NOT be tested in Writing. As for the Oral exam, students will be asked a few questions using Past Tense in Part A, but not in Part B (Reader).