This colourful Learner's Book includes the following features. Nine thematic units on exciting topics to engage young learners. Activities encourage learners to actively explore, use and apply their core listening, speaking, reading and writing skills through individual, pair and group work. Lively international fiction, non-fiction and poetry texts which form the basis for teaching reading and writing skills. Language focus boxes throughout which help to teach and reinforce grammar points.

Introduction; Unit 1. There's a lesson in that; Unit 2. Exploring space; Unit 3. Reflections; Unit 4. Myths and legends forever; Unit 5. Tell me how...; Unit 6. A different type of story; Unit 7. A box of delights; Unit 8. Share your views; Unit 9. Let's perform; Spelling Activities; Term 1: Compound adjectives; ant or ent?; Use that root; Doubling consonants; Plurals; Term 2: More plural rules; Word origins - days of the week; Use prefixes to form antonyms; Explore opposites; Comparative spelling; Spelling patterns; Term 3: Unusual plurals; More word roots; Noun or verb?; More spelling rules for the suffix -ing; Choose the right synonym; I before e; Toolkit: Parts of speech; Review, edit and revise; Golden rules of speech making; The writing process; Reading strategies; Researching information; Online research; Writing instructions; Poet's corner; Synopsis of Cinderella; Space biography fact files; Acknowledgements.