Primary 5 English unit 5 Our brains

Our Amazing Brain

The human brain is an incredible organ that controls everything we do, think, feel, and remember.

It weighs about 1.4 kilograms and is made up of billions of tiny cells called neurons.

Neurons communicate with each other by sending electrical signals, allowing us to think, move, and feel emotions.

The brain has three main parts: the cerebrum, cerebellum, and brainstem.

The cerebrum is the largest part and is responsible for thinking, memory, and speech. It also helps us solve problems and make decisions.

The cerebellum is smaller and controls balance and movement, so we don’t fall over when we walk or run.

The brainstem connects the brain to the spinal cord and controls basic functions like breathing and heartbeat.

Our brain is constantly working, even when we are sleeping.

During sleep, the brain processes information, organizes memories, and helps our body rest and heal. Keeping our brain healthy is important. Eating nutritious food, getting enough sleep, and exercising regularly help our brain function at its best

What is the main job of neurons in the brain?

• • To help us breathe

• • To send electrical signals

• • To control our heartbeat

• • To make us sleep

Make a sentence using tag questions!

Our Amazing Brain

The human brain is an incredible organ that controls everything we do, think, feel, and remember.

It weighs about 1.4 kilograms and is made up of billions of tiny cells called neurons.

Neurons communicate with each other by sending electrical signals, allowing us to think, move, and feel emotions.

The brain has three main parts: the cerebrum, cerebellum, and brainstem.

The cerebrum is the largest part and is responsible for thinking, memory, and speech. It also helps us solve problems and make decisions.

The cerebellum is smaller and controls balance and movement, so we don’t fall over when we walk or run.

The brainstem connects the brain to the spinal cord and controls basic functions like breathing and heartbeat.

Our brain is constantly working, even when we are sleeping.

During sleep, the brain processes information, organizes memories, and helps our body rest and heal. Keeping our brain healthy is important. Eating nutritious food, getting enough sleep, and exercising regularly help our brain function at its best

Which part of the brain is responsible for basic functions like breathing and heartbeat?

• • Cerebrum

• • Cerebellum

• • Brainstem

• • Neurons

If you ______ something important, you ______ it down.

• • forget, write

• • remembers, writes

• • remembering, writing

• • forgot, writing

If people ______ to remember someone’s name, they ______ it a few times.

• • wanted, repeating

• • wants, repeat

• • want, repeats

• • want, repeat

If you ______ things down, you ______ them easily.

• • doesn’t writing, forgets

• • don’t write, forget

• • didn’t wrote, forgotten

• • don’t wrote, forgetting

If you ______ well, your brain ______ better the next day.

• • sleeps, working

• • sleep, works

• • sleeping, worked

• • slept, work

The brain controls everything we do, ______?

• • hasn’t it

• • isn’t it

• • doesn’t it

• • didn’t it

Neurons send electrical signals, ______?

• • do they

• • don’t they

• • didn’t they

• • won’t they

Brain Power

Our brain’s a wonder, strong and bright,
It helps us think both day and night.
It learns and grows with every thought,
So much wisdom that we’ve got!

Neurons buzz and signals fly,
Ideas soar up high, oh my!
With memory sharp and thoughts so clear,
Our brain’s the power we hold dear.

When we read, we learn, we know,
Our clever minds begin to grow.
Eating well and getting rest,
Keeps our brain working at its best!

So let’s use our brain each day,
To dream, create, work, and play.
Our mind’s a gift that’s true and right,
So keep it strong, keep it bright!

Which word rhymes with "thought" in the poem?