English : Term 1 Unit 1 : My Pet
UNIT 1
My Pet
My name is Valli.
This is my pet, Chittu.
Do you have a pet?
Let us sing
Note to the teacher: Have students say hello loudly in the first stanza quietly in thesecond stanza. This needs to be practised frequently in class to emphasize greetings.
Hello Song
Good morning to you, and you and you.
Let’s say hello
As loud as we can.
Hello!
Good morning to you, and you and you.
Let’s say hello
As quietly as we can.
Hello!
picture.
Let us learn
On my way
Hi, you are pretty!
What is your name?
Hi, I am Daisy.
Hello Daisy, my name is Sweety.
I am Mullai.
What is your name?
I am Butterfly.
Hey, you are so colourful.
Ah, a beautiful tree!
Look at this, it is big!
What is your name?
I am Mango tree.
We all have names.
What is your name?
Note to the teacher: Talk about the names of things in the picture. Ask children to name what they can see outside the class and what they see on their way to school. The teacher will say the names. The children will identify them in the picture.
Alphabet Story
A Happy Jungle
Note to the teacher: read out the story. Emphasize on the letters of the alphabet. Teach the ABC song and sing it with them.
Let us sing
Let us write
Trace the strokes.
Trace the curves.
Trace the letters.
Look and say
Note to the teacher: Practise vocabulary using the picture. Ask students to name the things in the picture and point to the same items in the classroom.
Circle time – Let us talk
Divide the class into two groups A and B. Ask one child in group A to hold an object /picture flashcard (pen, pencil, book, notebook etc.) and the children in group A ask. What is it? Have Group B reply, “It is a book” continue with other objects.
Let us practice
Read aloud.
Let us do
Word wall activity
Say it…. shout it….
Display the words on the board and have them in chits.
Put the chits in a box.
Ask a child to take a word chit.
Encourage him/ her to say the word aloud and have other children repeat it a few times.
Say it again and encourage children to shout out the word. Practise all the words similarly.
Let us learn
My Pet
Mullai meets her friends on the way.
Hey Sweety, Meet my friends Ahamed and Andy.
Hi, Mullai.
Ah, Who is this?
This is Sweety.
He is a kid.
He climbs and jumps.
He eats grass.
He loves fruits.
He eats bananas,
leaves and roots.
Note to the teacher: Read out the story and get children to namethe things and asking their friends‛ names in the picture. As questions about their pet and allow children to respond in the home language too.
Let us understand
Mullai walks along the farm. What does she see there? Tick them
Daisy flower, Butterfly, Mango tree
Count and tick (✓).
Listen, think and say.
1. Do you have a pet?
Yes.
2. What is it ?
Dog
3. What is its name?
Simha
4. What does it eat?
Milk, Rice food
5. How do you play with it?
Run, hug
Let us say
Listen to the sound and repeat.
Listen and say.
Blend and say.
Let us do
Word wall activity
Word Relay
Display the flashcards of words on the board.
Invite a child to come forward and whisper the word.
Have him/ her say it to the class.
Make the class repeat it.
continue with another student.
Make him her say a new word along with the previous one.
Have the class repeat it.
continue till all the words are practised.
Note to the teacher: Show the flash cards of the letters. Say the sound of each letter aloud and get children to repeat it. Say the sounds as follows a /m/ t /t/ p /p/ n / n/
Let us practice
Read aloud.
Help the bird reach its nest. Follow and colour ‘a’ sound words.
Say aloud.
Ant had a nap
on the tap
tap…tap…tap
Ant had a nap
on the pan
pan…pan…pan
I can do
I. Listen and say.
a. What is your name?
Mahendra Varman
b. Who is Mullai‛s pet?
Sweety (goat)
c. What flower do Mullai and Mighty see?
Daisy flower
II. Read aloud.
ant pan
an ant a pan
It is an ant. It is a pan.
III. Look and match.
IV. Tick the right one.
V. Write the missing letters.
VI. Recite any one of the poems from the lesson.
Learning outcomes
Note to the teacher: Ask children to colour the apple when they achieve the learning outcomes.