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Samacheer Kalvi 2nd English Books Listen to Your Body

English : Term 1 Unit 2 : Listen to Your Body

UNIT 2

Listen to Your Body

I like my blue frock. What do you like?

Let us recall

1. Name the colours.

Red Yellow Blue

2. Circle the picture.

a. Who is jumping?

 b. Who is clapping?

3. What will the girl say? Tick ().

4. Read these words.

brush

clock

nest

bank

flag

drum

bend

lift

Look and say

Note to the teacher: Practise vocabulary using the picture. Ask children to name the things in the picture.

Let us sing

The Magic Words

When we want someone to help

What do we say?

Please, please, please.

When someone helps us out

What do we say?

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

When we make someone cry

What do we say?

Sorry, sorry, sorry.

Please, thank you and sorry

Please, thank you and sorry

Say them as you need.

Say them to make it all good.

Note to the teacher: Sing the song with actions. Encourage children to listen and do the actions first, then repeat the song after the teacher. Emphasize the use of magic words in the class.

Let us learn

Nina Wonders…

Nina: Today I am not going to school.

It is a holiday! I am not going out to play.

It is too hot anyway! What am I going to do?

Nithin: Nina! Nina! Nina!

Nina does not reply. Nithin goes near her and shakes her head.

Nithin: I called you three times!

Nina: Sorry, I didn’t hear you.

Nithin: Let’s play a game. It’s called ‘Listen to your body’.

Nina: Really? How do we play that game?

Nithin: Sit down and do what I do.

Nithin breathes in and out. Nina breathes in and out.

Nithin: Can you hear your breath?

Nina: Yes!

Nithin: I can make my breath louder… sssssssssssssssss

Nina: I can make it even louder… SSSSSSSSSSSSS

Nithin places his hand on his chest and so does Nina.

Nithin: Listen, do you hear anything?

Nina: Lup tup.Lup tup. Lup tup. Someone is playing a drum.

Nithin: That’s your heart.

It beats all the time.

 It beats all day.

It beats all night.

Nithin claps his hand and so does Nina.

Nithin: I can make a song with my hands.

Nina stands up and stomps her feet.

Nina: Ha! I can make one with my feet!

Tippity-Tappity-Toe Stamp! Stamp! Stamp!

Nithin places his hand on his tummy and so does Nina.

Nina: I can hear Guddu…

Guddu… Guddu…

Nithin: Ha ha! Are you hungry?

Whoossshhh… went the cooker. Nina turns to the sound. They both walk to the kitchen.

Nithin: I think food is ready.

Nina: How do you know?

Nithin: My nose says so!

Nina: One for me?

Father: What are you both doing in the kitchen?

Nina: We heard the cooker.

Nithin: We saw the jamuns.

The jamun is so sweet.

Father: Oh no! No more jamuns before lunch! Off you go!

Note to the teacher: Focus on naming different parts of the body and verbs related to them. Encourage children to practise the words in context.

Let us understood

1. Tick () the correct word.

2. Match the words with the pictures and  write them.

3. Listen, think and say.

a. Who did not go to school?

Nina

b. What game did Nina and Nithin play?

It’s called ‘Listen to your body’.

c. Why did Nithin place his hand on his tummy?

Nina heard Guddu… Guddu… Guddu… He was hungry.

d. Can you name the parts of your body?

Yes

Let us know

Chittu looks outside and says,

I can see…

Valli looks inside the house and says,

I can see…

Chittu: Why do you say “an”?

Valli: If the first letter of a ‘one’ word is a, e, i, o, u, we say “an”.

Note to the teacher: Explain to children that we add “an” before vowel sounds (sounds of a,e,i,o,u) and “a” before the sounds of other letters.

Let us practice

1. Circle a / an.

a / an ant   a / an duck   a / an book    a / an orange

2. Fill in the blanks with an.

a. This is a bell. 

b. This is an ox. 

c. This is a tub. 

d. This is an axe. 

e. This is an eagle. 

f. This is a fan. 

Spell check

Fill in the missing letters.

tie belt frock

Let us do

Word wall

home soon stand upon first came girl find off wood long take

* Display the words on the word wall.

* Make children repeat it as you say each word.

* Invite a child to the front of the class.

* Whisper a word. Let the child say it to the class and the class will repeat.

* Remove the word as the child says it.

* Continue it till all the words are called out.

Tick () the words you see in the word wall.

1. home      hum          hut

2. sun         sack         soon 

3. shut         stand         stack

4. can         came        come

5. take         tick         talk

Read aloud and circle the words you see in the word wall.

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1. I came home soon.

2. Find the pen.

3. Ring the bell first.

4. Stand in a line.

5. Off you go!

6. It was a long day.

Circle the odd pair.

Circle time – Let us talk

A. Display a few pictures of action words like dance, read, write, run, jump, skip, sing, swim, draw etc. Ask students to name the actions as you show them. Say “I can dance” and demonstrate.

B. Now distribute the pictures to the class. Let children hold it up. Ask each child, “What can you do?” Encourage them to answer, “I can _____ ” Point to a girl/boy and say “She/He can __________” Let children repeat it. Practise it with all.

Let us practice

Choose and write the correct one.

Let us say

Listen to the sound and repeat.

Read aloud.

Listen to the teacher and circle the words with long ‘a’ sound.

It was a May dayJake the snake was hungry.

It ate the snail in the pail.

It ate the cake made by Kate.

It ate the crane near the lake.

maid had some hay.

It ate all the hay.

An ape saw the snake.

It took a cane to chase the snake.

But the snake got into a train and made an escape.

Note to the teacher: First, teach the sound / e/ to the children. Then, introduce the three different letter clusters for the same sound. Help children relate the sound to the letter clusters.

Let us do

Word wall

came tame cage page sale tale base case

mail sail main pain wait bait  laid raid

slay play clay bray tray pray sway way

* Display the words on the word wall.

* Distribute the word cards to all students.

* Show word with “ai”.

* Let all the students with that letter combination stand up and say the words they have.

* Practise with “a_e” and “ay” words also.

* Make all the students say the words.

Let us practice

Add ‘e’ and write the words: e.g. can – cane

Fill in the blanks.

Rain cake way gate

Try to read these!

b + l = bl-

black

c + l = cl-

clip

f+ r = fr-

frog

n + t = -nt

tent

Let us read

What Do You See?

Blue bird, blue bird, what do you see?

I see a yellow duck.

Yellow duck, yellow duck, what do you see?

I see a green frog.

Green frog, green frog, what do you see?

I see a red fish.

Red fish, red fish, what do you see?

I see a small boy.

Small boy, small boy, what do you see?

I see

blue bird, a yellow duck,

green  frog and a red fish.

That is what I see.

Note to the teacherThis is a supplementary reading material. Read out the story to children. Make them read the story on their own.

Let us think and do

1. Match, colour and write the colours.

Red Yellow Green

2. Choose and write the correct word.

Ducks fish frogs trees

Ducks frogs trees fish

Let us make

Colour the boy’s cap red.

Colour the boy’s shirt yellow and shorts blue.

Colour the boy’s belt black.

 Colour the boy’s shoes brown and socks grey.

Name the boy’s clothes.

Note to the teacher: Read the instructions one by one. Encourage children to colour by listening to the instructions.

I can do

1. Circle the correct picture.

2. Listen and write the correct one.

We see with our eyes. (eyes / ears)

We smell with our nose. (ears / nose)

We walk on our legs.  (hands / legs)

We clap with our hands. (hands / legs)

3. Tick () things that are yellow.

4. Listen to the teacher read the story and circle the words the teacher repeats.

girl was going homeSoon, it started to rain. She had to stand under the tree. Then, a bus came and she went home.

Note to the teacher: Read the words – girl home stand came soon

5. Read and match.

6. Can you do these? Say it to your teacher.

I can…

7. Fill a / an.

an apple

a box

a tap

an egg

a jug

an ox

a kite

a van

8. Recite the poem, ‘The Magic Words’.

Learning outcome

Now I can…

Note to the teacher: Ask children to colour the apple when they achieve the learning outcome.

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