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 a / 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 day. Jake 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.
A 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 / eI / 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
a blue bird, a yellow duck,
a green frog and a red fish.
That is what I see.
Note to the teacher: This 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.
A girl was going home. Soon, 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.