English : Term 3 Unit 3 : Places in my Town
UNIT 3
Places in my Town
I am here to book my ticket. Can you tell where I am?
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Let us recall
1. Name the picture to your friend.
Doctor, Postman
2. Circle the things you find in your school.
3. What is this? Write and show.
Look and say
School
Post office
Library
Hospital
Police station
Market
Bus stop
Park
Zoo
Railway station
Note to the teacher: Practise vocabulary using the picture. Ask the children to name the places seen in the picture.
Let us sing
Breezy Beach
Breezy wind in the morning,
Dark clouds keep growing,
For it could start raining,
Daya and his father go horse riding!
The sea is so vast and blue,
The waves come running to you,
He built a castle on the sand,
And decorated it with the shells in his hand!
Note to the teacher: Sing the song with actions. Encourage the children to listen and do the actions first, then follow the song.
Let us learn
A Cloud of Trash
Charu was a smart and bright girl. She always was kind to all but, she was the unhappiest girl among her friends. She was certainly the unhappiest girl in her entire class. She was perhaps the unhappiest girl in the world, or at least that’s what she felt.
What about her friends?
Charu had no friends any more. No one wanted to play with Charu, because she had a cloud hanging over her head.
The cloud had orange peels and biscuit packets, broken toys and pencil shavings, twisted plastic bottles and colourful plastic bags. All surrounded by a swarm or buzzing flies.
Nobody wanted to play with a girl who had a cloud of trash hanging over her. What if a rotten banana peel fell on your head? YUCK!
Charu couldn’t even play hide-and seek any more. The cloud would always give her away. “Let’s walk to school together,” she said to Sona. Sona ran off in the opposite direction.
She asked, “May I borrow your pencil?”
Jancy made a face and changed her seat to go sit with Asha
Charu even had to eat her lunch alone,
Charu knew that she should have listened to her Amma. Amma always told her not to litter.
“Don’t throw the banana peel on the road”
“Throw the empty biscuit packet in the dustbin”
But, Charu never listened. She only laughed and kept littering. She did not care about her surroundings.
Then one day, Amma became very angry and said, “Soon, all this trash will start following you!”
Charu just laughed.
The next morning, Charu woke up to a foul smell and the sound of buzzing flies. A cloud of trash was hanging over her head Amma’s words had come true!
Charu tried to run away, but the trash cloud followed her everywhere.
She tried to sweep the cloud down with a broom, only to find the cloud over her head.
Charu tried EVERYTHING.
She screamed and asked the cloud to leave her alone. She even tried to throw it into the dustbin, but it just wouldn’t go. So, Charu became very unhappy. Then something happened! Charu saw Bala throwing a banana peel on the road near the park.
Charu was annoyed.
Could he not see the cloud over her head?
She yelled, “Don’t throw the peel on the road. Someone will slip!”
Bala, scared of the trash cloud, threw the peel in the dustbin.
The next day, the trash cloud had become smaller!
“How did that happen?” Charu wondered.
Then, Charu saw Amutha Aunty throwing away plastic bags near the hospital.
“Aunty!” Charu said. “Please pick up these bags. I am sure you can reuse them.”
Amutha aunty picked up the bags and left.
The next day when Charu woke up, the cloud was much smaller. Charu smiled. She knew what she had to do.
When someone threw away a biscuit packet or pencil shavings in the school, Charu stopped them.
She picked up every twisted plastic bottle near the hotel and put it in the dustbin.
The village became cleaner and cleaner, and Charu’s cloud became smaller and smaller.
Until one day, it had gone.
COMPLETELY GONE !
Charu was now perhaps the happiest girl in the world.
Charu never littered again. Secretly, she liked having the village clean. But, she was also scared that the trash cloud would come back, some day.
Who knew!
Do you litter things in your village?
Note to the teacher: Read the story to the children. Encourage them to know the names of the public places
Let us understand
A. Circle/underline the right word.
litter letter ; rain trash cloud ; hospital hotel
B. Write the correct letter to match.
a. Amutha – cloud of trash (b)
b. Charu – plastic covers (a)
c. Jancy – ran off (e)
d. Amma – changed her seat (c)
e. Sona – Angry at Charu (d)
C. Listen, think and write.
1. Why did no one play with Charu?
A cloud of trash was hanging over Charu’s head. So no one played with Charu.
2. Name the things in the trash cloud
The trash could had orange peels and biscuit packets. broken toys and pencil shavings, twisted plastic bottle and colourful plastic bags.
3. What did Charu’s Amma tell her?
Charu’s amma always told Charu not to litter.
4. How did Charu’s cloud become smaller?
Charu stopped littering. She prevented others from littering. So her cloud became smaller.
5. What will you do to keep places around you clean?
I will stop littereing. I will drop all wastes into a dustbin. I will ask others to keep the surroundings clean.
THINK ZONE
Circle the odd one.
Let us talk
* Make picture cards describing the words post, paste, inject, deposit etc.
* Divide the students into two groups.
* Call a child from group A to pick a card.
* Now, call a child from B group to name the action in the picture and the public place it is used in.
* Ensure all the children participate in the activity.
Let us practise
Show the actions and say it to your friend.
Fill in the blank with the picture related to public places
inject, post, deposit
Let us do
* Make two sets of flashcards with the words from the word wall
* Divide the class into two groups.
* Give one set of fashcards to each group
* Pick a word from the word wall and ask a child who has the card, to raise his/her hand
* The child who raises hand first gets the chance to read.
* If the child reads correctly the group gets one point. If the child is not able to read, another child can help the child read the word.
* The group with the most points wins.
* Practise till all children can read the words
Let us say
Listen to the sound and repeat.
Listen and repeat.
Read aloud.
This is a big brown bear.
Blue gems are rare.
The pear is green.
The chair is made of wood.
Note to the teacher: First teach the sound /eǝ/ to the children. Then, introduce the letter clusters for the sound to the children. Help the children relate the sound to the letter cluster.
Let us do
* Prepare one set of flashcards for each of the letter clusters.
* Make every child pick a card.
* Children with letter cluster ear must read the word and jump.
* Children with letter cluster are must read the word and clap.
* Children with letter cluster air must read the word and snap.
* Practice till the children can read the words clearly.
* Shuffle and continue with all the children.
Let us practise
Circle and fill the correct letter cluster.
Fill in the blanks.
hair, hare, tear, fairy
Let us use
Goodbye, Kavi.
Goodbye, Ravi. It was nice talking to you.
When you want to end a conversation you can say, ‘Goodbye, _____’
If someone says goodbye to you, you can reply by saying, ‘Goodbye, ____. It was nice talking to you.’
Circle Time Activity
* Ask children to form pairs.
* Ask one of the children to say, “Goodbye, —————-“
* The other child should say, “Goodbye, —————- . It was nice talking to you,”
* Practise with all the children.
* Reverse the roles. Change the pair and practise the structure.
Note to the teacher: You can also ask children to use the structure everyday in class.
Let us practice
Fill in the blanks.
Goodbye vinu
Goodbye Sam.
Goodbye. It was nice talking to you, Mano.
Goodbye Aparna. It was nice talking to you.
Let us know
Look at the pictures and words given below.
Hi, Mubina.
Mubina, Let’s play a game. I will do something now, you have to see and name it.
Hi, Kumar.
Super
You throw the can into the bin.
You give teddy to Joe.
You jump in the park.
Can you write the words in pink?
What do these words tell us? These words tell us the action that the person/thing does. Such words are called action words.
We can find action words by asking the question:
What does she/he/it do?
Look at the picture and circle the correct action word.
Look at the words and tick (✓) the box, if it is an action word or put a cross (x) if it is not.
1. I read a story every day. (✓)
2. We open the door. (✓)
3. The birds sit on the tree. (×) sit
4. They play football in the ground. (×) play
5. You eat the mango. (✓)
These action words will have different forms when it is used in different sentences. Let’s see how it changes.
Kumar: I, see a parrot on the tree now.
Reeta: I, saw a sparrow there in the morning.
Here the same action has a different words. This change occurs when the time of the action changes. Let’s see the forms:
Here are some examples:-
Present
walk
jump
run
sing
give
walks
jumps
runs
sings
gives
past
walked
jumped
ran
sang
gave
past participle
walked
jumped
run
sung
given
present participle
walking
jumping
running
singing
giving
Let us read
A Day in the Park
Let’s go to the park! I love to play with my friends in the park
Let’s play on the slide! My friends and I take turns on the slide.
Let’s swing! How high can we fly? We are high up in the air!
Let’s play with the ball. My friends and I love to play with the ball.
I kick the ball far. We run very fast to get it.
Let’s rest now as we are tired. My friend and I lie down on the grass.
Let’s eat some snacks! We share biscuits, fruits and some water.
Now, we are ready to play again. Let’s play hide and seek! I look for my friends as they hide.
We are really tired now. We sit down and watch other kids play
Let’s do one last thingl
I want to go on the monkey bars. I can swing really fast
Let’s say goodbye to friends! It’s time to go home. It was fun today. Let’s come back soon.
Note to the teacher : This is supplementary reading material Read out the story to children Make them read the story on their own.
Let us think and do
Circle/underline the correct word.
Choose the correct word to complete the sentence.
1. He loves to play in the park (park, beach)
2. They first play on the slide (slide, swing)
3. They eat snacks like fruits (sweets, fruits)
Let us make
* Take a piece of paper and fold it to make a square.
* Stick the paper on the book.
* Colour the paper red.
* Take a thin strip of paper.
* Colour the paper blue.
* On the blue paper, write the word “POLICE” using white paint.
* Blow the paper dry.
* Stick the blue paper on top of the red paper.
* Draw a door with white paint.
Note to the teacher: Read the instructions one by one. Encourage the children to listen and follow the instructions to make the police station.
Big Picture
1. Why does he wear helmet?
He wears the helmet to be safe
2. Why does he need the stool?
He wants to take a book on top shelf.
3. Why does he run fast?
He runs fast to catch the bus.
4. Why does he put waste in the dustbin?
He puts waste in the dustbin to keep the surroundings clean.
5. Why does he wear the sweater?
He wears the sweater to keep off the cold.
6. Why does the pot leak?
The pot leaks because there is a crack in the tap.
7. Why does he have the umbrella?
He has an umbrella to walk in the rain.
Note to the teacher: Encourage the children to answer the questions with “Why?” orally. Practise the structure contextually in the class.
I Can Do
1. Tick (✓) the correct word.
✔Bus stop / market
park / zoo ✔
bank / post office ✔
✔ school / library
2. Put tick (✓) for the do’s and cross (×) for the dont’s.
3. Listen and circle the words that your teacher repeats.
Janu and I are friends. We laugh together. We cry together.
We even clean together. We help each other carry our bags.
I wish all my friends are like Janu. She is the best.
Note to the teacher: Read the words friends, together, carry, clean and laugh – one more time to the children.
4. Write your reply to the teacher.
Goodbye.
Goodbye teacher It was nice talking to you.
5. Recite the poem Breezy Beach with intonation.
6. Circle/underline the odd word.
a. tear wear rat pear
b. rare share cheer dare
c. fair hair chair shore
7. Circle the correct action word.
8. Look at the picture and write identifing the action word.
( run jump sleep sing dance write )
Learning Outcome
Now I can …
Note the Teacher: Ask children to the balloon when they achive the learning outcome.