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UNIT, , A Happy Child, , 1, , Enjoy this poem, My house is red - a little house;, A happy child am I., I laugh and play the whole day long,, I hardly ever cry., I have a tree, a green, green tree,, To shade me from the sun;, And under it I often sit,, When all my play is done., , New words, cry, , day, , red, , sun, , Let’s read, The sun shines in the sky., I have a red pen., , 1
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Read and match the words with the pictures. Draw a line., I am a boy., , I am a girl., boy, , girl, , Fun with colours, Fill in the box with the right colour., , 4, What is the colour of the happy child’s house?, 4, What is the colour of your house?, 4, What is the colour of the tree?, 4, What is the colour of the sun?, Let’s talk, Is there a tree growing near your house?, 4, Tell us about the tree. Is it big or small?, 4, Do you like the tree? What is the name, of the tree?, , 2
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Let’s share, There are many kinds of houses. Circle the ones you, have seen., , hut, , igloo, , flat, , bungalow, , Let’s draw, Draw your house here and talk about it., , How do you feel —, , Draw and say, , 4, When you get a new dress?, , happy, , 4, When you get hurt?, , sad, , 4, When you share your things?, , ________, , 4, When you are ill?, , ________, , 3
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Collect pictures of a cat, a, cow, a dog and a sheep, from old books or, newspapers and paste, them below., , Trace over the dotted, lines and complete the, monkey’s tail., , A cat, , A cow, , A dog, , A sheep, , Sing, Monkey, monkey on a tree,, Swing, swing, swing, swing., , 6
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The following have lost their babies. Trace along, the maze using different colours and find them. One, has been done for you., , cow, dog, , cat, , butterfly, , duck, , kangaroo, lion, , 7
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Three Little Pigs, Listen and enjoy this story, Once there were three little pigs,, Sonu, Monu and Gonu., Sonu lived in a house of straw., Monu lived in a house of sticks and, , One day a big bad wolf came to Sonu’s house., He said, “I will huff and puff and I will blow your, house down.” So he huffed and he, puffed and he blew the house, down., Sonu ran to Monu’s house., The wolf came to Monu’s, house. He said, “I will huff and, puff and I will blow your, house down.” So he huffed and, he puffed and he blew Monu’s house down., , 8
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Sonu and Monu ran to Gonu’s house., The wolf came to Gonu’s house. He said, “I will huff and, puff and I will blow your house down.” So he huffed and he, puffed but he could not blow the brick house down. It was, very strong., The wolf went away and, Sonu, Monu and Gonu, lived happily together in, the red brick house., , New words, and, , bad, , big, , but, , not, , one, , 1, , pig, , the, , was, , Let’s read, The wolf was big and bad., The pig was not big., , 9
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Reading is fun, 4, How many pigs were there?, 4, What did the big wolf say to the pigs?, , Let’s talk, 4, Was the wolf good or bad?, 4, What is your house made of?, , Let’s share, 4, Who is good?, 4, Who is bad?, , pig, , wolf, , Let’s act, 4, Imagine you are at home when the wolf huffs and puffs., 4, Act out the story of the wolf and three pigs., , 10
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Say aloud, 1. One, , 4. Four, , 2. Two, , 5. Five, , 3. Three, , 6. Six, , Let’s draw, Join the dots from 1 to 10 to make the house. Then, colour the picture., , 1, 9, 10, , 2, , 8, , 3, , 7, , 4, 6, 5, , 11
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There are farm animals, water animals and jungle, animals in this picture. Help the animals reach their, homes. Draw lines., , hen, dog, horse, crocodile, , bear, frog, , buffalo, , FARM, , 12
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monkey, , cow, , giraffe, , rhinoceros, , JUNGLE, , Sing, , WATER, , ‘Bow wow’, says the dog,, ‘Mew mew’, says the cat,, ‘Bleat bleat’, says the goat,, ‘Roar roar’, says the lion,, ‘Hello, hello’, says the child., , 13
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Poem — A Happy Child, Story — Three Little Pigs, , UNIT, , 1, , Teacher's Pages, , The emphasis in this book is on developing language skills by using the, mother tongue in the initial stages. The teacher’s encouragement and, motivation are very important. Children are curious and love to try things in, their own little ways. Do not correct their mistakes. Focus on the process of, learning and remember that the child needs to be given activities that are, exciting and stimulating., The first Unit is about introducing the child to a process of learning, following the concept ‘from near to far’. Allow them to talk and help them to, express their thoughts by use of their mother tongue, visuals, pictures,, sketches, single word questions and answers. As you introduce the text, (both the poem and the story), encourage all the children to participate., 4, Develop listening skills, Read the poem/story aloud to the children., Read it with emphasis on clear speech and correct pauses at commas, and full stops., 4, Develop pronunciation, Let the children read aloud after you. Make them repeat, blow, flow, glow, , brick, kick, stick, , huff, puff, stuff, , 4, Exposure to language, Use sight words in the classroom by putting visuals and cue cards., Let children read these:, bad, , bed, , big, , cot, , bun, , sad, , red, , dig, , hot, , sun, , 4, Develop speaking skills, 1. Encourage children to walk and jump like different animals., Let them make the sounds of ‘huff’, ‘puff'’ etc. with force., 2. Write two-letter words on the blackboard such as am, he, in, is, it,, me, my, so and start a contextual conversation by saying, ‘She is a, girl’, ‘I am a teacher’, ‘Please give me a pencil’, ‘He is a boy’, ‘You are, so far away’, ‘It is a warm/cold day’ etc., Provide opportunities to children for working and playing together in, , 14
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small groups. It will promote interaction, togetherness and team spirit, besides encouragement for natural expressions., 3. Conversation based on ‘Role play’, Divide your class into four groups: Red , Yellow , Blue , Green, l, Let each group make a house., l, Red— a hut Blue— a flat Yellow— a bungalow Green—, an igloo, Red and Blue groups have to talk about all the objects in their, houses., Yellow and Green groups have to, MATERIAL REQUIRED, talk about objects around their, houses., Method— Each group uses lowl, Boxes/old cartons, c o s t w a s t e m a t e r i a l ( e . g . for collecting leaves, twigs..., newspapers, cardboard, grass,, Pencils / spoons, beads,, leaves, matchsticks, etc.) to, string etc., draw, sketch, construct or act, out a scene from their house., Develop writing skills / fine motor coordination, 4, Writing needs practice before it becomes spontaneous and neat. In, making the strokes show the child how to hold the pencil and use it, safely. Encourage children to make different patterns/basic strokes by, drawing them on the blackboard, slate/paper. Put two letter and three, letter words on flash cards and show them to the children. Let them, recognise the words., Raising awareness, 4, Talk about turning off taps and not wasting water., , 15
