Once I Saw a Little Bird
UNIT
4
Sing and enjoy this poem Once I saw a little bird Come hop, hop, hop, I cried, “Little bird, Will you stop, stop, stop?” I was going to the window To say, “How do you do?” But he shook his little tail And away he flew.
New words bird
hop
stop
Let’s read The bird flies out of the window . We W e must stop cutting trees.
42
tail
window
Reading is fun What
did the child see? What was the little bird doing?
Let’s talk Do
you see any birds around your school or your house? Have you tried talking to them?
Let’s do Join the letters from a to z. m
n
l
o k p
j
q
i
r
h
s g
t
f
u e a d
c
b
z
v
y x
w
43
Trace over the dotted lines and letters. Now colour the stars.
Say these words aloud and talk about the picture. Then tick the right colour. roof
door
windows
walls
The roof is red / blue. The walls are yello low w / red. The windows are green / br bro own wn.. The door is blue / grey. The dustbin is pink / green. The plants are gr gre een / oran ang ge. The floor is grey / br brow own n.
44
floor
plants dustbin
Mittu and the Yellow Mango Listen, read and enjoy this story Mittu was a parrot. A green parrot with a red beak. One day Mittu was flying. He loved to fly. He looked down. He saw a big yellow mango on a tree. Mittu liked mangoes. “I want to eat that yellow mango,” he said. He flew down to the tree.
“Caw, caw, go away. This is my tree,” said a voice. Mittu looked up. He saw a big black crow. “Caw, caw, go, go,” the crow shouted. He had a very loud voice. Mittu was afraid of the crow. He flew away.
45
Mittu saw a red balloon. It was under a tree. He had an idea. He picked up the red balloon. He was careful not to burst it. He flew to the mango tree. The crow was sitting on the tree. Mittu went behind the tree.
He pecked the balloon with his red beak. “Pop!” The balloon burst. It made a loud noise. “Caw!” said the crow. And he fell off o ff the tree. “Caw, caw, a big gun is after me,” said the crow. He flew away. He never came back to the tree.
46
Mittu came to the tree. He ate the big yellow mango. “Yummy yummy, what a nice mango!” he said. He was very happy. Clever Mittu! Chitra Narendran
New words black
c r ow cr
mango
parrot
Let’s read I like eating a mango. I like feeding a crow .
Reading is fun What
did Mittu see on the tree? What did the big black crow say? What did Mittu see under the tree?
Let’s talk Do
you like eating mangoes? Do you like green mangoes? Why? Do you like yellow mangoes? Why?
47
Let’s share Colour the chilli red and the parrot in colours of your choice.
Sing Parrot with a red beak, Can you really speak? Mittu, Mittu, Mittu, Mittu! Trace the path of the lady bird.
48
Match the fruit and vegetables to the trees they grow on.
banana
coconut
coconut tree
apple tree
apple
banana tree
grapes
mango tree
mango
grapevine
49
Learn to write Draw over the dotted lines.
Say aloud bat
bed
bit
dot
bun
cat
fed
hit
hot
fun
mat
red
pit
pot
run
Choose a letter from the box and complete the words below. a
e
i
o
u
s__t
p__g
b__g
d__t
s__n
f__n
l__g
s__t
l__t
b__n
50
Poem — Once I saw a Little Bird Story — Mittu and the Yellow Mango
Teacher's Page
UNIT
4
The children look forward to this active approach of hearing, doing and part pa rtic icip ipat atin ing. g. No Now w th they ey ca can n be gi give ven n th the e fre freed edom om to ch choo oose se th thei eirr gro group ups s an and d tasks. Groups can be divided into those who want to (i) taste something tangy like a lemon, (ii) sweet like sugar sugar,, (iii) bitter like neem/bitter gourd or (iv) MATERIAL REQUIRED salt. Let them make nimbu pani with the requ re quir ired ed in ingr gred edie ient nts s an and d dr drin ink k it it.. 2 lemons, little sugar, Shar Sh ared ed ac acti tivi viti ties es wi will ll fo fost ster er he heal alth thy y little salt, neem leaves relationships. and drinking water . Deve Develop lop read reading ing skill skills s
By this time children should be able to read a few words. Involve them in a re read adin ing g ac acti tivi vity ty,, la layi ying ng em emph phas asis is on th the e hi high ghli ligh ghte ted d wo word rds s in th the e te text xt.. Develop pronunciat pronunciation ion
Say al Say alou oud d wi with th th the e ch chil ildre dren n ‘Sto ‘S top’ p’ sa says ys th the e re red d li ligh ght, t, ‘Go’ ‘G o’ sa says ys th the e gr gree een. n. ‘Wait ‘W ait’’ say says s the yel yellow low lig light, ht, Blinki Bli nking ng in bet betwee ween. n.
Exposu osure re to lan langua guage ge Exp Display sig sight ht wor words ds in the classroom. Sight word vocabulary is develo dev eloped ped by usi using ng wor words ds rep repeat eatedl edly y in mea meanin ningfu gfull con contex texts. ts. Let chi childr ldren en read rea d the these: se: chilli
mango
parrot
Deve Develop lop speak speaking ing skill skills s
1. The peacock is our national national bird. The male bird has a beautiful tail. tail. The female is called a peahen. Encourage children to talk about othe ot herr bi bird rds s th they ey se see e in th thei eirr sc scho hool ol or ne near ar th thei eirr ho home mes. s. 2. Conve Conversa rsatio tion n bas based ed on ‘Ro ‘Role le pla play’ y’
At this stage stage children should should be able to identify different sounds in th thei eirr en envi viro ronm nmen ent. t. As Ask k th them em to im imag agin ine e th that at th they ey ar are e bi bird rds s an and d let them call out to another bird. Encourage them to listen to soun so unds ds of na natu ture re (c (chi hirp rpin ing g of bi bird rds, s, ra rain infa fall ll,, wi wind nd bl blow owin ing g et etc.) c.)
51
Act out a scene when the children are birds flying in the sky.
The children children may may be be taken out and and given their food outdoors. outdoors. Let them be motivated to talk about different tastes after the meal or have a conversation about nimbu pani if the activity has been done.
De Devel velop op wri writin ting g
skills ski lls / fin fine e mot motor or coo coordi rdinat nation ion
1. Write the following words and numbers on the blackboard — hop , stop, shop, mop and digits from 1 to 10. 2. Show the children how to draw a bird/ make a bird with clay/play clay/play dough. Rais Raising ing awa awaren reness ess
Tell the class that birds are our friends. We We can feed them with some grains gra ins or bre bread ad cru crumbs mbs..
52
