Our Sweet Home | Term 1 Unit 1 | 2nd English Lesson Explained

Our Sweet Home

Term 1, Unit 1 - 2nd English

Chittu has grown so tall. Have you?

Let us recall

1. Name the pictures.

School

Grandfather and grandmother

2. Circle the big tree.

3. Colour the shirt

Look and say

Note to the teacher: Practise vocabulary using the picture. Ask students to name the objects seen in the picture.

Our Sweet Home

Term 1, Unit 1 - 2nd English

Chittu has grown so tall. Have you?

Let us recall

1. Name the pictures.

School

Grandfather and grandmother

2. Circle the big tree.

3. Colour the shirt

Look and say

Note to the teacher: Practise vocabulary using the picture. Ask students to name the objects seen in the picture.

Up and Down Poem | Our Sweet Home | 2nd English Term 1 Unit 1

2nd English : Term 1 Unit 1 : Our Sweet Home

Poem: Up and Down

Note to the teacher: Sing the song with actions. Encourage children to listen and do the actions first, then sing the song with the teacher.

Let us sing

Up and Down

Left hand up, right hand down,

And walk round and round

Right hand up, left hand down,

And walk round and round.

Left leg front, right leg back,

And run round and round.

Right leg front, left leg back,

And run round and round.

We go up, We go down,

And shake it all around.

We go up, We go down,

And shake it all around.

Note to the teacher: Sing the song with actions. Encourage children to listen and do the actions first, then sing the song with the teacher.

Too Big…Too Small… | Our Sweet Home | 2nd English Term 1 Unit 1 Prose

Prose: Too Big…Too Small…

2nd English | Term 1 Unit 1: Our Sweet Home

Note to the teacher: Focus on the describing words big and small. Encourage children to practise the words in context.

Let us learn

Too Big…Too Small…

“I can’t lift you up, Mano,” says mom.

“You are too big!”

“You can’t walk to school alone, Mano,” says dad.

“You are too small!”

“You can’t sleep in the cradle, Mano,” says grandpa.

“You are too big!”

“You can’t carry the baby to the park, Mano,” says grandma.

“You are too small!”

Mano thinks “Too big? Too small?”

How can he be too big and too small all at once?

Too big to wear his old pink shirt!

Too small to make dosa!

Too big to climb on grandpa’s back!

Too small to carry the baby!

“What am I the right size for?” Mano wonders.

Mom smiles and says, “Why, you are just big enough to go to school.”

“And you are just small enough for me to carry you on my shoulders,” says dad.

“You are just big enough to take me for my morning walks,”says grandpa.

“And you are just small enough for me to tell stories to,” says grandma.

“You will always be the perfect size for our hug,” all say and give him a warm, wonderful hug.

Note to the teacher: Focus on the describing words big and small. Encourage children to practise the words in context.

Our Sweet Home: 2nd English Term 1 Unit 1 Questions and Answers

Our Sweet Home | 2nd English Term 1 Unit 1

Let us understood

1. Tick (✓) the correct one.

a. Too small to make dosa. ✔

    Too big to make dosa.

b. Too small to wear his old shirt.

    Too big to wear his old shirt. ✔

c. Too big to carry the baby.

    Too small to carry the baby. ✔

2. Who said these words? Choose and write.

Mom, mano, grandpa

a. “What am I the right size for?.” mano

b. “I can’t lift you up.” Mom

c. “You can’t sleep in the cradle.” grandpa

3. Listen, think and say.

a. Is Mano big enough to walk to school alone?

No. Mano is not big enough to walk to school alone

b. Why can’t Mano make dosa?

Mano is too small to make dosa!

c. Why can’t Mano climb on grandpa’s back?

Too big to climb on grandpa’s back!

d. Are you big or small?

Small

Let us know

Valli and Chittu are very good friends. Today they are counting the things they have.

Chittu: Why do you add ‘s’ with your words?

Valli: I have more than one of each.

Note to the teacher: Explain to children that we add ‘s’ to a noun to make it more than one.

Let us practise

1. Match the words with the pictures.

Your Turn: Try Matching!

Can you match the singular items on the left with their plural forms on the right?

• one fan
• one cap
• one balloon
• one star

• balloons
• stars
• fans
• caps

Check Your Answer

2. Add “s” to make one into many.

Spell check

Fill in the missing letters.

Let us do

Word wall

give or good put saw if them up just see old then us come

(i) Make one set of flashcards with the words.
(ii) Make children sit in a circle.
(iii) Distribute the cards to all children.
(iv) Let one child show a card to the next child.
(v) If the child can read, then he / she wins the card.
(vi) Now, the child will show another card to the next child.
(vii) Follow these steps in clockwise direction with all children.
(viii) The child with the most cards wins.

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

(1) I like them.

(2) He was a good old man.

(3) I just saw him.

(4) Can you see the fish?

(5) Give me some jam.

(6) Take us to the zoo.

Find and circle the words.

get, see, give, much, me, old, or, then, put, take, saw, come, just, by, for, to

Circle time – Let us talk

A. Display pictures of a rat, giraffe, dog, pig, snake and an elephant. Ask children to name the animals. Reinforce the structure –“This is a rat.” Let children repeat the structure.

B. Display pictures of a rat and an elephant. Ask children, “Is the rat small or big?” Say, “The rat is small.” Practise with all pictures using the structure. Use the pictures in pairs like - small rat and big elephant, tall giraffe and short dog, fat pig and thin snake.

Let us practice

The tree is big.

The plant is small.

The boy is tall.

The girl is short.

The book is thick.

The kite is thin.

Read and trace the words.

Let us say

Listen to the sound and repeat.

Read aloud.

Listen and repeat.

Flip the cloth.

Dust the nest.

Thank the monk.

Bring the drum.

Lend a hand.

Lift the gift.

Note to the teacher: Help children read the consonant clusters given above by blending the sounds of the letters e.g. c /k/ + l /l/ = cl /kl/. Teach children to blend letters to read the letter clusters.

Let us do

Word wall

clip brass flesh flop drag drip west cost wind sand rank loft

(i) Make 4 sets of flashcards.
(ii) Divide the class into four groups.
(iii) Each group has a box with words and an empty box.
(iv) You will read the word from the word wall.
(v) One child from each group will find the word and put it in the empty box.
(vi) The group that finishes first wins.
(vii) Practise with all children.

Circle the correct one.

Circle the odd one.