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The Right Place: Questions and Answers | The World Around Us | Class 3 English Term 1 Unit 3

The Right Place: Questions with Answers

3rd English : Term 1 Unit 3 : The World Around Us

Let us understand

1. Tick (✔) the correct one.

Tick the correct option exercise with answers shown.

2. Match the picture with its use.

Image of a Camel
Image of a Fish
Image of a Bird
to walk on sand
to fly in the sky
to swim in water
Show Answer Matching exercise answer key.

3. Listen, think and write.

( walk  hump  winds  camel  zoo )

a. Name the animal in the story.

The animal in the story is camel.

b. Why does camel have long legs?

The long legs help to walk in the sand.

c. Why does camel have long eyelashes?

The eyelashes protect it from sandy winds.

d. Where does the camel store food?

The camel stores food in its hump.

e. Where are the camels in the story?

The camels are in the zoo.

THINK ZONE

Circle the odd one.

Circle the odd one out exercise solved.

Let us do

Illustration of a teacher using a word wall with students.

* Make one set of flashcards with words from wordwall.

* Write the words on the board.

* Ask the children to pick a flashcard.

* Ask them to read and circle the word on the board.

* Practise with all the children.

Let us talk

Illustration of mountains.

Mountains are tall and high

Hills are low and round

Valleys are deep and low

Plains are flat

Plateaus are also flat on top

Deserts are sandy

Islands have water around

Oceans are large and brine

Rivers gush to the sea.

Illustration of a girl reading.

* Teach the rhyme to the class.

* Make a set of flashcards with pictures of the landforms.

* Now, divide the class into two groups A and B.

* Call a child from group A to pick a card. Ask them to sing the line related to the landform and ask ’Who am I?’

* Ask the children from group B to guess the landform using the structure ‘You are the ________.’

* Practise with all the children.

Read and write the correct land form.

tall and high mountain

deep and low valley

water all around island

Let us say

Listen to the sound and repeat.

ir as in

Phonics examples for 'ir' and 'ur' sounds with pictures: birth, dirt, girl, shirt, burst, curb, fur, nurse.

Listen and repeat.

Words with 'ir' and 'ur' sounds for repetition: first, bird, stir, third, burn, curl, hurt, turn.

Let us practise

Read aloud.

The girl is a nurse.

A girl dressed as a nurse.

Stir the curd.

Stirring curd in a bowl.

Dirt on the shirt.

A shirt with a dirt stain.

Colour the words with ir in blue and ur in green.

curb      turn      girl         burn        third

dirt       fur        first         stir         churn

Note to the teacher: First teach the sound (/з:/) to the children. Then, introduce the three letter clusters for the sound to the children. Help the children relate the sound to the letter cluster.

Let us do

Children standing in a circle for a classroom activity.

* Display the words on the wordwall.

* Make the children stand in a circle

* Read out one word with ir or ur

* Motivate the children to say another word with the same sound

* Practise with all the children.

Let us use

Let us learn how to request politely

Would you please move?

Would you please close the window?

Examples of polite requests with illustrations.

Circle Time Activity

* Divide the class into two groups A and B.

* Give a situation to group A. (e.g. borrowing water, at the market etc.)

* Make a child from group A ask, “Would you please give/move/open ____?”

* A child from group B should say “Yes, I can.” or “No, I cannot.”

* Reverse the roles of the groups.

* Practise with all the children.

Fill in the blanks and say it to your friend.

Icon of a closed door. Can you please close the door?

Icon of a pencil. Can you please pass the pencil?

Let us know

Fill in the blanks using a or an.

A ball. This is a ball.

An elephant. This is an elephant.

Let us see how to use ‘The’.

A boy in a red shirt playing cricket. The boy in red shirt is a cricketer.

An ant. This is an ant.

We use ‘The’ for boy as we are taking of a particular boy, but ant is common so we use an.

A blue box. This is a box. The box is blue.

A pink umbrella. This is an umbrella. The umbrella is pink.

We use ‘The’ when we talk of the same thing again.

So, we use ‘the’ for

Rules for using 'the': for particular things, for things mentioned again, and for unique things like the sun, moon, sky.

Do you know?

Examples for using 'the' with unique objects: The Sun, The Earth, The Sky, The Moon.

Try these.

1. This is a car. The car is green.

2. This is an egg. The egg is big.

3. This is a bulb. The bulb is not working.

4. This is an ice-cream. The ice-cream is sweet.

5. This is an apple. The apple is red.

6. This is a cycle. The cycle is blue.

Fill in the blanks using suitable article.

1. The sky is blue.

2. The stars shine at night.

3. The moon is bright.

4. The tree is tall.

5. The dog has a long tail.

Note to the teacher: Revise when to use a/an with children. Teach the children when to use ‘The’. Encourage the children to use articles a, an and the in sentences.

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!”

Mother telling her son he is too big to be lifted.

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

“You are too small!”

Father telling his son he is too small to walk to school alone.

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

“You are too big!”

Grandpa telling Mano he is too big for the cradle.

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

“You are too small!”

Grandma telling Mano he is too small to carry the baby.

Mano thinks “Too big? Too small?”

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

Mano thinking and confused about being too big and too small.

Too big to wear his old pink shirt!

Mano's old pink shirt is too small for him.

Too small to make dosa!

Mano is too small to reach the stove to make dosa.

Too big to climb on grandpa’s back!

Mano is too big to get a piggyback ride from his grandpa.

Too small to carry the baby!

Mano trying to carry the baby but is too small.

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

Mano wondering what he is the right size for.

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

Mother tells Mano he is big enough for school.

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

Father carrying Mano on his shoulders.

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

Mano helping his grandpa on a morning walk.

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

Grandma telling stories to Mano.

“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.

Child too small to make dosa

b. Too small to wear his old shirt.

    Too big to wear his old shirt. ✔

Child too big for old shirt

c. Too big to carry the baby.

    Too small to carry the baby. ✔

Child too small to carry 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.

Counting things 1 Counting things 2

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

Matching singular to plural solution

2. Add “s” to make one into many.

Adding 's' to make plurals

Spell check

Fill in the missing letters.

Spell check exercise

Let us do

Word wall

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

Word wall activity

(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.

Word search puzzle solved

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

Practice with opposites

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.

Tracing words exercise

Let us say

Listen to the sound and repeat.

Phonics sounds

Read aloud.

Reading aloud practice

Listen and repeat.

Listen and repeat sentences

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

Word wall activity 2

(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 correct word exercise

Circle the odd one.

Circle the odd one out exercise