Unit-6
Read and enjoy this poem
Mr. Nobody
I know a funny little man,
As quiet as a mouse,
Who does the mischief
that is done
In everybodys house!
Theres no one ever
sees his face,
And yet we all agree
That every plate we break was
cracked
By Mr. Nobody.
New words
quiet, mischief, everybody, agree, nobody
Reading is fun
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Who is Mr. Nobody?
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Has anyone ever seen him?
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Is there a Mr. Nobody in your house?
Lets talk
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Have you ever done something naughty?
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What did you do?
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What did you say?
Lets share
Sometimes you want to look and find things for
yourself. T ick (?
) those that you did. Tell your friends.
I tried to see why the I went out of the house at
clock ticked. night to see the stars.
I climbed a tree to I climbed on
look into a nest. a stool to find biscuits.
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Say aloud
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Say aloud and circle the rhyming words
1. A mouse ran into the house.
2. I can see the little bee.
3. That was a fat cat.
4. Give me a handkerchief.
Dont do any mischief.
Lets draw
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Make groups of five children each. Each
group takes a big chart paper
Each
l group draws a Mr. Nobody.
The first
l child draws Mr. Nobodys head.
The second
l child draws his clothes.
The third
l child draws the arms.
The fourth
l child draws his legs.
The fifth
l child draws Mr. Nobodys hair.
Look
l at Mr. Nobody. Isnt he a funny
man? Colour him.
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Lets write
1. Fill in the blanks with a, e, i, o, u.
he __ d, __ rms, l __ gs, dr __ ss, h __ __ r
2. Add no, some and every to the word body
to make new words.
_________ body, _________ body, _________ body.
3. Seema wrote her fathers name like this
Mr. Dinesh Dixit
Ram wrote his mothers name like this
Mrs. Sneha Ramdas
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Write your fathers name as Seema did.
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Write your mothers name as Ram did.
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Use Mr. and Mrs. to write more names you know.
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The Zigzag Boy
I know a little zigzag boy,
Who goes this way and that.
He never knows just where he puts,
His coat or shoes or hat.
If you are not a zigzag child,
Youll have no cause to say
That you forgot, for you will know
Where things are put away.
Can you make zigzag lines? See how
the zigzag boy runs.
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Lets practise
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Curlylocks and the Three Bears
Once there was a girl
with curly hair. Her
name was
Curlylocks. One
day, she went into
the forest near
her house. She
saw a cottage.
Is anybody
in? she asked.
There was
nobody. The
Bear family lived in
the cottage. They
had gone for a
walk.
Curlylocks went in. She wanted to see who
lived there.
She saw three bowls of porridge on the
table. There was a big bowl for Papa Bear, a
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middle size bowl for
Mama Bear and a tiny
little bowl for Baby
Bear.
Curlylocks was
hungry. She ate the
porridge from the
big bowl. It was
very hot. She ate
from the middle size
bowl. It was too cold. She ate from the tiny
little bowl. It was just right.
Curlylocks ate up all the porridge. Then
she went to the bedroom.
There was a big bed for
Papa Bear, a middle
size bed for Mama
Bear and a tiny
little bed for
Baby Bear.
The big
bed was very
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hard. The middle size bed was too soft. But
the tiny little bed was just right.
Curlylocks fell asleep in the tiny little bed.
The Bear family came back.
Somebody ate my porridge! shouted Papa
Bear in his big, gruff voice.
Somebody ate my porridge too! said
Mama Bear.
Somebody finished all my porridge, said
Baby Bear in his tiny little voice.
The Bear family went to the bedroom.
Somebody slept in my bed, shouted Papa
Bear in his big, gruff voice.
Somebody slept in my bed too, said
Mama Bear.
Somebody is sleeping in my bed, said
Baby Bear in his tiny little voice.
Curlylocks woke up. She saw the three
Bears. She jumped down and ran out of the
cottage as fast as she could.
Adapted from Goldilocks and the Three Bears
New words
curly, cottage, bowl, porridge, hungry
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Lets read
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My sisters hair is soft and curly.
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When I am hungry, I eat a lot.
Reading is fun
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Who lived in the cottage in the forest?
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What did Curlylocks see on the table?
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Why did she eat up all the porridge from Baby
Bears bowl?
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Whose bed did Curlylocks sleep in and why?
Lets talk
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Have you ever seen a forest? What did you
see there?
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There is a plate of sweets lying on the
table. You want to eat some sweets.
What will you do?
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Name a few things that you eat from a
bowl. What do you call a bowl in your language?
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Lets act
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Pretend that you are Curlylocks. Tell your friends
what happened to you when you went into the
Bears cottage. You can say the story first in your
own language and then in English. Begin like this
I am Curlylocks. I have curly hair. One day I ...
Lets write
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The Bear Family
Papa Bear Mama Bear Baby Bear
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Bring pictures of your family members.
Take some chart-paper.
l
Write on it My family
l
Stick
l pictures of your family members and write
their names. Use Mr. and Mrs. for elder people.
Write This is me.
l
Stick your picture under it and write your name.
l
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4 The word curly and hungry tells us about Curlylocks.
Can you find some more words which describe The
Bears and form them into sentences of your own.
_________ _________ _________ _________ _________
_________ _________ _________ _________ _________
4 Write five lines on My Family.
______________________________________________
______________________________________________
___________________________________
______________________________
______________________________
Lets listen and enjoy
A sailor went to sea, sea, sea.
To see what he could see, see, see.
But all that he could see, see, see,
Was the bottom of the deep blue sea, sea, sea.
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Make sentences with sea and see, tail and tale.
1.______________________________________________
2.______________________________________________
3.______________________________________________
4.______________________________________________
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The Bear family went for a walk before dinner.
Somebody came in. Look at what they did!
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Write about all the things kept in the wrong
places.
A ball ________ Papa Bears plate.
A flower ________ Mama Bears plate.
A plant _________ Baby Bears chair.
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What else do you see in the picture?
___________________________________________
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Teacher's Page
Unit-6
Unit 6 is about further building the childrens imagination to 'think', make
a picture in their mind and then share this image with the class. Discover
how every child sees every story he hears or reads in a different way and
gives a sense of adventure to knowing other people. He learns that each of
his friends has a different picture of Curlylocks.
Develop pronunciation
New words like mischief, quiet, hungry, curly etc., can now be repeated,
hearing and speaking these sounds are more important than writing them.
Use sight words in the classroom by putting them on cards. Let the children
read these words and make sentences.
Reinforce understanding of the way words like big, middle and tiny and
phrases help the reader follow and visualise the action of a story.
Develop speaking skills
The mother tongue can be given its due place by being used for discussion
and understanding, along with an engagement with English.
All groups can speak about the pranks/tricks they played on someone.
Circle two words in each group that rhyme
cut but fun tree pail bee pat egg leg
time rope soap man mat fan
Develop writing skills
? Teach children the correct way to write Mr. and Mrs.
? Begin Mr. and Mrs. with a capital and put a period or full stop after
Mr. and Mrs.
? Give more similar sounding but different spelling words to children to
frame (deer-dear, tail-tale, their-there) into sentences.
? Make children write meaningful and constructive sentences. (My
family, My best friend...)
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