Lesson What is for Dinner? 8 Let Us Start Listen and say aloud Words with the long ‘a’ sound Words with the long ‘e’ sound eat bee day same feet beat date make Warm Up • Imagine that you have filled a bag with potatoes. When you open it later, you find stones in it. How would you feel? • What would you do? Let us read a story about a cunning fox and a hen. 47
I Read A little hen lives in a small house in a forest. One day, a hungry fox sees the hen. He thinks that he will catch the hen and forest cook her for dinner. sharp When the hen comes close, the fox dinner sack boiling catches her. He puts her into a sack and ties it up. H e begins to run home. The sack is heavy. The fox sits heavy down to rest and falls asleep. The hen has a sharp knife. She cuts a hole in the sack and jumps out. She puts big stones into the sack and runs home. The fox wakes up. He picks up the sack and goes home. He puts some water to boil in a pot. The fox holds the sack over the boiling water. The stones fall in. The hot water splashes and burns splashes the fox. The fox promises never to trouble the hen again. Let Us Discuss 1) Where does the little hen live? 2) What does the fox do when the hen comes close? 48
I Understand New words Word Meaning cunning clever at playing tricks forest a place with many trees and animals dinner an evening meal sack a large bag used for carrying things heavy something that has a lot of weight sharp having an edge or point that can easily cut things boiling very hot splashes when water moves and falls with a sound I Speak Circle time Sit in a circle with your teacher and friends. Discuss the following questions: • Do you feel bad when your friends say or do something bad to you? Why? • Do you say hurtful things to your friends? • Should we trouble others? Why or why not? • What should you do if someone troubles you? Story telling Bring a short animal story to class and share it with your friends. What is for Dinner? 49
Language Game Animal names Look at the pictures of the animals. Use the clues and complete their names. Then, colour the pictures. io oc ar ul is ol on ea 50
1) b r 2) b l 3) c k 4) f h 5) h e 6) l n 7) w f 8) p y What is for Dinner? 51
Connect the Dots EVS Fun Animals live in special homes . Do you know where foxes live? Foxes mostly live in holes in the ground called dens. Foxes also live in caves sometimes. Let us look at some homes of animals. A bird’s house is called a nest. cobweb nest Spiders spin cobwebs. We make homes for domestic animals. Kennels for dogs and coops for hens. kennel coop Maths Fun A hen lays 6 eggs. The farmer takes 2 eggs. How many eggs are left? A Note to Parent Reading with your child is a great way to bond with them. Reading lays the ground for your child’s social and communication skills. Children usually love reading animal stories. Choose tales from The Panchatantra or Aesop’s Fables which are simple and popular. 52
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