becomes clouds. When the clouds become too heavy, it starts to rain.’ Arjun was not happy with this reply. ‘I don’t understand!’ he said. ‘You will understand when you grow up’, said Papa. Then he went back to reading his newspaper. Arjun then went to his mother. ‘Mummy, why does it rain?’ trunk he asked. Mummy thought for a while and answered, ‘You know that gods live up in the sky. There they have a big, black elephant. This elephant fills his trunk with water from the sea and lifts it up. When his trunk is full of water, the elephant finds out where the water is needed. He points his trunk there and blows out all the water. There is a shower of rain in that place.’ Arjun was very happy with this reply. ‘Thank you, Mummy! I understand this. Papa said that I was not old enough shower to understand, but he was wrong.’ Arjun went away to play, feeling very happy. New Words Word Meaning fresh vapour trunk shower The Story of Rain 47
Literature Comprehension A) Direct questions and answers 1) What did Arjun see as he sat near the window? Ans. 2) According to Arjun’s father, why does it rain? Ans. B) Answer the following 3) Number the sentences from the story in the correct order. a) Arjun’s mother told him that the gods had a big elephant that filled its trunk with water and blew out water as a shower. [ ] b) Arjun was not happy with the answer that his father gave him. [ ] c) Arjun asked his father, ‘Why does it rain?’ [ ] d) Arjun was very happy with his mother’s reply. [ ] e) Arjun went to his mother and asked the same question. [ ] 48
PR Vocabulary Q Naming pictures Everything around us has a name. Look at these examples. elephant rain grass sky 4) Look at the pictures given below and unjumble their names. a) slocud ________________________________ b) disrb ________________________________ c) rfoste ________________________________ d) oumnatin ________________________________ The Story of Rain 49
I Feel 5) Is there something that you want to know more about? Write down two of those questions. Ask the questions to your teachers or parents. Ans. I Speak Divide your class into pairs. Ask your partner questions about what they like to do when it rains. Here are a few questions to help you. Do you like the rain? Do you like to stay indoors or go out? What do you do? Do you like to get wet Do you eat something in the rain? Who do special when it rains? you play with? What do you eat? 50
There are many poems about rain. Learn this poem and recite it with proper expressions. Raindrops Raindrops, raindrops, Here is my umbrella, Falling all around, It will keep me dry, Pitter-patter on the rooftops, When I go walking in the rain, Pitter-patter on the ground. I hold it up so high. (Source: http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/songspoems17.html) Listen and Say Aloud Words with the soft ‘th’ sound Words with the hard ‘th’ sound thin three fifth month then brother mother feather Word Dictation 6) Listen to your teacher and write the words. a) b) c) d) e) f) g) h) i) The Story of Rain 51
Language Game Word search Solve this word search puzzle to find words related to rain. UMB R E L L A MQ Look for these S Y E KCBWR LA words. WR U S L K HA EZ I X Y GOMD I HR CLOUD V Y DWU P S N PA UMBRELLA E GV S D J GC PI B RA I NDRO PN PUDDLE F CM L G X T A DB RAINCOAT HWU K ADD T GO RAINDROP P UDD L E E P QW RAINBOW Listening Audio Listen to the audio and tick the right options. 7) Aman wants to be a _________________________. a) driver b) pilot c) doctor 8) _________________________ wants to be a race car driver. a) Aman b) Juhi c) Varun 9) Vihan wants to go to _________________________. a) the Sun b) the Moon c) Paris 10) Nitish loves _________________________. a) planes b) plants c) animals 52
11) Varun will _________________________ in films. a) sing b) dance c) act Connect the Dots Maths Fun During the rainy season, it rained for 3 hours every day for a week. For how many hours did it rain during the week? EVS Fun Cherrapunjee in Meghalaya, India is called the ‘wettest place on Earth’ as it receives the most rainfall during a year. The new name for this place is ‘Sohra’. A Note to Parent Make your child aware that drinking water is very limited on Earth. Encourage your child to save water. For example, you can teach them to turn off the tap while brushing their teeth or after washing hands or taking a shower. Word meanings fresh – new vapour – water that has turned from liquid to gas trunk – the long, flexible nose of an elephant shower – drops of water falling like rain The Story of Rain 53
8Lesson The Elephant’s Nose Adventure and Imagination Warm Up • Do you know anybody who asks a lot of questions? Who is this person? • What is the one question that you have always wondered about? Have you tried to find the answer to it? Let us read a story about how elephants got their trunks. I Read Long ago, elephants had no trunks. Their noses ? What would the were normal. But an elephant’s child named elephant’s child Jumbo changed that. always do? He was full of curiosity. He asked questions about everything that he saw, heard, felt, smelt or touched. One morning, he asked, ‘What does a crocodile have for curiosity dinner?’ 54
‘Shush’, said all the animals in a ? What did little scared voice. Jumbo want to know? But he would not shush. So, they shush told him where he could find an answer. ‘Go to the river’, they said. After a week of walking, Jumbo reached the river. He saw a log of wood. It winked one eye. ‘Excuse me, have you seen a crocodile?’ he asked. The creature winked the other eye. log ‘Come nearer’, it said, ‘I am the crocodile.’ winked J umbo grew excited and asked, ‘Please tell me what you have for dinner.’ ‘Come nearer, and I’ll whisper’, said the crocodile. Jumbo put his head close to the crocodile’s mouth. The stretching crocodile caught him by his little nose and pulled. Jumbo sat back, and he too pulled. And Jumbo’s nose kept stretching. At last, the crocodile let go. Jumbo looked at his nose. It was loooong! He waited for it to shrink, but nothing happened. So, he went home, swishing his trunk. When he wanted a fruit to eat, he would just pull it down from a tree. All the animals asked, ‘What have you done to your nose?’ swishing ‘I got a new one from the crocodile’, said Jumbo. ‘I asked him what he had for dinner, and he gave me this.’ And so, it remains to this day. Looooooong! The Elephant’s Nose 55
New Words Meaning Word curiosity shush log winked creature stretching swishing I Speak Act out the story that you read. Your teacher will be the narrator and will also give roles to each student in the class. • Three students become baby elephants. • One student becomes the crocodile. • The rest of the class become the animals in the jungle. The sequence of the story is as follows: • The baby elephants take turns and go to different animals and ask interesting questions to them. The animals, in turn, give interesting answers. • Then, one baby elephant goes into the jungle in search of the crocodile. • The baby elephant meets the crocodile and talks to him. The teacher then narrates the events as the students act. 56
Get into groups of five. Choose a wild animal. Find out more about it. How big or small is it? Where does it live? What does it eat? Take turns to narrate this information in class. Listen and Say Aloud Words starting Words starting Words starting Words starting with the ‘bl’ sound with the ‘br’ sound with the ‘cl’ sound with the ‘cr’ sound black bread clap cross blink brick close crocodile Sentence Dictation 1) Listen to your teacher and write the sentences. a) ___________________________________________________________________ b) ___________________________________________________________________ c) ___________________________________________________________________ d) ___________________________________________________________________ e) ___________________________________________________________________ The Elephant’s Nose 57
Language Game Crossword puzzle Solve this crossword puzzle with names of different farm animals, birds and objects. Use the clues and the pictures for help. Clues Down Across 1) g o _______ s _______ 3) _______ o r _______ e 2) c _______ _______ 4) t _______ r k _______ y 5) e _______ g 6) _______ o a _______ 7) r o _______ s _______ e r 9) s h _______ _______ p 8) f a _______ _______ e r 10) t _______ u c _______ 11) _______ o g 11) d o _______ k _______ _______ 12) _______ _______ n 13) p _______ g 58
Listening Audio Listen to the audio and draw the pictures. The Elephant’s Nose 59
Connect the Dots Maths Fun An elephant has 2 tusks. If there are 5 elephants in a herd, how many tusks does the herd have in total? EVS Fun Elephant trunks are actually short at birth. They become longer very quickly in a few days. Elephant babies sometimes step on their trunks by mistake! A Note to Parent Children are curious by nature. We can encourage this curiosity in them by making questions fun and interesting. For example, during breakfast, ask your child what they think Japanese people eat for breakfast. Let this start a train of questions on the similarities and differences between nations, states and communities. Do your research and share interesting trivia with your child. Word meanings the feeling of wanting to know about new things curiosity – order to be silent shush – a long piece of wood log – closed and opened one eye very quickly; winked – usually a sign of mischief an animal of any type creature – pulling something to make it wider or longer stretching – moving from side to side with a soft sweeping or swishing – brushing sound 60
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