Skills in English_English Activities Grade 1_PB_Text_176 X 250

Grace Nanjendo Hukka Wario Beth Chege

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Contents Theme 1 Welcome and greetings...........................1 Theme 2 School.....................................................13 Theme 3 Family......................................................24 Theme 4 Home........................................................37 Theme 5 Time.........................................................51 Theme 6 The weather and the environment........61 Theme 7 Hygiene....................................................72 Theme 8 Myself......................................................82 Theme 9 Family...................................................... 98 Theme 10 Safety....................................................115 Theme 11 Community leaders..............................130 Theme 12 Living together..................................... 144 Theme 13 Technology...........................................157 Theme 14 Numbers and our classroom..............167 Theme 15 Do not waste.........................................181 Approved by KICD – 2018 Edition

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1 Welcome and greetings A. Listening and speaking Activity 1 Look at the picture. 1. How are the children sitting in class? 2. How should we sit when listening? 1 Approved by KICD – 2018 Edition

Activity 2 Listen to the teacher read. Sit and listen The children are in class. The teacher is talking. The children are quiet. They are listening. They know how to sit in class. The teacher is happy. The children are not jumping up and down. They are sitting upright. They are looking at the teacher. The teacher is talking to them. The teacher likes them very much. My corner Show your parents or guardians how to sit when listening. Activity 3 BBBBB bbbbb 1. Read. PPPPP ppppp 2. Read. pen pot book banana ball 2 Approved by KICD – 2018 Edition

Which pictures have sounds b and p? a) b) c) d) My corner 1. Talk to your parents or guardians. 2. Use words with the sounds p and b. Activity 4 Look and read. Good morning. Good afternoon. Good evening. Good night. 3 Approved by KICD – 2018 Edition

Activity 5 1. Look and say. What is your name? Who are you? My name is Ben. I am Pett. I am a boy. I am a girl. 2. Ask and answer. a) Who are you? b) What is your name? Activity 6 Look and read. This is my teacher. These are my classmates. 4 Approved by KICD – 2018 Edition

Activity 7 Read. Ben: Good morning. Pauline: Good morning to you. Ben: What is your name? Pauline: My name is Pauline. I am a girl. Ben: Please, welcome home. Pauline: Thank you. Ben: Welcome. Activity 8 Do in pairs. 1. Look at the picture. 2. Greet each other. 3. Tell your friends your name. 4. Welcome each other. My corner Welcome your parents or guardians. Say who you are. 5 Approved by KICD – 2018 Edition

B. Reading Activity 1 1. Look and do. a) How do you sit when reading? b) Sit like the children in the picture. c) How do you place your book on your desk when reading? 2. Practise. Look at the teacher. Sit like the teacher. Activity 2 1. Practise reading. A MMMMM AAAA a mmmmm aaaa 2. Listen to the teacher read. cat bag moon milk 6 Approved by KICD – 2018 Edition

Activity 3 Match the letters. aM mA My corner a) Say and read the sounds to your parents or guardians at home. b) Name things that have sounds a and m. Activity 4 hat bat 1. Read. mat Activity 5 m Fill in the blank spaces and read the words. a c_t _op r_t My corner 1. Read words at home. 2. Help your friends at home to read words with the sounds a and m. 7 Approved by KICD – 2018 Edition

Activity 6 Listen to the teacher read. Welcome home Pat and Mat are friends. They are playing at home. Mat draws a map. Pat draws a moon. The cat runs after the rat. Activity 7 Read. map moon cat rat My corner a) Read the words in Activity 7 to your parents or guardians. b) Read words from newspapers. c) Help your friends at home to read the words in Activity 7. 8 Approved by KICD – 2018 Edition

Activity 8 Friends 1. Read the story. My name is Paul. My parents and I are visiting our neighbours. They are greeting and welcoming us. Today I will play with my friends. My friends are Njoro and Dora. We will play with a ball and a balloon. I will make and fly aeroplanes. Dora will skip a rope. I will say goodbye to them in the evening. I will go to bed after eating. My parents will wish me goodnight. 2. Answer the questions. a) What will Paul and his friends do? ______________ b) What will Paul do in the evening? ______________ c) What will the parents of Paul do at night? ________ d) What do you do when you first meet your friends? My corner a) Read a story you like to your parents or guardians. 9 Approved by KICD – 2018 Edition

C. Writing Activity 1 Look at the picture. What do you see? a) How do you place your book when writing? b) Show your friend how to sit when writing. My corner 1. See how your parents or guardians sit when writing. 2. Show your friends how to sit upright and write. Activity 2 Copy neatly. p p p p p ________________________________ b b b b b ________________________________ 10 Approved by KICD – 2018 Edition

Activity 3 mat _____ cat _____ Copy the words neatly. bed _____ pet _____ Activity 4 1. Listen to the teacher. Write the words. ________________________________________ ________________________________________ 2. Which letters make the words? pet p-e-t bed __ bag __ 3. Write well. Example: tam – mat tac __ tar __ My corner a) Spell names of things at home. b) Help other children at home to write their names. Activity 5 Do in pairs. a) Write your name ____________. b) Show your name to your friends. 11 Approved by KICD – 2018 Edition

Activity 6 Match the small and capital letters. aB mP bA pM My corner Write names of things at home. Use capital letters and small letters. Activity 7 2. 3. Write the words. 1. Good _________ Good ______ Good ____________ My corner 1. Look at pictures at home. What do you see? 2. Help children at home to write about what are in the pictures. 12 Approved by KICD – 2018 Edition

2 School A. Listening and speaking Activity 1 Look at the picture. 1. How are the children sitting? 2. How do you sit when listening? 13 Approved by KICD – 2018 Edition

Activity 2 Listen to the teacher read. How I sit The teacher is in class. It is time to listen. I am listening to the teacher. I use my ears to listen. I use my eyes to see. I put my hands on my desk. I do not move my legs. I know how to sit in class. I sit and listen to the teacher. My corner 1. Show your deskmate how to sit when listening. 2. Ask your parents or guardians to show you how to sit properly. Activity 3 T T D D D D t t d d d d 1. Read. T T t t 2. Look and read. rat tap duck dog 14 Approved by KICD – 2018 Edition

3. Read. cut mad dot wind ten 4. Which words have the sounds t and d? My corner 1. Read words at home with the sounds t and d. 2. Help your neighbours to read words with the sounds t and d. Activity 4 Look and say. I am playing I am standing. Activity 5 2. Do and say. b) I am running c) I am playing. a) I am jumping. My corner 1. Talk to people at home. Use am. 2. Help your neighbours at home to use am. 15 Approved by KICD – 2018 Edition

Activity 6 Look and write. What is Kibe doing? What is Akinyi doing? _______________ ________________ Activity 7 Write what your classmate is doing. Example: Peter is skipping a rope. 1. _ ___________________________________________ 2. _ ___________________________________________ 3. _ ___________________________________________ Activity 8 Ask your deskmate what others are doing. a) What is Andrew doing? b) Andrew is drawing a cat. 1. ______________________________________ 2. ______________________________________ 3. ______________________________________ 16 Approved by KICD – 2018 Edition

Activity 9 What are the learners doing in class? 1. Tom and Anna are reading. Activity 10 What are you and your deskmate doing? 1. We are reading. Activity 11 Use is, am or are. 1. Maria _________ going to school. 2. I _________ ringing the bell. 3. Fatuma and Opondo _________ late for school. 4. He _________ standing up in class. 5. They _________ waiting for the bus. Activity 12 Match the picture with the sentence. The hare is running. He is riding on a bicycle. My corner What are your parents or guardians doing at home? 17 Approved by KICD – 2018 Edition

B. Reading Activity 1 Look and do. 1. Sit like the children in the picture. 2. Show your deskmate how to sit. Activity 2 Practise. 1. Look at the teacher. 2. Sit like the teacher. 18 Approved by KICD – 2018 Edition

My corner 1. Show your parents or guardians how to sit properly when reading. 2. Help your neighbours sit properly when reading. Activity 3 T E E E E t e e e e Practise reading. T T T t t t 2 hen pen toy tea two Activity 4 Arrange the cups to make words you can read. g e g neh pne _______________ ___________ ____________ My corner 1. Read a newspaper at home. 2. Pick words with the sounds t and e. 3. Help your neighbours at home to read words with the sounds t and e. 19 Approved by KICD – 2018 Edition

Activity 5 Listen to the teacher read. The cats and the vet Ten fat cats sat on a mat next to the class. Ben and Ted love fat cats. The vet came to school to see the fat cats on a mat. He took off his hat. He said it is very sad that the cats are so fat. My corner Help your neighbours to read the words you have learnt. Activity 6 1. Read. Ready for school My name is Kamau. I wake up early every morning. I brush my teeth and wash my face. I then take my breakfast. I like to eat porridge for breakfast. Porridge gives me energy. Next, I put on my school uniform. My mother prepares my lunchbox. She then walks me and my sister to school. We tell her goodbye and run to class. 2. Answer the questions. a) What does Kamau do before going to school? ______________________________________ b) Who walks Kamau and his sister to school? ______________________________________ 20 Approved by KICD – 2018 Edition

aaaaac) What do you do before going to school? ______________________________________ My corner 1. Read newspapers and books at home. 2. Help your neighbours to read. C. Writing Activity 1 Look at the picture. What do you see? Activity 2 Do in groups. 1. How do you place your book when writing? 2. Show your friend how to sit properly when writing. 21 Approved by KICD – 2018 Edition

My corner a) Watch how your parents or guardians sit when writing. b) Visit older people and show them how to sit properly when writing. Activity 3 Join the dots. Activity 4 1. Copy the words neatly. Tom_____ hen ______ tip _____ bee______ My corner Colour the book. Write your name on the book. 2. Listen to the teacher read. Write the words you hear. My corner 1. Spell names of things at home. 22 Approved by KICD – 2018 Edition

Activity 5 1. Look and say. Tom Bob Jane 2. Write your name. ____________________________ Activity 6 Match the small and the capital letters. tE eT My corner Name things at home with the sounds t and e. Activity 7 Look and write. 1.____________ 2.____________ 3.____________ My corner 1. Look at pictures at home. What do you see? 2. Help your friends at home to write about what is in the pictures. 23 Approved by KICD – 2018 Edition

3 Family A. Listening and speaking Activity 1 Look at the picture. 1. How are the children sitting? 2. How do you sit when listening? 24 Approved by KICD – 2018 Edition

Activity 2 Listen to the teacher reading a loud. Shine Sit upright. Hands on the desk In our classroom No making noise Eyes on the teacher My corner 1. See how your family members sit when listening to each other. 2. Talk to your neighbours at home. Show them how to sit when talking and listening to each other. Activity 3 1. Read. D D I I I I D D d i i i i d d d 2. Read aloud. door dog duck green sheep 25 Approved by KICD – 2018 Edition

3. Colour the sounds d and i . beat feet been dark tap duck Activity 4 Read. 1. 2. I am a boy. I am a girl. Activity 5 Say something about yourself. 1. I respect my parents. 2. I play with my sister at home. Activity 6 Listen to the teacher reading. Musau and Cherono Musau: How are you Cherono? Cherono: I am fine, thank you Musau. Musau: Are you going home? Cherono: Yes, I am. Musau: I have a ball. Would you like to play with me? 26 Approved by KICD – 2018 Edition

Cherono: Yes, I would like to play with you. Musau: Let us play. Activity 7 Who said? 1. I am fine, thank you Musau ____________________ 2. Yes, I would like to play with you__________________ 3. I have a ball __________________________________ 4. Yes, I am ____________________________________ Activity 8 Do in groups. Write a sentence using I. 1. _ ___________________________________________ 2. _ ___________________________________________ Activity 9 1. Look and say. 2. 1. You are my sister. You are my sisters. 27 Approved by KICD – 2018 Edition

2. Write sentences using you. Example: You are my friend. 3. Ask and answer the questions. a) Who tells you to plant trees? b) Who cooks for you? c) Who takes you to hospital when you are ill? d) Who tells you stories? Activity 10 Do in pairs. Ask your deskmate. Who gave you my book? Activity 11 2. 3. Look and say. 1. It is a book. It is a bag. It is a ruler. Activity 12 Watch and say. 1. Watch the video the teacher will show you. 2. Did you hear I, it and you? 3. Write sentences using it, I and you. a) _ _________________________________________ b) _ _________________________________________ 28 Approved by KICD – 2018 Edition

Activity 13 Listen to the teacher read. Obedient girl My mother says, I must behave well. I must respect everyone. I should not play when it is raining. I should read a book every day. “You must work hard in class. You will have a better future,” she always reminds me. I listen to my mother. I am a very obedient girl. Activity 14 Match the picture with the sentence. You are playing. I am a baby. It is a pot. My corner 1. Listen to your family members talking. 2. Do you hear them use I, it and you? 29 Approved by KICD – 2018 Edition

B. Reading Activity 1 Look and do. a) Sit like the girl in the picture. b) How do you sit when reading? c) How do you place your book? 30 Approved by KICD – 2018 Edition

Activity 2 1. Listen to the teacher read. S S S S L L L L s s s s l l l l 2. Read. sun stars stool lion ladder 3. Write correctly. nus ______ noli _______ tsar ________ My corner 1. Read newspaper at home. 2. Pick words with the sounds s and l from the newspaper. 3. Help your neighbours to read the words. Activity 3 1. Listen to the teacher reading. My family Sam and Sally can sing aloud. Little Sally likes singing nicely like a bird. Sam tells Sally to sing loudly. Little by little, Sally sings like a bird. Sam smiles as Sally sings. 31 Approved by KICD – 2018 Edition

2. Say Which words are difficult to read? Activity 4 1. Read. Family Mr Mohamed lives in Kalawa Village. He lives with his family. His wife is called Aisha. They have a son and a daughter. The son is called Abdi. The daughter is called Halima. The children love their grandmother. They visit her during the holidays. Her name is Amina. Their grandmother has a small cat. The cat is called Temba. It has two kittens. They are beautiful. The kittens like sleeping on the floor. 2. Answer the following questions. a) Where does the family live? ___________________________________ b) Where do the children go during the holidays? _____________________________________ c) How many cats does their grandmother have? _____________________________________ 32 Approved by KICD – 2018 Edition

d) Read. Grandmother Father Amina Muhamed Mother Aisha Children Abdi Halima e) Draw boxes on manila paper. Write the names of the members of your family. My corner 1. Ask your parents or guardians about other member of the family. 2. Ask your neighbours about members of their families. 33 Approved by KICD – 2018 Edition

C. Writing Activity 1 1. Look at the picture. Talk about the picture? a) How do you sit when drawing? b) Show your class how to sit well when drawing. 2. Practise in pairs. a) Sit straight. b) Put your hands on the desk. c) Put your legs together. d) Put your book correctly on the desk. e) Write from left to right. My corner 1. See how your parents or guardians sit when writing. 2. Tell your neighbours how to sit and write. 34 Approved by KICD – 2018 Edition

Activity 2 1. Join the dots. Copy the patterns. 2. Write well. d d d i i i My corner Show people how to write the letters neatly. Activity 3 Write the words you can read. Example: taernp – parent therbro ______________ rtesis ______________ 35 Approved by KICD – 2018 Edition

My corner 1. Spell names of the members of your family. 2. Help the members of your family to spell and write their names. Activity 4 1. Copy the capital and small letters. K __________ k _________ B __________ b _________ C __________ c _________ 2. What is the first letter of your name? _______________________________________ 3. Write the sentences. Put full stops. a) My name is Wanjiku b) I stay with my guardians c) I love my guardians very much Activity 5 1. Look at the pictures. _____________ _______________ Write about what is happening in the pictures. ________________________________________ ________________________________________ 36 Approved by KICD – 2018 Edition

4 Home A. Listening and speaking Activity 1 Look at the picture. Say what is happening. a) How are the children sitting? b) Show your deskmate how to sit and listen. 37 Approved by KICD – 2018 Edition

Activity 2 Listen to the teacher read. How to sit upright Tom and Mary are in class. Tom and Mary are sitting upright. They are looking at Lena talking. They like listening to Lena. When you are listening to others Look straight in their eyes. That is why they look straight in her eyes. My corner 1. See how your family members sit when listening. 2. Show your neighbours how to sit when listening. Activity 3 B B K K K K b b k k k k 1. Read. B B b b 2. Look and read. book bag bird kite cow 38 Approved by KICD – 2018 Edition

Activity 4 Match the words and the pictures. ball bat 2. Do in pairs. Draw lines to match words that are the same words. key bird bird bat bat cat cat key My corner 1. Talk to your parents or guardians. 2. Use the words you have learnt when talking to your friends. Activity 5 More than one One and more than one One One desk. Two desks. 39 Approved by KICD – 2018 Edition

One More than one 2. One banana. Three bananas. Activity 6 Do in pairs. Say what you see in class. Example: 1. I see books. 2. I see a box. Activity 7 Listen to the teacher read. Koimet and Atieno Koimet: Good morning, Atieno. Atieno: Good morning, Koimet. Koimet: May I borrow your pens, please? Atieno: How many pens do you want to borrow? Koimet: I would like to borrow two. Atieno: I only have three. Koimet: How many can you lend me? Atieno: I can only lend you one. Koimet: Please, lend me that one pen. Atieno: Here you are. Pick one pen. Koimet: Thank you, Atieno. Atieno: You are most welcome. 40 Approved by KICD – 2018 Edition

Activity 8 Count and say in pairs. 1. How many desks are in class? 2. How many boys are in class? 3. How many girls are in class? Activity 9 Work in pairs. Count and say how many things you see in class. 1. How many windows does the class have? 2. How many doors does the class have? 3. How many walls does the class have? 4. How many teachers does this class have? Activity 10 1. Sing. Count a) Count your fingers. b) Count your neck. I have ten fingers. I only have one neck. Count your nose. Count your mouth. I only have one nose. I only have one mouth. Count your hand. Count your head. I only have one head. I have two hands. 2. Count and say how many you have. a) How many hands do you have? b) How many legs do you have? c) How many bags do you have? d) How many pencils do you have? 41 Approved by KICD – 2018 Edition

Activity 11 Listen to the teacher read. Hats on the road Five hats fell from a speeding van. Two boys picked them up. Four hats were green. One hat was red. One boy picked the red hat. It had green star. Activity 12 Look and say. a) How many stars are there? b) How many small pots are there? 42 Approved by KICD – 2018 Edition

Activity 13 Look and say. a) How many red flowers are there? b) How many blue books are there? Activity 14 Work in groups. Look around your classroom and count. Tick if one or more than one. One More than one book ________________ __________________ door ________________ __________________ window ________________ __________________ teacher ________________ __________________ desk ________________ __________________ My corner 1. Name and count the things you have at home. 2. Help your neighbours at home to learn about one and more than one. 43 Approved by KICD – 2018 Edition

B. Reading Activity 1 1. Look at the picture. 2. Practise in groups. a) How do you place your books on your desk? b) How do you read a book correctly? My corner 1. Look at how the people you know place their books on the desks when reading. 2. Show your neighbours how to place books on the desk when reading. 44 Approved by KICD – 2018 Edition

Activity 2 1. Listen to the teacher read. I I I I P P P P i i i i p p p p 2. Read. ink ice cream pen plate pot My corner Read the words you have learnt to your parents or guardians. 3. Draw lines to match capital letters and small letters. Pi Ip My corner 1. Read with your parents at home. ink sink pot pin 2. Help your neighbours to read the words as well. 45 Approved by KICD – 2018 Edition

Activity 3 Read the words. party cup sheep pig My corner 1. Read a newspaper at home. 2. Pick out words that have the sounds p and i. Activity 4 1. Listen to the teacher read. Big Kim and Big Pig Big Kim and Big Pig sat at home. Big Kim can eat a big pie. Big Pig wants a pie. Big Kim will give Big Pig his pie. Big Kim now wants a cake. Big Pig also wants a cake. Big Kim wants to give Big Pig some cake. 2. Re-read in pairs. My corner 1. Watch television at home. 2. Pick words you can hear or read that have sounds p and i. 46 Approved by KICD – 2018 Edition