K.V.SIVAGANGA ACTIVITIES WITH INPUTS FROM BACK TO BASICS LESSON: Don t be afraid of the darkness (Poem SKILL FOCUSSED TARGET LEARNING OUTCOMES SUGGESTED STRATEGIES Reading Listening Vocabulary Spelling Speaking Writing Awareness Able to comprehend; Listen with attention ; Improve vocabulary; Learn spelling ; Able to speak and write short sentences; Improve handwriting Individual task Team task TLO: Listen with attention to the poem recitation and be ACTIVITY I Able to comprehend the poem and recite it. This is the motivation for the lesson Poem recitation: Rolly/Polly Rolly /Polly using opposite words given in this poem start with up/down/ little x big, far x near Then use the words from the poem Opposites are war x peace, enemies x friends, gentle x harsh, light x dark, night x day, start x cease, ever x never Cards for opposites for matching followed by work sheet for testing. ACTIVITY II TLO: Team work to learn and speak about night scene.
Team work-speaking See the picture use clues : Picture of night scene, Sounds in the night, Weather cold, moon stars, black, lights, What do you do when it is dark? What can you see hear and feel during night? Who all are afraid of darkness? Why? owls, dogs barking, tick tock clock, street lights, people sleeping on pavements, insects noise, wall lizards sound etc. They talk about their fears We should never be afraid of darkness. Night animals video ACTIVITY III TLO: Read to pick out rhyming words Wind On The Hill By A. A. Milne No one can tell me, Nobody knows, Where the wind comes from, Where the wind goes. It's flying from somewhere As fast as it can, I couldn't keep up with it, Not if I ran. But if I stopped holding The string of my kite, It would blow with the wind For a day and a night. And then when I found it, Wherever it blew, I should know that the wind Had been going there too. So then I could tell them Where the wind goes But where the wind comes from Nobody knows.
ACTIVITY IV TLO: WRITING TLO: Be Able to write a short composition based on pictures discussion team work with the help of given clues Picture card with clues light & heat, far, big star, day & night, Prime source of energy, Photosynthesis, 8 minutes, planets, 365 days, revolution, no sun means no light, what else we will not get.. Write five sentences about SUN What are the things that will happen if there is no sunlight? Imagine; discuss in group and write.
ACTIVITY V TLO: Able to use the contracted forms in speaking and writing Write the contractions to complete the following sentences 1. I (do not) like to go into darkrooms. 2. I (will not) talk to you 3. Sita (did not) come to school yesterday 4. We (should not) waste water. 5. Gopal (would not ) listen to his teacher 6. He (Could not) go to market. 7. You (must not) tear paper. 8. He (does not) want to read English. 9. She (cannot) read and write Hindi. 10. They (were not) playing football. ACTIVITY VI TLO: Matching card activity Word building: Combine the following two words to make one word. Moon + Light = Day + break = Good + night = Rain + bow = Water + fall = Star + fish = Break + fast = news + paper = Add some more to this list --------------------------------------------------------------------
Find some more compound words from the word search box given below. C B A S K E T B A L L B S M E A L O Q T I M E T A B L E O U S A I A W D H N I U A B R I D O N E R R N B T J K K O M Y Y O R K S A R P D O Y U P L P E G I R Y C H L I O L Y H S O P R Y O L T U A I I N R A T N U T S E A F O O D S N O G T D B L A C K B O A R D K E E N S W Y ACTIVITY VII TLO: homophones To match with pictures kept on the table then display on the board. Frame sentences use homophones. Choose the correct word and fill in the blanks 1. I am going to/two the market. 2. This sum is To/Too hard to solve. 3. There are to/too/two Pens on the table. 4. My brother won/one the race. 5. He is won/one step ahead of me. 6. My mother is dear/deer to me. 7. We can see dear/deer in the forest. 8. The sun /son is far away in the sky. 9. His sun /son is very tall and handsome. 10. Gita loves to swim in the see/sea. 11. Class three students write/right with pencil. 12. I am here/hear to talk to you. 13. Ashok s right/write hand is injured. 14. We have gathered In the park to the speech. 15. That is hour/our house. 16. Ram plays in the park for nearly two hours/ours
17. There are four/for apples in the basket. 18. These apples are four/for you. 19. The sky is blue/blew. 20. Our PET - blue/blew the whistle. ACTIVITY IX TLO: to use a dictionary Write the new words from the dictionary and find out their meanings. Use them in meaningful sentences. New words are Harsh Severe, rest relax, afraid frightened, forever always, troubles difficulties, cease stop. ACTIVITY X TLO: To write in cursive hand Write the poem neatly in cursive hand ACTIVITY XI TLO: To form opposites and learn Unjumble these words. Match each word to its opposite 1.awr X big, 2. neeeism XX X never, 3. legnte X cease, 4. tghil cease, X day, 5. tghni X harsh, 6. trtas X_ dark, 7. vere X_ peace, 8. ttelil X friends, 9. raf X heavy, 10. htibrg X_ near. PREPARED BY, SMT.RUKMANI