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Time to learn new words
                                                                                                      Study skills
                                             For example,                   Time to learn new words  Look at the chart carefully and use it to make your dictionary.  21 st c  information literacy
                                              Sometimes we can compare two different things using the words as and like.
                                                                     Some adjectives go well together with some nouns to form new words. For example,
                                                Dorothy oiled Tin Woodman’s joints and they were as good as new.
                                                                        jolly louse                   My Word Bank
                                                It would be as easy as to give the Scarecrow brains.
            Vocabulary & Study skills        When we compare two different things using as and like, we call them similes.     poor girl
                                                                        royal mattress                 perfect
                                             Use the picture clues to complete each sentence.
                                                                        grand home
            Innovative vocabulary-building                           Here, the highlighted words are used as an adjective for the nouns.   Definition  Opposite words
                                                                     Fill in the blanks with the words which can go with the word written in
                                                                     the middle.                complete and correct in every way  faulty  damaged
            exercises that help to build      cucumber  honey  fox  bat
            confidence and communicate                                tight  strong  heavy            Example sentence
                                                                        schedule                      It was a perfect day.
            effectively                       bear  feather  cricket  lion
                                                                                                       Time to listen
                                            1.  Without his glasses, Jatin is as blind as a
                                                           .
                                            2.  The warrior is as brave as a                   Listen to a poem about a boy who wishes for a new house and colour the
                                                        .
                                            3.  Her voice is as sweet as   deep  wild  soft
                                                       .                                       correct option.*
                                            4.  Manav is as cunning as a                                louse.
                                                       .                                       1.   The boy wanted to be a   mouse.
                                            5.  The baby kitten is as light as a                       louse    he wanted a new   house.   car.
                                                        .
                                            6.  The child is as noisy as a                     2.   After becoming a   mouse
                                                       .                                                 green shoes.
                                            7.  My mother is as cool as a                      3.   He would pick his new   red shoes.
                                                       .                                                   sit and rest.
                                            86 8.  Is there anything to eat? I’m as hungry as a    .  old  long  medical  4.   The boy does not want to   travel and roam.  soft home.
                                                                                               5.   The boy just wants to sit in his   furry home.
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                                                                  Study skills
                  Time to listen
                                           Time to listen
          Listen to a few facts about street dogs. Write T for the true statements and F for
         the statements that are false.*                 Rewrite the story using full stops, question marks, exclamation marks,
                                  Listen to a short story about another act of bravery and select the correct option.*  apostrophes, commas and inverted commas, where required. Use capital letters
         1.   There are about 100 million stray dogs in India.
                                  1.   The title of the story is   .  where necessary.
                                      Mouse Deer and the Crocodile      House Deer and the Alligator  once upon a time there lived a fox and a crane they were good friends one day the
         2.   The dogs put their tail behind their front leg whenever scared.
         3.   They have few health issues and require less maintenance.
                                  2.   The Mouse Deer went down to the river   .  fox invited the crane to dinner the crane gladly accepted the invitation the fox served
         4.   They cannot be easily trained.              the crane some soup in a flat dish with his long beak the crane could hardly pick up   Listening & Speaking skills
                                      to drink some water     to catch some fish  anything but the fox lapped the soup up in no time the poor crane went away dejected
         5.   They can easily eat anything edible.
                                                          turn to host a dinner for the fox he served the fox some soup in a tall jar with a narrow
                                  3.   The Mouse Deer had to be careful because   .  sad and hungry he decided to teach the fox a lesson a few days later it was the crane’s
                  Time to speak       fish lived in the river        a crocodile lived in the river   neck with his long beak the crane finished the contents of the jar and exclaimed ahhhh
                                                          the narrow neck of the jar he realised his mistake and went home hungry
                                  4.   The crocodile got    by the Mouse Deer.  what a delicious soup but the fox could not eat anything as his mouth could not go into   Fantastic range of enrichment
         Suppose you find an injured dog on the street. You call your friend who has a
         the class.                   irritated                                    tricked
         pet dog and ask him for his advice. Follow the conversation and enact it in
                        21 st c collaboration and communication    Time to listen  activities designed to build
                                          Time to speak
                          Actually,                       Your teacher will describe a few birds to you. Sequence the pictures in the
              Hello, Ranjan!
                         I found this   Rima is lost in the fair. She is asking a policeman for help. Follow the
              Can you please
                         injured dog in          21 st c collaboration and communication  correct order.*
              help me?   your street. How   conversation and enact it with your partner.      confidence and interpersonal
                         can we help it?
                                                 Yes, my
                                     Excuse me, Sir,
                                     can you please   dear child. Is
                                      help me?  everything all                    skills among students
                                                 right?
          Hello,
         Shirish! Sure!                         Don’t worry.
                   If it’s badly     I am lost and   I’ll help you
         Is everything
                                      I can’t find   look for your
          ok?      injured, let’s take
                                      my uncle
                   it to the vet. She            uncle.
                   will be able to    anywhere.
                  treat it properly.
                                    Tell me your   My name is Rima
                                   name and age along   and I am 7 years old.
                                    with your uncle’s   My uncle’s name is
                                    name. I’ll make an   Rajesh. He is wearing
        *  For listening text, turn to page 119.
                                    announcement on   a red panjabi.
                                     your behalf.                               115
                            25    *  For listening text, turn to page 119.  *  For listening text, turn to page 120.
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                                                                   Activities
             Writing
                                                                   Fun games, projects, crafts and mazes that
             Clear and concise layouts and scaffolding train
                                                                   offer students an opportunity to play, learn,
             students to write effectively and succinctly
                                                                   experiment and creatively express themselves
                     Time to speak            Time to write                  Fun time                 Fun time
                                      Who do you think is cleverer the hare in the story ‘Tug of War’ or the crow in   This game tells you what to do in case you are lost. Get into pairs. Roll a   Let us learn how to draw a crane with the number 2.  art integration
            Suppose, the louse is telling a friend how it travelled from one place to another
                                                                   dice and move your counter when you get a six. For every right step, you go
            in search of a new home. Enact their conversation with a friend.
                                                       life skill  critical thinking
                            21 st c collaboration and communication  this play? Write how they are similar and how they are different by completing  forwards. For every wrong move, you go backwards.    1.  2.
                     Time to write    the diagram.                              life skill  critical thinking  life skill  self-awareness
            story map.                           clever—foolish
            All stories have three parts a beginning, a middle and an end. This is called the
                                       live in the forest  knows  what  he  can  do  and   You remember  Move 3
                                                                        a nearby
                                       weak and helpless                landmark to   steps
           Now, construct a story map for ‘The Louse’s New House’ .
                             life skill  analytical thinking  what he cannot do  your house.
              Title                    no special talent  boasts to impress the king  Go
                   people/animals in
                           where the story
                    the story
                            takes place               the crow               You board   You walk      4.
                                                                                      back
                                         the hare          vs                any vehicle   to your   3.
                                                                             to reach
                                                                                      house
                                                                              home.   alone.
                                                                        You know   Move   Move
                                                                        your
                     Beginning                  Similarities  Differences  parent‛s   back 3   back 2
                                         Differences                   full name.  steps  steps
             The louse lived on the hair of a little girl. But
                                                                      Move 4
                                                                      steps
                                                                         Congratulations!!
                                                                          You‛re home.
                                                                   You take
                                                                   help from
                                                                   a stranger.
                     Middle                                         Move
                                                                    back 5
            home, the louse                                         steps
             The louse jumped from the girl’s head to a boy’s head. When the boy reached
                                                                          You take   You know
                                                                          help from   your
                                                                          a traffi  c   Move 5   mom‛s
                                                                          police.
                                                                            steps   or dad‛s
                     End                                                            mobile
                                                                                    number.
            the louse                                                              Move 6
                                                                                   steps
            The louse reached the palace and felt happy. When the king went off to sleep,
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