Main Course Book 1

Lesson Plan for Class I

Before commencing the lesson, it is important to develop curiosity in children; curiosity how you are going to start a lesson, what new things you will introduce, where will the discussion will take place (you do not always have to study in the classroom) and what activities will be conducted.

1. Main Course Book 1

Lesson 1: The Park in front of my House

Class I

Learning Outcome / The children should be well versed with things they see in the park. They will know the English words for all swings and slides. This will increase their vocabulary and will help them converse better in the English language.
Poems / Where shall we go?
What shall we play?
What shall we do
On a hot summer day?
We’ll sit on a swing,
Go low, go high.
And drink lemonade
Till the glass is dry.
One straw for you,
One straw for me.
In the cool green shade
Of the banyan tree.
Optional
Project Work / Material Required /

Scan the picture in the book to a larger size, paste on a chart paper and laminate or cover with a plastic sheet. Initially picture reading can be done from this chart.
Once the children have done picture reading, encourage them to make a story of their own with the pictures on page 3. Encourage them to talk about the park they visit.
In art class, let the children draw and colour a park.
This is the first lesson; hence bonding is very important for the children. Take them into the school compound. Take a big ball and let them play ‘Throw and Catch’.
In the school playground, fly kites with the children.
Worksheets: ‘Draw/colour the things you see at the Park’, ‘Mark U for Up and D for Down’ (Give pictures of children sitting on swing, slide and see-saw), ‘Colour the animals/birds you see at the park etc.

Reading/Picture Talk
1 period / This will be best done outdoors. This will be a good icebreaker activity. Take the scanned picture and make the children sit on ground. Tell them what a park is, why we need parks and the importance of trees and plants. The children should also know why the park should be kept tidy, why we must not pluck flowers, grass or leaves and why we should refrain from climbing trees. Talk about the things they can see in the picture. Encourage the children to converse about the park they visit or the one they like best.
The learning outcome of the lesson should be clear to them.
Look, tell, listen…
1 period / A: This will get covered in Picture Talk
B: Let each child depict any five actions from the picture or you can give the option of a different action and ask the rest of the class to guess.
C: This should be covered while doing the picture talk.
D: This exercise can be done in class and a worksheet can be given for homework.
E: Can be done in class and a worksheet given for homework.
F: This should be done in class, as the children will require plenty of guidance and explaining.
G: Can be given for homework.

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Lesson 6: Play Time

Class I

Learning Outcome / The children should learn new games or know the English names for the games they already play. They should be well versed with all the games. The students can experience playing games in the lesson plus some new ones also which the teacher can introduce them to. Inculcate in the children the need to give, take and share.
Poems / Reading Is Not Hard At All.
Reading is not hard at all,
Whether you are big or small,
Reading is not hard at all,
Come and read with me.
Playing is not hard at all,
Whether you are big or small,
Playing is not hard at all,
Come and play with me.
Skipping is not hard at all,
Whether you are big or small,
Skipping is not hard at all,
Come and skip with me.
Optional
Project Work /
Material Required /

Some other games are skipping a rope, playing ball and bat, hockey stick and kitchen set etc. Guide the children to play in an organised manner.
Ask students to draw their favourite toy or game during art class.
Let all the children bring their favourite toy or game to school to share with other children.
Group Activity: Take the children to the school grounds and let them enjoy playing cricket, football etc.
Worksheets: ‘Cross the objects which are not toys’, ‘Draw your play area/room’, ‘Crossword’ etc.

Reading
Exercises
1 period / The teacher should read the lesson to the children and then encourage them to read. Discuss various games and toys students like to play with.
The learning outcome of the lesson should be clear to them.
A: Organize a quiz for the children. Make two teams. In place of pictures from the book, let the children act or play a game and the other team can guess.
B: This can be done in class and more crossword puzzles can also be given to them for homework.
C: Can be given for homework. Ask them to draw pictures as well.

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Lesson 9: The Vegetable Market

Class I

Learning Outcome / The children will know not only the names and colours of all the vegetables, but should also gain knowledge about the vitamins and minerals we get from them. They should be familiar with the texture, shape, and taste of the vegetable. The children should be acquainted with the thickness of the peel and whether it is edible or not.
Extra Poems /

Vegetables

Vegetables are round and vegetables are long,
They all make us very strong.
Turnip, garlic, beetroot, potato, onion, yam,
Are big and round and grow under the ground.
Peas and beans, gourds and cucumbers,
Are long vegetables and grow on creepers.
Optional
Project work /
Material Required /

Group activity: Make cutouts of vegetables and money. Then create a market scene in the class. Let some children be shopkeepers while others can purchase. This will develop the sense of money, buying and selling in the children.
Make a large cutout of each vegetable, tie it around the waist of the children and encourage them to talk about their shape, colour, size, nutrition etc.
Group activity: Bring all the different vegetables to class. Describe their shape to the students. Show the children the colours to enhance their chromatic sense. Let them feel the texture from outside. Then cut and let them feel the inside as well. This will develop their tactile sense. Let them weigh the vegetables, differentiate between heavy and light and develop their sense of weight.
Squeeze lemon, add sugar and help the children make lemon juice.
Blend tomatoes and carrots in a liquidizer and let the children drink that juice. Vegetable soup can also be made.
Xeroxed pictures of vegetables can be given for colouring during art class.
Worksheet: ‘Circle only the vegetables’, ‘Colour the green vegetables’, ‘Colour the round vegetables’, ‘Tick the vegetables which are long’.

Reading
Exercises
1 period / At first the teacher should read and explain the lesson and then encourage the children to take turns to read aloud.
The learning outcome of the lesson should be clear to them.
A: This can be given for homework.
B: Discuss all the answers and then help the children write the answers in their notebooks.
C: First discuss and then guide them to write in class.
D: Can be given for homework.
E: Can be given for homework. Ask the children to draw the vegetables as well.
F: A trip to the market can be organized.
G: A pictograph can be made and put up in class.

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Lesson 9: Poetry: Coloured Fingers

Class I

Learning Outcome / Children will learn the names of all the various colours, increasing their chromatic sense. They will understand that you do not always require a brush to paint with. Working with fingers will develop their fine motor movement and their eye hand coordination. The most important thing is that they will enjoy messing up and painting with their fingers. Let them paint freely.
A psychologist/your school counselor will be able to tell you a lot about the child by the colours he/she uses.
Optional
Project work /
Material Required /

Aprons for all the children are required before commencing these activities.
Let the children show their creative inclination. Give them plain sheets of paper and different colours. Let them dab colour with their fingers all over the sheet. As a teacher you will know how artistic the child is and whether his/her chromatic sense is developed.
Then give them a large xeroxed picture like a balloon, a ball or a flower and ask them to paint. Do not give the instruction ‘within the lines’ to them. Leave the colour choice to the children.
Now present them with a xeroxed picture of scenery where you can have mountains, river, trees, flowers, sun etc. Let them finger-paint it. Leave the colour choice to them. Allow them to paint freely.
With glazed or marble paper, cut out different shapes of all the colours that are there in the poem. Use them while reciting or singing it.

Group activity: Divide the class into 4 groups. Give each group two chart paper sheets joined lengthwise. Let them draw whatever they like and do finger painting. You can introduce them to hand painting as well.
Reading
1 period / Give a nice tune to the poem or recite it with expression and zest. Explain. Repeat it a number of times and let the children say it along with you. Tune or expression will help the children pick it up faster and will develop an interest in them as well.
The learning outcome of the poetry should be clear to them.

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5. The Storyteller 1

Lesson 5: The Little Cloud

Class I

Learning Outcome / Children will be very well versed with evaporation, condensation and water vapour - the entire water cycle.
Extra Poems / Water cycle
We get water from the rain,
Which pours down in our lane,
Gathering into the lake.
The sun shines bright,
And with all his might,
Takes all the water away.
The water forms clouds,
And the clouds rise up high,
Dashing each other.
And when they are hurt,
They begin to cry,
Dropping their tears together.
Optional
Project work /
Material Required /

Boil a pot of water and show the children water vapour or steam rising. Cover the vessel with a lid; then remove the lid after a few minutes for them to see condensation. Let the water boil for sometime. Show them how the quantity of water decreases after boiling for a while.

Group activity: Divide the children into 4 groups. Give each group a different project to do.

Give the first group a large piece of thermocole on which they can make a lake, grass and flowers. Some clothes, clouds, droplets, tree and sun can be made with chart paper. On one side of the thermocole, with the help of a thickish stick, the sun can be put up. The tree can be near the lake. A clothesline can be near the sun. Make two clouds; colour one white and the other gray. Stick the droplets on long pieces of string and hang them from the dark cloud. Water cycle project is ready.

Join 4 chart paper sheets lengthwise. Let the children paint the process or the water cycle. Put up on the soft board.
Give the children large cutouts of clouds, droplets, glue and plenty of cotton wool. Ask them to apply glue on the clouds, fluff up some cotton wool and stick. Stick droplets on a string and fix on the clouds. These can be hung all over the class.
Join 4 chart papers lengthwise. Let the children draw and paint the insects/birds/things they see when it rains. They can make a rainbow, peacock, frogs, snails, earthworms, mushrooms, puddles etc. Put up on the soft board.

Ask them to draw and colour the water cycle on paper.

Reading
2 days / The teacher should read and explain the chapter to the children. Then help them take turns and read. Encourage the children who are having problem while reading.
As there are no exercises after the lesson, form simple questions like ‘Who takes the water from the lakes and rivers to form clouds?’, ‘How does the water rise?’, ‘Which colour cloud gives us rain?’ etc.
The learning outcome of the lesson should be clear to them.

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