English: Class 1 — Chapter 3: Picture Time

Chapter Overview

Unit 2: Life Around Us

Chapter 1: Picture Time

This chapter introduces young learners to the world of animals and numbers through interactive pictures, rhymes, and engaging activities. It focuses on vocabulary building, counting, and basic phonics/rhyming words.

Picture Time (Let us speak)

An interactive picture discussion featuring various animals in their natural habitat. Students observe the illustration and answer the following questions:

What do you see in this picture?
Can you name these animals?
Do you know the names of each animal in English?
Where have you seen them?
Are there any birds in the picture? Can you name them?
Can you see the snakes? How many are there?
What is the monkey doing?

Fun with Numbers (Let us sing)

Poem: Once I Caught a Fish Alive

One, two, three, four, five,
Once I caught a fish alive.
Six, seven, eight, nine, ten,
Then I let it go again.

Discussion & Drawing Activities

Let us speak: Have you seen a fish? Where did you see it? What was its colour?
Let us draw: Join the letters in the correct alphabetical order from a to z to complete the picture of the fish and colour it.

Five Little Monkeys (Let us sing)

Poem: Five Little Monkeys

Five little monkeys jumping on a tree,
One fell down and bumped his knee.
Ah! Ah! Ah!

Four little monkeys jumping on a tree,
One fell down and bumped his knee.
Ah! Ah! Ah!

Three little monkeys jumping on a tree,
One fell down and bumped his knee.
Ah! Ah! Ah!

Two little monkeys jumping on a tree,
One fell down and bumped his knee.
Ah! Ah! Ah!

One little monkey jumping on a tree,
One fell down and bumped his knee.
Ah! Ah! Ah!

Now, no more monkeys jumping on a tree,
Each of them is holding his knee!

Vocabulary & Word Study

Sight Words: each, is, and
New Words: one, two, three, four, five, little, fell, bumped, holding

Activities & Exercises (Let us do)

1. Word Search

Circle the word little in the poem "Five Little Monkeys" wherever you find it.

2. Rhyming Words

Notice the rhyming words in the songs: five-alive and tree-knee.

Make rhyming words for Ten by using letters from the help box (h, p, m, d):

3. Number Rhymes

Ask your parents or elders at home for any other number rhyme in any language and share it in class.

4. Animal Matching

Match the following animals with their names:

Lion
Monkey
Fish
Elephant
Frog
Rabbit