← Back 🏠 Home

English: Class 2 — Chapter 3: It is Fun

Poem: It is Fun

This poem celebrates the joy of movement and pretending to be different animals.

Poem Verses

It’s fun to be this,
It’s fun to be that,
To leap like a lamb,
To climb like a cat.

To hop like a frog,
To swim like a fish,
To trot like a horse,
To fly like a bird.

I can act
Just like them all,
It’s fun to be this,
It’s fun to be that.

Vocabulary & Sight Words

Sight Words: this, that, like, to, them, all, none

New Words: fun, climb, leap, swim, trot, fly

Let us Speak & Write

Speaking Activities

  • Animal Sounds: Listen to and identify sounds like the croaking of a frog, cackling of a hen, quack of a duck, and bleat of a sheep.
  • Role Play: Answer questions about what you would do as different animals (e.g., "If you were a cat, what would you do?").
  • Sentence Making: Use action words like climb, leap, swim, trot, and fly in sentences (e.g., "Monkeys climb trees.").

Writing Exercises

  • Complete sentences about animal actions: "I can [action] like a [animal]."
  • Identify animals/birds that can swim (other than fish).
  • Identify animals that live on trees.
  • Answer comprehension questions about the poem's activities.
Picture Reading

Observe the underwater scene and describe what you see. Key elements in the picture include:

Let us Think: Matching Actions

Match the animals to their characteristic movements:

Phonics & Song of I

Short 'i' Sound Words

  • Group 1: an inch, an inkpot, an igloo
  • Group 2: a pin, a list, a fish
  • Group 3: a bin, a ring, a ship

Song of I

I is both a letter and a word (clap clap clap)
I is both a letter and a word (clap clap clap)
Even though they look the same
You use I and not your name
I is both a letter and a word. (clap clap clap)

Let us Draw: Rangoli

Follow the step-by-step dot grid instructions to draw and color a beautiful Rangoli pattern.