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English: Class 3 — Chapter 10: Night

Unit 4: The Sky - Picture Reading

Before starting the poem, the unit begins with an interactive picture reading activity based on a busy street scene to foster observation skills.

Observation Questions

  • What can you see on both sides of the street?
  • Why are there two dustbins? Do you know why one is blue and the other is green in colour?
  • Why is the man in dark glasses holding a white stick?
  • Do you know which toy the boys are playing with?
  • How many bullock-carts are there in the picture?
  • Name the different animals in the picture.
Poem: Night

A gentle poem exploring a child's wonder about where the sun goes at night and the transition from day to night.

Poem Recitation

Stanza 1:
The sun that shines all day so bright,
I wonder where it goes at night.
It sinks behind a distant hill
And all the world grows dark and still.

Stanza 2:
And then I go to bed and sleep
Until the day begins to peep.
And when my eyes open,
I see the Sun is
shining down on me.

New Words & Meanings

  • wonder: To feel curious or want to know something.
  • distant: Far away in space or time.
  • peep: To look quickly or peer through a small opening; here, it refers to the early appearance of daylight.
Exercises & Activities

Let us think (Comprehension)

A. Answer the following:

  1. Where does the Sun go after the end of the day?
  2. Which among the following needs the Sun? Why? (Options: sunflower, toys, plants, table, children)
  3. The poem talks about the Sun in the sky. What else do you see when you look up at the sky?

B. Think and answer:

  1. What different colours do we get to see during sunrise and sunset?
  2. What do you see when you look at the sky at night?
  3. How do you feel when you open your eyes in the morning?
  4. Imagine a day when the Sun doesn’t come out. Talk about how the day would be.

Let us do & Let us speak (Language Games & Phonics)

Game: "I Spy"

A fun classroom game where a 'Spy' secretly chooses an object in the room and gives a clue starting with: "I spy with my little eye something that is...". Other students guess the object, and the correct guesser becomes the next Spy.

Phonics & Pronunciation:

Practice pronouncing words starting with consonant blends:

  • sp blend: spy, spin, spoon, splash
  • st blend: stars, star, storm, store, stain, stick, stair
  • sk blend: sky, skin, skate

Let us learn (Vocabulary & Word Building)

A. Sky Vocabulary: Identify and circle words associated with the sky from the list below:

  • Stars, Storm, Sun, Moon, Rain, Clouds, Rainbow

B. Compound Words with 'Sun': Combine 'Sun' with other words to create new compound words:

  • Sun + light = Sunlight
  • Sun + flower = Sunflower
  • Sun + rays = Sunrays
  • Sun + set = Sunset
  • Sun + rise = Sunrise
  • Sun + glasses = Sunglasses
  • Sun + day = Sunday