English: Class 5 — Chapter 1: Papa's Spectacles

Poem: Papa's Spectacles

A humorous poem about a father who loses his spectacles and searches everywhere for them, only to find they were on his head all along.

Poem Recitation

Today our papa
Is searching everywhere,
He has lost his spectacles,
It was his only pair!

He can't read the newspaper,
He can't watch TV,
He can't cut the vegetables,
Oh! Where can it be?

He checked inside his pockets,
He glanced under his chair,
He searched near the window,
He looked everywhere.

I told him, "Stop, Papa!"
I went up close, and said!
"Papa, your spectacles
Are right there on your head!"

Vocabulary & Word Study

New Words

  • spectacles: Glasses used to clear vision.
  • pair: A set of two things used together.
  • glanced: Took a brief or hurried look.
  • searching: Looking for something.

The Phrase 'A Pair of'

Used for items that come in twos or have two connected parts:

  • A pair of scissors
  • A pair of trousers
  • A pair of spectacles
  • A pair of socks
  • A pair of gloves
  • A pair of earrings
  • A pair of rackets

Spelling Practice

Correct spellings of commonly misspelled words:

  • water (not watter/weter)
  • vegetables (not vegatables/veggetables)
  • balloon (not baloon/ballon)
  • house (not hause/houze)
  • elephant (not elefant/ellephant)
  • spectacles (not spactacles/spektacles)
  • carpenter (not karpenter/carpainter)
  • fruit (not fruitt/friut)
  • receive (not recieve/raceive)
  • principal (not prinsipal/princpal)
Grammar & Language Study

Prepositions

Fill in the blanks using correct prepositions: around, after, before, in, above, on, among.

Ascending Order (Size/Weight)

Arranging objects from smallest/lightest to biggest/heaviest:

  • Handkerchief → Towel → Bedsheet → Sari
  • Cherry → Strawberry → Apple → Watermelon
  • Fourteen → Twenty-nine → Forty-seven → Ninety-one
  • Sparrow → Crow → Hen → Eagle
  • Squirrel → Rabbit → Ox → Elephant
Listening & Speaking

Word Pairs (Pronunciation)

Distinguishing sounds in word pairs:

  • pair - peer
  • ate - eight
  • bed - bad
  • knot - not
  • fair - fare
  • hair - hare
  • fair - fear
  • where - were
  • sun - son
  • deer - dear
  • cold - could
  • heal - heel
  • knot - note
  • dare - dear
  • wood - would
  • fill - feel

Names for Father

Exploring different words used to address a father in various languages (e.g., Papa, Father, Dad, Pitaji, Appa, Baba).

Activities & Just for Fun

Riddle

Riddle: I go to the market, I lovingly bring you home, I sit in front of you, And I cry, cry, cry. What is it?

Answer: An onion.