Pallavi Borgohain

Chapter prepared by :Pallavi Borgohain. M.A.; B.ED., LLB. Chapter 1 Charming Birds Targeted age group: 8 to 10 yrs Class: 3 Subject: English Date: 2.3.2017 Brush up: (What is the sound of a bird called? How does a bird sing? We say a bird chirp. ) Here is a poem for you to learn. Main text Charming Birds Two little charming birds, Sat on a chair, One’s name is Charlie, The other named Cherry. Charlie went to church gate, To say his prayers, Chee chee he sang, All with tears. Cheer sat idle, Looking at the sea, There passed a Chameleon, Saying Cheers, cheers cheers. {Glossary: 1. Idle: lazy 2. Charming: beautiful } Learn Pronunciation: Charming, Cheers, Chameleon, Charlie, chee (Encompasses skill development, ie pronouncing ability) Exercise: A. Answer the following questions: 1. What were the names of the two birds? 2. What was Charlie doing? 3. Why did Charlie go to the church? 4. What was cheers doing? 5. What did cherry see? B: Write( t )for true and (f )for false statements 1. Cherry was very active bird. 2. Charlie went to the church for prayers 3. Charlie was singing. 4. Cherry was crying. 5. Cherry saw a deer. C: Fill in the blanks, use the help box. (Help Box: Chameleon, Church, Bird, praying, idle) 1. Cherry was sitting.............................. 2. Charlie went to the ...........to pray. 3. Charlie was in tears while........................ 4. The........................shouted Cheers. 5. Charlie and Cherry were two charming ............. D. Write five sentences on character of the Chameleon (Take help from your teacher) D. Read the following story and learn how a little boy through his wisdom deed impossible tasks that elders could not do. Once upon a time there lived a king who was very fond of adventure. One day, he went for hunting. He could not kill any animals that day. But while he reached deep in the forest he saw something very shiny. He went near the shiny little thing. It was a bead made of Ruby without any chain attached to it. The chain was laying beside the bead. The king picked up the chain and the bead. He brought it to the palace and tried to put the bead inside the chain. But the hole was in such a zig zag manner that no one could do it. At last a small little boy came to put the chain in to the bead. Everyone thought that how will this little boy do the work which no one could do. The boy was a poor villager who had spend all his time hunting and collecting honey in the forest. So from his bag he took out a small bottle of honey and poured it in the hole of the bead and placed the tip of the chain with some more honey. He waited for sometime observing the bead without even winking his eyes. After sometime, some ants came to the place where honey was thrown by the little boy. They slowly tasted the honey put on the tip of the chain and started exploring for more. Soon thousands of Ants joined together and pulled the tip of the chain following the path where honey was thrown. Honey was spreaded to the other end of the bead’s hole. After an hour it is seen that the ants pulled the chain through the bead. Finally the little boy did it which many elderly and learned people could not do. The people in the king’s palace were impressed by the boy’s wit. He was rewarded for his wisdom. Now tell me what have you learned from the story? Find out more ch-words in the story with the help of your teacher. Activity: 1. Draw two birds and colour them. Put dialogues in bubbles to express their feelings when both of them became failure in searching food. (Instruction: dotted lines for birds should be given.) 2. List some names of birds that have same sweet sounds. Summary of the poem: { The poem is about two little birds and how they spend their leisure time. The two birds are charming and they are good friends. They both are different in nature. Charlie was an active bird but cherry was an idle bird. Charlie was emotional too. He cried while he prayed to God. The other bird Cherry sat idle sitting alone. Then a chameleon comes and teases Cherry saying cheers many times. The chameleon is known for his changing colours and cunning nature too. Through his way of teasing the bird its nature is depicted. }