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The letters and the sounds of the alphabet

Brainstorm How many letters are there in the alphabet? How many vowels and consonants are there? What are vowels and consonants?

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A. Colour the vowels red and the consonants green.


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C. Circle the words that begin with a vowel and underline the words that begin with a consonant.

snowball aeroplane field goat

light ears well owl

unicorn chair icon umbrella

hen orange inkpot fan

B. Fill in the blanks with the missing vowels.

p p l

c c r m

f x

n t s

d l l

y

c r b f s h


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Let us knowAll the 26 letters in the English alphabet have their own sounds. Only the vowels (a, e, i, o, u) have a short sound and a long sound.

D. Read these words and find the difference in sounds.

1. apple – letter ‘a’ has a short sound

ape – letter ‘a’ has a long sound

2. elephant – letter ‘e’ has a short sound

eagle – letter ‘e’ has a long sound

3. igloo – letter ‘i’ has a short sound

ice cream – letter ‘i’ has a long sound

4. octopus – letter ‘o’ has a short sound

owner – letter ‘o’ has a long sound

5. umbrella – letter ‘u’ has a short sound

urgent – letter ‘u’ has a long sound

E. Make more words using the short and long sounds of vowels.


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F. Create three or four letter words with the following pictures. Circle the vowels, and underline the consonants.


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G. Explore and build the caterpillar word family. Circle the vowels.

Example: at - cat hat mat sat bat

an -

en -

in -

op -

ug -

H. Fill in with consonants in the blanks. Use the clues given.

1. ee [a vehicle]

2. u e [eat with bread]

3. a e [fruit]

4. oo [read]

5. e i [helps to write]

Teacher’s cornerGive as many words as possible

focussing on ‘sound’ to differentiate between vowel sound

and consonant sound.


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Activity 2Let us play the game - March around the Alphabet.Write each letter of the alphabet on large index cards. Be sure to put the capital letter on one side and the lowercase on the other.• Spread the letter cards out on the floor.• Seat the children in a circle around the letter cards.• As you play an upbeat music (any choice), the children ‘March

around the Alphabet’.• Instruct the children to freeze, bend down, and pick up a letter near

their toes when the music stops.• Now the children hold their letter cards and wait for the teacher to

call upon them to tell what letter they have in their hands; they alsomention if it is a vowel or a consonant and give a related word to it.

Fun time

Activity 1Word buildingGet the students in a circle. Let one student say a word. The next student should say a word beginning with the last letter of the first student’s word. The cycle goes on till everyone gets to say a word.


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Naming words - (nouns)

Brainstorm Recap the letters of the alphabet differentiating the vowels and

consonants by playing a game with the children. Ask them to clap their hands when the letter is a vowel and

touch their head when it is a consonant.

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Let us knowA naming word names a person, a place, a thing, or an animal.

Examples of naming words for a person – girl, teacher, nurse, doctor

A. Match the naming word of the person to the picture.

baby boypostman gardener shopkeeper


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B. Match the naming word of the place to the picture.

bank

zoo

playground

classroom

school


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C. Match the naming word of the thing to the picture.

phone

chair

bench

TV

bus


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E. Read the sentences. Complete the blanks with the names of places.

1. You enjoy playing with your friends in the .

2. You buy fruits and vegetables in the .

3. You watch a movie and have fun with familyin the .

4. You learn new things and values inthe .

Teacher’s cornerRecap the meaning of a noun and

ask the children to give a few more examples of nouns.

D. Write the names of these nouns.


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F. The words given in these lists are nouns. But one noun is different from the others. Underline the one which is different.

Example: apple, orange, mango, wood, banana, grapes

The word which is a different noun is ‘wood’. All the other words are names of fruits.

1. milk, coffee, water, tea, ink, juice – names of

2. coat, cap, shoe, frock, head, shirt – names of

3. tomato, onion, carrot, egg, potato – names of

4. Saturday, Monday, Tuesday, January, Thursday – names of

5. mason, tailor, painter, tiger, teacher – names of

Let us knowThe names of a special person or place begin with a capital letter. It is called a proper noun.

Example: Rekha, Bala, Sudha, Chennai, Delhi, America

5. The place where you sturdy is a .

6. The place where you stay is a .

7. The place where you board a train is a .


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G. Circle the naming words and underline the special names.

1. Tom and Jerry are best friends.

2. I call my dog Tuffy.

3. Ramesh can ride a bike.

4. Sita likes to eat a lot of chocolates.

5. Gita is playing in the garden.

6. My parrot, Prithvi can whistle loudly.

H. Underline the special names and fill in the blanks.

1. I saw the Taj Mahal.

It is the special name of a .

2. Roshan Sen is a dentist.


3. Kitty and Minny play with each other.

They are special names of .


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Let us knowA common noun names a person, animal, place, thing or idea. It is not specific or special.

Example: birds, animals, people, country

I. Underline the naming words in the following sentences.

1. The book and pencil are kept on the table.

2. The woman drives the car.

3. The boy ate all the chocolates.

4. We get ice cream and butter from milk.

5. The moon and the stars shine in the sky at night.

6. We watched the rocket take off.

7. Mary threw the stone into the lake.

4. Asia is the largest continent.


5. The Eiffel Tower is one of the tallest buildings in the world.



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8. I drink milk with my cookies.

9. She walked up the stairs to her bedroom.

10. The bus stops at the bus stop.

J. Find the nouns and circle the persons in red, the places in blue and the things in green.

1. The boy went swimming in the ocean.

2. Ice cream and cookies are the best desserts.

3. Suresh wants to take a trip to the mountains.

4. Grandpa lives in an igloo in Alaska.

5. The team does not practise volleyball in summer.

6. My brother took a bus to the zoo to see the bears.

7. I always wash my face before going to bed.

8. Arun collects model cars and boats.

9. The pine trees in the forests are taller than most houses.

10. The actor won an award for his movie about dwarfs.


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Fun time

Activity 1ABC NounsWrite the letters A to Z on flashcards, and put them in a pile. In a second pile, place flashcards with the words ‘person,’ ‘place,’ ‘thing,’ ‘animal’ on them. Instruct two students to stand up. Ask them to read a letter from one pile and give a word starting with that letter. Then they should match the type of noun from the other pile to that word. The student who gets the answer correct first, advances to the next student’s desk, and the other student sits down.

Activity 2Guess the Sport Ask students to pick a sport that they enjoy. Let them write a list of nouns that relate to the sport. (For example, for basketball, they might choose ‘court,’ ‘basket,’ ‘backboard,’ and ‘rim.’) Have them stand up and read their lists aloud, and encourage the rest of the class to guess the name of the sport the list describes.

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