Lesson 1
Ten Little Fingers
Ten little fingers, ten little toes,
টেন লিটিল ফিংগারস্, টেন লিটিল টউস,
Two little ears and one little nose,
টু লিটিল ইয়ারস্ এণ্ড ওয়ান লিটিল নউস,
Two little eyes that shine so bright
টু লিটিল আইজস দেট সাইন সো ব্রাইট
And one little mouth
এণ্ড ওয়ান লিটিল মাউথ
To kiss mother good night.
টু কিছ মাদার গুড নাইট।
ACTIVITIES
1. Match the pictures with the words:
2. Practise saying rhyming words. Your teacher will read the first word in each row. Read the other two:
| rose | nose | toes |
| bright | night | light |
| ear | hear | near |
| ten | pen | hen |
| eyes | rise | prize |
3. A baby duck is called a duckling. Do you know the names of other baby animals?
4. a) Match the names of animals and birds with their young ones :
4. b) Now, write the correct pairs. One is done for you:
| goat | kid |
| hen | chick |
| pig | piglet |
| cow | calf |
| duck | duckling |
| horse | pony |
| cat | kitten |
| tiger | cub |
| dog | puppy |
5, Look at the pictures and let’s read:
The cow licks her calf clean.
The chicks sleep under their mother’s wings.
The ducklings sleep with their mother.
Mother kisses her baby good night.
Baby foxes sleep in a hole.
6. Let’s see how much we have understood:
a) What does the cow do?
Ans :- The cow licks her calf clean.
b) Where do the chicks sleep?
Ans :- The chicks sleep under their mother’s wings.
C) With whom do the ducklings sleep?
Ans :- The ducklings sleep with their mother.
d) Where do baby foxes sleep?
Ans :- Baby foxes sleep in a hole.
7. a) Say what you see in the picture :
7. b) Write the words in the frame below :
| The boat is moving on the river. Lily flowers are floating in the river. The ducks are moving in the river. There is a tree on the other side of the river. |
8. Project: Collect or draw pictures of animals and birds with their young ones. Paste them on a chart paper and write their names under each picture.
9. Listen to a story about a duck and her ducklings :
10. Say ‘yes’ or ‘no’:
a) Mother Duck and her ducklings lived near a lake. yes
b) Mother Duck and her ducklings swam in the lake. yes
c) A tiger was looking at them. No
d) Mother Duck was worried. yes
e) Mother Duck walked fast. yes
f) The fox went away happily. No
11. Listen to your teacher and draw what you understand:
Mother Duck swims in the lake.
12. a) Lok at the picture and read what the ducklings do every day:
The ducklings and their mother live in a lake. The ducklings swim in the lake. They play near the lake.
12. b) Look at the picture and read what the ducklings did when the fox came:
The ducklings ran to the lake. They Swam in the lake. They felt happy tO see Mother Duck coming back.
12. c) Now, copy two sentences about what the ducklings do:
13. Fill in the blanks with the correct words to complete th following sentences to show what happened to Mother Duc and her ducklings:
Mother Duck and her ducklings lived (live/lived) in a lake. She and her ducklings loved (love/loved) to swim in the lake. One day they heard (hear/heard) the cry of a fox. Mother Duck wanted (want/wanted) to save the ducklings from the fox. She told (tell/told) her ducklings to run to the lake.She walked (walk/walked) very fast. She went (go/went) far away from the ducklings. The foolish fox followed (follow/followed) her. She returned (return/returned) to the lake when she saw her ducklings safe.
14. There is a park beside the lake. Children play there. Read the coloured signs in the park. Some of them tell us what we should do and what we shouldn’t do. Work with a friend and try to write another sign:
15. Handwriting :
Ten Little Fingers
Ten Little Fingers
