If I could walk on a rainbow, I think it would take me up into the sky.
Let us Learn (Page 29)
A. Rearrange the letters of each word to form a meaningful word from the poem. Write them in the space provided.
Answer:
1. sail
2. river
3. sea
4. clouds
5. bridges
6. heaven
7. overtops
8. bow
9. road
B. Work in pairs. One of you moves a finger around in the circle. When your partner says ‘Stop’, perform the action indicated by the segment that the finger lands on.
Answer:
New title for the poem: The Magic Bridge
Rhyming pairs: seas-these, please- trees.
Images in mind: Boats, ships, rainbow, clouds, bridges, trees, road, rivers, sky
Words repeated: sail, rivers, sky, prettier, these bridges.
Musical instrument for singing: Flute
Let us Listen (Page 30)
Sit in a circle and listen to the words read aloud by your teacher. Give five rhyming words for each word as indicated.
Answer:
Ship: tip, dip, lip, rip, flip
Tree: bee, free, see, three, spree
Bow: how, now, cow, meow, allow
Rain: pain, gain, main, train, plain
Sun: fun, run, bun, done, none
Sea: bee, tea, knee, plea, spree
Sail: mail, pail, nail, tail, fail
And: sand, band, hand, land, stand
Sky: fly, my, by, tie, try
Far: car, star, bar, jar, guitar
Note to the Teacher
Draw learners attention to the aspect of sound. The focus should be on the sound and not on the spelling. You may select more words according to the level of your learners.
Let us Speak (Page 31-32)
Recite the poem given below in three ways:
a. In a happy voice
b. In an angry voice
c. In a surprised voice
Answer:
Do it yourself.
1. Colours
You have a few crayons,
Red, yellow and blue.
Green, purple and black,
I have some too
I need the red
and you need the black.
If we share our crayons,
we have a full pack!
— Santoor, Grade 3
2. Aachoo!
Once a mighty elephant,
Got a mighty cold.
It went to buy a handkerchief
Where handkerchiefs were sold.
“A hanky for an elephant?”
The sales girl was surprised.
“Sorry sir but we don’t have
A handkerchief that size.”
“AACHOO! said the elephant.
And shook its mighty head,
“Forget about the handkerchief
Give me a sheet Instead.”
— Santoor. Grade 3
Note to the Teacher
You may recite another poem in different’ voices to demonstrate different emotions. Ask learners about feelings that the person reciting the poem is trying to convey. Draw their attention towards gestures and expressions. Learners may recite the poems individually or in pairs.
Let Us Write (Page 33-38)
A. The poem The Rainbow mentions boats and ships and their journey across the water bodies. You too may have travelled to different places. Share your experience of travelling to any one place with your class.
Write a short paragraph of 80-100 words about your journey to a place you visited recently.
You may include the following points in your paragraph:
Time of journey and destination
Purpose of travel
Whom you travelled with
Things you liked or disliked during your travel
Local dishes and snacks
Monument, landmark or scenery
Answer:
Sample: Last summer, I visited Jaipur with my family. We travelled by train and reached there in the morning. The purpose of our visit was to see the famous forts and palaces. I enjoyed the journey with my parents and younger sister. I liked the beautiful palaces and the delicious local snacks like kachori and jalebi. We also visited the Hawa Mahal, which was very impressive. The trip was memorable and I enjoyed every moment.
Note to the Teacher
FOCUS should be on the experience of travelling and not on the place visited by the learners.
Learners may share experiences of travelling to meet their relatives.
Revisit the rules of past tense before assigning this activity.
Facilitators are also encouraged to share their travelling experiences with the learners.
B. A word joins a ‘friend word’ to make new words, as shown below. Complete the table.
Answer:
Word
Friend word
New word
rain
bow
rainbow
tea
cup
teacup
wrist
watch
wristwatch
arm
chair
armchair
earth
worm
earthworm
sun
flower
sunflower
table
cloth
tablecloth
note
book
notebook
ear
ring
earring
tooth
paste
toothpaste
Read the following sentences.
a) I have seen a bridge made of roots in Meghalaya. In the above sentence, the word ‘bridge’ is a noun.
b) Some planks of woods were used to bridge the stream.
In the above sentence, the word ‘bridge’ is a verb.
C. The following words are both nouns and verbs. Create two sentences for each word, once as a noun and then as a verb and write them in your notebook.
1. cut
2. bat
3. picture
4. cry
5. filter
6. dance
7. plant
8. paint
9. fly
10. face
Answer:
1. Cut
Noun: I have a cut on my finger.
Verb: Please cut the paper.
2. Bat
Noun: He hit the ball with a bat.
Verb: Indian cricketers bat excellently.
3. Picture
Noun: The picture is beautiful.
Verb: Can you picture yourself on a rainbow?
(Continue similarly for the rest.)
4. Cry
Noun: He let out a cry of pain.
Verb: You will cry tears of joy.
5. Filter
Noun: She used a filter on her camera to get the perfect shot.
Verb: The crowd began to filter into the arena.
6. Dance
Noun: The children learned a new dance at school.
Verb: He asked her to dance at the party.
7. Plant
Noun: Plant gives us food.
Verb: I am trying to plant the idea in his mind.
8. Paint
Noun: The green paint on the wall looks very beautiful.
Verb: She used different colours to paint her drawing.
9. Fly
Noun: A fly landed in the glass of water.
Verb: She likes to fly kites.
10. Face
Noun: She has a beautiful face.
Verb: We should face the problem together.
Note to the Teacher
Create sentences using the above words and share them with learners.
Encourage the learners to work in pairs or small groups and share their sentences with their peers.
D. 1. Write the opposites of the following words in the space provided. All your answers must begin with an ‘S’.
Answer:
(a) small
(b) strong
(c) slow
(d) smooth
(e) sharp
(f) straight
(g) start
(h) subtraction
(i) simple
(j) severe
(k) sharp
Now, make sentences using the words that you have written in the blanks. Write them in your notebook.
Answer:
(a) small: My schoolbag is very small.
(b) strong: We must eat nutritious food to become healthy and strong.
(c) slow: My watch is slow.
(d) smooth: The floor of the classroom is very smooth.
(e) sharp: Ananya’s mind is very sharp.
(j) straight: Draw a straight line on this page.
(g) start: Now you should start to study early in the morning.
(h) subtraction: In class 1, we practised addition and subtraction.
(i) simple: This is a very simple question.
(J) severe: He has severe pain in chest.
(k) sharp: We should not play with sharp things.