Fun With Language Book Part - - -· · ""'' -~ - - Ministry of Education, Guyana - ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Ministry of Education wishes to acknowledge the work done by the following persons who were involved in the production of the first edition: Landomae Fraser Florence Sukhdeo Megan Richmond Esther Ramchurjee Imelda Velloza Beryl Valentine Purity Li Janet Duport Jean Bovell Dr Sybil James Jennifer Anderson Fitzroy Marcus The work of the following persons who were involved in the production of the second edition is also acknowledged: Barbara Morgan Purity Li Evadne Williams Bibi S Ali * * * * * * * * * * ** * * * * * ** * * * * * © 2004 Ministry of Education, Georgetown, Guyana All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior permission of the copyright owner Published by the Ministry of Education Georgetown, Guyana Printed by Zenith Services Ltd Trinidad and Tobago Revised 2004 CONTENTS Page The Family at Home•• • • • • • An Accident • • • • • • • • • • We Go Fishing • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •11 A Visit • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •16 On My Way to School • • • • • • • • • • • • • •21 What Did I See? • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •26 Rescue • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 3'1 Shopping • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • A Birthday Party • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •41 10 Festivals in Guyana • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •46 11 Going Out • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •51 12 What I Did at Christmas • • • • • • • • • • • •56 13 The Weather • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •60 14 The Doctor's Visit • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •65 15 The Monster in the Dustbin • • • • • • • • • • • •70 Looking Back • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •75 Unit The Family at Home Lesson Talk about the picture Give the picture a title Draw your family Write about your family Lesson Look at the pictures Talk about them Read the incomplete sentences Copy the incomplete sentences in your book Read them Make them into complete sentences Lesson Talk about the picture Read these words takes water hangs clothes launders leaves r N./ cr( e1 The picture shows the family at work Draw your family at work Write a story about what they Begin like this: Every morning Lesson Phonics Sound T or t Listen to the rhyme below Ten Tall Telegraph Poles Ten tall telegraph poles Standing in a row Ten little black birds Flying to and fro Say the words: From the rhyme: Write all the words that begin with the t sound (t) Use three of them in sentences Lesson Review Read these words father mother brother sister baby Read these sentences My father is a store manager but he works in the garden My mother cooks our food and then goes to teach at the new school We eat our food in the evenings The baby eats her food Her food is mashed yams Copy and complete the sentences Put the correct word in the blank space Father (work, works) Baby (eat, eats) Mother (cook, cooks) in the garden her food our food We use eats, cooks, works for one person Lesson Phonics Sound br Name each picture: bread broom brush brown brag broom Say the words again Listen for the sound br Copy the words bread brown bring branch brush Write the br words you can read 67 brand Lesson Look at the picture Talk about it Listen to the poem Susie Sue Read the sentences Write them in your book Susie-Sue played in the mud and water She got wet and was sick Her mother took her to the Physician The Physician is a doctor who looks after sick people 68 Lesson Review Read the names of the pictures doctor Susie-Sue veterinary surgeon Read these sentences using the picture clues The The helped helped the animal Write these sentences in your book 69 Unit 15 The Monster in the Dustbin Lesson Look at the picture Answer these questions What is going on in the dustbin? What is the boy going to do? What would you have done? Make up a story about the picture Begin like this — One day 70 Lesson Look at the picture Talk about it Answer these questions What is in the dustbin? Write about the monster in the dustbin Why you agree that the animal is a monster? 71 Lesson Here are some words beginning with blends bl, br, cl, dr, fl, pr, sk black bran dress flag class brick print skip Copy the words and circle the beginning blends Use each one of these blends to make new words gl, br, dr, pl ass an ess ay Copy the words in A and B Match the words in A which have the same beginning blends as those in B by drawing an arrow to each A drink slide flower crib bring bread crab slip flag drip 72 Lesson Read the riddles I rhyme with hat You wipe your feet on me when you come into the house What am I? lama I begin with the same sound as pet but I rhyme with hen You use me when you write What am I? lama Do you know the answers? Write them in your book 73 Lesson Review Choose the correct word from the brackets to complete each sentence Copy and read each sentence so that you can hear it There (was, were) a monster in the dustbin There (was, were) fruit skins in the dustbin An old toy (was, were) in the dustbin Roy (was, were) not in the dustbin 74 Looking Back Draw the pictures in your book and write the correct names table egg monkey cow cake brush mangoes rake bus 75 Choose the correct word from the brackets to complete these sentences Jake (ride, rides) a bicycle to school The duck (say, says) Mother (buy, buys) My brother (sweep, sweeps) My sister (drink, drinks) quack fruits from the market the house milk every day 76 Complete this story using words for the pictures The Monkey and the Alligator was swinging One day a on the of a big tree and He looked down in the he saw a big black alligator The looked up and he saw the monkey The monkey was so afraid that he scrambled to the top of the and he never came down again 77 Fun With Language is a carefully structured and graded series of six books The series covers specfic aspects of the basic primary school language arts programme and ensures a steady progress at each level It provides stimulating activities to develop the child 's ability to communicate effectively FUN WITH LANGUAGE BOOKS and are designed to lay the foundation for communication competence The books reflect the experiences to which children can relate and the vocabulary they normally use Provision is also made for adequate skill practice which will enable the learners to acquire the grammatical structures and sequence pattern of the target language - English NOT FOR SALE PRINTED FOR THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION GOVERNMENT OF GUYANA ISBN 976-8198-04-4