UNIT-8

Books
Going to buy a Book

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 Read and learn this poem

Books “Come in, come in!”

Said the library door;
I opened it wide
And saw books galore!
Tall skinny books
Up high on the shelves;
Little fat books
That stood by themselves.
I opened one up
And sat down to look;
The pictures told stories!
What a wonderful book!

New words
library, wide, galore, skinny,
shelves, wonderful

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 Reading is fun

1. What did the library door say?

2. What did the books in the library look like ?
3. Why did the child in the poem like looking at
the pictures?

Let’s listen

1. Listen to the words

Come in, come in
Go out, go out

What word signs have you seen or heard –

at home _________________

at the vegetable shop _________________

at the library _________________

at the doctor’s place _________________

at the bus stop _________________

at the toy shop _________________

Let’s talk

1. Do you like reading story books?

2. What kinds of stories do you like?

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3. The word galore means in great numbers. Do you
also have a class library or a school library which
keeps many books? Can you borrow books?
4. Tell the class about your favourite story book. Talk
about the character you liked most in the book.

Fun time

Let’s play Book Chain

Form groups of five or six children in the class. Sit in circles.
The first child will begin the book chain by saying the name
of a story book. The next child extends the chain by saying
the name of another book. In this way a book chain is
formed. The more the rounds the children can go on for, the
longer the book chain will be. See which group makes the
longest book chain.

Aesop’s Fables

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 Let’s write

Make word families. The first word in each has been written for you.

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Look at this sentence –

A library is a place where books are kept.
Now fill in the blanks after reading these sentences.
1. An ______________ is a place where aeroplanes take off and land.
2. A _________________ is a place where food is cooked.
3. A _______________ is a place where sick people are taken care of.
4. A _______________________ is a place where you can buy things.
5. A __________________________ is a place where children study.

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Let’s read and enjoy

Going to buy a Book

One day, grandfather gave my brother
and me some money.
“Go and buy books,” he said.
We were both very happy.
We both love to read.

Should we go now?
Should we go later?
Should we go today?
Should we go tomorrow?
We decided to go right now.

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 Should we go to the big market?
Should we go to the small shop?
Should we go with somebody?
Should we go alone?
We decided to go to the small shop,
just the two of us.

We like the small bookshop.

It is small but it has many books.
The man in the shop likes us.
He always helps us.

Should I buy a book with a lot of pictures?

Should I buy a book with a lot of stories?
Should I buy a thin book?
I could not decide.

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 We did not know which book to buy.
The man in the shop smiled at us.
“Relax, come with me,” he said.
“These books are about animals.
Those are about machines.
Those over there are about wars.
Take what you want.”

I picked some books.

My brother picked some books.
I sat on the floor.
He sat on the chair.
And we read and we read and we read.

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 It was very quiet.
There was no sound.
One hour passed.
Two hours passed.
Finally, we knew which books to buy.

The man in the bookshop smiled at us.

I got a fat book with many stories.
My brother got a big book with many pictures.

We ran home to our grandfather.

We climbed on his bed.
He put his arms around us and then
We read, and read, and read.
– Rukmini Banerji
New words
alone, bookshop, machines, finally, climbed

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 Reading is fun

1. Why did grandfather give the children money?

2. Where did they go to buy books?
3. Did the girl buy a picture book?

Let’s listen and search

In small groups one child will give directions orally only once; the
others will listen and hunt for the following:
1. a circle
2. a square
3. a triangle
4. a piece of paper with three signatures
5. a piece of paper with red colour
6. a piece of paper with a number
46
7. a piece of paper with the label of tea
8. a twig in the shape of an alphabetic letter
ron
9. a slab of mud with a drawing Saff
Tea
10. a flower in the shape of a number

Let’s talk

1. Is there a bookshop near your home? If there is, do you like to

visit it?
2. What are the different kinds of books in this bookshop or in any
other bookshop you have seen? Tell the class.

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 Let’s write

1. Look at these sentences in the story –

(a) Should we go to the big market?
(b) Should we go to the small shop?
(c) Should I buy a thin book?

The coloured words above are describing words.

Now fill in more describing words into the passage
below –
It was a ______________ night. A _____________ girl sat

up in bed listening to her mother tell a ___________

story. Her ________ eyes opened wide and she gave a

___________ smile. “Now go to sleep, Paro,” her

mother closed the book. “______________ dreams.”

2. Imagine that you will go to the bookshop tomorrow.

What will you do there? Write five sentences
beginning with –

(a) I shall __________________________________

(b) I shall __________________________________
(c) I shall __________________________________
(d) I shall __________________________________
(e) I shall __________________________________

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3. Tina goes to her school library to borrow a book.
Complete her dialogue with the librarian by using
and or or in the blanks.

Tina: Ma’am, I want to borrow a book.

Librarian: Do you want a story book _________ a book

of poems?

Tina: I want a story book.

Librarian: Do you like stories about animals

________ adventure stories?

Tina: I like both.

Librarian: Go to the second cupboard. On the first

shelf, you will find animal stories ______ on the
second, adventure stories.

Tina (after selecting two books): Ma’am, I want Black

Beauty _______ Panchantantra Stories.

Librarian: You can have either Black Beauty _______

Panchantantra Stories.

4. What is your favourite book? Write down the name of

the book. Then write down the story.

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 Let’s make a bookmark

Make your own bookmark

Remember to treat your books well. Never fold the
corners of pages. This makes books look shabby and
old.
A bookmark helps you to find the page you were on
when you last read your book.
Here is a way to make your own beautiful Dove
Bookmark.

You need –
l An old greetings card/wedding card/scissors

l A black bindi for the eyes

Method –
l Take the old card. You will need to use the inside of
the card.

l Fold it into two as shown in the picture.

l Trace the outline of a dove on the card.

l Cut it along the lines.

l Make an outline with a black pen.

l Stick a bindi for the eye.

l Paste it on a strip of 2 inches x 4 inches.

l Your Dove Bookmark is now ready to be used.

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 Let’s cover our book

1. Spread your notebook on a brown paper which is

four inches bigger than your notebook, as shown
in the picture.

2. Fold the paper into two halves with the book

inside it in the middle.

3. Fold the two open flaps of paper inside the first

and the last page of the book and press to crease.

4. Fold the closed end of the two top and bottom

flaps of the paper, forming a triangle. Crease the
paper and cut it.

5. Fold the two front flaps inside the first page and
crease it.

6. Fold the two back flaps under the last page and
crease it.

7. Now your book is neatly covered.

8. Write your name and class on the cover. Then

write the subject you will use this notebook for.

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Do you know? Iron spike
The earliest books were written by hand. Two thousand years
ago in India, birch bark (bhojapatra) and palm leaves (talapatra)
were used for pages. A pen and black ink were used to write on
birch bark. A sharp, iron spike was used for writing on palm Palm leaves
leaves. Holes were drilled through the leaves and the book (talapatra)
was held together by a string!

Palm leaf
Birch bark (bhojapatra)
Enjoy and read the poem

Say in Chorus

Books are great! Books are fun!

Books let you do what you’ve never done!
Read a good mystery, solve a crime!
Read about history, go back in time!
Read about a lost dog, where can it be?
Read about a giant frog under the sea!
Read a very funny book, tears go away!
Read a bright, sunny book on a rainy day!
Chorus –

Books are great! Books are fun!

Let’s read books, everyone!
– Mash Goldfish (adapted)

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THEMES Unit 8
Books and the joy Poem : Books
of reading Teacher's page Story: Going to Buy a Book

By this Unit the children can be encouraged to prepare their own class
dictionary. Reading aloud and looking at colourful illustrations together will
help children love books. Show your children that reading books is a
pleasant and a meaningful activity. Encourage reading as an individual
activity in addition to the pleasure of reading.
Library time
1. Let the class visit the school or local library where the librarian can
show where different kinds of books are kept.
2. Let each child choose one book to read and talk about it later. Keep a
large chart that shows how many books the class has read through the
year.
3. Find out what kinds of books children like to read most (e.g. adventure
stories, mysteries, information books, humour or even comics etc.).
Encourage children to describe favourite books that they have read.
4. Emphasise how books must be loved and kept well. Show them how to
cover their books. Encourage them to use bookmarks.
5. Divide the class into three groups. Let the entire class recite the chorus
together. Each group can recite two lines in turn.
6. Practise the usage of future tense by giving the class different
situations.
7. Talk about the characters, setting, action and descriptions. Help the
child to link the story to events and real life situations.
8. Read words aloud. Talk about the letters, sounds and meanings.
9. Take care to see that the language is at the child’s level, the material
varied and stories joyful.
10. Carry out a brief conversation, involving seeking and giving
information.
11. Take dictation of simple sentences and practise copy writing from the
blackboard and textbook, and use common punctuation marks.

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