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A story to hear

Week 13 · Unit 2: The Cap-seller and the Monkeys · 3 lessons
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Sana and three ducks

Mridang: Unit 2, Chapter 2
GoalListen to a short story and say who is in it and where.
New words
pond · a small place with waterbucket · you carry water in itduck · a bird that swimsheavy · hard to liftrain · water that falls from the clouds
Explanation

Listen to a story. It is about a girl called Sana. Sana lives near a pond. Three ducks live in the pond. Look at the four pictures. Tap Listen and hear the story.

1 Sana goes2 water3 ducks swim4 rain
Worked examples

Sana lives near a small pond. Every morning she takes a red bucket to the pond. She fills it with water for her plants. Three little ducks live in the pond. ‘Quack, quack!’ they say.
One hot morning, the bucket is very heavy. Sana is tired. She sits down on a big stone. The three ducks swim to her. ‘Quack, quack!’
Then it begins to rain. Sana laughs. ‘Look! The rain gives water to my plants!’ She runs to the shed. The ducks splash and play. They love the rain.

Listen to the story. Sana and three ducks.
Who is in the story? Say: Sana. Say: three ducks.
Say: Sana has three little ducks near her home.
Class activity

Tell it with toys. Use a cup for the bucket and three small toys or stones for the ducks. A grown-up tells the story slowly. You move the toys. Then you tell it again in your own words.

Practice
1
Listen. What colour is Sana’s hat?

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2
Look at the picture. It rains. What do you open? Say: an ___ .
3
How many ducks live near the pond?
4
Listen. What do the ducks eat?

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5
Writing: copy the word ‘duck’.