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Make a paper fan
Mridang: Unit 2, Chapter 2
GoalSay the steps to make something in order.
New words
paper · you write or draw on itfold · bend and press flatfan · it makes a cool windhold · keep in your handopen · spread out
Explanation
Let us make a paper fan. It is hot, so a fan helps. We do four steps. First take a paper. Then fold it. Next pinch the bottom. Last open the top. Say the steps in order.
1: Take a paper.→2: Fold it, turn it, fold it again.→3: Pinch the bottom.→4: Open the top. It is a fan!
Worked examples
First take a paper.
Then fold it, turn it and fold it again.
Next pinch the bottom.
Last open the top.
Look. A hand fan.
Tell a friend how to make a fan. Say: First ... . Then ... . Next ... . Last ... .
Class activity
Make a fan. Take a long strip of paper. Fold it back and forth, like steps. Pinch the bottom with your fingers. Open the top. Wave it! Tell a friend the four steps.
Practice
1
Look at the picture. It is hot. What can you use to make wind? Say: a ___ .
fan.
2
Which step comes first: ‘Open the top’ or ‘Take a paper’?
Take a paper.
3
Listen. What do you do with the paper?
…
Fold it.
4
Say the missing word: First I take a ___ . (paper / door)
paper.
5
Writing: copy the word ‘fan’.
fan