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Rainy day words
Mridang: Unit 4, Chapter 1
GoalRead rainy day words and the sound og.
New words
frog · a green animal that jumpssnail · a slow animal with a shellpuddle · a small pool of rain watermushroom · it grows in wet ground after rainsplash · water flying up
Explanation
After the rain we see many things. A frog sits by the pond. A snail walks on a leaf. A mushroom grows in wet ground. Do not pick or eat it. Frog, log and dog all end with og.
Worked examples
Drip, drop, drip, drop, the rain comes down.
Splash, splash, splash, a frog jumps up.
Slow, slow, slow, a snail on a leaf.
Hip, hip, hooray, the monsoon is here!
Listen. These words end with og.
Which word does not end with og: frog, dog, cat?
Class activity
Puddle play. After the rain, put on your boots and look at a puddle with a grown-up. What do you see? A leaf? A bug? A reflection of the sky? Say it: ‘I see a ... .’ Do not go near deep water.
Practice
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Look at the picture. We often see it after rain. What is this?
A worm.
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Which word ends with og? (log / bus)
Log.
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Listen. Which animal jumps?
…
The rabbit.
4
Say a word that rhymes with ‘dog’.
For example: log, frog, fog.
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Writing: copy ‘frog on a log’.
frog on a log