CHILDREN’S DAY
Divide the board into two parts. Draw a happy face on
Materials: pictures of children of different nationalities
having fun, playing, singing and smiling; pictures of
children crying, pushing each other, etc; coloured paper,
coloured glue, paint, etc
Background information: Children’s Day is observed
in many countries around the world. The date varies
from one country to another. The official United Nations
Children’s Day is on 20th November. The aim is to
honour children globally and to promote their welfare.
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Lesson starter
Optional activities
one side and number it ‘1’. On the other side, draw a
sad face and number it ‘2’. You can also use the thumbs 1. Present the following chant to pupils. Clear
up and thumbs down signs next to the happy and sad doubts as regards vocabulary. Encourage
them to repeat the lines. They can add a
faces. Prepare pictures of children having fun, smiling,
short choreography to this chant.
singing, playing together with pictures of children
Chant:
fighting, pushing each other, crying, etc. Shuffle them Children’s Day! Children’s Day!
all. Explain the task. Pupils pick a picture and decide if it We are happy! We are friends!
goes in the happy face/thumbs up group or in the other Children’s Day! Children’s Day!
group. Repeat the same steps with all the pictures. Once Smile, smile and play!
all have been placed, point to one and encourage pupils
2. For the class records, pupils can paint the
to show you the thumbs up or down gesture. palms of their hands and stamp them on
a poster. As a variation on the theme, they
1 can paint their thumbs and make a poster
of the class thumbs up.
`` Read the title. Ask pupils what they do and how they
usually feel in Children’s Day.
Closing activities
`` Draw pupils’ attention to the three scenes presented.
a. The class can prepare banners or pennants to liven
Explain the task. Pupils decide whether to draw a
up the classroom, or they can make happy faces and
happy face or a sad face next to each scene.
stick them on wood sticks to distribute in the school.
`` Ask pupils to work in pairs. Do class correction.
b. Sing the ‘Goodbye song’.
Answers: 1 ;2 ;3
2
`` Ask pupils to describe in L1 what they see in the scene.
`` Draw pupils’ attention to the ‘Happy Day!’ banner.
`` Give background information about this international
day and put up a banner for Children’s Day. There are
many banners available on the Internet.
`` Ask the class if the children in the scene are happy or sad.
`` Explain the task. Pupils have to draw in the blank
space an activity they enjoy doing.
`` Pupils work individually and then share their work
with the class.
Teaching Notes A
TREE DAY
Sing the ‘Hello song’.
Materials: green cardboard paper, glue, scissors; picture
of a big tree; pictures of people taking care of trees or
plants; pictures of people not taking care of trees or
plants; a small tree or plant
Background information: National Tree Day is a
celebration for people to appreciate the great benefits
that trees provide us, such as clean air and a wildlife
habitat. They also connect us with nature. People usually
plant trees and plants on that day.
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Lesson starter
Optional activity
Say, Happy Tree Day. Explain to pupils in L1 what
Tree Day means and that we should always take
care of the trees and nature in general because
they are very important in our lives. Show them
a picture of a big tree and stick it on the board.
Ask, What colour is the tree? Is it big or small?
Do you like this tree? Why? Give out pieces of
green cardboard paper and tell them to draw
and cut out a leave for the tree. Set a time
limit. After the allotted time, invite a pupil to
come to the front and stick the leave on the
tree. Repeat the procedure with the rest of the
class until all the pupils have stuck their leaves.
Write ‘Happy Tree Day’ on the poster and stick
it in the classroom.
1 in the school playground and take care of it
`` Ask pupils to open their books at page 69 and look
at the pictures.
`` Hold up your book and make them pay attention
to picture 1. Ask them if what the children in the
picture are doing is right or wrong. Do the same
with picture 2. Then, ask them to draw the faces
accordingly.
Answers: 1 ;2
`` Stick on the board different pictures showing
situations in which people are taking care of trees or
plants, for example, watering plants, planting trees,
etc, and situations in which people are treating trees
or plants badly. Ask pupils to come to the front and
draw a happy or sad face.
`` Encourage a short debate in L1 in the classroom in
connection with nature and tree life.
2
`` Hold up your book and call pupils’ attention to the
picture in Activity 2.
`` Make pupils aware of the fact that the small tree that
the children were planting in picture 2 in Activity 1 is
now bigger and stronger.
`` Explain the task. Pupils have to join the numbers to
complete the drawing. Then, tell them to colour the
tree.
Closing activities
a. It would be ideal to plant a small tree or a plant
throughout the year.
b. Sing the ‘Goodbye song’.
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MY TRIP
Materials: a dice per group and the counters provided `` Invite pupils to open their books at page 72 and
in the cut-outs section focus their attention on the board. Ask them how
many positions or squares it is made of. Show them
that there are two positions without numbers: the
‘Start’ and the ‘Finish’ positions. Elicit what they
stand for. Elicit in L1 why there is a family at the
‘START’ and a school at the ‘FINISH’.
`` Focus pupils’ attention on the four positions where
Trip appears. Explain what they mean and how they
affect them when playing the game. Make sure they
understand the message in each of these positions.
`` Divide the class into two groups. Each group should
have a dice to play the game. Ask them to choose
any counter they wish. Tell pupils they can use the
Trip’s faces which appear in the cut-outs section
at the back of the book. They can choose the faces
according to how they feel that day.
`` Explain the rules of the game. The first group
which identifies the members of the family at the
‘START’ begins playing. If both groups identify
the members at the same time, they then throw
the dice and the group with the highest number
begins. The first pupil in each group throws the dice
and places the counter on the number obtained. If
it falls on numbers 3, 5, 9 or 12, he/she has to follow
the instruction given. If it falls on any other number,
he/she has to describe the object depicted. If his/
her answer is correct, the group can go on playing
from their new position. If his/her answer is wrong,
they go back to their original position. The winner
is the pupil who gets to the ‘FINISH’ and describes
Trip’s backpack first.

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