Chapter 3: It is Fun
2nd StandardEnglish
It is Fun - Chapter Summary
# It is Fun
## Overview
The chapter “It is Fun” is a joyful poem and interactive lesson that helps students understand animal movements through imaginative actions. It encourages learners to leap, climb, hop, trot, swim, and fly—like different animals and birds. The activities develop vocabulary, expression, creativity, and speaking skills through various fun and engaging formats.
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## Key Topics Covered
### 1. Poem Recitation – "It is Fun"
- **Theme**: The poem celebrates the joy of acting like animals—leaping like lambs, climbing like cats, hopping like frogs, swimming like fish, trotting like horses, and flying like birds.
- **Objective**: Encourage creative expression and vocabulary through physical movement and poetry.
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### 2. Sight Words
Students learn and recognize simple sight words that occur frequently:
- **Words**: this, that, like, to, them, all, none
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### 3. New Words
The chapter introduces six key action words:
- **Vocabulary**: fun, climb, leap, swim, trot, fly
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### 4. Speaking Activities
- **Animal Sound Game**: Listening to animal sounds (e.g., croak, quack, bleat) and guessing the animal.
- **Role-Play Questions**:
- *If you were a cat, what would you do?*
- *If you met an elephant, what would you say?*
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### 5. Comprehension & Conversation
- **Example Prompts**:
- What can you do like an animal or bird? (e.g., I can swim like a fish.)
- Name animals that can swim (other than fish).
- Name animals that live on trees.
- What can the child in the poem do?
- Which two actions from the poem do you like?
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### 6. Vocabulary in Sentences
- Students make simple sentences with action words:
- **Examples**:
- Monkeys climb trees.
- Horses trot fast.
- Birds fly in the sky.
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### 7. Picture Reading
- **Task**: Observe and describe the image.
- **Writing Extension**: Write a few sentences based on the image.
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### 8. Action Matching Activity
Match animals with their actions:
- Horse → trots
- Lamb → leaps
- Snake → crawls
- Squirrel → runs
- Monkey → swings
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### 9. Song of "I"
- **Activity**: A song teaching the use of “I” as both a letter and a word.
- **Vocabulary Extension**: inch, inkpot, igloo, pin, list, fish, bin, ring, ship
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### 10. Drawing Activity – Rangoli
- **Steps**: Follow illustrated instructions to draw and colour a rangoli.
- **Objective**: Enhance creativity and understanding of steps in a process.
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## New Terms and Simple Definitions
| Term | Definition |
|--------|-------------------------------------------------|
| fun | something that makes you happy or laugh |
| leap | to jump high or far |
| climb | to go up using hands and feet |
| trot | to run slowly like a horse |
| swim | to move in water using your arms and legs |
| fly | to move through the air like a bird |
| sound | something you hear |
| action | something you do or perform |
| swing | to move back and forth |
| crawl | to move slowly on hands and knees or belly |
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## Practice Questions
### Easy (3)
1. **What does a lamb do in the poem?**
→ It leaps.
2. **Which word means 'to move in water'?**
→ Swim.
3. **Name one animal that can fly.**
→ Bird.
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4. **What sound does a frog make?**
→ Croak.
5. **If you were a cat, what would you do?**
→ I would say 'meow' or drink milk.
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### Medium (2)
6. **Match the following:**
- Horse → ___
- Snake → ___
- Monkey → ___
- Lamb → ___
- Squirrel → ___
→ trot, crawl, swing, leap, run
7. **Write two sentences using these words: climb, swim.**
→ Monkeys climb trees.
→ Ducks swim in water.
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### Difficult (3)
8. **List two animals that can swim other than fish.**
→ Duck, turtle.
9. **What are the six action words in the poem? Write them.**
→ Leap, climb, swim, trot, fly, hop.
10. **Describe what the child in the poem enjoys doing.**
→ The child enjoys pretending to be different animals and doing what they do like climbing, leaping, and flying.
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### Very Difficult (2)
11. **Imagine you are a bird. Describe a day in your life in three sentences.**
→ I fly high in the sky. I look for worms to eat. I sit on a tree and sing.
12. **Write a short paragraph using at least 5 new words from the chapter.**
→ I love to have fun. I climb trees like a monkey. I swim in the pond like a duck. I can leap over stones like a lamb and fly like a bird in my dreams.
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## Overview
The chapter “It is Fun” is a joyful poem and interactive lesson that helps students understand animal movements through imaginative actions. It encourages learners to leap, climb, hop, trot, swim, and fly—like different animals and birds. The activities develop vocabulary, expression, creativity, and speaking skills through various fun and engaging formats.
---
## Key Topics Covered
### 1. Poem Recitation – "It is Fun"
- **Theme**: The poem celebrates the joy of acting like animals—leaping like lambs, climbing like cats, hopping like frogs, swimming like fish, trotting like horses, and flying like birds.
- **Objective**: Encourage creative expression and vocabulary through physical movement and poetry.
---
### 2. Sight Words
Students learn and recognize simple sight words that occur frequently:
- **Words**: this, that, like, to, them, all, none
---
### 3. New Words
The chapter introduces six key action words:
- **Vocabulary**: fun, climb, leap, swim, trot, fly
---
### 4. Speaking Activities
- **Animal Sound Game**: Listening to animal sounds (e.g., croak, quack, bleat) and guessing the animal.
- **Role-Play Questions**:
- *If you were a cat, what would you do?*
- *If you met an elephant, what would you say?*
---
### 5. Comprehension & Conversation
- **Example Prompts**:
- What can you do like an animal or bird? (e.g., I can swim like a fish.)
- Name animals that can swim (other than fish).
- Name animals that live on trees.
- What can the child in the poem do?
- Which two actions from the poem do you like?
---
### 6. Vocabulary in Sentences
- Students make simple sentences with action words:
- **Examples**:
- Monkeys climb trees.
- Horses trot fast.
- Birds fly in the sky.
---
### 7. Picture Reading
- **Task**: Observe and describe the image.
- **Writing Extension**: Write a few sentences based on the image.
---
### 8. Action Matching Activity
Match animals with their actions:
- Horse → trots
- Lamb → leaps
- Snake → crawls
- Squirrel → runs
- Monkey → swings
---
### 9. Song of "I"
- **Activity**: A song teaching the use of “I” as both a letter and a word.
- **Vocabulary Extension**: inch, inkpot, igloo, pin, list, fish, bin, ring, ship
---
### 10. Drawing Activity – Rangoli
- **Steps**: Follow illustrated instructions to draw and colour a rangoli.
- **Objective**: Enhance creativity and understanding of steps in a process.
---
## New Terms and Simple Definitions
| Term | Definition |
|--------|-------------------------------------------------|
| fun | something that makes you happy or laugh |
| leap | to jump high or far |
| climb | to go up using hands and feet |
| trot | to run slowly like a horse |
| swim | to move in water using your arms and legs |
| fly | to move through the air like a bird |
| sound | something you hear |
| action | something you do or perform |
| swing | to move back and forth |
| crawl | to move slowly on hands and knees or belly |
---
## Practice Questions
### Easy (3)
1. **What does a lamb do in the poem?**
→ It leaps.
2. **Which word means 'to move in water'?**
→ Swim.
3. **Name one animal that can fly.**
→ Bird.
---
4. **What sound does a frog make?**
→ Croak.
5. **If you were a cat, what would you do?**
→ I would say 'meow' or drink milk.
---
### Medium (2)
6. **Match the following:**
- Horse → ___
- Snake → ___
- Monkey → ___
- Lamb → ___
- Squirrel → ___
→ trot, crawl, swing, leap, run
7. **Write two sentences using these words: climb, swim.**
→ Monkeys climb trees.
→ Ducks swim in water.
---
### Difficult (3)
8. **List two animals that can swim other than fish.**
→ Duck, turtle.
9. **What are the six action words in the poem? Write them.**
→ Leap, climb, swim, trot, fly, hop.
10. **Describe what the child in the poem enjoys doing.**
→ The child enjoys pretending to be different animals and doing what they do like climbing, leaping, and flying.
---
### Very Difficult (2)
11. **Imagine you are a bird. Describe a day in your life in three sentences.**
→ I fly high in the sky. I look for worms to eat. I sit on a tree and sing.
12. **Write a short paragraph using at least 5 new words from the chapter.**
→ I love to have fun. I climb trees like a monkey. I swim in the pond like a duck. I can leap over stones like a lamb and fly like a bird in my dreams.
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It is Fun
Overview
The chapter “It is Fun” is a joyful poem and interactive lesson that helps students understand animal movements through imaginative actions. It encourages learners to leap, climb, hop, trot, swim, and fly—like different animals and birds. The activities develop vocabulary, expression, creativity, and speaking skills through various fun and engaging formats.
Key Topics Covered
1. Poem Recitation – "It is Fun"
- Theme: The poem celebrates the joy of acting like animals—leaping like lambs, climbing like cats, hopping like frogs, swimming like fish, trotting like horses, and flying like birds.
- Objective: Encourage creative expression and vocabulary through physical movement and poetry.
2. Sight Words
Students learn and recognize simple sight words that occur frequently:
- Words: this, that, like, to, them, all, none
3. New Words
The chapter introduces six key action words:
- Vocabulary: fun, climb, leap, swim, trot, fly
4. Speaking Activities
- Animal Sound Game: Listening to animal sounds (e.g., croak, quack, bleat) and guessing the animal.
- Role-Play Questions:
- If you were a cat, what would you do?
- If you met an elephant, what would you say?
5. Comprehension & Conversation
- Example Prompts:
- What can you do like an animal or bird? (e.g., I can swim like a fish.)
- Name animals that can swim (other than fish).
- Name animals that live on trees.
- What can the child in the poem do?
- Which two actions from the poem do you like?
6. Vocabulary in Sentences
- Students make simple sentences with action words:
- Examples:
- Monkeys climb trees.
- Horses trot fast.
- Birds fly in the sky.
- Examples:
7. Picture Reading
- Task: Observe and describe the image.
- Writing Extension: Write a few sentences based on the image.
8. Action Matching Activity
Match animals with their actions:
- Horse → trots
- Lamb → leaps
- Snake → crawls
- Squirrel → runs
- Monkey → swings
9. Song of "I"
- Activity: A song teaching the use of “I” as both a letter and a word.
- Vocabulary Extension: inch, inkpot, igloo, pin, list, fish, bin, ring, ship
10. Drawing Activity – Rangoli
- Steps: Follow illustrated instructions to draw and colour a rangoli.
- Objective: Enhance creativity and understanding of steps in a process.
New Terms and Simple Definitions
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| fun | something that makes you happy or laugh |
| leap | to jump high or far |
| climb | to go up using hands and feet |
| trot | to run slowly like a horse |
| swim | to move in water using your arms and legs |
| fly | to move through the air like a bird |
| sound | something you hear |
| action | something you do or perform |
| swing | to move back and forth |
| crawl | to move slowly on hands and knees or belly |
Practice Questions
Easy (3)
-
What does a lamb do in the poem?
→ It leaps. -
Which word means 'to move in water'?
→ Swim. -
Name one animal that can fly.
→ Bird.
-
What sound does a frog make?
→ Croak. -
If you were a cat, what would you do?
→ I would say 'meow' or drink milk.
Medium (2)
-
Match the following:
- Horse → ___
- Snake → ___
- Monkey → ___
- Lamb → ___
- Squirrel → ___
→ trot, crawl, swing, leap, run
-
Write two sentences using these words: climb, swim.
→ Monkeys climb trees.
→ Ducks swim in water.
Difficult (3)
-
List two animals that can swim other than fish.
→ Duck, turtle. -
What are the six action words in the poem? Write them.
→ Leap, climb, swim, trot, fly, hop. -
Describe what the child in the poem enjoys doing.
→ The child enjoys pretending to be different animals and doing what they do like climbing, leaping, and flying.
Very Difficult (2)
-
Imagine you are a bird. Describe a day in your life in three sentences.
→ I fly high in the sky. I look for worms to eat. I sit on a tree and sing. -
Write a short paragraph using at least 5 new words from the chapter.
→ I love to have fun. I climb trees like a monkey. I swim in the pond like a duck. I can leap over stones like a lamb and fly like a bird in my dreams.