Exercise 1 * h. You shovel the dirt from the holes and put it
on the ground or in a truck.
tools: drill shovel
• What do you shovel from the holes? (Tap.)
1 Dirt.
a. Look at the picture. ✓ • Yes, you shovel dirt from holes.
Say the sentence. (Tap.) You shovel dirt from
• Are these vehicles? (Tap.) No. holes.
• What are they? (Tap.) Tools.
b. Tell me the names of these tools. • (Call on a student.) Where do you put the
c. (Point to saw.) What is this tool? (Tap.) A saw. dirt? (Ideas: On the ground; in a truck.)
Yes, you can put the dirt on the ground, or
Say the sentence. (Tap.) This tool is a saw. you can shovel it into a truck.
• (Point to hammer.) What is this tool? (Tap.)
Repeat steps g and h until firm.
A hammer.
Say the sentence. (Tap.) This tool is a hammer. i. (Point to drill.) What is this tool? (Tap.) A drill.
• (Point to knife.) What is this tool? (Tap.) Say the sentence. (Tap.) This tool is a drill.
A knife.
Say the sentence. (Tap.) This tool is a knife. • (Point to shovel.) What is this tool? (Tap.)
• (Point to nails.) What are these? (Tap.) Nails. A shovel.
Say the sentence. (Tap.) These are nails. Say the sentence. (Tap.) This tool is a shovel.
• (Point to broom.) What is this tool? (Tap.)
A broom. Repeat step i until firm.
Say the sentence. (Tap.) This tool is a broom.
Repeat steps a through c until firm. Exercise 2 shadows
d. (Point to drill.) This tool is a drill. 2
• Say drill. (Tap.) Drill.
Repeat step d until firm. a. You learned about shadows.
• Say shadows. (Tap.) Shadows.
e. What is this? (Tap.) A drill. • Listen: Are shadows light places or dark
• Ask me: What do drills do? (Tap.) What do
places? (Tap.) Dark places.
drills do? They make holes in things. b. Tell me if I touch the boy’s shadow or the
• What do drills do? (Tap.) Make holes in things.
• Yes, you use a drill to make holes in things. bike’s shadow.
• (Touch bike’s shadow.) What is this? (Tap.) The
Say that sentence. (Tap.) You use a drill to make
holes in things. bike’s shadow.
Repeat step e until firm. • (Touch boy’s shadow.) What is this? (Tap.) The
f. (Point to shovel.) This tool is a shovel. boy’s shadow.
• Say shove. (Tap.) Shove. Say the sentence about what this is. (Tap.) This
• Say shovel. (Tap.) Shovel. is the boy’s shadow.
Repeat step f until firm. • (Touch bike’s shadow.) Say the sentence about
what this is. (Tap.) This is the bike’s shadow.
g. (Call on a student.) What do you use a shovel c. Do trees make shadows? (Tap.) Yes.
for? (Idea: To dig holes.) Say the sentence. (Tap.) Trees make shadows.
Repeat steps a through c until firm.
• Yes, you use a shovel to dig holes.
Everybody, say that sentence. (Tap.) You use a
shovel to dig holes.
Exercise 3 understand instructions • (Call on a student.) What do you put on the
car? (Idea: A good tire.)
a. You learned a sentence about something
Avni can’t do: Avni can’t understand the • Yes, you put the good tyre on the car.
instructions she reads. Everybody, say the sentence. (Tap.) You put the
Say that sentence. (Tap.) Avni can’t understand good tyre on the car.
the instructions she reads.
e. What do you take off the car? (Tap.) The
• Yes, Avni can’t understand the instructions she bad tyre.
reads.
Say the sentence again. (Tap.) Avni can’t • Yes, you take off the bad tyre.
understand the instructions she reads. Say the sentence. (Tap.) You take off the
bad tyre.
Repeat step a until firm.
• What do you put on the car? (Tap.) The
3 good tyre.
b. (Point to man.) This man is giving Avni • Yes, you put the good tyre on the car.
instructions. Say the sentence. (Tap.) You put the good
Say the sentence. (Tap.) This man is giving Avni tyre on the car.
instructions.
Repeat steps d and e until firm.
• Do those instructions tell her how to fix her
sink? (Tap.) No. f. The man is giving Avni instructions about how
to change a tyre on her car, but she does
• Those instructions don’t tell her how to fix her not understand the instructions.
sink.
Say the sentence. (Tap.) Those instructions don’t • Who is giving Avni instructions? (Tap.) The
tell her how to fix her sink. man.
Say the sentence about the man. (Tap.) The
c. Raise your hand if you know what the man is giving Avni instructions.
instructions tell her. ✓ • Does she understand the instructions? (Tap.)
No.
• (Call on a student. Idea: How to change a tyre.)
• Yes, those instructions tell her how to change a g. She says,“I do not understand you.”
• What does she say? (Tap.) I do not understand
tyre.
Everybody, say the sentence. (Tap.) Those you.
instructions tell her how to change a tyre. h. The man tries to tell her again.
Repeat steps b and c until firm. • This time, she says,“I don’t understand what
d. When you change a tyre on a car, you take you are saying.”
something off the car and put something on • What does she say? (Tap.) I don’t understand
the car.
what you are saying.
• (Call on a student.) What do you take off the i. The man tries to tell her again.
car? (Idea: The bad tire.) • This time, she says,“I don’t understand those
• Yes, you take the bad tyre off the car. instructions.”
Everybody, say the sentence. (Tap.) You take • What does she say? (Tap.) I don’t understand
the bad tyre off the car.
those instructions.
Repeat steps f through i until firm.
j. At last, the man asks her,“Where is your car?” e. Listen: When things burn, they catch on fire.
• She says,“Across the street.” • Say, catch on fire. (Tap.) Catch on fire.
• Where is her car? (Tap.) Across the street. • What do things do when they burn? (Tap.)
k. (Call on a student.) What does the man do
Catch on fire.
next? (Idea: Changes the tyre on her car.) f. Can houses catch on fire? (Tap.) Yes.
Yes, he changes the tyre on her car. • Yes, houses can catch on fire.
• Before he does that, he says,“I will show you
how to change your tyre.” Say the sentence. (Tap.) Houses can catch on
• What does he say before he changes the tyre? fire.
(Tap.) I will show you how to change your tyre. • Can big buildings catch on fire? (Tap.) Yes.
l. When the new tyre is on the car, Avni says, Say the sentence. (Tap.) Big buildings can catch
“Thank you. now I understand how to change on fire.
a tyre.” • Can a wet rock catch on fire? (Tap.) No.
• Does she understand the man’s instructions g. Is it easy or difficult to burn wood that is wet?
now? (Tap.) Yes. (Tap.) Difficult.
Repeat steps j through l until firm. Yes, it is difficult to burn wood that is wet.
Repeat steps e through g until firm.
Exercise 4 catch on fire and burn
4b
4 a
h. Look at the picture. ✓
a. (Point to picture.) This is a fire.
• Say fire. (Tap.) Fire. • What is burning? (Tap.) A house.
Repeat step a until firm. Say the sentence. (Tap.) A house is burning.
b. Is a fire hot? (Tap.) Yes. • Is this a big fire or a small fire? (Tap.) A big fire.
• Listen: Say burn. (Tap.) Burn. i. Remember: Some things burn.
• Say burning. (Tap.) Burning.
Repeat step b until firm. Say the sentence. (Tap.) Some things burn.
j. When things start to burn, they catch on fire.
c. Ask me: What is burning? (Tap.) What is • What do they do when they start to burn?
burning?
(Tap.) Catch on fire.
• (Point to a log.) Wood is burning. Repeat steps h through j until firm.
Say the sentence. (Tap.) Wood is burning.
• Is paper burning? (Tap.) No.
• Can paper burn? (Tap.) Yes.
d. Does the picture show a big fire or a small
fire? (Tap.) A small fire.
Repeat steps c and d until firm.
Exercise 5 broom and sweep Exercise 6 SANKET story
5 a. Listen: When you unlock something, you put
the key in the lock and you turn the key.
a. (Point to broom.) Does this object help people
do work? (Tap.) Yes. • When you unlock something, what’s the first
Say the sentence about this object. (Tap.) This thing you do? (Tap.) Put the key in the lock.
object helps people do work. Yes, you put the key in the lock.
• So is this object a tool? (Tap.) Yes. • What’s the next thing you do? (Tap.) Turn the
• What is this tool? (Tap.) A broom. key.
Say the sentence. (Tap.) This tool is a broom. • Listen to the whole sentence: When you
b. Raise your hand if you remember the word that unlock something, you put the key in the lock
and turn the key.
tells what you do when you use a broom. ✓ Say the whole sentence. (Tap.) When you
unlock something, you put the key in the lock and
• (Call on a student. Idea: Sweep.) turn the key.
• Yes, you sweep things with a broom.
Repeat step a until firm.
Everybody, say the sentence. (Tap.) You sweep
things with a broom. b. Last time, I told you about Sanket.
• When you sweep things, do you make them c. Sanket left work at 5 o’clock.
cleaner or dirtier? (Tap.) Cleaner.
Say the sentence that starts with the words Say the sentence. (Tap.) Sanket left work at
when you sweep things. (Tap.) When you sweep 5 o’clock.
things, you make them cleaner.
Repeat steps a and b until firm. • Then he put his hands in his coat pockets.
• He did not feel his keys.
c. What part of a room do you sweep with a
broom? (Tap.) The floor. Say that last sentence. (Tap.) He did not feel his
keys.
• (Call on a student.) name something different d. He said,“I wonder where my keys are.”
you can sweep with a broom. (Accept • What did he say? (Tap.) I wonder where my
reasonable responses.) keys are.
• Did he know where they were? (Tap.) No.
• Listen: Soeleen used a new broom to sweep • (Call on a student.) Where is the first place he
the sidewalk. looked for his keys? (Idea: In his pants pockets.)
Say the sentence. (Tap.) Soeleen used a new Repeat steps b through d until firm.
broom to sweep the sidewalk.
e. Ask me: Why did he need his keys? (Tap.) Why
Repeat step c until firm. did he need his keys? He needed his keys to
unlock his car and start the engine.
• Why did he need his keys? (Tap.) To unlock his
car and start the engine.
• Yes, he needed his keys to unlock his car and
start the engine.
Say the sentence. (Tap.) He needed his keys to
unlock his car and start the engine.
Repeat step e until firm.
f. After he learned that his keys were not in his Exercise 7 dangerous
coat, he put his hands in his pants pockets.
7 dangerous
• Ask me: Did he find his keys? (Tap.) Did he find
his keys? No, he didn’t find them. a. (Point to word dangerous.) This word is
dangerous.
g. He thought,“I wonder if my keys are in my
office.” • Say, dane jur. (Tap.) Dane jur.
• Say danger. (Tap.) Danger.
• What did he think? (Tap.) I wonder if my keys • Say dangerous. (Tap.) Dangerous.
are in my office. Repeat step a until firm.
h. He turned around and walked back to his b. You learned about things that are safe.
office building. The door was locked. He did • If you do things that are safe, you won’t hurt
not have his keys, so he did not have the key
that unlocked the office building. yourself or break something.
c. Is it safe for an old man to run on the ice?
• Could he get in his office building? (Tap.) No.
i. He wondered if somebody would come out of (Tap.) No.
• It is not safe for an old man to run on the ice.
the building soon.
• Did he know if somebody was going to come Say that sentence. (Tap.) It is not safe for an old
man to run on the ice.
out of the building? (Tap.) No. Repeat steps b and c until firm.
Repeat steps f through i until firm.
d. Listen: The opposite of safe is dangerous.
j. Five minutes went by, but nobody came out of • Listen again: The opposite of safe is
the building. Ten minutes went by, but nobody
came out of the building. After 12 minutes dangerous.
went by, a young woman opened the door • What is the opposite of safe? (Tap.) Dangerous.
and walked out. Sanket walked in the door
before it could close. He started to go inside. Say the sentence about the opposite of safe.
(Tap.) The opposite of safe is dangerous.
• The young woman said,“Hey, you can’t go in e. What’s the opposite of a safe place? (Tap.)
there.” A dangerous place.
• What’s the opposite of a safe road? (Tap.)
• Listen again: Hey, you can’t go in there. A dangerous road.
What did she say? (Tap.) Hey, you can’t go in • What’s the opposite of something that is safe?
there. (Tap.) Something that is dangerous.
• What’s the opposite of doing things that are
k.Sanket said, “I work here. I can’t find my keys, safe? (Tap.) Doing things that are dangerous.
and they may be in my office.” Repeat steps d and e until firm.
• She said,“How do I know you work here?”
Then she said,“Show me your ID.”
• What did she say? (Tap.) Show me your ID.
Yes, she wanted him to show her his ID. His
ID is a small piece of paper that tells his name
and where he works.
l. (Call on a student.) Do you think Sanket has ID?
[Student responds.]
• You’ll find out next time.
Repeat steps j through l until firm.
f. Can a knife be dangerous? (Tap.) Yes. 8b
Say the sentence. (Tap.) A knife can be
dangerous. b. Some things are wrong with this picture.
c. (Call on a student.) What is wrong with the
• Can a big dog be dangerous? (Tap.) Yes.
Say the sentence. (Tap.) A big dog can be driver of the car? (Idea: It is a dog.)
dangerous. • Yes, the driver of the car is a dog.
• Can climbing on a roof be dangerous? (Tap.) Everybody, say the sentence. (Tap.) The driver
Yes. of the car is a dog.
Say the sentence. (Tap.) Climbing on a roof can d. Is something wrong with the other thing in the
be dangerous. car? (Tap.) Yes.
• (Call on a student.) What is wrong? (Idea: It is
• Can swimming in the middle of an ocean be a fish.)
dangerous? (Tap.) Yes. • Yes, a fish is riding in the car.
Say the sentence. (Tap) Swimming in the middle Everybody, say the sentence. (Tap.) A fish is
of an ocean can be dangerous. riding in the car.
• Do fish wear clothes? (Tap.) No.
Repeat step f until firm. Say the sentence. (Tap.) Fish do not wear
clothes.
g. Is sleeping in a bed safe or dangerous? (Tap.) e. (Point to policeman.) What’s wrong with
Safe. the policeman? (Call on a student. Idea: He’s
Say the sentence about sleeping in a bed. a bird.)
(Tap.) Sleeping in a bed is safe. Yes, the policeman is a bird.
Repeat steps b through e until firm.
• Is sleeping on a tree branch safe or
dangerous? (Tap.) Dangerous. f. The sign he is holding says do not stop.
Say the sentence about sleeping on a tree • What does the sign he is holding say? (Tap.)
branch. (Tap.) Sleeping on a tree branch is
dangerous. Do not stop.
• Yes, the sign he is holding says do not stop.
• Is driving very fast safe or dangerous? (Tap.)
Dangerous. Say the sentence. (Tap.) The sign he is holding
Say the sentence about driving very fast. says do not stop.
(Tap.) Driving very fast is dangerous. g. That is not right.
• What should the sign say? (Tap.) Stop.
Repeat step g until firm. • Yes, the sign should say stop.
Say the sentence. (Tap.) The sign should say
Exercise 8 what is wrong stop.
Repeat steps f and g until firm.
8a
h. (Call on a student.) Tell me something that is
a. Look at the picture. ✓ wrong with this picture. (Accept reasonable
answers.)
• Is this a policeman or a policewoman? (Tap.)
A policewoman. • (Repeat step h with several students.)
• What is the policewoman holding? (Tap.)
A stop sign.
Repeat step a until firm.
Exercise 9 measures c. What’s the contraction for would not? (Tap.)
a. I will name things that tell about direction, Wouldn’t.
temperature, speed, length, or time. • Al would not buy a new car.
b. Listen: 20 minutes. What does that tell about? Say it with a contraction. (Tap.) Al wouldn’t buy
(Tap.) Time.
a new car.
• Listen: 12 miles an hour. What does that tell Repeat steps a through c until firm.
about? (Tap.) Speed.
Exercise 11 sing and leave
• Listen: 10 degrees. What does that tell about?
a. Here is a new sentence with words you do not
(Tap.) Temperature.
• Listen: 4 metres. What does that tell know. This sentence is about a woman named
Kavitha: Kavitha sings three songs and then
about?(Tap.) Length. leaves the building.
Repeat steps a and b until firm.
• Say sing. (Tap.) Sing.
c. North. What does that tell about? (Tap.) Repeat step a until firm.
Direction.
b. Say song. (Tap.) Song.
• 120 degrees. What does that tell about?
(Tap.) Temperature. • Say songs. (Tap.) Songs.
c. Say: Kavitha sings three songs. (Tap.) Kavitha
• 160 kilometres. What does that tell about?
(Tap.) Length. sings three songs.
Repeat steps b and c until firm.
• 4 hours. What does that tell about? (Tap.)
Time. d. Tell me to sing a song. (Tap.) Sing a song.
(Sing “Jingle Bells” or some other short song.)
• 50 kilometres per hour. What does that tell
about?(Tap.) Speed. • Did you like that? [Students respond.]
e. Donna sings three songs.
Repeat step c until firm.
Say that sentence. (Tap.) Donna sings three
E *xercise 10 contractions songs.
• Kavitha is a singer. When she sings for
a. You will say sentences with contractions. people, she only sings three songs.
b. Listen: She is talking. • How many songs does she sing? (Tap.) Three.
Say it with a contraction. (Tap.) She’s talking. f. Yes, Kavitha sings three songs and then leaves
• Tom will not buy that shirt. the building. When she leaves the building, she
goes out of the building. She does not stay in
Say it with a contraction. (Tap.) Tom won’t buy the building.
that shirt.
• I can not find my keys. • How many songs does she sing? (Tap.) Three.
Say it with a contraction. (Tap.) I can’t find my • What does she do after she sings her third
keys.
• I do not like oranges. song? (Tap.) Leaves the building.
Say it with a contraction. (Tap.) I don’t like • Yes, she leaves the building.
oranges.
• Al will not go with us. Say that sentence. (Tap.) She leaves the building.
Say it with a contraction. (Tap.) Al won’t go • Does she stay in the building? (Tap.) No.
with us.
• Al can not drive his car. Say the sentence. (Tap.) She does not stay in the
Say it with a contraction. (Tap.) Al can’t drive building.
his car. Repeat steps d through f until firm.
Exercise 12 KIARA and her sister story i. Her sister said,“I am happier than you are.”
a. I’m going to ask questions about Kiara and • Say happier. (Tap.) Happier.
her sister. • Yes, she was happier than Kiara.
b. Kiara took the car to a station. Say the sentence. (Tap.) She was happier than
Kiara.
• What kind of station was it? (Tap.) A fire station. Repeat steps e through i until firm.
• Who did Kiara run to? (Tap.) A fireman.
c. (Call on a student.) What did she tell the j. This is the end of the story.
fireman? (Idea: My sister is in the water and she Exercise 13 where do you live
can not swim.)
• Yes, she ran to a fireman and said,“My sister a. Everybody, say the question: What is your
is in the water and she can not swim.” address? (Tap.) What is your address?
• What did she say? (Tap.) My sister is in the
water and she can not swim. • Here’s another way of saying, what is your
d. (Call on a student.) Who did the fireman call? address: Where do you live?
(Idea: The police.)
• The fireman called the police station. Then • Say the question. (Tap.) Where do you live?
five firemen and Kiara got in the fire truck. Repeat step a until firm.
They went back to the river.
• Where did they go? (Tap.) Back to the river. b. (Point to a student.) Everybody, ask [student’s
• Did they go a little fast or very fast? (Tap.) name]: Where do you live? (Tap.) Where do
Very fast. you live? [Student responds.]
Repeat steps a through d until firm. • (Repeat step b with several students.)
e. The truck stopped next to the river. 13
• How many firemen jumped in the river? (Tap.)
c. (Point to man.) The man asks,“Do you live in
Two. this city?”
Yes, two firemen jumped in the river.
• Were those firemen learning how to swim? • Say the question. (Tap.) Do you live in this city?
(Tap.) No. d. The woman says,“No, I don’t live in this city.”
• They were good swimmers. • What does she say? (Tap.) No, I don’t live in this
Say the sentence. (Tap.) They were good
swimmers. city.
f. Who did they come back with? (Tap.) Kiara's • Where does she live? (Tap.) On a farm.
sister. • Yes, the woman says,“I live on a farm.”
• Yes, they came back with Kiara's sister. Say • What does she say? (Tap.) I live on a farm.
the sentence. (Tap.) They came back with e. The man says,“How long have you lived
Kiara’s sister.
there?”
g. What did Kiara's sister do to thank the • Say the question. (Tap.) How long have you lived
firemen? (Tap.) Kissed them.
there?
• Yes, she kissed one fireman and then the other f. The woman says,“More than 20 years.”
fireman. • How long has she lived there? (Tap.) More than
Say the sentence. (Tap.) She kissed one fireman
and then the other fireman. 20 years.
Repeat steps c through f until firm.
h. Then, who kissed Kiara's sister? (Tap.) Kiara.
• Diya said,“oh, I am so happy you are okay.”
What did Kiara's sister say? (Tap.) Oh, I am so
happy you are okay.