Exercise 1 eat-ate Exercise 2 having fun
a. Listen: If we talk about now, we say: 2a
Somebody eats.
a. Look at the pictures. ✓
• What do we say if we talk about now? (Tap.)
Somebody eats. Some of these children are having fun.
b. (Point to girl chasing boy.) This girl is trying to
b. If we talk about yesterday, we say:
Somebody ate. catch the boy.
• What is she doing? (Tap.) Trying to catch the
• What do we say about yesterday? (Tap.)
Yesterday, somebody ate. boy.
• Are the children having fun? (Tap.) Yes.
• We do not say: Yesterday, somebody eated.
We say: Somebody ate. Say the sentence. (Tap.) The children are having
What do we say about yesterday? (Tap.) fun.
Yesterday, somebody ate. Repeat steps a and b until firm.
Repeat steps a and b until firm. c. (Point to children in tree.) Are these children
having fun? (Tap.) Yes.
c. I will say sentences about now. You will say
sentences about yesterday. d. (Point to boy standing on one foot on branch.)
What is this boy doing? (Call on a student.
d. Listen: Today, Avni eats two eggs. Idea: Standing on a branch on one foot.)
Say the sentence. (Tap.) Today, Avni eats two
eggs. • Everybody, is he having fun? (Tap.) Yes.
• Yes, he is having fun.
• Say the sentence about yesterday. (Tap.)
Yesterday, Avni ate two eggs. Say the sentence. (Tap.) He is having fun.
• He will not have fun if he falls.
e. Listen: Today, her mother eats a small meal. Repeat steps c and d until firm.
Say the sentence. (Tap.) Today, her mother eats
a small meal. e. (Point to children in rain.) These children are
walking home in the rain.
• Say the sentence about yesterday. (Tap.)
Yesterday, her mother ate a small meal. • What are they doing? (Tap.) Walking home in
the rain.
Repeat steps c through e until firm.
• Are these children having fun? (Tap.) No.
f. Ask me: What did her mother eat? (Tap.) Say the sentence. (Tap.) These children are not
What did her mother eat? A small salad. having fun.
• What did her mother eat? (Tap.) A small salad. Repeat step e until firm.
Say the sentence about her mother. (Tap.) Her
mother ate a small salad.
• Did her mother eat a big meal? (Tap.) No.
Say the sentence. (Tap.) Her mother did not eat
a big meal.
g. Listen: Today, the dogs eat dog food.
Say the sentence. (Tap.) Today, the dogs eat
dog food.
• Say the sentence about yesterday. (Tap.)
Yesterday, the dogs ate dog food.
Repeat steps f and g until firm.
Exercise 3 could fix everything
a. Last time you learned a sentence:
His dad could fix everything that is not right.
Say the sentence. (Tap.) His dad could fix 4b
everything that is not right. b. Tell me to touch something made of glass.
b. Is his dad his brother? (Tap.) No. (Tap.) Touch something made of glass. (Touch
• What is his dad? (Tap.) His father.
Yes, his dad is his father. table.)
Repeat steps a and b until firm. • Is this object made of glass? (Tap.) No.
Say the sentence about this object. (Tap.) This
c. His dad could fix everything that is not right.
d. Could he fix a bathtub that is not right? object is not made of glass.
c. (Touch bottle.) Is this object made of glass?
(Tap.) Yes.
• Yes, he could fix a bathtub that is not right. (Tap.) Yes.
Say that sentence. (Tap.) He could fix a bathtub Say the sentence about this object. (Tap.) This
that is not right. object is made of glass.
e. Could he fix a toilet that is not right? Repeat steps b and c until firm.
(Tap.) Yes. d. Tell me to touch something made of wood.
Say that sentence. (Tap.) He could fix a toilet (Tap.) Touch something made of wood. (Touch
that is not right. door.)
f. Could he fix a lamp that is not right? • Is this object made of wood? (Tap.) Yes.
Say the sentence. (Tap.) This object is made of
(Tap.) Yes.
Say that sentence. (Tap.) He could fix a lamp wood.
e. (Touch window.) Is this object made of wood?
that is not right.
• After he fixes a lamp, is it good? (Tap.) Yes. (Tap.) No.
g. Listen: His dad could fix everything that is not Say the sentence. (Tap.) This object is not made
right. of wood.
Say the sentence. (Tap.) His dad could fix Repeat steps d and e until firm.
everything that is not right. f. Listen: Wood is a material. Glass is a material.
Repeat steps c through g until firm. • Is wood a material? (Tap.) Yes.
• Is glass a material? (Tap.) Yes.
Exercise 4 material g. We use material to make things.
Say the sentence. (Tap.) We use material to
4 a ma teria l
make things.
a. (Point to word material.) This word is Repeat steps f and g until firm.
material. h. We can use wood to make chairs.
We can use glass to make a bottle.
• Say terial. (Tap.) Terial. • Remember: Wood and glass are materials.
• Say material. (Tap.) Material. Say the sentence. (Tap.) Wood and glass are
Repeat step a until firm.
materials.
Repeat step h until firm.
Exercise 5 almost all
5a 5b
a. You learned a sentence about the boys:
Listen: The boys ate almost all of the pie. h. The picture shows what the boys did.
Say the sentence. (Tap.) The boys ate almost all • (Point to A, B, C.) These boys ate one piece
of the pie. of pie.
b. How many pieces of pie did the boys eat? • (Point to D.) Did this boy eat more than one
(Tap.) Seven.
Yes, the boys ate seven pieces of pie. piece of pie? (Tap.) Yes.
Say the sentence. (Tap.) The boys ate seven This boy ate more than one piece of pie.
• Ask me: How many pieces of pie did this boy
pieces of pie.
c. Did the boys eat all of the pie? (Tap.) No. eat? (Tap.) How many pieces of pie did this boy
Say the sentence. (Tap.) The boys did not eat all eat? Four.
Say the sentence. (Tap.) This boy ate four pieces
of the pie. of pie.
• If the boys eat all of the pie, how many pieces • This boy should not eat so many pieces of pie.
i. (Point to A.) Say the sentence about what this
do they eat? (Tap.) Eight. boy ate. (Tap.) This boy ate one piece of pie.
Repeat steps a through c until firm. • (Point to D.) Say the sentence about this boy.
(Tap.) This boy ate four pieces of pie.
d. (Call on a student.) What kind of pie this is? Repeat steps h and i until firm.
(Idea: An apple pie.)
• Yes, this is an apple pie.
Everybody, say the sentence. (Tap.) This is an 5c
apple pie.
• Raise your hand if you like apple pie. ✓ j. Remember: The boys ate almost all of the pie.
Say the sentence. (Tap.) The boys ate almost all
Say the sentence about what you like. (Tap.)
I like apple pie. of the pie.
• Almost all of the boys ate one piece of pie.
e. Ask me: How many boys ate pieces of this Say the sentence. (Tap.) Almost all of the boys
pie? (Tap.) How many boys ate pieces of this pie?
ate one piece of pie.
Four boys ate pieces of this pie. k. (Point to A.) This boy ate only one piece of
Say the sentence. (Tap.) Four boys ate pieces of
pie.
this pie. Say the sentence. (Tap.) This boy ate only one
Repeat steps d and e until firm.
piece of pie.
f. Listen: Almost all of the boys ate one piece of • (Point to B.) Say the sentence about this boy.
pie. (Tap.) This boy ate only one piece of pie.
• (Point D.) Say the sentence about this boy.
• Listen again: Almost all of the boys ate one
piece of pie. (Call on a student. Idea: This boy ate four pieces
of pie.)
Say the sentence. (Tap.) Almost all of the boys Repeat steps j and k until firm.
ate one piece of pie.
g. Almost all of the boys ate one piece of pie.
• Did four boys eat one piece of pie? (Tap.) No.
• Did three boys eat one piece of pie? (Tap.) Yes.
Yes, three boys ate one piece of pie.
Repeat steps f and g until firm.
Exercise 6 every all i. Listen: They write all the letters.
Say the sentence with every. (Tap.) They write
6 every letter.
Repeat steps g through i until firm.
Exercise 7 hanger closet
a. Look at the picture. ✓
• Are all the birds the same color? (Tap.) Yes.
Say the sentence. (Tap.) All the birds are the 7
same color. a. Is this a closet? (Tap.) Yes.
b. What color are all the birds? (Tap.) Red. Say the sentence. (Tap.) This is a closet.
Say the sentence with all. (Tap.) All the birds • What do people hang in closets? (Tap.)
are red. Clothes.
• Say the sentence with every. (Tap.) Every bird • Yes, people hang clothes in closets.
Say the sentence. (Tap.) People hang clothes in
is red.
c. Are all the birds on the same branch? (Tap.) closets.
Repeat step a until firm.
Yes.
Say the sentence. (Tap.) All the birds are on the b. (Point to orange shirt.) The orange shirt is on
a hanger.
same branch.
• Say the sentence with every. Remember, say: • What is the orange shirt on? (Tap.) A hanger.
Say the sentence. (Tap.) The orange shirt is on a
Every bird is. (Tap.) Every bird is on the same
branch. hanger.
Repeat steps a through c until firm. c. (Call on a student.) What is the girl doing?
d. Listen: All the dogs were playing. (Idea: Hanging the shirt in the closet.)
• My turn to say it with every: Every dog was • Yes, the girl is hanging the shirt in the closet.
Everybody, say the sentence. (Tap.) The girl is
playing.
e. Listen: All the dogs were playing. hanging the shirt in the closet.
Say the sentence. (Tap.) All the dogs were playing. d. Is all the clothing hanging? (Tap.) No.
• Say the sentence with every. (Tap.) Every dog • (Call on a student.) What kind of clothing is
was playing. not hanging? (Idea: Shoes.)
f. Listen: All the birds were flying. • Yes, the shoes are not hanging.
Say the sentence. (Tap.) All the birds were flying. Everybody, say the sentence. (Tap.) The shoes
• Say the sentence with every. (Tap.) Every bird
are not hanging.
was flying. • Where are the shoes? (Tap.) On the floor.
Repeat steps d through f until firm. Say the sentence. (Tap.) The shoes are on the
g. Listen: They ate all the burgers. floor.
Say the sentence. (Tap.) They ate all the burgers. e. Are pants on hangers? (Tap.) Yes.
• Here’s the sentence with every: They ate Say the sentence. (Tap.) Pants are on hangers.
Repeat steps b through e until firm.
every burger.
Say the sentence with every. (Tap.) They ate
every burger.
h. Listen: They ate all the apples.
Say the sentence with every. (Tap.) They ate
every apple.
f. (Call on a student.) What is the girl doing with e. (Point to slowest boys.) Raise your hand when
the orange shirt? (Idea: Hanging it in a closet.) you know how many boys are better than
• Yes, the girl is hanging the orange shirt in a these boys. ✓
closet.
• How many boys are better than these boys?
Everybody, say the sentence. (Tap.) The girl is (Tap.) Four.
hanging the orange shirt in a closet.
• Yes, four boys are better than these boys.
Repeat step f until firm. Say the sentence. (Tap.) Four boys are better
g. Remember the sentence that tells about than these boys.
closets: People hang clothes in closets. Repeat steps c through e until firm.
Exercise 8 good better best f. (Point to middle boys.) Raise your hand when
you know how many boys are better than
a. You are going to learn about things that are
these boys. ✓
good, things that are better, and things that
• How many boys are better than these boys?
are best. (Tap.) Two.
• Say better. (Tap.) Better. Say the sentence about two boys. (Tap.) Two
boys are better than these boys.
• Say best. (Tap.) Best.
Repeat step f until firm.
Repeat step a until firm.
g. (Point to fastest boys.)
• How many boys are better than these boys?
8 (Tap.) None.
Yes, no boys are better than these boys.
b. (Point to slowest boys.) Can these boy swim? • Listen again: No boys are better than these
(Tap.) Yes.
boys.
Say the sentence about these boys. (Tap.) Say the sentence. (Tap.) No boys are better than
These boys can swim.
these boys.
• These boys are good swimmers. h. (Point to fastest boys.) No boys are better
Say the sentence about these boys. (Tap.)
than these boys. So these boys are the best
These boys are good swimmers. swimmers.
Repeat step b until firm. • Say best. (Tap.) Best.
Repeat steps g and h until firm.
c. (Point to rest of boys.) These boys are better
swimmers. i. (Point to fastest boys.) Yes, these boys are the
best swimmers.
Say the sentence. (Tap.) These boys are better
swimmers. • What are these boys? (Tap.) The best
swimmers.
d. These boys are faster than the boys in back of
them. So these boys are better swimmers. Say the sentence. (Tap.) These boys are the best
swimmers.
• What are these boys? (Tap.) Better swimmers.
Repeat step i until firm.
j. Tell me if I point to the boys who are good, 10a
the boys who are better, or the boys who are
best. b. (Point to picture.) Are these things food or
vehicles or tools or clothing? (Tap.) Tools.
k. (Point to middle boys.) Are these the good
swimmers, the better swimmers, or the best • Yes, these are tools.
swimmers? (Tap.) The better swimmers. Say the sentence. (Tap.) These are tools.
c. People use some tools to cut things into pieces.
Say the sentence about these boys. (Tap.) Saws and knives cut things into pieces.
These boys are the better swimmers. • Which tools cut things into pieces? (Tap.) Saws
l. (Point to slowest boys.) Are these the good and knives.
swimmers, the better swimmers, or the best Say the sentence about saws and knives. (Tap.)
swimmers? (Tap.) The good swimmers.
Saws and knives cut things into pieces.
Say the sentence about these boys. (Tap.) Repeat steps b and c until firm.
These boys are the good swimmers.
d. Which tool would you use to cut apples?
m. (Point to fastest boys.) Are these the good (Tap.) A knife.
swimmers, the better swimmers, or the best
swimmers? (Tap.) The best swimmers. • Yes, people use knives to cut apples.
Say the sentence. (Tap.) People use knives to cut
Say the sentence about these boys. (Tap.)
These boys are the best swimmers. apples.
e. (Call on a student.) Which tool do people use
Repeat steps j through m until firm.
to cut wood into pieces? A saw.
Exercise 9 drop may break • Yes, people use saws to cut wood into pieces.
Everybody, say the sentence. (Tap.) People use
a. You learned a sentence about a glass: If you
drop a glass on the floor, it may break. saws to cut wood into pieces.
• Which tool would you use to cut food into
• Start with if and say the sentence. (Tap.) If you
pieces? (Tap.) A knife.
drop a glass on the floor, it may break. f. Remember: Saws and knives cut things.
Repeat step a until firm. Repeat steps d through f until firm.
Exercise 10 tools: hammer and nails g. (Point to hammer.) This is a hammer.
• Say hammer. (Tap.) Hammer.
a. What tool shows how long things are? (Tap.) Repeat step g until firm.
A ruler. h. (Point to nails.) These are nails.
• Say nail. (Tap.) Nail.
Say the sentence. (Tap.) A ruler shows how long • Say nails. (Tap.) Nails.
Repeat step h until firm.
things are.
i. (Point to hammer.) What is this? (Tap.) A hammer.
Repeat step a until firm. • (Point to nails.) What are these? (Tap.) Nails.
j. People use hammers and nails to put pieces of
wood together.
• Say gether. (Tap.) Gether.
• Say together. (Tap.) Together.
Repeat step i and j until firm.
10 b d. Everybody, tell me to clap and frown. (Tap.)
Clap and frown. (Clap and smile.)
k. When you put pieces of wood together, they • Did I do it the right way or the wrong way?
(Tap.) The wrong way.
become one big part.
Say the sentence. (Tap.) You did it the wrong
l. Look at the picture. ✓ way.
• This picture shows a worker using a hammer e. (Call on a student.) What did I do wrong?
and nails. (Ideas: You did not frown; you smiled.)
• (Call on a student.) What is he using? Repeat steps d and e until firm.
A hammer and nails.
Exercise 12 keep trying
Yes, he is using a hammer and nails.
m. He is putting pieces of wood together. a. I told you about two brothers in an earlier
• Everybody, what is he doing? (Tap.) Putting lesson.
pieces of wood together. Remember, there were two brothers. One
Yes, he is putting pieces of wood together. brother tried to do new things.
Repeat steps k through m until firm.
• Was that the older brother or the younger
n. Remember: People use hammers and nails to brother? (Tap.) The younger brother.
put pieces of wood together.
Say the sentence about the younger brother.
Exercise 11 right way wrong way (Tap.) The younger brother tried to do new things.
• Did the older brother try to do new things?
a. Tell me to clap three times. (Tap.) Clap three
times. (Tap.) No.
Say the sentence. (Tap.) The older brother did
• (Clap 3 times.) Did I do it the right way or the
wrong way? (Tap.) The right way. not try to do new things.
b. The younger brother was three years
Say the sentence. (Tap.) You did it the right way.
b. Tell me to touch my nose two times. (Tap.) younger than the older brother.
• So when the older brother was 15 years old,
Touch your nose two times. (Touch your nose
3 times.) how old was the younger brother? (Tap.) 12
• Did I do it the right way or the wrong way? years old.
(Tap.) The wrong way. • Who could do more things? (Tap.) The younger
Say the sentence. (Tap.) You did it the wrong brother.
way. Repeat steps a and b until firm.
c. (Call on a student.) What did I do wrong?
(Idea: You touched your nose three times, not two
times.)
Repeat steps a through c until firm.
c. The older brother told his mother,“I did i. One day, the older brother told his mother
not learn to do a lot of things my younger something.
brother can do.”
• (Call on a student.) Do you remember what
• Say: I did not learn to do a lot of things. (Tap.) he said? (Idea: Thank you for telling me I should
I did not learn to do a lot of things. try to do new things.)
• Say: I did not learn to do a lot of things my • Yes, he told his mother, “Thank you for telling
younger brother can do. me I should try to do new things.”
• What did the older brother say? (Tap.) I did • Listen again: Thank you for telling me I should
not learn to do a lot of things my younger brother try to do new things.
can do.
Everybody, say the sentence. (Tap.) Thank you
d. His mother told him why his younger brother for telling me I should try to do new things.
could do more things than he could do.
Repeat steps g through i until firm.
• (Call on a student.) Why could the younger
brother do more things? (Idea: He tried to do Exercise 13 begin beginning
new things.)
a. Another word for start is begin.
• Yes, the mother said,“He can do more things
than you can do because he tries to do new • Say begin. (Tap.) Begin.
things. You don’t try to do new things.” Repeat step a until firm.
e. The older brother said,“But I don’t like to try b. What’s another word for start? (Tap.) Begin.
to do new things.” c. When you start to work, you begin to work.
• What do you do when you start to work?
• What did he say? (Tap.) But I don’t like to try to
do new things. (Tap.) Begin to work.
• What do you do when you start to talk?
f. (Call on a student.) What did his mother tell
him? (Idea: If you don’t try, you can’t learn new (Tap.) Begin to talk.
things.) • What do you do when you start to eat? (Tap.)
• His mother said,“If you don’t try, you can’t Begin to eat.
learn new things.” • What do you do when you start reading a
• Everybody, what did she say? (Tap.) If you don’t book? (Tap.) Begin reading a book.
try, you can’t learn new things. Repeat steps b and c until firm.
Repeat steps c through f until firm. d. Your turn: Begin waving. ✓
• Stop waving. ✓
g. He said,“But what if I try and I can’t do • Begin smiling. ✓
something new?” • Stop smiling. ✓
• She said,“You keep on trying until you can do e. Listen: The first word of a story is the
it.” beginning word of a story.
• Listen again: You keep on trying until you can • Say beginning. (Tap.) Beginning.
do it. • Say, the beginning word. (Tap.) The beginning
Say that sentence. (Tap.) You keep on trying word.
until you can do it. • Say, the beginning word of a story. (Tap.) The
h. (Call on a student.) So what did the older beginning word of a story.
brother do? (Idea: Tried to do new things.) Repeat steps d and e until firm.
• (Call on a student.) And what happened?
(Idea: He learned a lot of new things.)
Yes, he tried to do new things.
• After one year, he learned to do a lot of things
he could not do.