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Water

Look at the two pictures given below. The first picture shows theearth and some plants before the rains. The second shows thesame place after the rains. Can you spot the differences?

All plants and animals need water to live. We use water for many things.

To drink

To clean

To cook

To build homes

To wash

To put out fires

To bathe

To grow crops

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B. Answer the following questions.

1. Which is the main natural source of water?

2. Name some other sources of water.

3. Name three things for which you use water at home.

C. Think and answer. We must drink only pure water. Impure water can

make us very sick.

1. Pure water has no colour.

Is muddy water, pure water?

2. Pure water has no taste.

Is sea water, pure water?

EXERCISES

| IN CLASS |A. What is wrong in these pictures?

Water is being

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LanguageThe word

|AT HOME|

A.Find out the word for water in two different languages and write below.

B.Many of us say different things about the rain. What do you have to sayabout the rain? Fill in the bubbles.

I like the

smell of

rain.

I get frightened

when there

is thunder.

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•Eat at the right time.

•Wash your hands before you eat.

•Chew the food well.

•Don’t stuff food into your mouth.Eat slowly.

•Eat different kinds of foodsespecially vegetables and fruits.

•Avoid eating too many fried foodsand sweets.

•Don’t speak with food in yourmouth. The food can get stuck inyour throat.

Good eating habits

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•Sit in one place and eat.

•Don’t eat while playing.

•Don’t walk around withfood in hand.

•Don’t waste food.

•Rinse your mouth withwater after eating.

•Don’t eat while watchingtelevision.

•Drink sufficient water.

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| AT HOME |Play the ’Good Eating Habits’ game using a dice and two counters. If youdo not have a dice, write numbers 1 to 6 on bits of paper and fold them.Jumble the slips. Pick up a slip and readthe number. If you land on GREEN, jump2 numbers, if you land on RED, miss aturn. If you land on ORANGE, go backtwo numbers. The player who reaches‘Finish’ first is the winner.

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| NOW I KNOW |• The body is made up of different parts.

• We see with our eyes.

• We hear with our ears.

• We taste with our tongue.

• We smell with our nose.

• We feel with our skin.

| NOW I WILL |• I will not touch my eyes with dirty hands.

• I will never burn very loud crackers as they hurt the ears.

• I will be careful with hot things as they can burn my skin.

• I will practice talking softly. I will not make noise and disturb others.

• I will listen to music made by different kinds of musical instruments.

| NOW I CAN DRAW A SMILING FACE |

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