Chapter 2: Greetings
When I meet someone, I say ‘Namaste’.
When I meet someone in the morning, I say ‘Good morning’.
When I meet someone in the afternoon, I say ‘Good afternoon’.
When I meet someone in the evening, I say ‘Good evening’.
When I go to bed, I say ‘Good night’.
Ask the children how they greet others in their mother tongue.
Examples given in the textbook include ‘Namaskar’ and ‘Vanakkam’.
Familiarise children with the phrases used for greetings in English.
A. Match the pictures with the sentences.
hair action
look with eyes
take food
listen to sound
move on foot
take part in a game
I comb my hair → child combing hair.
I see my teacher → child seeing the teacher.
I eat my food → child eating food.
I hear the bell ring → child hearing the bell.
I walk to school → child walking to school.
I play football → child playing football.
The textbook asks the teacher to ensure that children learn action words such as:
A. Write these letters.
Sing the ABC song again.
Before doing the writing exercise, letter flash cards can be used to indicate directions when tracing the letters.
Click any letter below to hear its name.
Focus on the initial sound of each word.
Say the words aloud and listen carefully to the first sound.
F sound
F sound
F sound
G sound
G sound
G sound
H sound
H sound
H sound
I sound
I sound
I sound
J sound
J sound
J sound
A. Say aloud each letter. Then identify the picture which begins with the same letter sound.
The activity focuses on the letters G, F, J and H.
G → girl
The word girl begins with the G sound.
F → flower
The word flower begins with the F sound.
J → jackfruit
The word jackfruit begins with the J sound.
H → house
The word house begins with the H sound.
Listen to the first sound of a word.
If the first sound matches the given letter, the picture belongs to that letter.
Examples:
G → girl
F → flower
J → jackfruit
H → house
Hold this page in front of a mirror. Do the letters look the same in the mirror?
Click a letter to check its vertical symmetry.
H and A have vertical symmetry.
B and C do not have vertical symmetry.
Chapter 2, “Greetings”, teaches children simple English greetings used at different times of the day.
Children learn to say Good morning, Good afternoon, Good evening, Good night and Namaste.
The chapter also introduces simple action sentences such as “I comb my hair”, “I see my teacher”, “I eat my food”, “I hear the bell ring”, “I walk to school” and “I play football”.
Children practise writing the letters G to P and learn initial sounds through words beginning with F, G, H, I and J.
The chapter ends with initial-sound practice and a mirror activity involving the capital letters H, B, A and C.