UNIT 1 • FUN WITH FRIENDS

CHAPTER 3

Best Friends

Class 3 • Santoor

📖 Let us Read

There were four friends — Circle, Square, Triangle and Rectangle. One day there began a fight between the friends. Each of them said they were the best.

Circle said, “I am the best! I am round and beautiful. I have no sharp edges. Children use me to draw a smiling face. There are so many beautiful things in my shape. I am the best!”

The other shapes refused to agree with the circle. Square then said, “I am the best! I have four sides and all of them are equal in size.”

Triangle said, “I am the best! I have three sides. Children use me to draw mountains.”

Rectangle laughed aloud. “Of course not. No one can be better than me. I have four sides. Two are equally long and two are equally short.”

The friends could not decide who was the best among them. They decided to ask the first person they met.

After some time, they met a star. They told her about their fight and asked her to decide who was the best among them.

🤔 Think Before You Read On

What do you think will happen now?

The star was wise. She told them that they were all friends and should not fight. Together, they could create beautiful pictures and patterns.

The friends realised their mistake and promised each other that they would never fight again. They remained best friends forever.

🔷 Meet the Four Friends

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Circle

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Square

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Triangle

▮

Rectangle

📚 New Words

💡 Let us Think

Answer the following.

1 Who were the four friends?

Circle, Square, Triangle and Rectangle were the four friends.

2 Why were they fighting?

They were fighting because each of them thought that they were the best.

3 Who helped them to end their fight?

The star helped them to end their fight.

4 What lesson did the friends learn in the end?

They learned that they should not fight and that together they could create beautiful pictures and patterns.

5 Write ‘T’ for true and ‘F’ for false.

a) The circle does not have sharp edges. ( )
b) A square has four sides but not all of them are equal in size. ( )
c) The triangle has two sides. ( )
d) The friends could decide who was the best among them. ( )

a) T
b) F
c) F
d) F

6 Who is your friend? What are the things you can do when your friend helps you?

मैं अपने मित्र की मदद के लिए उसे धन्यवाद दे सकता हूँ। मैं भी आवश्यकता पड़ने पर अपने मित्र की सहायता कर सकता हूँ।

7 Look around you. Talk about the shapes of what you see.

विद्यार्थी अपने आसपास की वस्तुओं को देखकर उनके आकार के बारे में बता सकते हैं।

🗣️ Let us Speak

Role Play — The Four Friends

Divide into groups of 5. Each child can be one character in the story: Circle, Square, Triangle, Rectangle and the Star.

Take turns and read out the story. Enjoy by adding actions to what you say.

🔵 Circle

🟥 Square

🔺 Triangle

▮ Rectangle

⭐ Star

📚 Let us Learn

A and An

A pigeon and an ant became friends.

Notice that we used a before pigeon and an before ant.

We use ‘a’ before singular nouns that begin with consonant sounds.

We use ‘an’ before singular nouns that begin with vowel sounds — a, e, i, o, u.

A. Fill in the blanks using ‘a’.

1. dog is barking at the postman.

2. My mother gives chapattis to cow everyday.

3. In summers, sparrow builds its nest on the mango tree near our house.

B. Fill in the blanks using ‘an’.

1. I saw eagle yesterday.

2. Maya bought umbrella for the monsoon.

3. ice-cream man brings his cart in the evenings.

C. Fill in the blanks using ‘a’ or ‘an’.

1. brown hen laid egg.

2. eagle sat on building.

3. Mary ate apricot, chikoo and orange.

📖 Interactive Vocabulary

Click any highlighted English word to see its pronunciation, Hindi meaning and an easy sentence.

✍️ Let us Write

A. Paste a picture of your friend.

B. My Friend

1. My friend’s name is ______________________________.

2. He/She is a boy/girl.

3. He/She is __________________ years old.

4. His/Her favourite colour is ______________________________.

5. He/She likes to play ______________________________.

6. He/She wants to become ______________________________.

I love my friend. ❤️

🎯 Let us Do

Draw the four friends

Use the space below to draw Circle, Square, Triangle and Rectangle.

🔍 Let us Explore

Create Pictures with Shapes

Draw pictures using Circle, Square, Triangle and Rectangle.

▲ Mountains

■ Buildings

● Sun

▮ Houses

अलग-अलग आकृतियों को मिलाकर कोई सुंदर चित्र बनाइए। आप पहाड़, घर, पेड़, सूरज या कोई अन्य चित्र बना सकते हैं।

🎵 Fun with Words — What do You do?