Montessori Cartagena
English book First grade 2011 1
CONTENTS SHORT VOWEL SOUND (A) ....................................................................................................... 3 Short vowel sounds (e, i) ............................................................................................................... 4 Short vowel sound (o, u) ............................................................................................................ 5 Short vowel activity ....................................................................................................................... 6 Consonant beginning sound of S ............................................................................................... 7-8 Consonant beginning sound of T................................................................................................... 9 Consonant beginning sound of M ............................................................................................... 10 Consonant beginning sound of H ................................................................................................ 11 Read and practice vocabulary .............................................................................................. 12-13 Opposite ..................................................................................................................................... 14 Opposite activity ............................................................................................................. 15-16- 17 Opposite puzzle .......................................................................................................................... 18 Rhyming words ........................................................................................................................... 19 Rhyming activity ......................................................................................................................... 20 The NOUN (definition and examples) ......................................................................................... 21 Noun activity .............................................................................................................................. 22 Identify the noun .............................................................................................................. 23-24-25 Kinds of nouns: common and proper nouns .............................................................................. 26 Common and proper nouns activity ........................................................................................... 27 Kinds of nouns: singular and plural nouns .................................................................................. 28 Singular and plural noun activity ................................................................................................ 29 The article: definition, symbol and examples ............................................................................ 30 Noun and article activity ............................................................................................................. 31 The adjective: definition; symbol and examples ........................................................................ 32 Adjective vocabulary .................................................................................................................. 33 Adjective activity ..................................................................................................................... 3the The sentences ............................................................................................................................. 35
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Vowels Short vowel sound 1. Look at the pictures and read the vocabulary
a Car Hat
Cat
Ball
Hand
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Rat
Fan
Ant
e
Net Jet
Nest
Egg
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Fish Ring
Pig
Bird
o
Frog
Fork
Dog
Corn
Sock
Box
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U
Cup
Duck
Jug
2. Look at the pictures and complete them with the correct vowel.
gg S
cks B
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rd B
x
R
ng C
t
H
t
N
st C
p
F
n D
N
t
sh
P
g
F
D
A
g
ck
t
consonants Beginning sounds
S
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1.
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Write each word three times.
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6 Sun
six
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Socks
Star
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2. Practi ce the sound of s making a short reading. I said “hello” to the sun, I said “hello” to the sea. I can play in the sand, Will you play with me?
t
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10 Top
Ten 9
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Practice this Tongue twister Tommy tunrs two toy tops.
m 1.
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Match the pictures with their name. mop
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mug
mat
milk
map It’s on your head And under your hat. Tell me, tell me, What is that? a) Your hand your eyes
b)your hair
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c)
h
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1.
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Write the names to practice the sound of the letter H.
hat
hen
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vocabulary More words to read, more words to write.
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More words to,
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Opposites In this lesson we are going to learn a lot of words, all of them have an opposite word. These are some opposite words
examples
1.
in
out
near
far
2.
3.
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of
big
small
Opposite activity 1.
Read, draw and write corresponding opposite word.
in _______________
far _______________
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the
big _______________
2. In this activity you will see other pictures, and you have to match each one with its opposite.
close
day
girl
young
open
old
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boy
hot
cold
night
Remember‌remember!!! Do you have a good memory? ‌ yes 1. the words
Unscramble
The opposite words are in complete disorder. Do you remember their order? On the line write the words correctly
yad
inght
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oby
irlg 18
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sallm
gib
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oungy
lod
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onep
eslco
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2. In this puzzle following words open cold o w c o old p t p l in e f l d out n v y h small q b t l day d n a g e m j f s m d a 19
find the
l t g l b b o y
d j u i o p t e
z x c v b l r i
q w i n e r t y
a s n i g h t t
g h j k l y o u
big boy girl young night close
Rhyming words Rhyming pairs of words always have the same vowel in the middle of the word, or ends with the same sound as another word. Here are some examples of rhyming words.
Dog
Log 20
Bag
Tag
pen
Hen
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Rug
bug
Rhyming activity 1. Read the next list of words and write next to each one another word that rhymes cap
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zip net
hat map
f
an box
The noun
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The noun is a word that refers to a person, place, Animal or a thing Examples of nouns People
Place
Animal Thing
Doctor father
Elephant Fan School Box
Isabella Hen House Baby
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Noun activity Read the word list and write the noun in the correct group. Bird Perso n
Boy
Camilo
Mat
Place
Log
Rat
Anim al
Park
Pen
Thing
Baby
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Mug Restaur
Identify the noun In the following sentences draw a black pyramid
on all the nouns.
My sister has a pig
The cat is black
Birds are beautiful
The baby is on the floor
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This is a red card.
Nouns In the following sentences draw a black pyramid 1.
on all the nouns.
Example: Andres plays tennis
Mary has a beautiful dog My mother is a doctor Isabella works in a restaurant The rat in the pan A big elephant is in the zoo My school is big
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2. Tell whether each noun below is a person, a place, an animal or a thing. Christian _____________________________ ____ Bathroom _____________________________ ___ Flower _____________________________ ________ Rabbit 27
_____________________________ _____ Playground _____________________________ __ Sub
_____________________________ _________ Student _____________________________ _______ Lion _____________________________ _________
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Kinds Of Nouns There are two kinds of nouns: Common nouns and proper nouns. NOUN S 1.Common 2. Proper Nouns Nouns It refers to a It refers to a particular general person, place, person, place, Compare anor look a theanimal difference or thing. animal thing Common nouns Proper
nouns
Boy (general) (particular)
Sebastian
Girl (general
Mariana (particular) 29
Miss (general) (particular)
Miss
School (general) (particular)
Lucy
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Common and proper nouns Write on the line “P” if it is a proper noun, and “C” if it is a common noun. Example: Teacher C Angy
P
Mary
Father
Matias
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City
Cartagena
Mother
Mc Donals
Singular and plural nouns Nouns can be singular and plural 2. P 1. Singular nouns: lural Refer to one person, placenouns: Refer more Animal or thing than one person, place, animal or 31
In English most of the nouns form their plural by adding S: Examples: Book - books Chair – chairs Pen
– pens
Student – students
Plural Nouns Draw and write the plurals of the following pictures .
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House
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Boy
Tag
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Star
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Bag
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The article An article is a word that is used to show the presence of a noun.
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For example: the is an article The article has special symbol, is a light blue pyramid Identify the article 1.
In
the
following
sentences
identify the article. The hat is black
The dog is brown and white
The girl is beautiful The fish is small
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Nouns and articles In the following sentences draw a blue pyramid if it’s an article, and a black pyramid if it’s a noun
1. The secretary is in the office.
2. The pen is red 3. The three chairs are black
4.The book is green. 5. The cat is small
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6. The colors are in the pencil case
The adjective The adjective is the word that describes a person, an animal, a thing or a place. Its symbol is a dark blue pyramid Examples of adjectives: Big, small, hot, cold, intelligent, colors (blue, red, green, etc‌) Examples in sentences:
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The cat is white. The ant is small.
The boy is intelligent
Adjectives Read the next list of adjectives. ADJECTIVES
Happy
Sad
Empty
Full
Strong
Weak
Slow
Fast
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Big
Small
Beautiful
Ugly
Adjectives Draw a dark blue pyramid all the adjectives.  The mouse is very small  All the turtles are slow 38
on
This is an strong man This is a happy face The elephant is big and brown
The sentence
A sentence is a group of words that express and idea, and contains words like:
1. 2.
3.
Article : the Noun: animal, person, place, and things.
Adjective: big, small, colors (red, blue, black, etc…)
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The tag is
The mug is
The ant is
yellow
red
black
Another activities in the book
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