SAYING WITHOUT SPEAKING-TEXT

SAYING WITHOUT SPEAKING

ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

CBSE CLASS III

Let us play a game. In this game, everyone has to let others know what they want to tell without speaking. Divide yourselves into groups of seven.

Your teacher will give each group a piece of paper with a situation written on it. Each group will read what is written on the paper and prepare a silent act. Keep in mind that you cannot speak. You can express through your face and body actions.

When all the groups are ready with their act, they have to perform one by one in front of the other groups. The others will have to guess what is being acted out.

The children are talking to each other through actions. Have you ever seen anyone talking through actions. Most of us can hear and speak, but there are some people who can neither hear nor speak. 

These people talk through actions. They understand what the other person is saying by studying their lip-movements. All of us cannot do everything. Some of us sing well, others write good poetry. Some can climb trees quickly while others can run fast. Some can draw well, others can sing in tune. 

We are all special in our own ways. Hence, in schools we can learn
from each other. Like all children, children who cannot speak and hear also go to school to read and write. In schools, sign language is taught to them.

Let us read about a child who cannot hear, yet, who can do
many things.
I have a sister, My sister cannot hear
I have a sister
My sister is deaf.
She is special.
There are not many sisters like mine.

My sister can play the piano.
She likes to feel the
deep rumbling chords.
But she will never be able to sing.
She cannot hear the tune.
She likes to leap, to tumble,
to roll, to climb to the top of
the monkey bars.

I wore my sunglasses yesterday.
The frames were very large.
The lenses are very black.
My sister made me take
them off when I spoke.
What do my brown eyes say
to her brown eyes?

Our eyes tell a lot small children tell a lot through their face and hands even before they learn to speak. They understand a lot too. By looking at someone’s face we can tell if the person is happy, sad or angry.

Has it ever happened that you had done some mischief and your mother found out just by looking at your face. We can talk through dance as well. In dance the hands and face are used to convey feelings. These are called mudras and bhavs.

THANK YOU,
N.NANDITHA

FOODS WE EAT-TEXT

FOODS WE EAT

ENVIRONMENTALSTUDIES

CBSE CLASS III

Did all the children in the class eat the same food items yesterday? Why? you feel  hungry when food is digested in our stomach  at that you feel to eat.

Let us talk about those things that we do eat. Put on the things that you eat often rice ,wheat ,barley oats, maize millet kappa (tapioca) ragi.

Most of our food is made of these things. We get food from plants and animals. Depending on what grows easily at which place, different things are eaten at different places. We not only eat different things but we also use the same things to prepare a variety of food items.

What is the real purpose of eating food?

Is it only taste or in any reasons behind it?

Food helps us to grow, to give energy, to be healthy.To Gr

There are  useful substances in food that provide you all these three are called  Nutrients. 

They are different types nutrients are present in food we can also call them components of food Carbohydrates, Proteins, vitamins, fats, water and roughage.

Let us study some of the food items which are rich in carbohydrates.

Carbohydrates -Mainly provide energy to our body.

Ex: Rice:

 wheat:

 potato and sweat potato:

 maize and sugarcane:

Proteins are needed for the growth and repair of our body. 

There are called Body building food.

Ex: Milk:

Egg,meat,fish:

pulses,beans:

Children some times if you are not eating food also you will get energy? How? Have you  know a type of food that store energy in our body? Let us study..

Fats stored food in our body. Excess of fat food contains –obesity.

Ex: Groundnuts, coconut oil, vegetable oil, olive oil, nuts

Who will protect our body from enemies? Do you know a type Nutritious food that protect our body from enemies.Vitamins and Minerals. 

Vitamins help in protecting our body against diseases. They also keep our eyes, bones teeth and gums healthy.

Minerals are required in small amounts in our body. They are essential for proper growth of body and for maintaining good health.

So we need to have a little of all kinds of food every day to get all the Nutrients and roughage etc.This type of diet is called A balanced diet .A balanced diet should contains 50% carbohydrate,35%fats,12%protiens. 3%  vitamins & minerals and sufficient  amount of  water.

Thank You,

N.NANDITHA

CHHOTU’S HOUSE-TEXT

CHHOTU’S HOUSE

ENVIRONMENTALSTUDIES

CBSE CLASS III

Let us see the house of chhotu. Oh , no chhotu is living in a pipie.

His house is a cement pipe. chhotu arrange every around his house.

Chhotu ‘s first time he came to Mumbai. Pic of Mumbai wow what big city is this.  In village chhuto saw small house and huts.  All the roads are filled with big bungalows and apartments. And people are very busy in their life.

 Let us see how many types of houses are there.

There are two types of houses

1. temporary house. 2. Permanent house

Temporary house are also called kwacha-house. These are made up mud and straw. People who can stay for some time they made temporary houses. Examples ; hut, tents,

Permanente houses are called pucca-house. These are made up of cement, steel, bricks and sand. Bungalows and apartments. People live at one place for long they made permanent houses.

People made different types of houses depending upon the climate. and  their work. Some people who live on hill places they made a house on the tree or wooden house.

Some are made water boat-house. Some are stay temporary in tents.

People who in cold places they made there houses with igloos. Eskimos live in it.

People who are living on the hills their are made house with wood.

Let now the parts of a house. In a house we have veranda, dinning-hall, bed-room, reading-room, kitchen-room, storeroom, common- hall and we have a garden around our house.

We spend most of time in common-hall with our family members. We use. Veranda, to take rest and relax. Dinning-hall for lunch and dinner.

Bed-room for sleeping. Reading-room for reading, writing and prepare.

Kitchen –room for preparing food. Store- room for to keep our extra things.

House should have windows and doors. Windows and doors allow sunlight inside. Sunlight kill the germs and it give light for us. House protect us heat, cold, rain and enemies. It gives shelter for us.

The area around your house. we should keep clean. We should throw garbage in dust bin. 

Mosquitoes and germs fly on the garbage. And they spread diseases make us sick.

Look, how beautifully Lata's

Lata’s house is decorated. Because they are celebrating festivals. Ask your friends when and how they decorate their houses. We decorate our house flower, leaves, curtains and rangolis.

Thank You,

N.NANDITHA

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OUR FIRST SCHOOL- TEXT

OUR FIRST SCHOOL

ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
CBSE III

We learn so many things when we come to school. But do you know which is our first school? Yes, it is our family. We learn so many things from our family – much before we learn from anywhere else. This is because we are so close to our family. But we really never give it a thought. Let us think about our family and talk about it.

In this family we can see mother, father, grandmother, grandfather, sister, brother, uncle, aunt and their children.This is large family. We can called this families are Joint-family.

3.In this picture we can see only four members mother, father, sister and brother. This is a small family. This type families we can called nuclear family.

Let us see-Who all are there in your family and their relation.

         Name                                            Relationship

• MOTHER’S OR FATHER’S SON                           BROTHER
• MOTHER’S OR FATHER’S DAUGHTER              SISTER
• MOTHER’S OR FATHER’S BROTHER                 UNCLE
• MOTHER’S OR FATHER’S SISTER                     AUNT
• MOTHER’S OR FATHER’S MOTHER                  GRAND MOTHER
• MOTHER’S OR FATHER’S FATHER                   GRAND FATHER
• SON’S WIFE                                                          DAUGHTER-IN-LAW
• DAUGHTER’S HUSBAND                                     SON-IN-LAW
• HUSBAND’S OR WIFE SISTER                            SISTER-IN-LAW
• HUSBAND’S OR WIFE’S BROTHER                    BROTHER-IN-LAW
• BROTHER’S SON                                                 NEPHEW
• BROTHER’S DAUGHTER                                     NIECE
• UNCLE OR AUNT SON OR DAUGHTER             COUSIN
• SISTER’S HUSBAND                                            BROTHER-IN-LAW
• BROTHER’S WIFE                                                SISTER-IN-LAW
• GRANDSON’S OR GRANDDAUGHTER’S SON   GREAT GRAND SON

What do your family members call you lovingly ? Do you have a pet name? How do you call your family members?

Two persons in the picture a lot like each other. How do you think they are related? Is there any similarity between you and any other member

of your family – in the way you talk, walk, smile or even in your looks...? With whom and how ?

Let us now read about Anwari’s family. The older members of Anwari's family work as dhobis. All the members of the family lend a hand in washing, drying and ironing of the clothes. Anwari and her cousin Taufiq are also learning the work done by the family.

Is your family involved in any particular work? If yes, what? Do you help the family with the work? We learn many things from our family members. Anwari and her cousins learnt cycling from her uncle.You also learnt many things from yourfamily. What and from whom? Has anyone learnt anything from you?

Everyone removes their shoes before entering the house – this is the custom in Surekha’s family. Some of Surekha's friends enter her house without removing their shoes. Surekha’s grandfather gets angry at that. Are there any particular customs followed by your Family?.

Thank

N.NANDITHA