English For Today chapter 5: Days of the Week

English For Today
Textbook pages 42-54
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Days
Days
Seven days in a week
Seven Days in a Week
Seven days in a week
What day is today?
What day is today?
Rima and the seed
How does a plant grow?
Two little birds

Printed page 42

Days A. Listen and say. Days of the week Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Printed page 43

Days B. Say the weekdays. Figure Labels: Sunday Description: A teacher stands at the left, holding a book and a pointer, and points to a board showing the word "Sunday". Students sit at desks in rows facing the board, holding books. S1: Sunday S2: Monday S3: S4: S5: S6: S7: S8 : Sunday__________S9: ____________(Continue \dots..) Printed page 44

Seven days in a week A. Look, listen and say. Figure Labels: APRIL 2026; Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930 Description: April 2026 calendar, a grid with Sunday to Saturday as columns and weeks as rows; the first row has three empty cells before 1.

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
			1	2	3	4
5	6	7	8	9	10	11
12	13	14	15	16	17	18
19	20	21	22	23	24	25
26	27	28	29	30

Seven Days in a Week I look at my calendar and what do I see? There are seven days in a row for me. Sunday, Monday, Tuesday too Wednesday, Thursday is next true. Friday, Saturday come and then Sunday comes around again. Printed page 45

Seven days in a week B. Trace and write. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Today is C. Now, copy the names of the days in your exercise book. Printed page 46

What day is today? A. Listen and say. Figure Labels: How many days are there in a week?; 7 days Description: A teacher holding a book and a pointer stands at the left, and a boy with a school bag stands at the right, raising one hand. The teacher's speech bubble asks the question and the boy's bubble answers it. Figure Labels: What day is today?; It’s \dots\dots.. Description: A man in a white kurta and blue trousers, holding a book, stands at the left and points to the right. A girl with a red hairband and a blue skirt, with her arms out, stands at the right. The man's speech bubble asks the question and the girl's bubble gives the answer, left blank. B. Pairwork: Ask and answer. S1: How many days are there in a week? S2: \dots\dots\dots\dots.. S1: What are they? S2: \dots\dots\dots\dots.. S1: What day is today? S2: \dots\dots\dots\dots\dots (Continue .. .. .. .. .. .) Printed page 47

What day is today? C. Ask and answer. S1: What day is today? S2: ......(name of the day, say, it is Monday) S2: What day comes after Monday? S3: Tuesday. What day comes after Tuesday? S4: \dots\dots\dots\dots\dots.. (Continue \dots\dots.) D. Look for the days in the box and say their names. Colour the days you have found. Use seven different colours. One is done for you. Figure W T u e s d a y M o n d a y S u n d a y e T h u r s d a y F r i d a y S a t u r d a y y Description: A letter grid of 9 rows and 11 columns inside a black border. Six day names run across the rows and Wednesday runs down the fifth column; the Sunday row is shaded lilac. E. Now, close your book and write the names of the days. Printed page 48

Rima and the seed A. Look, listen and say. Figure : a seed Description: A dark red seed with a single green shoot growing from its top. Figure : a flower pot Description: A clay pot filled with soil, with a plant that has green leaves and several red and orange flowers. Figure : the sun Description: A red sun with orange spiky rays. Figure : a water can Description: A light blue watering can with a handle at the top and a spout with small holes at its tip. Figure : a plant Description: A young plant with two green leaves on a thin green stem, with its roots in soil. B. Look at the pictures. Number them from 1 to 4 as they appear. Figure Description: A sprouting plant with two small leaves in a clay pot of soil. An empty square box lies to its left for the number. Figure Description: An empty clay pot with no soil in it. An empty square box lies to its left for the number. Figure Description: A girl with braids pours water from a watering can into a small pot on the ground. An empty square box lies to the left of the picture for the number. Figure Description: A clay pot filled with soil. An empty square box lies to the left of the pot for the number. Printed page 49

How does a plant grow? A. Look, listen and say. Figure Description: Rima’s father, in a white shirt and black trousers, bends forward and hands a seed to Rima, who wears a blue dress and holds out her hand. On Sunday, Rima’s father gives her a seed. Figure Description: Rima crouches beside a clay pot, adding soil with a small trowel. A pile of soil lies on the ground in front of her. On Monday, Rima puts soil in a pot. Figure Description: Rima, in a pink and white patterned dress, crouches over a clay pot with her hand in the soil. She then puts the seed into the soil. Figure Description: Rima stands beside a clay pot on the ground, tilting a watering can over it while water flows from the spout into the pot. Rima waters the seed on Tuesday. Printed page 50 B. Look, listen and say. Figure Labels: none Description: A sun shines over a window ledge; a girl in a yellow dress lifts a flowerpot with soil onto the ledge in the sunlight. On Wednesday, Rima puts the pot in the sun. Figure Labels: none Description: A girl in a white dress pours water from a watering can onto a flowerpot with soil. Rima waters the seed again on Thursday. Figure Labels: none Description: A girl in a pink dress stands with her hands on her cheeks, looking at a flowerpot with soil beside her. On Friday, Rima waits. Figure Labels: none Description: A girl in a red dress smiles with her hands clasped; beside her a flowerpot holds a small plant with two leaves. On Saturday, Rima sees something in the pot. It’s a small plant with two leaves! Printed page 51 C. Put the sentences in the correct order. Number them from 1-4 ☐ Rima puts the pot in the sun. ☐ Rima’s father gives her a seed. ☐ There’s a small plant! ☐ Rima puts the seed in the pot. D. Say and write the missing days. Sunday 2) .................... Tuesday 4) .................... Thursday 6) .................... .................... Printed page 52

Lesson 6: Two little birds A. Listen, repeat after your teacher and enjoy the rhyme. Colour the pictures.

Two little birds Figure Labels: none Description: A branch with leaves holds a nest containing two blue eggs. On Sunday, I saw two eggs in the nest. Figure Labels: none Description: A nest on a branch holds two small birds sitting over blue eggs. On Monday, there were two little birds instead. Figure Labels: none Description: A nest on a branch holds two birds with blue eggs beneath them. On Tuesday, as the day began the little birds twittered and sang. Printed page 53 Figure Labels: none Description: Two birds hop and dance above a nest with one blue egg on a branch. On Wednesday, the little birds hopped and danced. Figure Labels: none Description: Two birds sit side by side on a branch beside an empty nest. On Thursday, the little birds sat on a branch. Figure Labels: none Description: Two birds fly near an empty nest on a branch; one bird perches on the nest's edge. On Friday, the little birds began to play. Figure Labels: none Description: Two birds fly away from a nest on a branch. On Saturday, the little birds happily flew away. Printed page 54 B. Copy the rhyme neatly in your exercise book. C. Work in pairs. Read the rhyme again. Ask and answer the following questions. 1 What was in the nest on Sunday? 2 When did the two birds come out of the eggs? 3 What did the birds do on Thrusday? 4 When did the birds fly away? D. Now, write the answers of activity C in your exercise book.

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