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MY SILLY SISTER
Mother, your baby is silly! She is so very childish!
She does not know the difference between the lights in the
streets and the bright stars.
When we play with pebbles, she thinks they are real food.
She even tries to put them into her mouth.
When I open a book before her and ask her to learn her
she tears the pages with her hands and roars with joy at nothing.
This is your baby’s way of doing her lessons!
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MY SILLY SISTER
Mother, your baby is silly! She is so very childish!
She does not know the difference between the lights in the
streets and the bright stars.
When we play with pebbles, she thinks they are real food.
She even tries to put them into her mouth.
When I open a book before her and ask her to learn her
she tears the pages with her hands and roars with joy at nothing.
This is your baby’s way of doing her lessons!
a b c,
2019-20
When I shake my head at her in anger and scold her, or call
her naughty, she laughs and thinks it great fun.
Everybody knows that Father is away, but sometimes I call
out "Father" playfully. She looks quickly about her in excitement
and thinks that Father is near.
Sometimes I hold a class with the donkeys that our
washerman brings to carry away the dirty clothes. I warn her
that I am the schoolmaster and that she better not make any
noise. Only then she keeps quiet. I insist that she should call me
“dada”.
Your baby wants to catch the moon. She is really funny.
Mother, your baby is silly. She is so very childish!
childish, pebble, donkey, dirty, anger, excitement, playful,
naughty, washerman
Rabindranath Tagore
New words
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2019-20
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MY SILLY SISTER
Mother, your baby is silly! She is so very childish!
She does not know the difference between the lights in the
streets and the bright stars.
When we play with pebbles, she thinks they are real food.
She even tries to put them into her mouth.
When I open a book before her and ask her to learn her
she tears the pages with her hands and roars with joy at nothing.
This is your baby’s way of doing her lessons!
a b c,
2019-20
When I shake my head at her in anger and scold her, or call
her naughty, she laughs and thinks it great fun.
Everybody knows that Father is away, but sometimes I call
out "Father" playfully. She looks quickly about her in excitement
and thinks that Father is near.
Sometimes I hold a class with the donkeys that our
washerman brings to carry away the dirty clothes. I warn her
that I am the schoolmaster and that she better not make any
noise. Only then she keeps quiet. I insist that she should call me
“dada”.
Your baby wants to catch the moon. She is really funny.
Mother, your baby is silly. She is so very childish!
childish, pebble, donkey, dirty, anger, excitement, playful,
naughty, washerman
Rabindranath Tagore
New words
82
2019-20
Reading is fun
Talk time
1. What does the baby do with the pebbles?
2. What does the baby do with the book?
3. When does the baby laugh?
4. Why does the washerman bring donkeys?
1. What is the funniest thing the baby does?
2. Do you think the baby sister is really silly? Why?
Hands are for clapping,
Feet are for walking,
Hips are for shaking,
Arms are for stretching,
Eyes are for blinking,
Heads are for nodding,
Elbows are for moving,
Mouths are for talking.
Let’s move and dance
(You can make similar verses of your own.)
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MY SILLY SISTER
Mother, your baby is silly! She is so very childish!
She does not know the difference between the lights in the
streets and the bright stars.
When we play with pebbles, she thinks they are real food.
She even tries to put them into her mouth.
When I open a book before her and ask her to learn her
she tears the pages with her hands and roars with joy at nothing.
This is your baby’s way of doing her lessons!
a b c,
2019-20
When I shake my head at her in anger and scold her, or call
her naughty, she laughs and thinks it great fun.
Everybody knows that Father is away, but sometimes I call
out "Father" playfully. She looks quickly about her in excitement
and thinks that Father is near.
Sometimes I hold a class with the donkeys that our
washerman brings to carry away the dirty clothes. I warn her
that I am the schoolmaster and that she better not make any
noise. Only then she keeps quiet. I insist that she should call me
“dada”.
Your baby wants to catch the moon. She is really funny.
Mother, your baby is silly. She is so very childish!
childish, pebble, donkey, dirty, anger, excitement, playful,
naughty, washerman
Rabindranath Tagore
New words
82
2019-20
Reading is fun
Talk time
1. What does the baby do with the pebbles?
2. What does the baby do with the book?
3. When does the baby laugh?
4. Why does the washerman bring donkeys?
1. What is the funniest thing the baby does?
2. Do you think the baby sister is really silly? Why?
Hands are for clapping,
Feet are for walking,
Hips are for shaking,
Arms are for stretching,
Eyes are for blinking,
Heads are for nodding,
Elbows are for moving,
Mouths are for talking.
Let’s move and dance
(You can make similar verses of your own.)
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1. Fill in the blanks to spell words from the story.
s i ____ ____ y
p e ____ ____l ____ s
s t r ____ e t s
s ____  o l d
l e ____ ____ o n s
n ____ u ____  h t y
e x c ____ t ____ m ____ n t
d ____n k ____ y
2. Write similar words from the story:
Foolish __________________
Stones __________________
Mischievous __________________
Fetch __________________
3. Fill in the blanks with words from the box
children they bell
The ______________ are playing in the field. __________ are
happy.
____________ are playing ‘catch-me-if-you-can.’
The ____________ has rung. It is time for lessons.
Word building
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MY SILLY SISTER
Mother, your baby is silly! She is so very childish!
She does not know the difference between the lights in the
streets and the bright stars.
When we play with pebbles, she thinks they are real food.
She even tries to put them into her mouth.
When I open a book before her and ask her to learn her
she tears the pages with her hands and roars with joy at nothing.
This is your baby’s way of doing her lessons!
a b c,
2019-20
When I shake my head at her in anger and scold her, or call
her naughty, she laughs and thinks it great fun.
Everybody knows that Father is away, but sometimes I call
out "Father" playfully. She looks quickly about her in excitement
and thinks that Father is near.
Sometimes I hold a class with the donkeys that our
washerman brings to carry away the dirty clothes. I warn her
that I am the schoolmaster and that she better not make any
noise. Only then she keeps quiet. I insist that she should call me
“dada”.
Your baby wants to catch the moon. She is really funny.
Mother, your baby is silly. She is so very childish!
childish, pebble, donkey, dirty, anger, excitement, playful,
naughty, washerman
Rabindranath Tagore
New words
82
2019-20
Reading is fun
Talk time
1. What does the baby do with the pebbles?
2. What does the baby do with the book?
3. When does the baby laugh?
4. Why does the washerman bring donkeys?
1. What is the funniest thing the baby does?
2. Do you think the baby sister is really silly? Why?
Hands are for clapping,
Feet are for walking,
Hips are for shaking,
Arms are for stretching,
Eyes are for blinking,
Heads are for nodding,
Elbows are for moving,
Mouths are for talking.
Let’s move and dance
(You can make similar verses of your own.)
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2019-20
1. Fill in the blanks to spell words from the story.
s i ____ ____ y
p e ____ ____l ____ s
s t r ____ e t s
s ____  o l d
l e ____ ____ o n s
n ____ u ____  h t y
e x c ____ t ____ m ____ n t
d ____n k ____ y
2. Write similar words from the story:
Foolish __________________
Stones __________________
Mischievous __________________
Fetch __________________
3. Fill in the blanks with words from the box
children they bell
The ______________ are playing in the field. __________ are
happy.
____________ are playing ‘catch-me-if-you-can.’
The ____________ has rung. It is time for lessons.
Word building
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4. Fill in the blanks
i. One child, many ____________ .
ii. One fox, many _____________ .
iii. One duck, many ____________ .
iv. One goose, many ____________ .
5. Add ‘ful’ to make a word.
a. The children are __________________. (play)
b. The flowers are __________________. (beauty)
c. The books are __________________ . (use)
d. The vegetables are __________________ . (plenty)
6. Add ‘ly’ to make a word
a. The new shoes are __________________ . (love)
b. He is __________________ smart. (real)
c. We should eat __________________ . (slow)
d. Let us sing __________________ . (soft)
7. Add ‘ish’ to make a new word.
a. That girl is always crying. She is ________________ . (child)
b. I slipped on a banana peel. I feel ________________ . (fool)
c. My sister is ________________ . (baby)
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