NCERT Textbook - Bird Talk | English for Class 3

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Aileen Fisher
Do you think birds find people funny?
Let's listen to what the robin and the jay have to say.
11
Bird Talk
‘Think...’ said the robin,
‘Think...’ said the jay,
sitting in the garden
talking one day.
‘Think about people
the way they grow:
they don’t have feathers
at all, you know.
They don’t eat beetles,
they don’t grow wings,
they don’t like sitting
on wires and things.’
‘Think!’ said the robin.
‘Think!’ said the jay.
‘Aren’t people funny
to be that way?’
beetles, sitting, wires, funny
New words
UNIT II
2019-20
Page 2


Aileen Fisher
Do you think birds find people funny?
Let's listen to what the robin and the jay have to say.
11
Bird Talk
‘Think...’ said the robin,
‘Think...’ said the jay,
sitting in the garden
talking one day.
‘Think about people
the way they grow:
they don’t have feathers
at all, you know.
They don’t eat beetles,
they don’t grow wings,
they don’t like sitting
on wires and things.’
‘Think!’ said the robin.
‘Think!’ said the jay.
‘Aren’t people funny
to be that way?’
beetles, sitting, wires, funny
New words
UNIT II
2019-20
1. Name the two birds in the poem.
2. What are the three things that people can't do?
3. What do birds think of people?
1. Imagine what two elephants would say to each other about
people. Let them talk about
– what people look like
– what they eat
– how they walk
You can say
2. Let’s find two things which you can do and the birds can’t do.
Tell the class.
i. Draw your favourite bird on a sheet of
paper, cut and colour it.
Look at that man’s nose See how small it is!
Let's make finger puppets. Activity –
ii. Take a strip of cloth or paper.
iii. Paste the picture of the bird you have
drawn on it.
12
Reading is fun
Talk time
Team time
2019-20
Page 3


Aileen Fisher
Do you think birds find people funny?
Let's listen to what the robin and the jay have to say.
11
Bird Talk
‘Think...’ said the robin,
‘Think...’ said the jay,
sitting in the garden
talking one day.
‘Think about people
the way they grow:
they don’t have feathers
at all, you know.
They don’t eat beetles,
they don’t grow wings,
they don’t like sitting
on wires and things.’
‘Think!’ said the robin.
‘Think!’ said the jay.
‘Aren’t people funny
to be that way?’
beetles, sitting, wires, funny
New words
UNIT II
2019-20
1. Name the two birds in the poem.
2. What are the three things that people can't do?
3. What do birds think of people?
1. Imagine what two elephants would say to each other about
people. Let them talk about
– what people look like
– what they eat
– how they walk
You can say
2. Let’s find two things which you can do and the birds can’t do.
Tell the class.
i. Draw your favourite bird on a sheet of
paper, cut and colour it.
Look at that man’s nose See how small it is!
Let's make finger puppets. Activity –
ii. Take a strip of cloth or paper.
iii. Paste the picture of the bird you have
drawn on it.
12
Reading is fun
Talk time
Team time
2019-20
Let’s write
iv. Tie the two ends of the strip.
v. Fix it on your fingers.
vi. Your finger puppet is ready to talk.
Listen to the sounds of the birds. Make a list of these words.
For example:
vii. Let your puppet fly along with your friends’ puppets.
Now write four sentences on birds using the followings words.
nest water chirp fly sky wings
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
chirp, chirp, chirp,
__________________________________
__________________________________
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2019-20
Page 4


Aileen Fisher
Do you think birds find people funny?
Let's listen to what the robin and the jay have to say.
11
Bird Talk
‘Think...’ said the robin,
‘Think...’ said the jay,
sitting in the garden
talking one day.
‘Think about people
the way they grow:
they don’t have feathers
at all, you know.
They don’t eat beetles,
they don’t grow wings,
they don’t like sitting
on wires and things.’
‘Think!’ said the robin.
‘Think!’ said the jay.
‘Aren’t people funny
to be that way?’
beetles, sitting, wires, funny
New words
UNIT II
2019-20
1. Name the two birds in the poem.
2. What are the three things that people can't do?
3. What do birds think of people?
1. Imagine what two elephants would say to each other about
people. Let them talk about
– what people look like
– what they eat
– how they walk
You can say
2. Let’s find two things which you can do and the birds can’t do.
Tell the class.
i. Draw your favourite bird on a sheet of
paper, cut and colour it.
Look at that man’s nose See how small it is!
Let's make finger puppets. Activity –
ii. Take a strip of cloth or paper.
iii. Paste the picture of the bird you have
drawn on it.
12
Reading is fun
Talk time
Team time
2019-20
Let’s write
iv. Tie the two ends of the strip.
v. Fix it on your fingers.
vi. Your finger puppet is ready to talk.
Listen to the sounds of the birds. Make a list of these words.
For example:
vii. Let your puppet fly along with your friends’ puppets.
Now write four sentences on birds using the followings words.
nest water chirp fly sky wings
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
chirp, chirp, chirp,
__________________________________
__________________________________
13
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Write words that rhyme with the words given below.
The first one has been done for you.
Grow know throw
day bay _____________
think _____________ _____________
funny _____________ _____________
eat _____________ _____________
sing _____________ _____________
think this ten
thin that top
three though tank
Say aloud
2019-20