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Montessori Cartagena

English book

First grade

2011

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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 Cat

Hat

Ball Hand Rat

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Fan Ant

e

Net Nest

Jet

Egg

i

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Fish Pig Bird

Ring

o

Frog Dog Corn

Fork 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 rd

B x

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R ng C t H t D g

N st

C p

F n

D ck

N t

F sh

P g

A t

consonants Beginning sounds

S

1. Write each word three times.

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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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Top Ten

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Practice this Tongue twister

Tommy tunrs two toy tops.

m

1. 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 b)your hair c)

your eyes

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h

1. 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 examples of

opposite words

1.

in out

2.

near far

3.

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big small

Opposite activity

1. Read, draw and write the

corresponding opposite word.

in

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far

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big

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2. In this

activity you will see other pictures,

and you have to match each one

with its opposite.

day close

young girl

open old

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boy hot

cold night

Remember…remember!!!

Do you have a good memory? … yes

1. Unscramble

the words

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

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sallm gib

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oungy lod

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onep eslco _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

2. In this puzzle find the

following words

open

cold

old

in

out

small

day

o w c o l d z q a g

p t p l t j x w s h

e f l d g u c i n j

n v y h l i v n i k

q b t l b o b e g l

d n a g b p l r h y

e m j f o t r t t o

s m d a y e i y t u

o k s e h d g i b n

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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

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Bag Tag

pen Hen º

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

fan

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

Isabella

Baby

School

House

Elephant

Hen

Fan

Box

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Noun activity

Read the word list and write the noun

in the correct group.

Perso

n

Place

Thing

Bird

Boy

Camilo

Mat

Log

Rat

Park

Pen

Baby

Mug

Restaur

Anim

al

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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 on all the nouns.

1. 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

_____________________________

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Flower

_____________________________

________

Rabbit

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_____________________________

_____

Playground

_____________________________

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Sub

_____________________________

_________

Student

_____________________________

_______

Lion

_____________________________

_________

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Kinds Of Nouns

There are two kinds of nouns:

Common nouns and proper

nouns.

Compare an look a the difference

Common nouns Proper

nouns

Boy (general) Sebastian

(particular)

Girl (general Mariana (particular)

NOUN

S

1.Common

Nouns

2. Proper

Nouns It refers to a

general

person, place,

animal or

thing

It refers to a

particular

person, place,

animal or thing.

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Miss (general) Miss Lucy

(particular)

School (general) Montessori

(particular)

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

1. Singular nouns:

Refer to one person, place

Animal or thing

2. P

lural

nouns:

Refer more

than one

person,

place,

animal or

thing

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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.

House

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Boy

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Tag

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Star

_______________

Bag

_______________

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 on

all the adjectives.

The mouse is very small

All the turtles are slow

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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. Article : the

2. Noun: animal, person, place, and things.

3. Adjective: big, small, colors (red, blue, black, etc…)

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The tag is yellow

The mug is red

The ant is black

Another activities in the book