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 Preface
My Beautiful Wor/,d, an Environmental
Studies course for Classes 1 to 5, is broadly based
on the syllabus prescribed by the Nation
al Institute of Education, Sri Lanka. Thi
been carefully structured keeping in min s series has
d the diverse needs of the learners at the
level. lbe course is designed in a textbo primary
ok-cum-workbook format and follows
based approach. The concepts are exp an activity-
lained in a simple and chHd-friendly way
well-graded and level-specific; and care . The series is
has been taken to make learning a joyful
experience.
"TI1e key features of the course have bee
n designed to ensure effective learning,
is relevant to the child's surroundings where learning
/immediate environment. In addition
essential skills of observation, analysis, to this, the
creative thinking, and communication
into the framework of the course. have been built

Key Features
:> Look and talk-si mp le wann-up activit
y (mostly visual-oral) at the beginning
of the chapter to introduce the topic and
to provide a platfonn for student-teacher
interaction

:> Time to talk-s im ple , topic-related act

ivities to enhance thinking skills, and also
develop communication skills to

:> In-text exercis e---simple, discussion-b

ased questions within the topic to assess
comprehension skills

:> Time to do- act ivi tie s to nurture creativ

e skills and to acquire essential life skills
:> Explore---exploratory-type questions rela
ted to the topic learnt and directly linked
the child's immediate environment to

:> Activity- ide as for easy-to-do activities

to reinforce learning by doing
:, Chapter-end exercises- a range of
questions to aid in revision and to assess learning
:, For the teacher-u sef ul suggestion
s for projects, at the end of each chapter,
effective teaching to aid in
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Contents
1. Our School 5
2. Our Family and Our Home 12

3. Getting There 21

4. The World of Plants 25

5. Animals Around Us 30
6. Water 39
7. Happy New Year! 46
8. Our ·Home in the Sky 54
9. Our Body and Sense Organs 59
10. Food 65
11. Transport 75
12. Com1nunication 80
13. Changes Around Us 85
14. Our Needs 92
15. Being Safe 99
16. Light 104
17. Work and Workplaces 108
18. Nature and Us 113
19. Living Together 117

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1. Our School
Look and Talk

What are these children doing? Talk about it in class.

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Where do these activities happen? Yes, at school!

 Let us find out what these children do in ~chool.

I learn.to read::, llearn about the

.and write in · sun, the plants, and
·school. '· many other things. ·

Vishvendra Padma

The School Staff

Let us look at Daya Gurusinghe's class photograph.

Susie Akka- Ravi Sir, our

Mrs Opatha, games teacher
she keeps our Ranjana Ma'am,
our Principal
school clean our class teacher
Schools have a Principal, teachers, and
helpers. Teachers teach the children. ~ - T
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The Principal takes care of the whole Discuss the following with your friends
school. and teachers:
1. What would happen if there were no
Some helpers help to keep the school teachers in school?
clean. Some drive school buses. Some 2. What would happen if the school was
not cleaned every day?
are watchmen, who guard the school.

Explore .

Find out the names of the following persons at your school and write them in the space provided:
1. the Principal of your school

2. your class teacher

3. two primary school teachers

4. two helpers
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Fold a sheet of paper into four parts and tear it neatly into four pieces.
as many pieces as the number of school helper:. Write 'THANK YOU' in
capital letters (in any colour) on each piece. Write the name of a helper on
top of the piece of paper and your name at the bottom. Give the 'Thank You'
notes to all the helpers in your school.

The School Campus

The school campus is a place where we learn and play together.
Here is a model of a school campus made by Amanti and her friends .

playground

our classroom on
This is where we the first floor
have our assembly.

la boratory and
reception and
office room
Principal's office

This is our playpen.

Does your school also look like this? Some schools are small. Others may be
big. But they all have classrooms, a playground, and a room for the staff.

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Go around your school campus with your class teacher.

Find the following places.

:, classrooms :) playground
:) library :) playpen
:) office room :) staff room
:) garden :) assembly area
:) laboratory :) Principal's room

School and the Community

Children mostly go to schools located near their house.

Parents visit the school on special days such as the

Annual Day and Sports Day.

In villages, parents help schools in many ways. II

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They help in cleaning or gardening.

Schools also help the community. They provide

shelter in times of heavy rain or floods . Sometimes,
they take out processions to give important
messages about diseases, new events, and so on.
Children and the School
A school does so much for you. What can we do for the school?

Here are some things you can do at the school:

:> Obey the rules of the school.
:> Be polite, respectful, and gentle to everyone.
~ Do not disturb the class.
~ Do not break or damage things.
~ Keep the school clean.

1. Which place in the school do you like the best? Draw it.
2. Look at the picture of the school given on page 8. Does your school look the same? Draw a
picture of your school. Show it to the class and describe the different places.
3- Learn and sing the school song in class.

1. Write True/False.

a. We do not need any helpers at school.

6. The Principal takes care of the school.
c. All the helpers at school do the same work.
d . We should obey our teachers.
e. It is important to keep rhe school clean.

2. Tick ( ✓) the correct answer.

a. We learn to read and write in a (school/park) .

6. We should go to school (every day/once in a week).
c. W e (greet/don't greet) our teachers as they enter the classroom.
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d. Schools provide shelter in times of (festivals/floods).

e. We muS t (obey/disobey) the rules of the school.
3. Answer the following.
a. Who teaches students at school?

b. What do our helpers at school do?

c. Write any two things that you should do in school.

d. Name some of the places that you can find in a school.

e. Write any two things that you should not do in school.

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, Organize a role-play session in class. Encourage the students to come forward and act like any one member of the school
1 ~ staff. Tell them to imitate the person chosen without disclosing their identity. Other students must guess who it is.
Appreciate every student's effort. This is also an activity to help you understand how students perceive the school staff, what
appeals to them, and what frightens chem.
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2. Our Family and
Our Home
Look and Talk

Look at these pictures. Which of these is a

big family? Which one is a small family? j
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Paste a photograph of your family in the space
provided. Tell the class about your family.

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Our Family
We live in a family. A family is made of parents and children. Members of a
family love one another. They take care of one another.
Small Family and Big Family
A small family is made of a mother, father, and one or
two children. Let us meet Nuwan's family.
It is a small family.

·1am Nuwan's ·
father, Asanka.
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Sometimes it is even smaller, like this one:

Time to Talk

Talk about your family in class.

How many members are there in
your family? What do they do?

Some families are big. There may be more than three children in a big
family. There may be grandparents, uncles, aunts, and cousins too. Do you
know a family like that? Tell the class about it.
Time to Do
:> Your father's and mother's parents are
Paste stamp-sized
your grandparents. photographs of your family
members, on a sheet of chart
:> The brothers of your parents are your uncles. / paper. Write their names
and their relation with you.
:> The sisters of your parents are your aunts. ( Display your chart in class.
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e chi ldr en of your uncles an d aun ts are your cousins.
All these people are your close relatives.
He r · .
e is a pic tur e of a grandmother wi·th her grandchildren .
Do the y loo k happy?

Explore

Find out the names of your

grandparents' parents and their
brothers and sisters. If you have
their photographs, bring then, t
class. Show it in the class and ta~
about them.

To ge th er is Fun!
He re are som e pictures of fam ilies. Wh
at are they doing?
W he n do yo u meet your close relatives?
How to Take Care of Visitors
Let us find out how these children welcome visitors to their house.
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Good morning, Grandma! Hello, Uncle. Please come in.

Welcome! Shall I carry Please take a seat. May I get Hello, Ma'am. How
your bag? you a glass of water? can I help you?

When you have guests or visitors, always rem ember to:

:> smile pleasantly
:> greet the visitor
If the visitor is someone you know:
:> welcome h im/her in
:> offer him/her a seat
:> offer him/her a glass of water or juice
If the person is unknown to you, request him/her to
wait and call your parents.
Ou r House

Look and Talk

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Her e are som e houses. Hav e you seen these kinds of hous

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 We love our house because it gives us shelter and we feel safe in it. We love
our house because our family lives there.

Where do you keep your things-clothe s, toys, books, and shoes?

A house also protects us from:
:, heat and cold;

:, rain, storm, and flood;

:, animals; and
:, thieves.

A Good House

Gafoor Uncle's house-old Modern houses have big windows.

house with wooden panels

Wooden panels and windows bring in fresh air from outside.

Fresh air is good for us.

Look at these rooms. Which of these rooms do you like? Why?

Take a look at these two rooms.

Which room do you like-Room A or Room B? Why?

RoomB
Room A

Time to Do

Pick a few flowers from your garden.

What can you do to make your house a good home?
Arrange the flowers in a vase. Decorate
Tick ( ✓ )the correct answer.
your house and classroom with them.
1. I (will/will not) keep my things in their place. Do you like it better w hen a room is
2. I ( will/will not) litter the floor. decorated? Think of other ways in
3. I (will/will not) scribble on the walls. which you could decorate your house.
Make a list.
Think of other things to add to this list. Tell the class
your ideas.
Home Garden
A home garden is a small patch of garden in front of or behind our house.
We grow fresh fruits and vegetables in our home garden.
Let us look at a picture of Philip's vegetable garden.

He grows cabbages, radishes, ladies fingers, ~ Time to Talk

chillies , brinjals, and snake gourds in his garden . '~ - -
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Do you have a home
garden?Tell the class about
There is a papaya and a jackfruit tree. There is also your home garden.
a coconut tree.
Philip loves his garden . He loves watering the plants. He loves plucking the
vegetables and fruits. He shares the vegetables and fruits with his neighbours
and friends .

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1. Look around your neighbourhood. Find out how many families are small and how many
are big.
2. Draw a map of the road where your school is. Mark your school on it. Mark other
landmarks
on the road.
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rite True/Fals
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m il y consis ts o f more
a. A small fa o u r a u n t.
e r's m o th e r is y
b. Your moth
c. All houses
look the same.
s h o uld be d e a n and airy.
d. Houses
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k ( ✓ ) th e c orrect answer
2. T ic u r (cousins/aunts
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a. Your uncle
's child re anks/beds).
parches called (b
Vegetables are grown in small
b. an/dirty).
keep o u r rooms (de
c. We should
in th e (b e d ro om/kitchen).
d. We sleep
llowing.
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u call y o u r p a rents' parents?
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H o w can we keep o u r hou
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care o f our h o m e garden?

can we take
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 3. Getting There

Look and Talk

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Look at the pic ture given below. Peter has to reach home from
scho ol.
Na me the places tha t Peter passes by on his way hom
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Look at this list. Which of these do you ~ ·,
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shop bank hosptt post office c'l()lll>

park restaurant bus stop police station

A map is a picture that tells us hoW to reach a place.

Location
To find a place ' you must ]<noW rWO things. Neela and Macras' \\'I
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what they are. l tell

Excuse ;! Can you

help me find my
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friend's house?

. locat10n.
First' you must kn ow its .
Your address will give you the location of your house
An address has the following: .

door number
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D-204, Flower Cou rt na me of apartrnent
Flower Road,--- - - - street name
city name _ _ _ __l_ Colombo _ 2- - -- - postal code
country _ _ _ _ _ L Sri Lanka
Second , yo u mu st know some lan
dmarks. r(')J Time to Talk
Landmarks are im po rta nt or po
or buildings nearby.
pular places ~r -
Tell the class your address. In
which locality is your house? In
Let us listen to Ranjan talk ab ou which city or town is this locality?
t the
landmarks near his house. Which country does it belong to?

I live in D-204, Flower Court, Flowe

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Colombo-2. Our building is opposite '

Flower Road Post Office. There is a

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church next to our building.
,. Have you noticed any traffic signal
on
your way from school to home? How
many traffic signals did you count?

2. Are there any tender coconut sellers on

your way from sch ool to home?

3. Are the re any ice-cre am carts on you

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way from school to home?

Directi ons
Sh ou ld To ny tu rn right or left to
reach his house?
To find yo ur way, yo u need to kn
ow the directions .

LIBRARY
Time to Do n
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Use a shoebox or any other
cardboard box cover and a big
7 ffi ffi ball of modelling clay. On the
shoebox lid, draw the road
where you live . Draw the other
.t.' roads meeting or cutting it. Place
" ' labels or name holders using the
: .'/ clay to show the location. Tell
the class the directions to reach
\L \ your house. Use direction words
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such as right, left, centre, fro nt,
and behind .

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A I. PIJ)' 1his ~implc g-Jme in dw da~mom. (.;.ill uu1 w 1hl' Slllclt'nts h)' rums and ask hi111/ha whl>is on chdr ldi and right~
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11111y ~end them ou1s1Jr the daS.1room or ro .mod1c-r room ,111J :1sk 1hrn1 co find om wh:11 il1c,r ~.1w on 1hw nght and kfi.
2. Play d1i) in pai~. One of rhe rwo stud(ntS may he blindfol<lrJ. I lidt' a picn· of ch.ilk 1>1 handkerchief ~0111ewhcrc in dlr
da~roo.n~ and,,~~. d,1t' blin~fold~ s1udt111 to go and find ir. His/hl'r pan ncr 111us1 kad hi III wirh instrurcions, such a.I 'I
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Mr.ugh,, 1urn lrlt, rnrn nglu , take 1wo sitps ro your right', Jnd so on. I