NCERT Class 03 Chapters

By now, you must have read almost the complete book. You have read about trees, water, houses, animals, vehicles and many other things. You must have thought about them as well. Can you tell, why did we try to know and think about all these things?

Sajida's sister gave her a very beautiful dupatta. The dupatta had beautiful embroidery and small mirrors stuck on it. After finishing dinner, Sajida tried to wear the dupatta in different ways. Soon she got tired playing with the dupatta and fell asleep wearing it. She was thinking about the dupatta even in her dream – How would such a beautiful dupatta have been made?

Given below is the picture of a hand. Place your hand on it so that the palm faces the paper. Your thumb and fingers should be placed on those drawn in the picture.

Come, let us play a game together. You must be familiar with this game. All the children stand in a circle.

Let one child stand in the centre and play a tune. Everyone must run in a circle as long as the music plays.

The child who is playing the music, will suddenly stop it and call out a small number like ‘five’, ‘four’ or ‘two’ loudly.

Madho lives in Bajju — a small village in Rajasthan. It is hardly a village ! All you see is sand all around. One can see some houses when the sand does not blow.

The children in the class were startled on hearing the sound tak. The sound came from the ceiling fan. Kalyani shouted — Look, look a bird is hurt. Peter got up at once and picked up the bird. It was in pain.

My name is Naseem. I live in Srinagar. Since yesterday there is lot of activity in our school. It will go on for a week. Do you know why ? There is a camp being held in our school. Children have come from many places for the camp. Tents have been put up in the ground for everyone to stay.

I am a letter. A letter written with a pen and paper by Reena to her friend Ahmed.

All the children were playing stappoo (hop-scotch) in the lane. Avantika and her sister Nandita were also playing. But Nandita was not able to play the game in the right way.

Once there was a sparrow called Phudgudi and a crow called Bhanate. They were fast friends. One day Bhanate said – O Phudgudi! If you lay eggs first then I will eat them and if I lay eggs first then you can eat them.

Agreed!

Look at the pictures given above.

What kind of work are people doing in both the families?

After returning home from school, there are two people with whom I like to share all my news. They enjoy listening to my tales.

The first person is my nani. She is always anxious to listen to me. She waits for me to return from school. She is quite old and often has back pains. She cannot see or hear well. Everyday in the morning, papa reads the newspaper aloud to her. She does the rest of her work herself. If someone tries to help her she gets very upset. Though she cannot see properly she is very fond of cutting vegetables. She says – these days children do not know how to cut vegetables properly.

Like other days, Balbir reached the tea stall after his breakfast. His brother Satvinder who had come from the village was also with him. The worker at the tea stall gave him a cup of tea and said – Here is today’s newpaper.

The Train

Come on children, let’s play a game

Climb aboard the chugging train!

Blow your whistles and take your seats
Onto shoulders, if you please!

Look at the picture. Colour the spaces which have dots in them. What do you see?

Appu likes bananas very much. He plucks and eats bananas from the trees every day.

One day, he saw that the banana trees were drooping. It had not rained for a long time.

On my head I have a crest,
All say I dance the best,
Of my feathers I am proud,
Before the rain I cry aloud

Dumb Charades

Let us play a game. In this game, everyone has to let others know what they want to tell without speaking. Divide yourselves into groups of seven.

What did you eat yesterday? Write it on the plate shown below.

Study the pictures carefully and answer the following :

♦ What did Chhotu think when he looked at the pipe?
♦ How did Chhotu use the pipe?

Ma, please let me go to school today, I have been at home for the past two days. I am getting bored – said Poonam. But you still have fever. Go outside and lie down on the cot – replied Ma.

Poonam fell asleep on the cot. Suddenly, something fell on her face. Poonam woke up at once and touched her cheek. Oh no, whose mischief is this? Is it the crow’s or the pigeon’s? It seems it’s the crow's.

We learn so many things when we come to school. But do you know which is our first school? Yes, it is our family. We learn so many things from our family – much before we learn from anywhere else. This is because we are so close to our family. But we really never give it a thought. Let us think about our family and talk about it.

Water

I’ll wash my face with water,
Said Munna to his Nani.

We all quench our thirst with water,
We are all alive because of water.
Water has been with us for ages,
Its story can fill so many pages!

Last Sunday, we went to a garden in the neighbourhood. We played Hide and Seek (Chhupanchhupai) and Antakshari. We had a lot of fun. After sometime, Didi said – Let us play a new game today. We had played this game in the camp last year. I will become a ‘Plant fairy’. The ‘Plant fairy’ will call out a name of something and you all will have to touch it.

❉ Take a sheet of paper and make a fold at the centre.

❉ Fold the two corners 'A' and 'B' to meet at the dotted line.

Flowers of Different Colours

Have you been to a park?
What coloured flowers did you see?
Were most of the flowers yellow in colour?

How Many in Each Group?

There are 10 butterflies.
They are in 2 groups.
There are 5 butterflies in each group.

Wedding in Bunny's Family

There is a wedding in Bunny's family, a family of rabbits. Many guests are invited — deer, monkeys, elephants, cats, dogs, mice, foxes, camels, mongoose etc. A special drink is
served to all the guests — one glass each. Everyone finds the drink very tasty but some small guests like , cannot finish a full glass. But is able to finish his glass.

Patterns Around Us

In everyday life, we see many patterns.

For example, we see:

Leggy Animals

There are 5 goats.

How many legs altogether?

4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 = 20

or 5 times 4 is 20

or 5 × 4 = 20

Gur (jaggery) and Groundnuts

Shabnam loved to eat jaggery (gur) and groundnuts. One day she bought 1 kg of jaggery and 1 kg of groundnuts. (You know that kilogram is also written as kg.)

Ulta Pulta Time — This is a story with topsy turvy time.

Cricket Match

In a cricket match, Sri Lanka made 235 runs.

India has made 123 runs. How many more runs does India need to win?
To win India must make 236 runs.
Runs India needs to win:
236 – 123 = ?

Have Fun with Shapes

Lali is selling things at her father's shop. A farmer comes to buy rope.

I am Kittu. This is my home. Isn't it huge? It has 100 rooms. Help me in painting some of the rooms.

Radhika, Gauri, Vicky, Indra and Sunil were collecting Imli (tamarind) seeds.

Our teacher told us to draw a picture of a car. We all drew the car differently. Next day, when we showed our pictures to each other, we were very excited. But Anshul
started laughing. He was looking at Dheeraj's drawing of a car.

Let’s move in different ways and see who has the most fun!

Are there some things that grown-ups don’t let you do? Read about what this child feels.

Have you ever received a letter? If you haven’t, see what this child decides to do!

I met a Man as I went walking;

We got talking,
Man and I.

Have you travelled on a train? Read and enjoy this poem.

Does a balloon man visit your market? Let’s see what this balloon man brings with him.

Have you ever collected shells? Enjoy this poem about a shell that sings.

Even the biggest trees begin life as tiny seeds.
Read about how the little acorn grew big.

Do you think birds find people funny?

Let's listen to what the robin and the jay have to say.

Do you like to wake up in the morning? See what the child in the poem feels.