🌟 One Thing at a Time - Santoor Grade 4 🌟
Learn to focus and make every moment count!
📖 Difficult Words & Meanings
Might
Meaning: Strength or power
Hindi: ताकत, शक्ति
Sentence: Do your work with all your might.
Useful
Meaning: Helpful or beneficial
Hindi: उपयोगी
Sentence: Reading daily is useful for learning.
Moments
Meaning: Short periods of time
Hindi: क्षण
Sentence: Don't waste precious moments doing nothing.
Halves
Meaning: Divided parts
Hindi: आधे
Sentence: Things done in halves are not done right.
Trifled
Meaning: Treated without seriousness
Hindi: खिलवाड़ करना
Sentence: Don’t trifle away your time.
📝 Practice Questions
A. Answer the Following
1. Why is it important to focus on doing one thing at a time?
Answer: Because when we focus on one task, we can do it better and finish it well.
2. Make a list of words that rhyme in the poem.
Answer: Work–play, might–right, time–rhyme, well–tell, away–play.
3. How do you feel after finishing a task that you have done well?
Answer: I feel happy, proud, and confident.
4. What are some things you do every day that help you stay calm and focused?
Answer: Reading books, doing yoga, and keeping my things in order.
B. Think and Discuss
1. What do you like doing in your free time?
Answer: I like drawing pictures, reading storybooks, and playing board games with my family.
📚 Let Us Learn – Vocabulary Match
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Might | Strength or power |
| Useful | Helpful or beneficial |
| Moments | Short periods of time |
🎤 Let Us Speak – Describing Picture Activity
Example Descriptions
- A woman is cooking food.
- A boy is studying in his room.
- Two boys are playing football in the ground.
- A girl is feeding a bird.
- A man is watering the plants.
- A boy is reading a book.
- A dog is chasing a ball.
Example Sentence Formation (Using is/are + verb-ing)
- A boy is studying.
- A girl is playing with a doll.
- Two children are running in the park.
👂 Let Us Listen – The Case of Missing 'L'
Words with silent 'l':
- calm (silent)
- palm (silent)
- talk (silent)
- chalk (silent)
- balm (silent)
- half (silent)
- calf (silent)
- yolk
- walk (silent)
Example answers to circle: calm, palm, talk, chalk, balm, half, calf, walk
✍️ Let Us Write – My Daily Routine
Table
| Time | What I Do | Work / Play |
|---|---|---|
| 6:30 a.m. | Wake up and freshen up | ✅ Work |
| 7:00 a.m. | Exercise | ✅ Work |
| 8:00 a.m. | Have breakfast | ✅ Work |
| 8:30 a.m. | Go to school | ✅ Work |
| 4:00 p.m. | Play with friends | ✅ Play |
| 6:00 p.m. | Do homework | ✅ Work |
| 8:00 p.m. | Watch TV | ✅ Play |
| 9:00 p.m. | Sleep | ✅ Work |
Paragraph
My Routine
I begin my day at 6:30 a.m. I freshen up and then do some light exercise. After this, I eat my breakfast. By 8:00 a.m., I am ready for school. My mother helps me pack my bag and I leave for school at 8:30 a.m.
At School
My school starts at 9:00 a.m. I have four periods before recess. When the big clock shows 11:30, we all go out and play games. My school ends at 2:30 p.m.
At Home
After school, I rest and eat snacks. Then I do my homework. I play for some time and go to bed by 9:00 p.m.
🎨 Let Us Do – Fun Activities
A. Riddles
Riddle: Thirty white horses on a red hill...
Answer: Teeth
Riddle: Tall lady in white frock...
Answer: Candle
B. Draw Activities You Enjoy in Holidays
Examples:
- Going to the zoo
- Playing with cousins
- Swimming
- Watching movies
- Visiting grandparents
(Students can also paste pictures from magazines)
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